Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-03-15
DELEGATES EoMEwARp BOUND.
Resolutions Thanking the Santa Fe for Courte-
sizes Enthusiastically Pleased Over the
Work or the Convention.


/ The Santa FEES special train of delegates
/ 10 the TT. Worth cattlemen's convention
| On the return trip, steamed into the Dong
las avenue depot last night shortly before
8 o'clock. The press man for the party,
Colonel Albright, editor OF the AIbu
qnerque Democrat. in response TO ques-
| ton, reached an EAGLE man the follow
ing:
On Board Special Returning Home
Through Indian Territory. Friday, March
Il, 1S90-JusU before reaching Arkansas
| City. the excursionis,s met i'll one OF the
cars for the purpose OF passing resolutions
appropriate to the occasion. The meeting
was called to order by B. II. Campbell. of
Indian territory. Upon motion Z. NJ
Hewins, of Kansas. was nominated and
elected chairman, and II. p. Child, of
Missouri, secretary. Upan motion a COM
mittee of one from each state and terri
tory was appointed as follows by the chair
to draft set of resolutions: l. 4. Finch,
Kansas, chairman; Z. B. Kitchener. Mis-
souri,; J. T, Waters, Arizona; j. 3. Erion,
Nebraska: T. r. Jones, Colorado; 3. RI.
Campbell, Indian Territory; Z. J. Ed
wards, Minnesota; Charles Springer, New
Mexico; r. VI. Rogers, Jr., Illinois.
The meeting then adjourned TO meet
and receive the report Of the committee N
the dining room at Arkansas City.
As per adjournment, the meeting was
called to order at $50 p. N. by che chair
man in the dining room at Arkansas City,
and the following report was submitted
by the chairman of the committee on reso-
lUtious:
Mr.. Cbairman-IoIT committee on res
olutious desires to submit the following:
Whereas, Ii has pleased the manage
ment of the Santa Fe railroad system to
gratuitously provide u special train OF
four magnificent Pullman coaches for the
pleasure and comfort of the cattle men OF
the United States TO TRANSPORT them from
all parts of this great country reached by
the Santa Fe system to the interstate
cattle mems convention which convened
at Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday moraing,
March II, 1899. and continued Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday; and
Whereas, The entire trip and during
our stay in Fort Worth the officials OF the
Santa Fe system were untlrlag In their
endeavOrs to provide Tor the comfort and
enjoyment of their guests, and for their
manifestation OF universal soclabllity
Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the recipients Of
these favors, do publicly express our APP
probation of the efforts made by the Santa
Fe management in general and j. A.
Hanley, freight tra1ic manager, Chicago,
Ill; +. c. Gay. genar.l freight agent,
Topeka, kan: O. II. Brown, assistant
general freight agent, Topeka, Kan; J.
W. Hamilton, live stock agent, Topeka,
Kan; r. Refs, live stock agent, Kansas
City. Mo, and w. II. II. Llewellyn, live
stock agent, Las Cruces, \. NJ, III par
ticular, to add to our comfort and enjoy
ment during the convention, and extend
our most hearty thanks for the same.
And be it further
Resolved, That these thanks be extended
to the conductors and trainmen who so
faithfully attended to their duties on the
trip to and FROM as well as during our
stay at Fort Worth; and, be it also
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be furnished to the leading live
stock Journals Of the west, as well as the
principal daily papers of Kansas City,
Chicago, Omaha, Wichita and Fort
Worth,
And in addition to the public acknowl-
edgemenC expressed in the foregoing reSo-
lutious, we emphasize the above senti-
ments by providing for each Of the officials
named handsome souvenir to be here
after presented as a mDmentO Of what has
been to US all a most pleasant and enjoy
able excursion.
L. Z. Finch Kansas, chairman; F. B.
Kitchener, Missouri; j. f. Yates, Arizona;
j. B. Frion, Nebraska; 7. r. Jones, Colo
RADIO; B. II. Cumpben, Indian territory; Z.
J. Edwards, Minnesota; Charles Springer,
New Mexico; Il. NJ Rogers, Jr. Illinois;
committee.
On motion of X. Hurst, of Kansas. the
report of the committee was accepted and
the resolutions unanimously adopted
II. ?. CHILD, h. NJ. HEWINS,
Secretary, Chairman.
The delegates seemed we'll pleased with
the result of the work of the convention,
and spoke in the highest terms of their
treatment at Fort Worth and at other
points. The New Mexico delegation did
not forget to observe that they had enjoyed
their stoD-over at Wichita very much, and
hoped TO become more intimately acquain-
ted with the CITY and its business men.