, 1890-09-02
VISIT OF The FARMERS.
The Three Hundred TiIIers of the
Soil See Cheyenne.
Shown the Big Shop Plant and
Driven About the City.
Not Strong on Protection Golden
Rod National Flower.

In many an eastern farm house this
winter the state of Wyoming will be talked
of and prominent in "reminiscences of a
junket by delegates to the Council Bluffs
congress OF tillers Of the soil will be warm
mention Of beautiful Cheyenne and the
unlimited hospitality OF her enterprisiug
citizens. The excursion reached the cap
ital early yesterday morning aud the Wis.
itors Reluctantly departed about o
They were shown through the shops and
given a hurried view Of the city from car
riages. The farmers and their ladies were
greatly pleased. They now know that
Cheyenne is all that she has been adyer-
;ised, and more too. The reception com
mittee did its work well.
The personnel ofthe party was decided
ly interesting. All the delegates were
practical farmers. Col. B. f. Clayton,
The new secretary, was found at the Inter
Ocean by a reporter. The colonel said
this congress had been a very satisfactory
one in many respects and that a lively
session Of three days duration was the re-
suit.
Considerable interest conferred in the
election of officers, who were selected as
follows:
Presideut-R. F. Cobb, of Alabama.
Secretary-B. F. Clayton, of Macedonia,
Iowa.
Assistant Secretary-W. N. Clayton.
There were 300 delegates in attendance
at the congress. and twenty-three states
were represented. The states not having
representation were New York. Massa-
cbusettst New Hampshire, Vermont,
Virginia, Texas and Louisiana.
Charles p. Rounds of Calais, Me,
chairman Of the committee on resolutions,
was interviewed, and in a hurried CONVEX
sation said the congress did not support
the protection clauses of the resolutions
very strongly, but did endorse an unlim-
tied coinage of silver and aimed a hard
blow at the old greenback doctrine.
The golden rod was also adopted as the
national flower. as recommended by a
special committee selected this year. The
recommendation was reported adversely
by the committee on resolutions, and the
pansy recommended instead. The report
of the latter committee was moi adopted,
however, aud the golden rod was almost
a unanimous choice of the congress, as it
had the support Of nearly all of the for
iafa ~ tho aNnnNru -ha Id 49,. -
%tention.
Vice President Freeman of Maine,
also, was quite enthusiastic over the
meeting, and said the congress strongly
urged an appeal for experiments in
a~rtesian wells. and experimental stations
and the creation Of reservoirs.
Here are the names of a few of the
most prominent delegates: w. H.. Luther.
lin, Sulphur Springs, Mont; j. NJ.
Humstid, Griswold. Iowa; S. w. Garvis,
Griswold, Iowa; Hamilton Wilcox, Girls.
void, Iowa. W. W. Hall, Prague. Neb.
P. B. Allen, Maine, Iowa; S. Bessett,
Macedonia, Iowa; }. Munsinger. Tabor:
7, j. Moore, South Carolina; G. Clay,
Missouri; S. J. Boieda, Council Bluffs,
Iowa; W. s. Prauty, L. o. Williams,
Council Bluffs, Iowa; II. DANGER, Coun.
ell Bluffs, Iowa; w. A. Stunkoff, Council
Bluffs, Iowa; G. Dimon, Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Susan Wilkison, Miss Susan Wiki.
son, Lander; L. N. French, Grady, Iowa:
Ii. w. Cartwright, Burlington, Iowa
F. S. Porter, North Branch, Mich.
Fred Saemish, Lyman, Iowa; j. q
Evans, Harlem. Mo-; j. b. Matthews
TAYLOR, Iowa; G. B. Gray, Graymont
ILL.,. Chas. O. Flagg, Kingston, r. l.
81. T. Hilgesen, Melton. N. D.; DAME
Campbell, Blinco. Iowa; Miner Camp
bell. Sioux Falls, s. D.; s. j. O'Connor
" allerRon, Mo; NJ. Flammantz, Mine
ola, Iowa; Allen Morrow, Malvern; j
B. Warel, .'Abbeila, Ala; A. B. Brassell
Montgomery, Ala; II. W. Nioolds
Marshall. Mo-; James A. Harbough
Hawthorne, Iowa; John Hatswell, Iowa
j. r. Moates, Illinois; d. T. Sessions.
Union s., Ala