The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-29
ANri-HoRsE-rH1EvEs IN SESSION.
Mayor Carey Welcomes Them and Captain
Nixon Responds.

OdT6y hClCOueS ANU NapN~AA
Nixon Responds.
The Anti-Hors9 Thief association OF the
state of Kansas met in annual session yes
terday morning in Peerless hail in due
form, with President Coffman in the
chair. The meeting opened with an earn
est prayer by Rev. Mr.. Love. after which
Mayor Carey made very nice address in
which he welcomed the association to the
city and complimented the objects the as
ISOLATION has in view.
Captain c. T. Nixon of Chanute re-
sponded to the mayors speech, and among
other things said:
"In behalf of the 1000 members of the
association in Kansas, l thank the mayor
for his welcome to the best and most beau
tiful city in Kansas. Wichita is at the
center of creation. Kansas is the center
of the United States, and Wichita is near
ly in the center of Kansas, the best of Gre
alton; hence your city is, say, the center
of creation. am in earnest; l am not
joking Wichita is not only the best and
most beautiful, but the central city of
creation.
Cities, like men, sometimes sleep. They
oAO ACobihS 1lOII1 tiAOlA AdOOt dA0
gathering fresh strength to renew the bat
tie. Wichita will wake up, and that soon.
and then she will become great city, the
great city, in fact of this fair state. On
behalf of the 1000 members of our order
in Kansas, thank you for your generous
welcome"
After the response the president, Mr..
Cofman, delivered his annual address
which contained some interesting infor-
nation relative to the origin and growth
of the organization. His address was well
received.
Committees were appointed and the
meeting adjourned till the afternoon.
During the recess the delegates visited the
packing houses and other places of interest
in the city.
AT 2 O'Clock the convention re-assembled
but Immediately adjourned till 4 p. m, to
give the committee further time to report.
AT the convention was called to order
again and the committee on resolutions
made the following report:
Whereas, The Antie-Horse Thief
association of the state of Kansas believes
IN the suppression of all crimes and de-
slres to band together in one common
ali men WHO are IN favor OIL
the enforcement of the laws and the pro-
lection of life, property and the good
name of the state. AS kansans we are
proud of our state-her institutions of
learning, her churches, her courts of
justice, her magnificent cities, her SPLEEN
did farms, her fertile plains. We believe
that the people of no other state or coun-
try are better clothed, better fed or more
intelligent than the people of Kansas, and
rl.n1
that can and will protect them in heir
rights and property and in their efforts to
make our state better and greater in all
respects than it even is now. Therefore,
Resolved, That we congratulate our
selves and the people of Kansas on the
fact that this law enforcing order of ours
has grown very rapidly during the last
year, and that the poets are good for
much larger growth during next year;
and we therefore feel gratified in asking
all law abiding men to join our order, to
extend its useful work to all parts of the
state, both in the country and cities, to
the end that we may be strengthened
numerically, financially and intellectually
and thereby be better enabled to uphold
the courts in the enforcement of the laws
and in the punishment of the criminals
who violate them, and, as no dangerous
criminal will long remain in "A county
where a dozen Of our local orders are
established, we beg our officers to hasten
our works into every county in the state,
so that every criminal may be driven from
our state.
Resolved, That the thanks of this order
are due the national order, which lately
met in the city of Chanute, for the SPLEEN
did recognition IL gave US IN elevatlng our
own distinguished president to the presi-
denCy of the national order
Resolved, That the thanks of this state
convention are due the railroads for re-
duced fare; to the newspapers of Wichita
for generous and praise; to the proprietors
OF the Occidental. the Packer and the City
hotels for splendid entertainment; to the
mayor Of Wichita for hearty welcome;
to d Christian minister for a fervent
prayer and the reading of a chapter in
favor of obedience to law, and to the cit-
zens of Wichita tor all the necessary at
tentions that any order of men could wish
for.
Resolved, That the special thanks of
this state order are due to its officers, who
have so faithfully discharged their duties
during the past year.
Immediately after the report of the
committee on resolutions was adopted the
matter of deciding upon the place to hold
the convention next year was taken up.
Paola, lola, Arkansas City, Columbus,
Pittsburg and Parsons were all candidates
and upon the fourth ballot Paola was de-
cided upon, with Arkansas City close up
with it.
Immediately after deciding upon the
place to hold next years convention the
meeting adjourned until after supper,
when it was again called to order in secret
session.
The selection of officers will be made to-
day. and other important business will be
A proposition will be made
to start an insurance attachment to the
and it will probably be acted
on favorably. There are nearly three hun
dred delegates present, all of whom are en-
over the great strides the organ
ization is making aud the work it is ac-
BIG RALLY Al >EDGWICK.
Hon. Rudolph Hatfield and Mr.. w. E.