Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-10
A GOOD TINE !!
The Second Day Devoted
Chiefly to Pleasure,
BUT MUCH HARD WORK DONE,
The Cattlemen viii Meet at
Fort Worth Next Year.
THE BARBECUE AND CLARK,
Counter Attractions Which Caught Many
of the Yisitors-Lively Discussion
Over the Removal of the
secretary's Office
BUT MUCH HARD WORK DONE.
THE BARBECUE AND CLARK,
The second Day.

when HTeSluSub louSn anu secretary Low
ing reached the opera house at 9 o'clock
they found but bakers dozen of the dele
gates present. and scouts and runners were
sent out TO induce the cattlemen to get to-
gether for the final session of the conVen-
ton. II was generally understood that but
little business was TO be transacted beyond
the formal election of officers and the selec-
ton Of place for the next annual meeting.
Thoughts of the barbecue seemed to per-
wade the minds of mem bers, to the ex-
clusion Of everything else. President Bush
at length succeeded in discovering quorum
present, and called the gathering to order
shortly after 10 o'clock. The first order of
business was the election of the following
named gentlemen 10 membership in the as
sociation:
Bressie & Smith, 1000 head; J. NJ lizard,
500 head; John Baird, John Derickson, 200
head; ]. r. Ingram, M. r. Birdwen, 1000
head; and @. o. Morris, 1000 head
President Bush announced as the COM
mittee provided for by resolution at the
afternoon session yesterday the following
gentlemen, whose duty it will be to visit
the various exchanges with view OF
bringing about better understanding be-
tween cattlemen and receivers on the i'm
pOrtant questions of rates and commissions:
+. L. Wilson, j. w. Springer, g. c. Slaugh-
ter, A. B. Robertson and 5. B. Burnett.
Mr.. Springer said that in view of previ-
Gus efforts made in the same direction, he
thought the newly-appointed committee
should receive some definite instructions
from the convention as to how to proceed to
prevail upon the exchanges to grant the
concessions demanded, as to the lowering
Of rates and better apportionuent in rela-
ton TO commissions on sales of stock
Mr. c. Fenlon of Wichita county, Mr..
Murdo Mckenzie aud Mr. Wilson discussed
the proposed work of the committee. Mr..
Springer suggested that efforts be made TO
enlist the cooperation of all other cattle
associations in the West and SOuth
and that JOINT committees from these asso-
Citations be requested to meet with the new
committee for a conference upon the sub
iect.
Mr.. Mckenzie believed that the COM
mittee rather than the secretary, was the
proper source from which the suggestions
of reform should emanate. The convention
Endorsed this idea, and the whole matter
was thus referred.
The convention then adopted a series Of
resolutions of respect to the memory of
Judge Carroll of Denton county, a we'll
known member of the association. The
following are the resolutions:
Whereas, since our Ia st annual meeting the
hand Of death has stricken down one OF our
original and most hon 3reQ members, Judge
John Carroll Of Denton;
Therefore. be it solved, that in the death Of
Judge Carroll, the Northwest Texas cattle
ralsers' association loses one OF its fellow
workers whose absence from its councils makes
3 vacancy IL is scarce possible to ill, and the
ASSOCIATION mOurnS the loss or the honest IN
tegr1ty, the wisdom coming from grand in
tellect, rtpenet by yea - of experience, and the
earnest work in behalf Of the true interes; of
the cattleraisers Of Texas that Judge Carroll
brought TO all Of its conventions.
2. That this association expresses its true
coincidence with the Family Of its late member,
Judge Carroll. and tenders them its sincere
sympathy for their ir:eparabie loss.
3, That in the official minutes OF this session
g memorial page 10 be inscribed with the name
age and date OF the death OF the deceased
be set apart as last tribute OF respect.
The resolution was adopted by rising
vote.
President Bush then announced that the
election of o.Hcers for Ghe ensuing y ear was !
in ORDER. This brought out Nh. A. B.
Robertson who, while presenting no cause
of complaint as to methods persued by the |
officials, believed that the Offices of secre-
tary and treasurer should be separated.
Mr.. Mckenzie stated that there had been |
some difficulty in securing needed informa- !
ton at the hands OF the officials. He had the |
utmost confidence in Secretary Loving but |
only desired to have the business of the as
sociation so conducted that members could /
at all times readily secure information re-
garding the condition of their annual ac-
counts.
Mr. Robertson took occasion to say, by
way of explanation, that no man would pre-
sumo to criticise MIR. Loving's official acts.
he referred To the secretary as the George
Washington of the business, and man who
tAdO LCASSNG0 AOAApA NpNAi IhO Sle1bC-
OFF THE TRACK.
The convention apparently forgot the
order Of business, and there was pro- |
nounced determination evinced TO take up
the matter of establishing the general Office
of the association at some more central and
accessible point than its present location
This brought Secretary Loving to his feet,
and in reply to several intimations that he
had not at all times been as prompt in
forwarding information to members as ne
claimed any lack OF promptneSS or dispose
ton to dispatch the business of the associa-
ton in q satisfactory manner, stating boldly
that if any real cause of complaint existed
the fault was directly attributable to the
action Of the executive committee and not
to the officers of the organization.
President Bush, apparently somewhat
nettled over the manner in which the dis
cussion had been brought about, and smart
ing under The
SLIGHT ADVERSE CRITICISM
Of several of the members, arose. and in
gentlemanly but firm manner plainly told
the cattlemen that if anybody was to blame
Tor seeming neglect of business, the asso-
citation had, by its own acts, created the
grounds for Just complaint. Mr.. Bush said |
that the l, I25.0O0 cattle owned in Texas, il
properly represented in the organiZat ion, |
would place it in position to guard many
polnts-which lack of funds now rendered
impossible. The present income was $4,000
per annum, which could be readily increased
TO double that sum if members would rem
der and pay the established rate per head
on all their cattle, instead of pursuing the
suicidal policy of reporting as few as pos
sible, with view Of making their member
ship as inexpensive as possible. Mem
bers were not taxing themselves
for the benefit of the general
government or the state at lal ge. The or
ganization was for the protection of its own
and the idea of preservation
ought to impel them to be fair and Just to
each other There would, in his opinion,
be no cause of complaint if individuai
members would pay their full assessments.
The executive committee had been ha-
raised through the failure of members TO
support them, had paid bills OF b
the association out of their own funds, and a
be made an earnest appeal to the delegates \
to be more careful and report the actual o
number of cattle owned by them, which I
would at once rectify many apparent errors, a
for which the officials of sthe organization v
were really not censurable-
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