The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-22
STOCK GROWERS CONGRESS
The Inter-Mountain Association
Concludes It's Session.
AN ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE.
Congress Asked to Cede Arid Lands
to the States.
Adopted Also Favor Statehood
for the Territories and for the Free
Coinage of siIver-Ogden Select
ed for the Next Meeting.

OGDEN, April 21.-Delegates to the
cattlemen's congress were slow in as
sembling this morning and it was nearly
IL O'Clock when after music by the band.
Vice-President Waite In the absence of
President Worth, called the convention
together.
Chairman Allen OF the committee on
credentials reported that it had been al
most impossible for the committee to
obtain the names of delegates but the
following were reported as entitled to
seats:
Kansas-H. P. Child, J. H. Waite, W.
w. futile, j. ID. Cruise, L. A. Allen. G..
P. Order, T.. E. Gillespie, L. ]. Gillespie,
Frank Seigie, G. W. Black, Harry Steph-
ems, F. B. Kitchener, J. P. Emmert, ].
P. Seroggins, w. II. Ford, R. H. Duke.
j. ii. Nef, editor Of the DroUers' Ieie-
ID. z. Holcomb, II. p. Day, Ray L.
Black.
Nebraska-W. E. Skinner. F. E. Short,
q. Short, A. III. Lee, E. p. Savage, j. 5.
Walters, William L. Campbell, E. T.
Durland, r. Gilchrist, J. A. Brainard,
A. Laverty, Hugh Hitchcock, Perry Sell
den. George Burger, George Burte, Bruce
-
Utah-A. B. Patton, H. G.. Gilbert, r.
G. I.undy, j. NJ. Langsdorf, ]. I. Pierce,
Mat Jurgensen, j. j. Brummitt, Rams
ford Smith, A. A. Wenger, ]. E. Hor-
rocks, Justice Witherell, A. I. Stone, G..
B. Douglass, j. a. Bellzer, G. w. West
over, R. G. Mckinney, J. L. Noonan, II.
H. Halle, James Anderson, r. w. Whip
pie. Fred J. Kiesel, W. Fl; Harvey. J. =.
Bagley, w. A. Lee, J. d. Gill, j. r. Ell
iott, Charles Meighan, j. d. Bradbury,
J. P. Sprunt, Joseph Metzler, Samuel
Francis, w. d. Gulick, James Andrews,
Aquilla Nebeker, George Whitmore, B.
F. Sanders.
Wyoming-G. W. Carlton, W. E.
Guthrie, J. N. Tisdale, T. ]. Swan,
James Stoddard and E. r. Hanks.
Cclorado-M. H. Mark, Joseph Hatch
and A. e. Parsons.
Idaho-R. A. Caldwell, Jacob West, A.
Broisard, II. o. Hardness, G. NJ. Beason
and II. S. Woolley.
Montana-William Raymond.
California-E. F. Bratz, G. H. Kireher
and S. P. Ash.
Texas-A. w. Warren and George H.
Burgitt.
Nevada-Orlando North.
The secretary OF the committee was
authorized to add such names to the list
of credentials as were reported to him by
the various delegations.
A discussion followed on the manner in
which resolutions should be introduced
and discussed, and it was finally decided
that all resolutions should be read before
the convention, discussed and then re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions
Colonel w. III, Harvey introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That We recommend to all the
cattle growers of the west that they send their
names 70 the secretary of this association and
rRanr
our purposes and object embrace the good of
the cattle owners, and by harmony OF feeling
and union OF action we expect to again build up
that industry until our herds roam upon all the
The tendency Of this order is also to encourage
the breeding Of stock on farms and ranches
President North here entered the con-
yention and was greeted with great ap-
plause.
Secretary Ridgely Of the committee on
resolutions reported that his committee
had drafted an outline for q preamble
to the resolutions, setting forth the OBJ
jects and purposes OF the association
Captain Ransford Smith presented the
following resolution:
Resolved, that the public land should be
ceded by Congress to the end that the sheen
growers may obtain title TO the mountainous
districts, the mountains were made for sheep.
L. A. Allen of Kansas, introduced the
IOlOWluSs
WHEREAS. there are in the western half of
the United States exclusive of mineral and
agricultural lands an immense area OF 100000
square miles of arid mountain and desert lands
the majority OF which is still owned by the gov
eminent.
Justice WitherilI of Terrace, Utah,
wanted the small and practically worth
less range horses killed or otherwise dis
posed of and introduced resolutions to
that effect.
E. P. Savage OF Omaha presented the
following:
Whereas Our interests are constantly being
injured by the encrOachment on our ranges OF
itinerant sheepmen, who like the Gypsies and
nomads Of old. are here today and there to-
morrow with no home nor hsbitatltion, pay no
taxes and apparently have no other object or
aim in life except to take every dollar out OF
the country il possible, 70 the great detriment
of residents and taxpayers OF the country;
therefore be il
Resolved. That We, csttlemen. proceed 10
perfect our organization whereby we may pro-
tect ourselves against such wanton destruction
of our ranges and reckless disregard of our
rights.
The convention then adjourned until
O'Clock.