The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
A SCALP LAW IS WANTED.
Cattle kaisers Adopted a Resolution
Asking for It.
FIGHT OF THE MEETING OVER IT.
Discussion Hrousht Forth Gibea and
Rcpartcc - Fort Worth Selected
for the Next Place of Meeting.

was called to order by President Bush q
the Grand opera house at 10 o'clock thi,
morning, Governor q. a. Culbcrson. VIII,
was present. was invited to the platform
| The young governor announced that h,
preferred to remain In the audience with
| the boys.
Al this point Il. q, Kiebcrg arose ant
stated that he understood that the South
ern Pacific Railway company felt aggricv,
ed over tho action OF the convention Tues
| day In passing a condemnation resolution
AGAINST the road for not selling excursion
tickets on Monday. lie stated that he
also understood that the San Antonio re-
ception committee was divided as 10 the
| advisabili,y OF passing tho resolution.
Therefore he suggested that the Southern
racine. through it's representative, 10
| given an opportunity to make an eSplana-
ton to the convention II II desired The
privilege was granted, but as there was nc
representative of the company present at
the time no further reference to tho mat
ter WAS made.
committee to draft suitable rcsolu-
'tons In memory OF the deceased member.
OF the association was asked for by A. u
Robertson OF Colorado City,
Ihc chair announced that IL was It's In
ten To appoint two such committees One OF
these consisted OF Mcssrs klebcrg,
Coy ana Lucas on tho death OF Dr. j. y
raylor and Mayor Edward FcntoIl TIC
other committee consisted OF Mcssrs
slaughter, Pryor and SAMSON on the deaths
OF J,rc Barbcc and J. l.. bow.
Both Of these committees reported glow
tng tributes to their accused fellow mem.
bors aud the reports OF the committees
were adopted by the members OF the con
vention rising to their feet.
u. L. Wilson OF Wichita introduced pomr
new and interesting matter In a resolution
condemning the weighing system OF the
Western Weighing association.
The resolution reads as follows:
Resolved That the system now In
vogue by the Western Weighing assoc
citation liz incorrect
Mr. Wilson explained his resolution by
calling attention TO the loss In weight that
cattle shipments suffered when weighed
on automatic scales while the cars are In
motion Hc said that he had taken tho
prccaution 10 weigh his cattle Just before
they were weighed on the automatic scales
and the loss suffered through weighing
while the cars were In motion was very
anprcciablc
The resolution seemed to have been
brought In simply to call the attention OF
the association to the alleged discrepancy
IL offered no remedy and tho convention
scarcely knew what TO do with 1t. On mo-
ton the resolution WAS referred TO the ox.
ecuilve committee.
Mr. Alfred Giles Of san Antonio opened
the real fight Of the convention II was
the scalp law question and was the only
tang that ruifled the feelings OF the menu
bers' the hight was conducted in n spirit
ed but ecntlcmanly manner.
From the back of an envelope Mr.. Giles
read tho following brief resolution.
Resolved. That this tho Cattle
RaiEors association of Texas. pray the
legislature now In session to pass
bounty law. payable by the State. for
the killing OF lobo wolves. Mexican
lions and paying for each So.
yell of approval went UP from the
West Texas contingent
Mr. Giles spoke earnestly on the subject
matter Of his resolution lie called atten.
ton to the enormous donroiatious COM
miltod by tho wolves aud Mexican lions
Fifteen per cent Of calves and lambs drop
ped on The ranges of Wss, Texas are de-
vourod by these beasts. he said. Thon he
read letter from Land Commissioner
Baker showing the amount of unused
public land there was In Texas. There are
20 900 900 acres of unEold school land In
the state. he sai,I. and Of this l7,u0O.00p is
on the market. These figures do not In
clude the public domain. Nearly all Of
this land. he seid. was In West Texas His
contention was that II tho ranges were
given sufficient protection from the wolves
and lions that there would he a greater de-
mand for the school lands and that IN con
sequence the revenue to the State at large
would Jump up from 5000 900 to $500. 600
he thought possibly to 100000 per year
II know that there are some Of you here
-. AZ %. 4. q.
that East Texas won't stand It, on the
contrary. | feel that N East Texas is con-
front.d with these facts and these ngureH
that the benefit to the entire State from
such law VIII be- recognized by them. We
have broad minded governor and be-
lieye that there are enough broad minded
men from the East and West Texas who
would secure It's passage."
Mr.. Giles followed with an account OF
how he had lost herd Of Shropshire
sheep Oh his ranch In Bandera county In
spite OF belliDg and spiking them. He
closed with reading n letter That he had
received from India showing the heavy
bounty that the Anglo indian government
was paying for the Bcalps of Wild beasts
OF that country.
The applause that followed Mr. Giles
speech fairly Indicated that good majority
was In favor OF scalp bounty legislation.
Mr.. Gi!cs' resolution was econded by u
number Of men. aud then the convention
was turned Into an experience meeting, In |
which tho members told how many animals
they lost and Just how the victims had dis |
Finally the resolution was
amended so as to ask the legislature To
make tho bounty so instead OF so. The |
carried.
Marion SAMSON OF Alvarado. who led the |
opposition to the scalp law resolution. nov |
I'd to table the resolution. This brought |
tho matter TO test A rising vote showed |
II for and 81 against the motion TO table, |
This brought he convention back 10 tho
amended resolution. The opposition here
sought To XIII the resolution by lacking on |
amendments.
II move to amend TO have bounty ri !
si.5o for prairie dogs" said Marion San
som.
II move bounty of 81 per head for Jack |