Phoenix weekly herald., 1898-01-27
National eonya
fan tua C0lOIdS
LENGTHY PROGRzlSaIE
Notable Gathering of the Most Pro
minent Men in the
-nsTrsf- United States.

| Denver Colo. Jan. i25.@There was
| little room to spare this morning in
the spacious auditorium at the opening
of the National Stock Growers Con-
vention, for which arrangements have
! been in progress for over three months.
| In Il measure the scene reSembled
national political convention. the struc
ture being gaily decorated and many
\ of the delegates marching in to the
strains of martial music, preceded by
/ banners Indicative of their State. AS
one man after another of national rep
utation put in an appearance and was
recognized there was hearty applause.
! The doors We're thrown open a 3
O'Clock and for an hour thereafter
there was Il concert by the First In
fantry band of the National Guard,
which served to enIfven the pre1imfn-
airy proceedings. The rallying hour
was remarkable for the number of
public men who put i'll an appearance.
Among them We're Governor NJ. A.
Otero of New Mexico; Governor Rich
ards. of Wyoming; Governor Holcomb,
of Nebraska; Governor Robert B.
Smith, of Montana; Governor ]. w.
Leedy, of Kansas; Governor O. Nj.
Barnes, of Oklahoma; DR.. A. II. Peters,
of the University of Nebraska; u. o.
Lively, of the Fort Worth stock eX-
change: HI. 2. Chifds, assistant gen
eral manager of the Kansas City stock
yards; w. E. Skinner, general man
ager of the Fort Worth stock yards.
Z. l.. Sergeant, general freight agent
of the Texas and Pacific; S. B. Knight,
general freight agent of the Wabash;
Ex-senator Carey, of Wyoming; DR..
Richard Gibson, of Delaware, Ontario
one Of the leading breaders of high
standard Shropshire and Yorkshire
sheep;J. r. Van Broskirk, secretary of
the Western Nebraska Stock Grow
ers' Association; C. H. Sessions, of Los
Angeles California; w. V. Newton, of
Fort Worth; III. H. Metcalf, of the
Colorado Cattle Growers Association;
J. H. Paddock, chairman of the Illi-
nois State Board of Live Stock Com
missioners.
1t was a few minutes after 10 o'clock
when George L. Goldin, chairman of
the executive committee, raped the
stock growers convention to order.
'PaTSon Tom Uzzell was presented,
and the vast audience rose while he
offered a fervent prayer. Chairman
Goldin then read letter from the
President acknowledging receipt of an
invitation to be present, and in which
Mr.. Mckinley expressed regret that
his engagements and public duties
made it impossible for him to journey
the hope that the interests of the great
industry in whose behalf the conven- |
ton has been called, would be largely |
promoted. Addresses of welcome were
next in order and Governor Alva Adj |
ans spoke for the State and Mayor I. |
s. McMurray for the city. The roll |
call of delegates by States. the app
pointment of committees and other |
routine business occupied the remand |
er of the morning session.
When the stock growers convention |
this afternoon the com |
mittee presented its report. Twenty |
minute addresses We're then delivered |
as follows: d. F. Patrick. of Pueblo. |
on the benefits to be derived from an |
interstate organization: J. r. Van
BoSkirk. of Nebraska. on the benefits !
of state and county organizations;
Ralph Talbot, attorney for the Colo |
RADIO Cattle Growers Association, on
the conservation of the ranges; I. T. D.
Andrews, of Fort Worth, Texas, on
the rights that the shippers should ex-
Dect of the railroads and stock yards
Of the country.
Denver, Jan. 26-Chairman Springer
called the National Stock Growers
Convention to order at 10 o'clock this
There was a full attendance
Of delegates. A committee was chos
IN from the states represented to draft
4 constitution and bylaws. G. w.
Baker of Arizona was chosen a MEM
Der of this committee. The first adj
lress was on statistics as to values of
livestock and prospective conditions"
Dy J. n. Neff, editor of the '-Drovers
of Kansas City. The speak
IT reviewed the history of stock grow
rs business for the past fifteen years,
showing that the industry that was
IN the down grade for Il number of
ears, reached the bottom a couple of
ears ago and has since been imprOv-
ng. Governor w. A Richards, of Wy
'mnig. next spoke on 'NThe cession of
he arid public lands to the states"
Governor Richards took the position
hat not only the arid lands but all the
public lands should be given TO the
tates. They would then he claimed,
Don be made to help pay the govern
nent expenses and sooner be put in the
lands of actual settlers. Il