The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-13
MORE VALUABLE PAPERS ON
THE SUBJECT.
METHODS OF MAKING BEEF
TREATED INTERESTINGLY BY A
MISSOURI MAN-TALK BY j. j.
HILL.
NO TIME TO SPARE.
Motion to Invite w. j. Bryan to the
Convention Meets With Vfgor-
GUS DisapproyaI.

The popularity of W. ]. Bryan has
certainly not perYaded the ranks Of
the stockmen, for at their meeting In
the hall of representatives yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Bryan was decidedly out
of favor, in fact, the action taken by
the convention upon the motion of Prof
Lyon could easily be construed as be-
ing decidedly derogative to the dignity
of the free silver champion, and plain
ly showed that the large gathering of
practical tillers of the soil and breed
ers of line stock had no time for Mr..
! Bryan or the principles which Mr..
i Bryan advocated
Prof. L. l.. Lyon was recognized by
the chair just before President J. J. Hill
| delivered his address, and said that he
understood that Mr. William J. Bryan
! was IN the city, and, inasmuch as he
! was a man who had acquired a ma
/ t1onal reputation, he would move that
committee be appointed to wait upon
| Mr.. Bryan and ask him to address the
| convention Immediately there were
| cries Of no no" from all parts Of
the hall. G. D. Gilfillan, F. J. Barry
and half dozen others tried to get
the floor. Mr.. Gilfillan was recognized
and said if Mr.. Bryan was a stock
breeder or farmer they would be
! glad to have him speak before the
meeting. A delegate from North Da
kota got the floor and said that he did
not think it was within the province
! OF the convention to mix in politics. or
bring anything in which would raise
political feeling of any kind. Several
delegates called out that's right" By
this time there were many trying to
| get the floor to protest against the mo-
ton. President Schumacher then took
hand in the proceeding After get
ting order, he said: Il do not think
we should bring anything into this
convention which would interfere with
our deliberations as breeders and
farmers; however, if I hear a second
to the motion, l will put the notion
! 1hereupOn Prof. Lyon said he would
| withdraw his motion if the man who
seconded it would consent. as he
merely thought the convention would
like to hear Mr.. Bryan because of his
national reputation. The second was
Withdrawn There was considerable
! disorder for the next two or three min
! utes brought about by the Bryan af-
| fair Somebody said that one of the
Nebraska delegates in the hall lived
| In the same precinct with Mr. Bryan
and had voted against him Another
moved that the Nebraska delegation
wait upon their neighbor, Mr. Bryan,
and bring him to the hall These mo-
tions and several others We're made in
the spirit of humor, and the incident
was passed and the session proceeded
with.
When President Schurmeier's gavel
fell upon the last session of the con-
! Vention in the rooms of the CONNER
c1al club last evening, where the visit
ing stockmen were being rendered
reception, it was upon what was easily
the biggest, most successful gathering
OF stockmen ever held in the United
States. The success and good feeling
which prevailed since the opening SEES
sion of the convention has we'll repaid
the st. Paul gentlemen, to whose ex-
cellent labors the success of the gath
ering is largely due.
When the morning session convened
there were nearly 200 delegates present,
ard before the close of the afternoon
session the large hall Of representatives
was completely filled. There were also
people in the galleries.
The most important feature of the
upon the report of the committee upon
permanent organization 1t was de-
cided at the evening session to make
the convention an annual affair.
At the opening of the morning ses-
sion F, j. Berry, of Chicago, took up
his talk on horses, reported in yester-
days G o b e. He denied that there
was any danger of electricity taking
the place of the horse. 1t was imprac-
tfcable to make either steam or cleo
tricity replace the horse in trucking or
teaming in the great cities. Export
demand for horses had doubled in 1895
and again in 1895. In 1897, this country
exported $4,000 horses. the greater
number of them sold on the Chicago
market
The delegates kept the speaker busy
for half an hour answering questions
as to breeding, feeding and general
care.
DR.. Reynolds, the state veterinarian,
read paper on the diseases of swine
He dealt largely with hog cholera
The nine members appointed by the
governor did not constitute the whole
board of health by any means The
working members were the township
supervisors and local physicians in
every township and village Hog chol-
era could only be treated as small pox
and yellow fever are treated among
people-Guarant1ne regulations and
disinfectants are the only remedies
from which satisfactory results may be-
expected. Many experiments for the
eradication of the disease had proved
unsatisfactory, but he said he believed
that in few years some one would
find a vaccine or serum that would
operate as vaccination works on the
human family as a preventative of
small poX.
Prof Shaw followed, at the request
of the convention, with a Short talk on
THE Bacon Hog" He complimented
the American breeders on the skill they
had shown in breeding a hog that was
of fine form and easily kept, but he
tho ught they had gone to an extreme
in that direction. He detailed methods