The record-union., 1898-01-26
4 Thousand Delegates Present at
The Opening Session,
Representing TWerty-0ne States and Terri
tories Of the West.
Governor Adams OF Colorado We'll
comes the Delegates in a Speech
Presenting the Differences in
the Stock Growing Industry as
They Exist Now Compared with
the Situation Ten Years Ago.

They Exist Now Compared With
the Situation Ten Years Ago.
DENVER, Jan. 25.-The first session
/ of the National Stock-Growers' Conven-
| tion was called to order in Coliseum
/ Hall at 1890 o'clock by George l..
4 Goulding. Chairman of the General
! Committee of Arrangements There
We're present about LEGO delegates. rep
resenting twenty-one States and Terri
tories of the West Northwest and
/ Southwest.
| In a few words the Chairman stated
the object Of the meeting. He said
! that the years of depression to which
the cattle industry had been subjected
caused a loss in that branch of busi-
ness of hundreds of millions, but that
there now appeared brighter prospects
! for stock-growing in it's various
( branches, and this convention was
called to consider the new conditions.
/ Governor Alva Adams welcomed the
delegates in the name of the State. He
| dwelt upon the difference between the
| present conditions and those of ten years
ago, when, as Governor of Colorado, he
the State. His speech was very OPP
! timistic for the stock growing indus
Try. He urged the cattle men and the
sheep men TO get together and adjust
| their differences.
Mayor 7. 5. McMuTay of Denver de-
livered welcome on behalf of the
city.
John w Springer. President of the
o.
was elected temporary Chairman of the
convention. He was escorted to the
chair by Governor Richards of Wy
| oming and Lieutenant-G Governor Brush
Of Colorado.
In thanking the convention for the
honor conferred Chairman Springer
said the delegates assembled as repre-
sentatives of the stock growing indus
try of the United States represented a
thousand million dollars of capital. He
said cid cowboys days had passed
away, and the stock growing industry
had entered upon a new era.
Charles H. Gould of Nebraska was
chosen temporary Secretary. r. E. Nc
Ginnis of St Paul Reading Clerk. and
! ". H. ORrien of Denver Sergeant-at
Arms
The Chairman appointed the following
committees:
Credentials - Lieutenant-G Governor ].
L. Brush of Colorado. Chairman; w. L.
Pickard, Salt Lake, Utah; Henry G.
Hays, Wyoming; J. c. Kenyon. Oma-
ha William Irvine Cheyenne; Paul
Mccormack, Montana.
/ Resolutions - Governor Richards,
Wyoming: J. r. Van Boskirk. Ne
braska; j. B. Neff. Kansas City; T. f.
| Sotham. Chillicothe. Mo; General
Flower. St Paul; Morey X. Parsons.
Utah: Charles owen, Byers, Col; II. a.
Jastro. California: Mr.. Tfsdale, New
Mexico: Mat Driscoll. Dakota; r. y.
! Allen. Nebraska; A. 2. Brush, Texas;
DR.. Victor Naugard. Washington; DR..
! C. Henry Wallace. Des Moines, Ia; f.
| J. Bonney, Chicago: Taylor Riddle.
| Kansas.
| Permanent Organization - George l.
| Goulding. Colorado; Ora Haley, wy
oming; w. f. Skinner. Texas; @. A.
Hadley. New Mexico; W. p. Anderson.
/ Chicago; A. b Smith. Omaha: Alfred
S. Donan, Arizona.
Colonel j. q. Mccoy of Kansas re
sponded on behalf of Kansas in the ad-
dresses of welcome.
! The convention then took a recess
until > p. IN.
The afternoon programme opened
with an address by q. f. Patrick or
Pueblo. Col. on The Benefits to Be De-
rived From an Interstate Organlza-
tion.''
! j. r. Van Boskirll Of Alliance, Neb..
| followed III an address on The Bene-
| fits From State and County Organiza-
| ton
| The next number on the programme
was to have been a paper by Ralph
Talbot, attorney for the Colorado Cat
! tle-Growers' Association. on The Con-
/ servation Of the Ranges
Mr.. Talbot was unable TO be present
! and his paper was read by his law
partner, Mr.. Wadley
! The Chairman announced that Wolle
Londoner of Denver had been appointed
! Chairman OF the Committee on IRA
CATION. The gentleman made snort
/ address in which he accepted the du-
| ties OF the office, especially inviting the
! members of the Texas delegation 10
| apnear before his committee.
| G. X. Mccoy of Kansas then ad-
dressed the convention Oh the contest
between the stock shippers of kansas
and the Stock Yards Company OF kan
sas City.
| The convention adjourned till to-mor-
row at $50 o'clock.