Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-23
ACOOD
At THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL r1EET-
ING or THE r1ONTHNA STOCk-
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
CAPT. BROWN ELECTED PRES'T,
Effort to Make Helena the Permanent
Meeting Place Is Again frustrated
BY the East Enders.

The eighteenth annual meeting of
the Montana Stockgrowers' associa-
tion, which took place in Miles City
Tuesday, was undoubtedly the largest
gathering that has attended the meet
ing for several years. There was
large outside delegation, a special
chartered car having come from Hell
ena. The cause of this was made ap-
parent early in the meeting, that the
gentlemen from Helena and northern
Montana were going to repeat their
attempt of last year to change the place
of meeting from Miles City to Helena,
and like last year their attempt this
time proved abortive, even though some
of the Miles City stockmen were in
favor of the change.
1 he meeting was called to order by
President John T. Brown, who made
brief address of welcome and then the
roll call and minutes of last meeting
were read. This was followed by the
secretary's report, which showed the
association to be in a fourishing con-
dition and that by the appointment of
committees as follows:
Resolutions-William Wallace, G. P.
Moorehead, David Frat, ]. B. Ken
bricks, J. r. Mckay.
Nominations--Fratt, Johnson, Walsh,
Holt, Dehart, Farnum, Sieben, Kauff-
mann, Mcnamara, Brewster, Terrett.
neutrality-suspicious., Boardman,
Ingersoll.
The report of E. H. Johnson, who
had been appointed a committee of one
at the last meeting to interview the
people of northern Montana as to Sc
lecting more central place of meet
ingf was read and Mr.. johnson report
ed that he had found the northern Mon
tana Roundup association in favor of
Helena, and as committee repor ted
in favor of Helena. J. B. Boardman
moved to adopt this report. w. B.
Jordan, of Miles City, promptly rose
and objected that the adoption of the
report meant change of location of
meeting from Miles City to Helena,
and that two-thirds vote was necessary
to make the change. David Frat i'm
mediately made a melton to change
line three, section eight of the bylaws,
so as to strike out Miles City and sub
stitute Helena.
Mr.. Jordan contended that this was
new business and could not properly
come up at this time and moved to table
the resolution.
William Wallace, Jr., of Helena,
then called attention to the fact that
Mr.. Johnson's report had not been
acted on and that was unfinished busi-
ness. When it was found, however,
that according to the amended bylaws
the meeting was properly in general
business the fight on the Johnson reso-
luton was abandoned and the atten-
tion was called to the Frat resolution
and Mr.. Jordan's motion to lay on
table.
On motion of Mr.. Boardman it was
agreed that the voting should be by
ballot and it was understood that if
Mr.. Jordan's motion carried the Fratt
resolution would be tabled, and would
not appear in the proceedings of the
convention. If Mr.. Jordan's motion
was defeated the Frat. resolution would
come up for vote.
Mr.. Jordan's motion to table was
defeated by vote of IS to IS. The
question of a vote on Mr.. Fratt's reso-
luton was considered. Dinner time
came, but the question was too alb
sorbing to permit of any adjournment
Miles City seeing that this vote was
rather too close for comfort immedi-
atelv started out on a rustic for votes
and when the question was finally
voted resulted % to 81 in favor of Miles
City, so that not even the two-thirds
clause that saved the town last wear
was called into play. The exciting
moment of the meeting over, adjourn
ment was made for dinner.
AT 3 O'Clock the association was
called to order and applications for
membership received. There were
nearly 60 applications and all were