Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-01-17
Wrangling at the Annual Meetjn0 in
Denver Results in CattIemen
Walking Out.
CONFUSION IS UNRESTRAlNED
CattIemen Did Not Want to Admit
the Railroads and Packers to
Membership in Association.

Denver, Jan. 13.-The National Live
stock association was rent in twain
today by the adoption of a new con.
stltution which admitted the packers
to membership, and provided an open
door through which the railroads of
the country might at any time become
factors in the control of the organ.
ization.
The cattlemen, horse and swine
growers, together with representa-.
tlves OF some of the affiliated indus.
tries, refused to agree to the new
constitution, withdrew when they con.
sldered its adoption, and this after.
noon formed a new organization un.
der the name of the American Stock
growers association, whose aim it will
pc to WELD a dominant influence in
the interest of the cattle growers.
Roughly speaking, the sheep men.
commission men, and the stock yards
interests remained with the Nation
al Livestock association, and the ac-
tual growers of all other animals for
the market have gone with the new
association.
The cattlemen have from the first
strongly opposed the admission into
their organization of the packers, and
especially Of the railroads. Th,.y
claimed that these two influences
would ultimately dominate the cattle
growing industry of the country to
the detriment of the individual grow
er, and they refused to remain in an
organization which included their rem.
resentatives among the members of
Its controlling body.
The detection in the ranks came af.
ter long session in which the argu.
ments We're at times torrid, and
where the parliamentary tangles were
SO frequent and SO complex that it
was impossible to follow them. Many
OF them were not followed. Motions
would be made, placed before the
house, and never voted upon. At
times there would be several motions
before the house at one time. and
they would all drop together by the
Wayside while the convention went
helter-skelter after something else.
Vice President Jastro, at one time
acted as presiding officer, and de-
clared out of order a motion to ad.
journ.
Amt motion to adjourn always in
order?' demanded the delegate who
had made it.
Not just now, they amt" replied
the vice president, who was anxious
to bring about vote on the proposed
constitution before allowing the con.
vention to adjourn.
At the opening of the convention
today majority and minority reports
were submitted by the committees,
that had been appointed yesterday to
consider the plan of organization. The
former, which came from the cattle
men, was read by S. H. Cowan, of
Texas, and recommended that only
stockmen be allowed to vote on the
plan of reorganization.
The minority report, submitted by
E. R. Gosney, of Arizona, was in IA
vOr of allowing only such delegates
to vote as were members of the Ma
tional Livestock association in good
standing.
After wrangle that lasted for
hours, and during which the conven-
tion wandered hither and thither, the
majority report was adopted.
President Hagenbarth, of the asso-
citation, then declared that up to this
time the convention had been of
general character and not conven-
tion of the members of the National
Livestock association, who alone
could vote on the adoption of the
proposed plan of reorganization. An
effort was then made 10 call the del
egates of the association to order,
but no roll of the members was at
hand, and when one was brought it
was incomplete.
During an interval of the roll call
Mr.. Mckenzie. of Colorado. discussed