Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-13
That of Majority Recommends
That Only Livestock Men be
Admitted to Membership.
MEETING NOT A CONVENTION.
tlagenbarth So Declared officials Too
Mich Mixed in a Parliamentary
Way to Organize.

Denver, Jan BAT the opening OF
the convention Of the National Live
stock association this morning, Nuordo
Mackenzie OF Trinidad, asked for the
floor on a question of personal priri-
lege He declared that he had been
frequently mentioned as successor
to President Hagenbarth, but his busl-
ness interests We're such that he could
not accept the position.
secy. Johnson, OF the association,
made an extended statement Of the orr
gin Of the reorganization plan, saying
that part of ii would do justice to
President Hagenbarth
"As question Of personal privilege
soid the president, ~ don't wish any
Justice done me-
There we're calls OF Go on from the
delegates and Mr.. Johnson proceeded
to read q number Of letters from stock
men supporting the plan OF reorganiza-
| ton as proposed by President H9gen-
barth.
Majority and minority reports on the
plan Of reorganization from the COM
mittecs appointed yesterday were then
read, Tho former report from the cat
tlomen, read by S. II. CoWan, Tecom-
mended that only livestock men proper
| be admitted 10 membership, and that
all visiting stockmcn be allowed TO vote
ON the plan Of reorganization 1t de-
clared against combination with
stock yards, packers and railroads.
The minority report for the wool
growers was read by T.. r. Gosncy OF
Arizona. II was In favor Of allowing
only such delegates as were members
or the livestock association 20 vote on
the question Of reorganization.
a motion was made by II. a. Jasuo
TO lay both reports on the table, and
a long argument resulted on points of
parliamentary procedure, The motion
&C. lay on the table was lost and the
majority reports submitted 10y Mr..
Cuwan was adopted.
President Hagenbarth then declared
that the meeting was of a general char
aCtcr and not convention of the Ma
tional Livestock association. Tho cour-
tCsies Of the association 10 visiting
stockmcn were about to cease ne de-
clared and a meeting of the livestock
association would be held. Mr.. COWau
called for the report OF the conference
committee and was ruled out Of order
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cnco committee had been appointed by
the executive committee of the live
stock association, and should not re-
port 10 the general meeting,
An attempt was made to organize the
convention OF the livestock association,
but the officials were in such a state of
parliamentary confusion that IL was
difficult to call the roll to determine
what members of the association were
present
W, Il. Hughes of Colorado moved that
an stockmen who had been invited TO
the convention be allowed to vote, They
had been invited TO participate IN the
proceedings, he said, and yet when
questions of Importance came up for
disposition they were denied any vote,
Ilc was ruled out OF order and Mr..
Cowan appealed from the decision Of
the chair.
The chair ala not order the roll call
and the committee on reorganization
reported, 1t recommended that the
following b. entitled to membership:
Cattle, sheep, horse and swine growers,
stock feeders, pure breed record usso-
Citations, stock exchanges, stock yards
packers ana "such Other branches as
be approved by the central committee