Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-03-07
AMARILLO DELEGATES
TELL Of CONVENTION
Although they Failed ." br'ng Nen
Meeting. Advertising Value ~
WORK aiDld.

s0.fN out uut hDl "hlPP'Hi wa
me slogan OF thc Amarillo doleGa
ton 70 mo Cattlemen's Convention
Al Oklahoma cry. when returned
On the special Santa ~ train az
O'Clock Friday afternoon and The
regular ROCK Island train IN the
forenoon During the stop TOT
breakfast AZ Canadian me battle-
CARED delegation marched 10 town
behind ne band and put % IN"
Tufse, Trot lor the ndiiIcaiiOn
81 the citizens Just 20 .ho~ nat mo
nghtnv spirit Was SIN 100 evidence
Considering the array OF talent
lined up By the opposition. ala one
member OF the delegation, the iiLhi
put no by Amarillo va r"mafkabl'
lpon arrival lu Oklahoma 90 sion
day morning. 10 APPEARED l8 though
our last friend had deserted 70 ne
enemy. Opposing us Ne iound =
stfOng ~ Paro lineup. hacked by
Open support on the part of about
b1lf the etecutise committee. lhclud-
lug Pre- lfent slaughter and score
t1ry Harfell Oklahoma cts. when
had been depended upon for coop
GRAFTON while lavish IN entertain
ment and courtesy vas lukewarm
In voting support Chairman Wan
doll of no Sanitary Board ~ For
Worth. worked actively for ~ Paso
and Esoutiyoman Brainard oi can
sd,,u and other iudi, dual mem
hers Al Lubbock and and Plalnvi'"
wore arrayod against ug. President
slaughter made % speech Ia favor oi
El paro from tho floor ~ me con
venti0n hall
"bisrsgafd,ug al this M" ANA
riIIo dolexatiou held lu early caucus
and prepared Systematically Tor
strouuona battle ice Biyin5. llarse
Aver. e.. 4. pat paftrath Jack llall
~ n Fuqua. mo $ Mcknight COZ.
@ r Herring. ard q score OF othef
rgttlomer we're dssi1nod 20 mo task
of soliciting votes Frank \ Wh'i''
chairman of tho convention rouln'
tee of Do Amarillo Chamber "I
fommsrrp took hold OF oilic" AFFAIRS
sdyertlsiuF, aud other Hp"c'al lta
ture.. while !. indghy sum 'hhit
man of the Intcualnm'ut commit
tee. supported h} Niloa hi,in' SAN
taarn. Len Mcclellan, Frank \
buckingham. aud other took ohars,
of tho band and stunt portion OF
tho program Recruits wer" Obtain
ed from late arrivals and outside
towns and the battle began
Monday the opposition claimed
Tint Amarillo would not have iitN
,otas Tuesday showed o distinct
gain Tor the Queen City Of the Fan.
handle wednesday showed the ~
paso men badly worried. Thur'day
IL was anybody fight until the vote
waa counted " H. Fuqua JRo ;
Mcknight aud Judge u W liall
reure cnied Amarillo. Will" ~ P1so
was represented by Gtrong men SIX
teen Amarillo and live VI Paso voi'
erg we're disqualified by the judges
ana the ilnal count ahow"d margin
but thirteen In favor Of the Cat.
CITY Amarillo really polled lb'
votes 10 81 pasoB lt3.
"Thr Amarillo men feel That th'
convention fight was worth while
from an advertising standpoint, alone
Thoufands ot buttons were diatri
buted. tho theatres were Auppliru
With Amarillo elides. banners were
thrown across m" front ol IN" pfih
cipal gathering place.. The Wen
phls band. augmented by Amarillo
members, kept mp q continual par
AIDE and the entertainment squad ac
compauied them with all kinds @.
skl,s. wells and dances II would b.
a rank injustice 10 single out any
single member OF the delegation "a
the one who got the best results
lust credit them all on the ledger
I with Zine work The next thing ~
order II immediate work Tor 1916.
while beaten for the next meet
Ing place Amarillo scured the "lec
ton ol +. II. l.andergin as preslden
and Lee Rivin - Treasurer"
After the iinal result was an
nounccd the Amarillo mon gave tire
cnccrs Tor ~ raso and the Amarillo
band escorted the ,iIors In triumph
10 their hotel Tue entire Amarillo
delegation are under distinct obliga
ton Co the santa IT, and Rock l9lan'
I officials tor fine service and minute
attention 10 the detailed com0rt q
the doleuatcs Nothing but prais'
was heard the entire trip Tor the tint
railroad service rendered And last
bui not least. the members OF tn
Memphis band who accompanied IN
excursion showed willing DISPOSE