Weekly journal-miner., 1916-01-19
COWNEN ARE HAVING THE TIME
 OF THEIR YOUNG, FR|SKY LIVES
Second Day of Convention Featured by Contest For 1917 Gathering Between Nogales and Globe Both Cities Promise Plenty of Moisture Interesting Papers And
 Speeches; Hardys Talk Makes Hit.

friends too often in our mad rush Tor self-aggrandizement.
 I am glad to be here to get away
 from home discipline. for a while al least. It is a great source Of pleasure 10 know that for the next few days l will not be called upon to explain my ? am. home arrival, which no doubt many of you know is not always easy to explain.
 l am glad I am here because it en- ables me to get away from the trials and tribulations of office life. much of whicn consists in trying to con vince cattlcmen that they cannot put a fraudulent importation of cattle across the line without mourning ny fierce hostility, and involving them selves in serious difficulties. And as our distinguished Ex-Presidcnt Theo- dore Roosevelt would say, I am de lighted to be here just because l am here, of course, anticipating with foni pleasure anything that might be pu; on or pulled off.
 And gentlemen, last but by 10 means least, am glad I am here bc cause it enables me to strike com mon plane with bunch of commc1 rougn neck cowpunchers. and this within itself is and ought to be. ample remuneration for the presence of any gentleman on this occasion. For once in my life I find myself in perfect ac cord with our indispensable Teddy, and will declare as he would declare, were he here, that it is delightful, i. i5 bully.
 Gentlemen. in dealing with cattle men on the border, in participating iI the deliberations of these convention, in trying to interpret the governor $ quarantine proclamation and its var jed and complex amendments, which is the work of other cattlemcn, your livestock board, l feel that I am az curing an experience in my presc1. that will soon enable me .o pose as one of the biggest cattlcmen. cattle of course, in the Stat I, of Arizona.
 Your livestock board. in formula, ing and trying to enforce the quarar- tine, have undoubtedly been actuate ! by a desire to protect the livestock interests of the State. But they have had problems to deal with not easy e solution, a quarantine proclamation. and enforcing the same on line c 25O miles is fraught with many diff culties that are calculated to try not only the patience of men, but thei- souls as well. But may l not assur 2 you gentlemen, that quarantine or no quarantine. just as long as the bureau of animal industry and their cficier are charged with tn responsibility of preventing diseased livestock from coming in contact wit: your herds, you need give yourselves no uneasincss as to the results, nom whatever.
 My last appearance before this coz vcntion, I posed rather as belligcr- ent. and 1t was both necessary ani well that I did. otherwise l am sure I would have failed in my purpose, however. good fighter should know when to draw his sword and wnen to leave it in the sheath. The last fight might destroy the effect of previou, victories tand rather than take any chances of that character, l think ! shall on this occasion pose as neu- tral.
 Gentlemen, while through your CO operation and generous support, we have been able to greatly reduce tlc lbominable practice of cattle rustlinG and cattle smuggling. as well as to our efficiency very materially the battle is not ended. the victory not as yet won.
 The warning factions on the line have acted somewhat as a safcguar! against this nuisance, but l am of the opinion that as soon as conditions on the border become normal again, or nearly so, we will be confronted with another condition that will tax our lttermost capacity. The danger of your nerds coming in contact with in ,ccted stock has never in my opinion been SO great as it is al the present lime. The cattle above the quarantine inc in Mexico nave been pretty well cleaned up, but there are thousands of t,em below the line that can he bought very cheap, and it is perfectly natural to suppose that interruptions dealers will attempt to put them