Show CHICAGO NOT BACKWARD Windy City Representatives Say They Will Secure Next Convention Chicago Is going to have the next convention of the National LiveStock association said LiveStock Agent A H Lee of the Union Stockyards and Transit company of Chicago at the Cullen last night Omaha Is avery a-very enterprising and lively town but Chicago has the call Tomorrow night there will arrive here General Manager I A G Leonard of the Union Stockyards W G Skinner general agent and I twentyeight other delegates In special cars and headqliartcra will be opened at the Knutsford In addition 16 these from sixty to ninety more delegates will arrive on Monday Our Mr Skinner Skin-ner was the manager of the greatest rat livestock Show the world ever saw and It was held in Chicago last month I when a steer sold at 150 pOt pound Chicago has an auditorium and a superabundance su-perabundance of hotel and railroad facilities I fa-cilities and we propose to putup alight a-light that will bring the convention for 1902 to Chicago I Opinions Differ as to Leasing E S Gosney of Flagstaff Ariz chairman of the committee on driveways drive-ways between winter and summer ranges comprising In addition to hlirr self Hon Solomon Luna of New Mexico Mexi-co and Jesse M Smith of Utah said yesterday that opinion In regard to leasing was divided in Arizona Where the summer and winter ranges arc separated he said the stockmen are opposed to the Idea In certain parts of southern Arizona where one range Is used the yekr around the stockmen favor tho plan and the presence of rustlers is also having the effect of creating a sentiment favor of leas lug lands so that the operations of these people may be restricted Chairman Learys Suggestion Chairman Leary requests that the business Interests of the city remember remem-ber I that the membership of the association associa-tion embraces all kinds of live stock horses cattle sheep and swine being i provided for through Its articles of association as-sociation Care should therefore betaken be-taken in the wording of bji sers and the designing of all expressions of welcome wel-come to cover these various Interests and none of these Interests should be specially selected The word stockmen stock-men or sloekgrowera should be used Instead of cattlemen sheep men or horsemen Executive Committee Meeting An informal meeting of some of the members of the executive committee of the national association was held In the committeerooms yesterday fore noon Only a few members of the committed com-mitted were picscnt among them being Mr Springer John Sparks of Nevada 12 n Callister of Wail Mat Dougherty of Nebraska J D Wood of Idaho Jesse M Smith of Utah E S Gosney of Arizona M 1C Parsontj of Utah and Secretary C F Martin The mating was wholy Informal and nothing of a definite nature was done The question of the best manner of handling oleo margarine and other legislation which It Is hoped will be carried before Congress Con-gress was talked of and some Informal suggestions made to Committee Meetings Called The arid lands committee will meet this afternoon at 2 oclock in the I Knutaford hotel for the purpose of drafting a bill to offer to the convent1 f j tlon on tho leasing proposition it IB I j not possible to state > at this timerJust what the nature of the biil YepomV I mended by i the committee will be but I It is entirely safe to say that ut thi I time no matter what the report of the l committee is t Hip association will not r Indorse any proposition looking to the leasing of the arid lands at The executive committee will hold Its regular annual meeting at the Knuts ford beginning at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon At the meeting the annual report of the secretary will be submitted sub-mitted reports of standing committees will be given and the question of so amending the constitution of the association asso-ciation as to permit auxiliary memberships member-ships will be brought up There are at the present time several associations In Canada which desire a membership In the National association but under the constitution as at present in force no associations outside of the United Stales can become members It is the intention to make such amendments i as will allow associations In Canada and Mexico and perhaps In other countries to become auxiliary members of the association |