| Show I EACK FROM ST QfflS I JJirst AjLil FOXI ple1CQw boys Conclave < kt1 IL j f PROBNAGE1OP JDE1DHEAIS What the Convention Has Done andS and-S S WliatitHopes to Do Fear 1 of Politicians I i The advance guard of the Utah and Idaho cattle men who went in splits over the two railroads to St Louis came back to Salt Lake yesterday over tlie Union Pacific in the person of Mr Burke of Lonergan Burke A HERALD HER-ALD reporter met Mr Burke in Mr I morning I Sandersons office yesterday and at once tookhim in tow When may the remainder of the attachment at-tachment be looked for was the first inquiry Some time within the next few days was the reply The convention adjourned last Saturday and the members mem-bers are looking around a little preparatory prepar-atory lo turning their faces homeward home-ward How long was convention in session ses-sion l sionSix days from Monday till Saturday Satur-day What in particular Mr Burke has the convention effected 1 Well the main thing was to get an organization completed it is a very heavy one numbering between 1100 and 1200 members A good deal was done however and the future meetings are looked forward to with much anticipation S ticipation When do you meet again 1 The last part of November 1885at St Louis and each year thereafter The citizens of St Louis have done everything in their power to make the occasion a pleasant one and just previous pre-vious to the adjournment each menii ber of the convention was presented with an elegant silver medal as a souvenir souve-nir of the occasion What is the feeling among the members of the convention as to its usefulness T There is a very general fear that the convention may drift into the hands of politicians at this session there was a vast number of persons from each State and Territory who could not be called in any sense cattle or horsemen They were simply individuals who had got in under the stockmens banners for the sake of the free ride over the railroads I and yet they had just as much of a voice in all the measures voted upon as the owner of 10000 cattle It is this feature that we wish most strongly to impress upon the future local and national stock conventionsthat they only send representative cattle men as delegates or the organization the Cattle and Horse Growers National Convention I meanwill drift into the hands of politicians that was what was most generally talked of among the members What of the big trailS 1 trail-S Well the convention unanimously passed the resolution to ask Congress to make a national trail from Texas into the north but among the members I think the opinioh was general that Congress Con-gress would refuse grant the request How did the cattle men come to divide in going to the convention from here I hereWell a good many of those who went over th Union Pacific were under some sort of obligations to that road for favors received and could not very well go over tile other Thats about all j allIs there anything new in the dressed meats and refrigerating project Nothing that I know of Mr White and Mr Lonergan have had the great partof that to do and I am unaware how it stands since you published the particulars sometime ago Lonergan Burke are owners of a large ranche in Curlew Valley Idaho MrSLonergan and his bride will return to Jhevrest in about two weeks |
