Show LEASING ARiD LAMUS Question Comss Upin Cattle Growers Convention RESOLUTIONS ON SUBJECT S S I Committee to Whom They Were Bc YIerred Will Report Favorably to S the Convention But Ono Voto Against Them That of a Denver Man Who Submitted Resolution AgaInst Leasing New Executive Committee Ic Chosen M K Par sons and W I White Named 1 i Sr f Denver Colo March 6The question of the leasing of the arid lands of the plcn range to stockgrowers has come S to the front among the subjects to be considered at the convention of the cattlegrowers now being held In this city although It was not mentioned in the call for the convention The following fol-lowing resolutions which were Intro ducod by Col John P Irish of California Califor-nia and referred to the executive committee I com-mittee were referred back from that committee at the morning session of convention today Resolved by the American Cattle Growers association That the attention atten-tion ot the Federal Government bo called to the rapid waste of its property S proper-ty on the arid ranges to the Increasing aridity of that part of Its domain resulting re-sulting from the extirpation of thc vegetable protection of tho soil to the decrease In the number of cattle In I proportion to the population of tho whole country and to the significant I fact that the vast region wherein these j changes arc taking place are hereby being rendered less fit for agriculture and permanent settlement S Resolved That In the judgment of this association the remedy lies In Icuschold control and protection of the I i publld range and In the expenditure of L resulting revenues In piomotlng inn gqtion In the Stales and Territories 1 j where It Is derived Resolved That such policy should I be applied and carried out by the Fed eil Tl Government whleh should reserve i the title to the ranges and the right t to protect the agricultural settler and I mineral prospectorS S prospector-S Resolved That a committee of five b6 appointed by the President to draft a bill for an act to effect the foregoing objects to be presented to Congress at ltd next session The committee on cicdcntlals pre sented two reports the majority In S favor of recognizing proxies held by dolegales and the minority opposed to doing G F Patrick of Pueblo e > Senator Carey of Wyoming and Former Congressman Con-gressman Kerr of Nebraska now of Montrose COb spoke against allow ing proxies to be voted Mr Kerr dc i Glared that It was generally understood there were sixty pioxles in the body no be voted In the Interest of the sheep men iCol John P Irish spoke lnsupport of tlie majority report In favor of proxies which wus finally adopted by a vote of UO to 16 There are over seventyfive proxies In the convention mainly from California and Nevada This afternoon the question of admitting ad-mitting cattlemen who are also engaged en-gaged In the handling of sheep was the subject of discussion A test Is being made on Henry Miller of the firm of Miller it Lux the millionaire cattle and Sheepmen of California and L P Miller Mil-ler the banker of Wyoming who handles han-dles both cattle and sheep After the adoption of the constitution constitu-tion and bylaws over which f < hre Is to be a lively light the leasing qk < stlon will come up and If the convcnuri Is successful in getting through with that propQRltlon vilhbut a si llt it may be considered as firmlyorganizcd but the I fce1 ing Is very strong and It Is a question ques-tion yet wl thor there will be an or ganisation dr not Attlfe nfghf sesslon the only work done was the selection of a now executive execu-tive committee A committeeman and an alternate from each State represented repre-sented wore chosen as follows the first name I Ineach caso being the committeeman committee-man Arizona A J Ncsbltt R G Brady California C Lusk Colorado Gcorgq p Smith Conrad Scaefter Idaho Frank SI I S S Kedfbgh Iowa George A Kcehnc Missouri M D Rogers H C Duncan S Dun-can New Mexico W II Jack W II S Showery Nebraska W n Speed E H Sl monton S North Dakota E C Hucdckofcr Kansas George W Addison Oregon John Gllchrlst J S Devlne South Dakota F M Stewart G E Lemmon Texas I J Gllmore Richard Walsh Wyoming Al Bowie Henry Gray Utah JI K Parsons W L White Nevada A C Cleveland N II A Mason After the convention adjourned Until tomorrow the old executive committee met to finish Its business The Irish resolutions In favor of leasing the public pub-lic lands were dlsdussed and tint committee com-mittee S Decided to report them favorably favor-ably to the convention tomorrow F C cloudy of Denver was the only member who voted against the resolution resolu-tion He offered resolutions ngaInsf leasing but these were promtply voted down v The convention will hold Its closing session tomorrow after which the new executive committee will hold Its first meeting |