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Show , ..... i i i i. m.f y .nu .? LIVE-STQGK GONVEIIXION BREAKS UP 1N MIRMQIL Association Rent in Tyfaip by. S?B!rft I rjeiy. Oraniza(on Is Formed. ' : ' : ' DENVER, Jan. J4. The National Llye- Stock association was rent' In twain Fti-; Fti-; ir by eulppUOn of a new constitution, constitu-tion, which admitted the packers to'tnem-bershlp," to'tnem-bershlp," and '"provided "in Open door through which the railroads of the counr try might at any time become factors n the controf"of the 'organisation. The -cattlemen. , borse' and swine growers. grow-ers. -' together '"'with 1 repreeentatives - of some of the affiliated Industries, refused re-fused to agree to the new ooostltutlon, VTt)jdrew wjierj they'corialijered Jts Bop ilon" probable an Ih the afternoon formed Wew' organisation under" the li'arne of the Xmerlcftn -"Btockr-iGtrowers""' "alnocfatlVtr, whose aim It wilt be td wield aUominat-Jng aUominat-Jng Influence Jn the Interest of the' cattle grower. - ' ' . Roughly speaking, the sheep growers, commission- mem and the stock ytcrii fri terests remained wtth "the National "Live-Stock "Live-Stock association, and the actual -growefi of ail other Hi IftmTs! or" fh a market have gone wlfh theuewajBSOclarJont" ," i The -defection In the ranks came after a long sessian, -in which the arguments were at times torrid, and where the.p'? nimeritary Hangies Jwere-"SO" frequent and eocemplei'tha.t -it . Jaiposl W to fotlow them. Many of them were not followed: Ustlona-would 'be Wade,' placed bef ore- the house;- and- -never '?veted - upon. At times there would be several motions before- the-hotise at one time, 'and' they would all drop" together by-thewyeid when; the convention went helter-skelter-after semethfng1 -etaS.1-"' Vlee-Preatdent fsatro t -ene' time acted -a presiding officer, and declare out of order a mor tloh-fo adjourn. '' 'Duiingart Imervat ef the rollcaU Mr. Mackenzie of Colorado discussed the ha. penlngs ;-in Hhe ' committee-room. lie declared de-clared "that iPreaWeet'diagenbarth had told him that $40,000 would be neoeaaary ta ruri thS; Association. y He iike where the .MO.OW wa-cdwlng fronv Mr. Hagen-barth Hagen-barth answered him by easing that catUe. irien" woUNf not 'be' asked to' Itut up ' one eent'of'the money. vl i. ,r.it jI ij -The cattlemen who had ieft the convention" conven-tion" gathered at. the Browri palace hotel In "the afternoori arid appointed a eommlt-teeo eommlt-teeo rteen-'te peeaent a vian for -a hew arganliatioii) Its report, rwhleh waa vnan Hnousiy-adpted', reeesamsnded''- 4hat-v temporary president be--ppetated 4o hold offlce until "May whoa e. general oe vention for th 'purposes of ft permanent Organization wiUbe held in Denver. John W. Bprlnger. a former president-' of the HaUoiial IJve-Stock aasoclatien, was elected president until Che Mar convew-tien convew-tien ;-- - , Mr. Springer later announced his inability inabil-ity to ' serve as: president. ' and Conrad Eohaffer of Colorado. : president of ,' the Colorado CatUe-Orewers" aaao elation, was eheeen m hkl stead. -' t"- a ilthe" new organization the ' representation represen-tation Is to be one oi iadlvldusj memkeM paly, aod It -will .not be an emalgainaioii of aaaoclatlons aa Is the case with the older organisation. ' ' - . . At a meeting of the National Livestock- aeaodtadon last 1 night the central eomnUttee, whtck ia'tha feovermtag-body of the assodation. waa announeed aa fo it-lows: it-lows: H. A. Jaaarey-aatUe sjsowers; Jesse Smith, sheep-growers; H. W. McAfee, hmse gresrsisi , A-r f. Levejoy. swtae-growera;' swtae-growera;' W. A. Harris, pur Breed Ree-ord Ree-ord aesodation ; Frank Cooper, live-stock exchanges; A. O. -Leonard, toek tarda; Nelson. Morris, packers; C P. Bailey, goat-raisers , ' ' The committee re-elected Frank ' J. Hagenbarth - and passed a resolution thanking htm for. his rork and expressing oenddeace-ln him as aa of flclal. ; The following executive committee waa hamed:". A.' E. PeRlcqk ot Colorado: Richard Walah. Texas; ' JS.. K. Parsons, Utah; friaries McDonald, New Mexico: Robert Taylor, Nebraska. |