Salt Lake Democrat | 1886-01-29 | Page 2 | The Range Cattle Convention

THE RANGE CATTLE CONTENTION. Not JIucli Business, Bnl The Dele- gates Are Taking iu the Town. - i Denver, Jan. 28. The second day of i the Range Cattle Convention was called to order at 10 o'clock this morning, j After prayer and disposing of the minutes of vesterday, Governor Gosper, the Chairman Chair-man of the Committee on Credentials announced an-nounced that he was ready to report ; 174 delegates representing different States and Territories were accredited seats in the Convention. After the appointment of committees on resolutions, permanent organization and rules, Simpson, of ; Texas, offered a resolution providing for a committee of nine to be appointed to j inquire into the possibility of a speedy j completion of the Denver & New Orleans Railroad to the Gulf of Mexico, which I would give the cattlemen an arid region and direct connections with the shipping points to markets all over the world.