The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-09

from the old country, and the climate APP
pears to offer every inducement for health
and comfort. While the heat of your sum
mers is not greater, if indeed so great, AS 10
the northern states, it is undoubted that the
winters are mild and pleasant. 1t has always
appeared to me that the long and severe
winters of the middle and northern states
were objections which should effect larg.
number of people coming from Europe. My
feeling is that ii your climate were better
known it would bring to your state many who
settle in more northern ATTITUDES.
1t is just fortnight since | landed in
New York. Since then have been travelling
in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, coming down
here on the invitation of Mr.. Hale and his
friends in come elton with the proposed rail.
way. My visit TO Dallas has been very
pleasant one. Your city bears evidence of
life and business. am told that ten years
ago you hpd only about 1000 inhabitants,
and now you have over $1,000. This speaks
volumes. Mr.. Hale tells me that your city
looks just as Chicago did when he went
there thirty-seven years ago. The whole
world knows what Chicago is now 1t has
depended for its success greatly oni its location,
and in like manner it appears to me
that Dallas has much the same
element in it. You are here the centre OF
the railway systems of the state, and the city
is bound to 60 on increasing. What you
want is to promote manufactures in addition
IT, those interesting works | visited to-day
With this and the railway system, Dallas
should grow to an important city. My best
wishes are for your success, and trust the
building of this new railroad will be for the
good of the city and the state generally. 1t
is the fact that railways are the great civil
izers of modern times, and with the sound
moral and religious principles of your peo-
pile, the state is bound to go on progressing.
| have long held that America is much in
debted to the good blood which was brought
over to the country by the early settlers in
New England in the seventeenth century. 1t
gave me great pleasure last year to visit Ply
mouth, III New England, End see the place
where the Maytl Iwer landed the Pilgrim
fathers in 1920, 1t is for good that Britain
and America should DO in close alliance. We
have the same language, the same literature
and indeed the same blood, and my desire is
that both nations should go hand in hand in
every good work until the whole world is civ.
ilize1.
MR.. Trips SPEECH.
After Mr.. Smith had finished his remark
Mr. Tripp WAS invite 20 address the board.
lie is q pleasant fluent speaker, pointed, and
was highly complimentary 20 the state of
Texas. Ho said he could scarcely be ex.
pccted to make any remarks that would
interest the audience after so extensive and
interesting speech from Mr.. Smith. He
came into tho state at the instance of Colonel
l., IL. Fit2hugh, as the representative of the
Avg American land association, and he
was so delighted with the hearty reception,
the open hand of all he met, the wonderful
resources of the state and its great future
capabilities, that he reported Hvorably to his
people, and the result is the beginning of the
construction of the D. Q. Il r. &. railroad.
The Anglo. American, with its influence,
could be of great benefit to tho state of
Texas, and the construction of the road
would be an auxiliary to this end. The rail
road was first mentioned to him. as the rep
resentative Of the company, in Washington,
ID. G., by DR.. Wilmans and Colonel Wylie, |
they representing there were donations to n
certain amount pledged, and that they would |
receive the hearty cooperation of the people |
of Texas in all their Undertakings and thus
believing, he bad used every effort to carry
out the undertaking.
In conclusion he thanked the people of
Dallas for their hearty reception and evi.
dence of good will, he referred feelinglv to
the bond of brotherhood that now united the
nation, and believed that if the people of the
world once fully understood Texas, the
shadow of ignorance that covered so large a
portion Of the state would be dispelled and
Texas be known as she truly is.
Mr.. HALE's SPEECH.
Hon. Daniel ii. Hale, president of the
Anglo-American land and immigration asso-
citation, was tho next sp sker. Re ssid no
was no speaker, but an active worker When
he took hold of a thing he car led it through.
When he first came here he though he would
not take leading part in the building of
this great road, but leave it to
others. But he thought differently
now after duly considering the matter. If,
he said, you will give me your heart and
hand will build this road, not only to Gle
burne, fifty miles distant, but to the Rio
he asked for the assistance of every man ia
Texas. When he first came to Texas he was
astonished to find country represented so
hot and yet so cool, so poor end yet so rich,
and in many other respects he was most
agrecsby disappointed. II he could
go north and make the people believe
what no knew to be true about Texas, there
would be no lack of immigration here. 1t
was the business of his company to send
people to such a country as Texas, and pop
uation was what was needed to make this
great state.
Mr.. NJ. d. Wylie, of Shreveport said be
had been somewhat instrumental IN bringing
these gentlemen to Texas, and he hoped they
would be received with that frank.
ness and candor. He then alluded
to the history of the road, and
said its construction would add immensely to
the wealth of Texas
Colonel Fitzhugh was called for, and ris-
ing with much dignity and solemnity ssid he
did not know why he should be called upon
unless it was that he had in America and
Europe been placed upon higher plane than
one Of the great men of the world He awoke
one morning not singing an orison to the
morning star but that che was
bigger man than old Grant" II might
not have been true, but it was now. Grant
had fallen at Chicago, and am proud to be
here tonight. He then, after the laughter,
alluded to the railroad and wished It sue.
cess.
Capt, S. j. Adams was next introduced
and told, in few brief words, the. history of
the efforts, that had been made TO build the
road, and their failure up to this time. The
company stood ready to turn over the sub.
scriptons to any one who would build the
| road Colonel Stopa oekad uhar Tho roo1