The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-15
rIIa INDIANA sxOUssIoNIsr.
Their Reception ut the Board of Trade
impressions OF Eexas, etc.

The Indiana excursionisL arrived in this
city via the Texas Central road Sunday
night and took rooms at the Grand Windsor
1otel. They numbered twelve in all, aud
hey came to Texas on pros
oecting tour, with view of invest.
ng largely in lands. They hail
ON Shelbyyille and Edinburgh, Tndiaos,
Mr.. Isham Wray, who has visited this state
everel times before, and who proposes to
ocste within its borders, is the guide Of tao
lr1spectlr and il WAC mainly through his
epresentuLlons that they have taken the trip.
Chav arc, with but one or two exceptions,
frmers who are well fixed in this life, and
Or "a very intelligent, practicable and ALA
bl s6t of gentlemen. AT IL O'clock re-.
p.ion wss given them By tho board Of
rade at their room. There were number
t aldermen present. President McEnuis, Of
no board introduced Col w. L. Crawford
who made the following eloquent speech Of
welcome:
Dir. Crawford said that though tho call
nude upon him to welcome the visit rs res
pt 70 the hospitality Of the city ID tate
was uHeE noctod to him, no undertoo !, ! nth
pleasure which he rarely experience lie
lady undertook the task Of giving TO s.r8n-
gar 10 the state the resources ofthe grsndest
Of all empires, for Tezas.Was such, and was
proud 90 ail times TO relieve her Of the s.ig-
mas casl upon her by "a spirit which had ig-
lorauce for its father and sensation for lis
mother He ssid shat tho rough hrms which
Ereste5 the state of Texas from Mexico,
were backed by o craftsmanship as strong us
those arms aud as sturdy a9 the spirits
which met death st Goisd, and courtel mas
acre NJ the Alamo; th6t statosmanship had
.hrae prominent deas, railroad syst0m. Is
perfect school system, which together would
result in good immigration and the rapid
development Of tho stste into
that condition which BY elimSte,
soil and other advantages would
bring her where Providence intended she
should be, the FIRST md foremos. among the
isterhood Of states. Fifty thousand acres of
tho public domain had been given to tho es-
tabhshment Of state university. The sues
cessors of these grand old men, faithful to
the trust handed down TO them, kept watch
over that interest, which that magnificent
donation Was intended to subserya. Sixteen
sections Of land to the mile was offered to
every railroad which built a lice 10 the state.
rhe railroads had awaited themselves of this
princoly donation. Each section which they
thus obtsinad had by its side a section which
yss donsted to the bringing about of higher
civilization by the education of every mans
child now in the state or TO como to tho state.
This was what 90 state, no country could
boist Of In the face OF this, too, REPORTS
,u,rf, a. fi.t,I that tba Y,.y.,ln ,cr L I
not desire to TO forward,
Mr. Crawford then touched on the agricul.
tural and mineral resources Of the state. He
showed Soc amount Of cattle raised and ship.
ped, tho grain Of al kinds raised, and chnl.
legged g comparison, Upon the subject Of
mineral wealth he told OF horse shoes being
mpdo during the war from the raw iron
found in Lano county and Of the deep veins
oicOpper which slept under q few feet soil
in the Wichtscountry,
Colonel Wray responded in most
happy manner 10 behalf Of the exCursioni.ts,
thanking the board Of trade and citizens of
Dallas for the hearty welcome that had been
accorded them, and said thst he fully en-
dogsed Whist Colonel Crawford had said in
hi5 speech from personal observation.
Mr., Wray was followed by MIR. Daugherty,
roal estate agent Of this city, who spoke Of
tho advantages OF Texas IS an agricultural
county.
Messrs. J. L. Carson and j. i. Williams
of the excursion party, and President McEa-
mis-, Of the board of trade, all made speeches,
They came here via New Orleans and leave
this morning for the terminus of the
Texas " Pacific roaj, and will
visit of the western unties before their re.
turn home. Some of them will settle hero
in poraon and others will purchase lands for
their children. THO following are the names
of the party: Colonel Wray, j. L. Carson
Jefferson EDenharl, John 5. Toner, John
Patterson, j. n. Posey, John NJ Drake and
Gilbert Phillips, of Shelbyyile, and Jasper
Pmitt, John Williams, Claiborne Williams
and Alexander Prutt, from Edinburgh,
| Indiana.
At the close ofthe speeches, Mr.. II, @. Sic.
pbensop, e,seerelary of.the beard of trade,
pmeotgd in the namo Of Messrs Mason s.
| Erb, stali0ners, each one Of tho excutsionist
with q copy Of Bu,kas, Texas almanac, and
they were moro than glad 10 get such an OK.
collent guide TO the Lone Star state.