The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-16
OUR D,srIseuIsHED GUESTS.

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where a lot of very distinguished |
gentlemen were expected. There |
were several orators for the occa-
sion, who had been practicing set |
speeches in back yards for a
fortnight or more, and when the
was a. full blast, and
It was indeed a most creditable af-
fair, with one absence-that of the
guests-the overflow
ing orators were called to the front.
They did their parts well, especially
the gentlemen who had prepared
the address of welcome. There
were not less than fifty very fine
passages in his grafton, each
one beginning with distinguished
guests" The same speech had been
listened to by several persons for
several nights, and had one single
one of the distinguished guests''
been lelt out, the chain of eloquence
would have been broken, and along
with it the audience would have lost
an admirable oratorical effort.
Therefore is suggested the heading
to this article, and therein the dis
similarity TO a local event ends. To-
day the people of Austin are called
upon to welcome a truly distin-
guished body of visitors, men who
have been engaged in carving out
for Texas distinction which makes
her wide western and southern
prairles known throughout the civ
llized world. To no influence does
Texas owe more, in its present day
OF great prosperity, than to the
stockmen of the Lone Star
State. They have been the
lords of vast herds and focks,
tina: have grown in numbers until
they have been called upon to con-
tribute stock and meat to a great
part of the world. Texas cattle
herds have been drafted upon to
make parent stock for California and
for Oregon, for Dakota and Mon
tana and New Mexico and
Minnesota, and Texas cattle
have been pushed even into
Manitoba and the Dominion
Texas horses have been disposed OF
in every market in the United States
and this hardy Texas stock is called
upon to infuse endurance and life
into many of the herds OF the
older states and territories
Texas is growing famous
over the entire earth fol
its advantages in WOO
production, and il remains for the
census of 1890 to show that this state
stands first in cattle, first in sheep
first in horses, and second in burro
to any state or territory oil
the American continent. TIT
men who are shaping sucl
distinction for Texas are on
visitors, and noble and generou
body of representatives they are
They have assembled at the capita
of their great state TO deliberate a
to their best interests. and generous
" aud kindly and traternally should
they be met by our people
They are the only kinds W,
know, and some of these sovel
eigns count thei: subjects by tn
tens of thousands upon our southern
and western prairies. They NEE
here to consult, and wealth ant
profit are to come to them out o
this consultation. Here the stat,
may contemplate their dignity
while they may study the dignit!
of the state. We behold real "kings
and the "kings behold the center o
the states political power, the Al
calde, and the executive muddle, ant
the cash balance, that half dozel
ofthese "kings" would not accept TO
their possessions. They ma,
go up into the General Ian,
Office, and see a rea
live Commissioner, who stand
ready to dispose of enough land t
Craze the cattle of half dozen or
binary states. They may take a GOO
look at our pretty women
on the streets and amid on
homes and at our firesides
and many may thus leav
Austin with probable something
to care for in'tbe future besides long
horns. Some of these cattle king
haye already become endeared t,
Austin and have made their home
here, as others will, and the,
make admirable citizens. The,
are attracted here, as ar
they now in convention, be
cause of the many distinction
Austin enjoys. Here is the seat o
government; here is the state
great land office, where these gen
tlemen all have transactions; her
they may consult with heads o
state departments, with the gov
ernor, with the legislature, and her
they may meet men whom the!
encounter nowhere else in Texas
They all understand these Things
and 1t is even mooted already, il
consequence, that annually hereafte
there is to be stock legislature a
the capitol. When the great new
capital is finished, they will no doub
assemble therein, and the delibera
tions of these stockmen, regarding
their vast interests, will be secon,
in Importance only to the state leg
islature. The STATESMAN extend
the "kings" hearty and an earnes
welcome.
Those who were opposed to tn
bond measure voted on yesterday
though fortified by a good cause
really deserved defeat for their ut
ter indifference in the matter. Will
the friends of the measure had tick
cts in great abundance at ever.