The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-24

s9ngerfeSt programme. nevertheless
the procession formed and made their
circuit of the city, presenting the
grandest and most elaborate display
OF the kind ever seen in
the state. Floats and yarious
Ilnds OF wheeled vehicles fitted up in
the most gorgeous manner formed a
procession over two miles in length.
and representing almost every con-
celYable kind of business. The local
military, fire department, city officials
ana visitors in carriages held possess
sion OF the principal streets for nearly
three hours. A specially grand
| feature was the state drummers asso-
clatlon In carriages, headed by its
president, Geo. Mellersh. This body
is to organize permanently on Satur-
day next. The Deering agricultural
implement and machinery display
was about the most perfect represe1-
tatlon in the turnout in that line. AS
the people were not permitted
through the adverse c'rcu stances
of bad weather to make anywhere as
elaborate a showing as was desired or
was prepared for it circular was
iseued this evening announcing that
the full procession and the deferred
picnic will come off tomorrow,
day and night; therefore a de-
tailed description of the in
duStrial representations of to-day
is deferred by the STATESMAN cor
respondent. A grand promenade con-
cert under the auspices of the New
Orleans band is in progress tonight at
S@ngerfest hall. 1t is largely attend
ed and an elegant affair.
The State press association held
two meetings to-day. A great
deal of routine business was trans
acted but of no special interest to the
public. No material changes were
made in the constitution. The treas
urer, Mr.. A. w. Clifford, reported
$164.75 in the treasury. VIM. Mon
tross, representing the New York
Police Gazette, applied for mem
bershlp, but was refused.
The association also decided not to
receive memberships from among the
editors or publishers of newspapers in
the Indian Territory. The most in
teresting part of the proceedings was
the selection of place for holding
the next annual meeting, the candi-
dates being Austin, Houston and Dali
las. Mr.. w. p. Gaines, of the STATE
MAN, had placed Austin in nomina-
tion and it was evident that she
was candidate of great favor
among members of the association
from all sections of the state, but
Dallas was working hard to secure
the preference, and by the slightest
circumstance of an unfortunate char
acter for Austin Dallas was victorl-
GUS. The vote on the first ballot re-
suited, Dallas AZ, Austin 28,
Houston II. Houston was drop
ped and the second ballot
resulted, Dallas 48, Austin 36.
Dallas was then unanimously chosen.
Not more than one minute after the
announcement of the result, a tele-
gram came from Mayor Saylor, of
Austin, inviting the association, in
the name of the people of that city, to
hold their next meeting there. The
reading of the dispatch brought forth
from many members expressions of re-
gret, and the remark "just too late.7
Had the telegram been received two
minutes earlier there is hardly any
doubt but that Austin would have
been chosen. The convention unani-
and enthusiastically returned
a vote of thanks to Austin for her
kind invitation. Tomorrow at ten
a. m. memorial services will be
held to the memory of the late
J. w. Fishburn, of the Mexican
Ledger, and first president of the as
sociation. The annual grafton, essay
and poem will be delivered, followed
by the election of new officers and
their adjournment and a compli-
mentary banquet at night.
The excursion to Monterey leaves Dal-
las at midnight via Fort Worth
Austin, San Antonio and Laredo.
Austin will be reached at 3p. m. Satur-
day and stop of about four hours
made. 1t is not yet known if the ex-
cursion will stop on it's way to San
Antonio. If not, it will on returning
The association will breakfast at the
coal fields, thirty miles north Of
Laredo, on Sunday, and then proceed
across the Rio Grande.
Manager Geo. Sealy, Master of
Crowley and Direc-
tors Rogers, Davis and Willis,
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railway in the city, making tour Of
of their lines in different
parts of the state, it comes by the
official statement, that Gould has no
present or prospective interest in the
Santa Fe, and that the latter will not
be forced nor coerced by him. The
party starts for Fort Worth to-Ihor-
row.