Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-22
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The Glorious Day OF Texas lmdcpcnd-
cnce lleilt,ingly Celebrated at
tho Worries Fair
The Eyes Of The World are Opened as
Wondering Multiiudes Realize the
Resources Of Oar State.
.a..t.sstses
Commissioner Ellioit TtllsThem al Our
Wealth, and Gov ireland Invites
Them 20 Texas.
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SPEECHES BY NormanJ kittrcil, the Ora-
Tor or The Day, and Others A Re.
view Of Texas Exhibit.
Six Thousand More Feet OF space Than
any other state SGT Onthe Lnsier
OF the Lone star.
a 90 IN rrNAs nrarnnY.

Special,
NEw ORLEANS, Ia, April 81, ~
large ooncourec OF Texans asseniblrdat
the pexaa headquarters IN the govern
ment building at the exposiiion This
morning, to take part In the oelebrs-
ton OF Texas day and the anniversary
ofthe battle OF San Jaclnto. Seats hAd
been provided here forahout two thou-
sand people, hnt II WA found that tho
space available FOR the Invited guests
was not sufficient. II was noon filed
with a brilliant aRsemhage Of ladies,
ana stie0m Of new arrivals poured in
aud could not he aeated, some revolt
manifested itself Ia Difference ia the
public demand, Commissioner uen.
sral GAmmage announced that the
meeting would
ADJOURN no MUSIC HAIL
IN the main building. The audience
accordingly marched over there On
massa About three Thousand people,
mainly Texans, occupied seats in the
hall While from eight hundred 10 one
thNusAnn moro were aeatod upon the
platform, including Gov. John
Ireland and hls stall. SeU8fpF Maxey,
Judge Reagan, ex-GoY ~ r.
Lubbock. Acknowledgement King,
Ben McCuilOch and other dia.
tlngulshed Texans. rhe ceremonies
were opened with an eloquent prayer
by the Rev DR. Palmer Hon John
f. Elliott, state commissioner then
delivered the address Of welcome as
follows
f,,.,.t,se,n.vt, ,,tr tn.,F.s .t.,,,3.,su
ladies ara Gonuemoui
As entered this building, q couple
OF hours ago, / was asked by geuile-
mtn now Ia this audience What ia
tue present population Of Tespsg'n /
replied that we had not taken acansus
since last October, but that The returns
then presented some 2l6,als souls, ~
against ,baIGls in lss9 as against
SO 900 I'm 1870. ] assume, however,
that we have TO day 90 le0st 500 Gg6
population. But, whatever II be, / as
Commissioners for the state, and ~ her
name, do most heartily bid you well
come ~ the ceremonies OF this Texas
Day. At the world'a exposition. This
we consider our natal day, when Tex
an patriotism loves 10 commemorate
the Texan ohivalry that achieved aud
the Texan blood that baptised, on the
red, streaked stream OF san Jacinto. the
independence of the Lone Star state.
We honor II, we hail II, because we re-
call that on this date aAeml.centenniaf
ago, our forefathera, scarcely SO 900
strong, but armed with right. wrung
n decisive victory against 5000 900
people, though panoplled In might.
That victory was the browning event
In n eel leo OF cont, ais had by the pa
trlote whose ragged wTetchtdness end
bleedlng feet found u counterpart only
at Valley Forge, whose historic hero
lem at Goliad has It's parallel only In
the bravery before this blazing bat
teries OF BalaklRva, whose devotion
unto death at the Alamo surpassed
the spartan stand a. ThermopyIo, be-
cause Thermopylc had one left TO bear
home the fatal tidings, the Alamo had
none, What Old Hickory consum-
mated Mt New Orleans, the heroic
Houston accomplished at San Jaclnto.
And this was low one OF the brightest
jewels In the sisterhood OF states was
subsequently secured for our Union,
and y here today to extend greeting
10 all the weird and solicit participa-
tlVN NAN N0uAtitt WIN
which Providence has blessed her.
Imperial In her domain, Infinite In
the vastness and variety Of her Atirao-
tions, Texas IA truly wonderland
Of wealth, an Eden for the farmer, ali
EldorRd0 for the miner "A verltable
Goshen for the grazier, mint Tor tho
manufactures, replete with CONNER
clal points for some future Peraepolis.
Tyre or Palmyra, feast Of happy sur
pris0s for the tourist aud n sanitarium
FOR the invalid. Thus the story OF her
resources read like Persian poem ia
an Eastern epic. But that II be au-
thenticated let poets attests, for fiction
fades before them.
EN ending between lines at longi-
tude equal 20 distance from Philadei.
phiato st. Louis, aud embracing a lat
itude equRl to the distance from our
n0rthernmOst county 10 81. Paul.
you may conceive OF the splen-
dor OF her geographical and topogfaph-
zeal conditions You may also appre-
ciate the further view that with these
IA 900 square miles OF area, she N
equal 10 sire 10 Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts,. Con-
Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware,
Virginia and the one
half Of Ohio all combined
80, by another illustration she
i ierrllorlaily equkl 10 England, Scot-
land, Ireland. Wales, Denmark, Bell
GUM, Holland, HwlizaeiRTd, Greece
aud the one halt OF italy. The largest
" All the states or territories 81 the
Union, save bleak Alaska alone. aud
arver than any eonnfry N Nnror-