Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-22

tNAAH NNus
A Mosr HEALTHFuL STATE.
A CoTroN STATE.
A GRAIN STATE.
A SUGAR STATE.
A TOBACCO STATE.
A GARDEN STATE.
A FnuIr STATE
A LIVE STOCK STATE.
A TIMBER STATE.
AN IRON AND COAL STATE.
a MARBLE AND GRANITE STATE,
A MANUFACTURING STATE.
A NERO ANTILE STATE.
A SuPERBIY SCENERIED STATE.
To the equal enjoyment with ua OF
all these things we to-day invite and
will most cordially welcome the world.
And when you shall come 10 us you
will not come TO frontier country,
with the hardships Of pioneer life 10
endure, but the very center OF refined
society. You will come to a state
whose government sits so lightly upon
the shoulders of It's citizens that they
scarcely know of its existence save
through election day, You will come
to state so cosmopolitan in its char
acter, its people having come from
every section of this Union and
the nations, that none are asked
aught OF his religion, his politics
| or his ancestral blood, You will come
toa state whose churches spire the
country round, and where law and
order go in joint co.partnership with
them to promote the general peace
and prosperity. You will come to
state where the public debt Is so insig.
niticantly small that tax Of one-halt
OF one per cent. for one year would
wipe It out completely. You will come
TO state comprehending the mighty
meaning of a.public free-school system,
as evidenced by its first-class free uni.
verslties, It's free colleges and normal
institutes, its $500 free-school houses,
its 450 900 enrolled pupils, its annual
allotment Of e. 500, 600 TO these, and
six months in the year tuition; all
based upon public free-sehool fund
of very nearly 100000, 600. Thus,
truly, do we recognize that no longer
do men sprinkle their chariot wheels
with olympic dust, that never again
will Hercules entitle himself 60
heaven by diut of physi'
cal proves alone, and that
never again will Cour de
Icons battle-axe dictate the creeds of
country, but that the cultured brain
and conscience reign supreme.
You will come to a
state where the unfortunates OF
earth, the blind aud deaf and dumb
and the insane are bounteously pro-
vided for by the benevolent institu-
lions, whose existence makes us be-
lieve that charity is the link in the
chain that lifts humanity to heaven,
But am tresspassing upon ground
that better appertains to the "oratoI
OF the day. j did not think, when
arose awhile ago, TO say sn much, but
there seems To be circle OF inspiration
about the very name of 'V.reXas,n that
its mere utterance visi0ni2es the brain,
and before we are aware troops Of
thought come tripping on the tongue
and the lips refuse to be dumb. Yet
must cease right here and at once dis
charge the more pleasing duty Of in
Producing TO you the hOnored governor
OF our state, man of whom IL hes
been truthfully said, whose purity and
patriotism, as citizen and statesman
and whose fidelity TO duty in the sew
eral Offices he has filed, have twice
elevated him to the highest position
within the gift of the people OF Texas
GOV. JOHN IRELAND
followed in a speech, dwelling upon
the progress that Texas was making
and paying special compliments to the
commissioner, the state and county
auxiliary associations and others t)l
the very handsome exhibit they had
made here. Without Boosting, he
thought Texas could claim to have
made as grand q display In the eXposi.
ton AS any state in the Union or coun'
try on the globe On behalf of Texas
he extended an invitation to the world
to settlv within It's Unite, promising
everyone hearty welcome, education
for their children, health aud prosperl
ty. He bitterly combated the idea that
lawleasness prevailed ia Texas, or that
crime went unpublished, and ht
showed that the criminal laws of the
state were as good as those Of any othel
state aud as rigidly aud severely ad
ministered.
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE,
president Of the women's department
OF the exposition, made short I'D
dress.
HON. NORMAN }. KITTRELL
Of Leon county, Texas, was then intro
Z duced as the orator OF the day. H'
, paid high tribute to the exposition
ready accomplished and wa,
!, about. The state of Texas had mel
, taken part in the exposition from 9
purely sentimental reason but had gon,
Into ii for practical and business rea
\ sons, believing that q display Of th'
wealth and resources Of Texas wOulC
have she effect Of bringing capital and
immigrants to II. After giving the
statistics OF population, wealth and
q production, he challenged any state 4
show gre Ater resources than Texas, OF
, equal resources in proportion TO thu
population. He finally explained q
length the condition of the schOo
. fund and the system o
Texas, and wound up with an invita-
Z ton to the world TO come TO Texas
/ He expressed the sympathy Of Texa
! for Gen. Grant in his illness ant
i pledged its faithful devotion TO tn,
: Union.
|, L. 4. GANIAfAGE,
United States commissioner for Texas