Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-29
IMMIGRATION.
Reports Of the Various Districts Read
and Passed Upon-Eew Life In
stiIIed In the Movement
John Howard cor and for Texas" Heartily
Indorssd-A Lively Meeting-The Ex-
ecutive Committee IndoIsea.
They meant business!


no disposition to talk and indulge in Ions
.winded Uttersnces msreIy for the purpose
of listening to what is sweeter to mai
than any music-his own voice. Ever
member present was enthused and II
high spirits at the close of the session
feeling that great good hSd been accom-
plished. Some few came in looking dis
coursged and doWncast. They had moi
succeeded IN srousiDg their home people
sufficiently to make them take
an interest in the question and
they despaired. They had tried faith.
fully and worked hard to keep up
with procession, but they fell behind IN.
fortunately and spoke OF reslgning. They
were in the meeting only q few minutes,
however, when they began to feel that
they would not mention the question OF
resignipg for while; then to postpone it
until after dinner, and finally not to think
OF it all, but 10 go home to their people
full of enthusiasm and tell them
how the whole state WIS on fire and that
he who "dsllies IS bastard; he who
doubts is'-Well, msgnifcently lef-
The proceedings We're singulsrly regular,
and business was carried on in q sound,
common --n-- waV. Courage was re-
ViVed, dropping spirits cheered, q more
aggressive policy pursued.and newIlife in
StiIled into the movement.
'tOP AND FOR TEXAS "
One thing the committee did which re-
fected credit upon them and that was its
Just and generous recognition OF Mr. John
Howard, woo Is doing more to attract
attention to Texas than all other agencies
combined, and the speeches and resolu-
tons made and passed will be cheering
news to that energetic worker and de-
voted friend to Texas, while the material
assistance which he will receive on the
recommendations of the committee, and
the prestige which its formal indorse-
ment and "God speed" will give him
will enable him to carry on the good
work he has begun to fruition.
Like all other bodies of men who are
held together By voluntary association or
good will, it has been difficult to conduct
affairs of the association in o strictly
business way, and the executive commit
tee, that scapegOHt-that oblaticn which
Is always inundated upon the altar OF
general negligence on the part of the peo-
pleI came in for good share OF insinua-
tons calculated to be critical. There
seemed to have been a vague idea enter
tanned by 8 me members that the execu-
tive committee hadlreceived large sums of
money and all the IuXuries of our modern
civilization, and that they had perVersely
refused to do anything. They had been
elected and mad been holding Office for
months, and had never gone over into
netghboring state and driven people here.
There WAS an apparent disappointment
and chargin because at least some one of
the committee had not taken the citizens
OF the other states by the throats, COM
msnding them: "Come to Texas you
dogs; or I'll be the death OF you!" Here
was several fine months passed and not
Texan had been 'elbowed into the sea-"
And that executive committee, with
its heels propped up on elegantly
upholstered sofas, had done nothing
but muse, and muse and muse. What
had been done? Where were the immi-
grants? Why was the committee stand
ing idle all the day, when the gates of the
vineyard swung open and it had been in
Vited, nay, commanded, to go in and
work? 1t had not occurred to the mem
bers that the members Of the executive
committee had been doing all they had
done at their own expense, and that they
had not had but small sum of money to
eXpeDd Il did not occur to them that
not split the universe open and pick out |
the kernel. 1t could not be understood
thSs there are some lines delicate ques-
tons arising in sll families and essocia- |
lions that tn world cannot see, but which |
prevents that harmony so essential to the |
success of any enterprise. There had |
been mistakes made and discord created. |
The secretary had not done just |
as the committee thought he should have |
done and peace had fed. The secretary had |
resigned ana was induced to return and |
the movement was retarded by the policy |
Of giving the Sc Rotary as little work as
possible and RELOCATING the work to the |
various sub organiZstions.
Things were in q mess!
Division of sentiment existed in the
committee; dissens OF caused choss and
indecision p1rslyzed everything. II was
q tumble OF homogeneous and incompati-
Bile ideas thst would not harmonize and
could not succeed. The meeting yester-
day smoothed the troubled waters, and all
is now serene and fair and everything
will proceed in concord. There will be
no more hating or wavering; policy has
been adopted and will be pursued. The
money must be raised and the boom must
go forward.
MORNING SESSION.
The committee OF thirty-one that con-
stitutes the state executive committee on
immigration, met in the parlors OF the
Ellis house, which was courteousIy ten
dered them by the proprietors, at 10
O'Clock on yesterday as per announce
ment. On roll call it WAS found that the
folio wing delegates were present: j. s.
Dallas; S. Zuckermsn,
Mineola; 81. M. Trueheart, Galveston; B
T, Barry, Corsicana; II. M. Spaulding,
Denton; A. R. Collins, Denton; W. B
Amorills; j. P. Smith, Fort
Worth; j. II. Finks, Waco; W. 2.
Handy, who was proxy for James Male,
Austin; ]. NJ. Brownsen, Victoria; F. B.
Chiffon, Pecos City; Henry Sales, Abilene,
and A. r. Barry, Meridian. 1t may be I
proper to insert that General Hamby's I
proxy papers were genuine and in the '
handwriting OF .Msyor Nalle's private
secretary.
Chairman Dsugherty explained the OBJ
Iects Of the meeting to be for general {
the raising Of the funds i
needed, and the adoption Of some plan '
for its expenditure. He had, he said, re- I
ceived the resignation of Mr.. Pendleton
Of Bell county, but had refused to accept
1t owing to the fact that there had been q
no county organizations effected in Mr.. '
Pendleton's district, and as there was no a