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TEXAS NEWS.
Speech of Editor Grady at the
Dallas Fair Yesterday.
Eloquent Sentences.
A Georgian's Words to the
Young Men of Texas.
State Items.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
DALLAS, October 27.-Following is an
extract from Editor Grady's speech here
to-day: II have few words for the
young men of Texas. 1 am glad that I
can speak to them. CAN men, and espec-
tally young men, look back for inspiration
to what is best in their traditions. Their
mopyle cast partan sentiment in he
roio mold and sustained spartan aims for
more than century. Thermopyl@ had
survivors to tell the story of its defeat.
The Alamo had none. Though tongueless
it shall speak. From its dumb walls lib
erty cried out to Texas as God called from
the cloud unto Moses. Bowie and Fannin
though dead still live; their voices rang
above the din of Goliad and the glory Of
San Jaointo, and they marched with the
Texas veterans, who rejoiced at the birth
of Texas independence. 1t was the spirit
of the Alamo that moved above the Texas
soldiers as they charged like demigods
through thousand battle fields, and it is
the spirit of the Alamo that whispers
from their graves, held in every state of
the union, enrolling with their dust tn
soil that was orimsoned with their blood.
In the spirit of this inspiration, and
in the thrall of the amazing growth
that surrounds you, my young friends,
it will be strange II the young men OF
Texas do not carry the Lone Star into the
| - .Nft he In in xuhi tha annth do
engaged. The south needs her sons more
to- deY than when she summoned them to
the forum &c maintain her political SUI
premacy; more than when the bugle
called their TO tho field to defend issues
pu to the oit-l ment of the sword. Iii
ouis tc shcw that, as she prospered with
slsNss, ehe shall prosper still more rxiAf
free men ours to see that, from the Mats
she entered in poverty S>sne shal
emerge il prosperity; ou.SAko
tie trtntcending traditions of
old south, from which non
of us car, in honor or reverence, depart,
unshosn and unbroken into the new. Shall
We all, Shall the blood of the old south,
the best strain that ever uplifted human
endeavor, that ran like water at duty's
call and never stained where it touched
shall this blood that pours into our veins
throu1 h oentury-luminous with achieve
ment- for the first time falterP Shall we
fail whom the old south that left Us better
heritage in manliness and courage than
in broad and rich acres calls US to settle
the problems that beset her? II every
man in the sound of my voice, under the
deeper conservation he owes to the union,
will consecrate himself to the south; have
no ambition but to be first at
her feet and last In her service;
no hope but after long life
of devotion to sink to sleep in her bosom,
even as little child sleeps at its mothers
breast and rests untroubled in the light of
her smile-with such consecrated service
what could We not accomplish What
riches could we not gather for herr What
glory and prosperity could we not render
the union? n C--Fses | 49,
Sszlsz:;--. THE RACES. III 49,. ~, ~
DALLAS, October 27.-First race I'm
? finished from yesterday morning, Ave
i eighths of mile heats. Starters to-day:
, Kitty Pease and Run After EN-, each
having one heat. Run After EN- easily
led Kitty from the beginning to the end
Time, 1902.
Second race-Trotting, 2:17 class; purse
$1,000. Starters: Black Diamond, Little
Thorn, Thornless, and Marvel. Thornless
had no trouble in winning three straight
heats. Time, 2:221s, 2:21A, 2;24.
Fifth race--Three-year- old trot; purse,
$500. Starters: VIM. M. Hill, Clara s,
Nudge Hatton, Minnie Woodford, Lila
and Dick Dewy, jr. Only one heat was
run-won by Nudge Hatton. Time, 2:414