Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-29

STATE IMMIGRATION BUREAU OF TEXAS,
AUSTIN. fsS.. Sept. IL, 1883.
To Whom It May Concern:
accord with resolutions
! /. /. !:
E2SfEzsEaAGNi and suggestions enunatlcg
.S~OSl from tne Governors snd
| Ess$zi WI IlYI commissioners IF imn1i
| ia, ISt grafton OF nearly every one
| Kan "a IE)Il of tEs southern stR1s, 8
| lSY ISL NH Southern Interstate Inmi
! iKI IA llTI grafton Conventio; ID
| ilSY8s$Al hi 6preb7 called TO nleet 81
IIEsSs@sGgLf3E Montg 9merV, Ala, on
!Is-zS4zzz-SsSlI Tlaadsg, November 20,
1883; tie csll u embrace !he states OF
VTaiaio, West Virgins, Mi1ylsnd, Ken
tucky, Mlssou-i. Ark&usss, Tennessee,
North Ca1ol.ns, South Carolins, Georges,
tFl0riGs~sAlabamn, Mississipp:, Lodlsi-
sSSS36S$s. oni tae territories OF New
! lsssico snd Arizona.
Fl y'1a basis OF representation az that
CONVENTION will De - follows: Two
delegates from each senatorial district to
De appointed by the Governor OF the state
OF territory. Four delegates from the
etate at large, to be appointed oy t1e
! Governor. Two delegates from each
| cour.y, TO be appointed by the Bosrd Of
! County Commissioners, or by the chair
nan OF said board. Two delegates from
! sach chamber CT commerce, board OF
| .reds or corporsIe BODY in the ysrious
.txtes. One delegate from each city or
town. 10 be appointed by the hsyor or
the president Of the trustees Of such town.
Two delegates from each editorial ssso-
citation II the states and territories inter
sisted. Oae delegate from passenger &C.
1artme1t of each railway doing business
in the U1:led States Of America. In al
cases where delegates are appointed an
| equal number Of Giterna.es Shall De Rp-
pointed by the ssIae authority.
II the appointment OF delegates II ID
urged that earnest, Pstrlo'ic, public
gpirited citizens be appointed, sGd that
only euch DE commissioned IS will at
tend. For the purpose Of estimating ~
tendance, securing proper sccomH3&as :
lions snd arranging adequate trensporlss
tor, it IS re rested that Ri delegates ne
appointed prior to October 20, aud -
BY that date this ffi;s be supplied aASAll
appoiuting powers with q full IN CT
names Of de!gstes commissioned 9shem.
halY passenger agents hxve alfSEdy noti =.
fl ID this Office Of their hesrty co-opefa-
uop, and il IS safely asserted thai Low
ralse OF transportation will be given from
I. sYe{y state and territory.
TIE purpose Of this convention Is to
j secure the united sni harmonious scti2n
OF sll the southern states in tie matter Of
"sdded population and capital for toe
SOUTH" the arrangement Of raiircad
rates, establishment Of genersl ctticas ST
prominent points, and that through mu-
tusl action and the aid of eli she southern
states bureau Of Immigration ms7 be
forSned with q width OF Influence that will
1eSch tie utmosg confines OF CIVILIZATION
s7So important will be the irh9eDce 0: thls
convention upon the prosperity sHd
growth CT tbs south, thai it ba3uld iiApe!
every Official to whom this call ID directed
to tske such prompt sni effective ectlou
So Will resu.t IN grand and Influential
( convention. Respectfully,
F B CHIINoN,
Secretary Texas Stste Imigrstion Bureau
SEC ETARY's OFFICE STATE IN. BUREAU, !
. AUSTIN, TEN, OcI. p 1888.
Whereas, fears OF yellow fever through
out the south necessitated the postpone
s55snent Of Cow 2ltion as ab I'VE called, date
= Of assembling CT said "SGuthera later
tate Immigration Convention" is 12reoy
: announced 20 be st Montgomery, Ala,
. Wednesday, December u, 1888. Every
= state and territory is again earnestly re
. quested to take active and immediate
. | steps to name their delegates ii accord
zrce with the above cal, sud TO eenc
names 10 this Office cs 5oon as possible. II
addition 10 above deiegStes, there will De
spncinted $50 deiegs tos tron each or
gsniz ID real estate assertion in city OF
own. Respectfully, f. B Chiffon, Il,
Sac'y State I'm. Bureau OF Te1asnf
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 2G-SpeciA afsea
= ton is czlIed TO the appointment OF delsS
gates TO the Southern Inter State InNk
, grafton C)lvsn.I9p, to be held 81 AVrt
II gomery, Ala, Wednesday,. Ds&moel
} -, 1888. The Governors, CoH(8iEsloI
ers Of immigration, various authorities
and railway passenger departments g!
the several states bnd territories, sre
{ earnestly requested to taks sctiye and
speedy steps in the appointment Of dele
gstss,matters Of transportation, and thS
t3mulstion Ct plans aad work for the
The Ianited action arc
hearty Endorsement q the movement 81
the various governors and stste official;
iIsdres the meeting Of the lsrgess and
mos. Influential convention ever held IN
The sou,h, while the necessities Of TIE
case hespesks thst interest which guar
antees unbounded success. Let there De
no mistake es to full representation
: from every state and territory. This is
no local movement, but one througs
which. BY combined effort and concentra
ton plsna will be devised, funds provided
rates made, and IN Inter State Bureau
organized through which tae;resources O.
the south will be herslded to the world
and It's IL nlence felt throughout c.vili-
Zstion.
Representation from each state and
territory, it should be remembered, is &c
be as follows:
TWO delegates from each senatorial
district, to be appointed by the Governor
Two delegates ct large, to be appointed
by the Governor.
Two delegates from each county, to be
appointed by the chairman @. the board
Of county commissioners.
Two delegates from each chamber Of
commerce, board Of trade, OF corporsse
body.
One delegate from each city or town, to
be appointed by the mayor or president
Of trustees.
Two delegates from each editorial asso
Citation.