Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-18
THE WORK BEGUN.
North and West Texas ORGANIZED for
the Purpose of Securing
immigration.
st. Louis the Place for the Worlds Fair in
1892-Officers Elected and Plan
of Work Adopted.

The convention called at Fort Worth yesterday
for the purpose of organizing for the promotion
of immigration into North and West Texas met
at Huffman hall and was called to order at 1890
a. m. by Gen. R. a. Cameron, secretary of the
Fort Worth board of trade.
On motion Gen. D. Richardson of Callahan
county was appointed temporary chairman. and
n. c. Blanchard of Hall county temporary Sec
rotary.
On motion of Gen. R. A. Cameron the chair
appointed a committee of five to draft plan of
permanent organization; the committee, consist
ing of Gen. "A. Cameron, Hon. e. %. Solomon,
Gen. d. Richardson, Col. 7. A. Wllkerson and
Col. N. c. Blanchard were allowed till 80 p.
m to report At adjourned meeting the report
of the committee was submitted, and after being
amended, was adopted as a whole as follows:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT oRCANIZA-
TON.
l. This organization shall be known as the
Immigration Association of North and West
Texas. with headquarters at Fort Worth. Tex.
2. That every county in North and West Texas
which may desire may affiliate with this organi-
zation.
shall to distribute printed matter relating to and
display products of such sections Of its territory
as may desire to participate in the expense of
making this a bureau for the distribution of in
formation.
4. That each county may have one executive
vote for each 5000 paid into the general fund,
provided that no one county shall have more
than ten votes, and the amount of distributing
work done by this association shall be in pro-
portion to the amount. each county shall pay
into the treasury
s. That to carry out this work there shall be
elected president and general manager, who
shall serve without salary, vIce-presldent,
secretary and treasurer, and one member
from each contributing county of board of ex-
ecutive directors.
g. That at this time the president and general
manager and vice-president shall be selected and
soon as five or more members OF the executive
committee shall be selected by the various coun-
executing directors q Fort
Worth on call of the president, and select a
secretary and treasurer and make arrangements
then for carrying out the work herein contem-
plated.
left to the executive committee, which snail pro-
coed with It's work as soon as the required num-
Der of counties shall have come into this organi-
zation..
On motion Gen. R. A Cameron was unani-
mously elected president and general manager
of the association, and Judge E. E. Solomon of
Callahan county vice president.
The selection of secretary and treasurer was
postponed in accordance with the plan of
organization.
On motion the following resolutions were
Resolved, that the North and West Texas i'm
migration convention, recognizing the fact that
the great city of St. Louis is closely identified
with North and West Texas and the Who'll e
southwestern country, and that its central 10
cation and Importance as one of the great COM
render it particularly eligible as the
place where the great worlds fair Of 1892 should
be held. we 90 therefore recommend UndC
st. Louis be selected as the proper place for To-
eating this great exposition, and pledge the
hearty assistance of this association and the ter
ritory that it represents to the attainment of that
end; and we further request and urge the people,
their representatives at Washington, and the
press of the whole state of Texas to make a
united effort for the object.
Resolved that it is the sense of this convention
that two important act4 of national legislation
are necessary in the interest of Texas immigra-
tion.
l. The passage of the Springer Oklahoma bill,
opening the Indian Territory for settlement.
2. bill aiding and securing deep water on our
coast, and that our senators and representatives
lat Washington be requested to aid us In secur-
ing the passage of those bills.
6, Resolved, that this convention tender vote
of appreciation of the work of the Fort Worth
GAZETTE in the encouragement of immigration
into Texas, and bespeak the continuation of
same with the hearty cooperation of every mem
ber-of this association.
Resolved, that this convention approaching
the work that has been done by the railways OF
Texas in assisting immigration to the state, re-
quest contipTancc of the same and their CO.
operation in the work of this association.
On motion the convention adjourned subject to
call Of the general manager.
n. G. BLANCHARD, D. RICHARDSON,
Secretary. Chairman.
CALL.
Having been elected president and general
manager of the immigration association of North
and West Texas would call attention to the
plan of organization rs presented in this paper
possible and forward the names of the members
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