San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-31
GOVERNORS HOLIDAY.
Governor Thayer and Party Escort
ed Over the State--GoVernor
Ross and the Fort Worth

| Governor l mayer ana PARTY ESCORT
ed over the State--Governor
Ross and the Fort Worth
Delegation.
The expected arrival of Governo
Thayer and his suite, with Governor
Ross and their Fort Worth escort
was chronicled in yesterdays LIGHT
The government of Nebraska is off
cially present in San Antonio today
being represented by Governor John
Thayer, Auditor of State II. HI. Ben tor
and State Treasurer J. E. Hill
These gentlemen are accompanied by
their wives and other ladies of theil
household. They came to Fort Worth
to be present at the opening Of the
Spring Palace, as the guests Of the
Panther city. Fort Worth, which
does nothing by halves, APP
| pointed committee consisting
of Colonel J. p. Smith, L. J.
Hurley and r. H. Sellers to conduct
their distinguished visitors over the
state as far as they had time and in
clination to 60. The committee invited
Governor Ross to make one of the
party and the arrival in this city was
safely made in their special car
which reached this city when the In
ternational train came in from the
north. They were met OH arrival by
delegation of our citizens and the
Nebraska party were soon afterward
left to the undisturbed possession of
their private car, the Texas escort
driving to the Menger.
At ten o'clock this morning the
party under direction of Col. HI.
B. Andrews and Secretary Workman
of the Fair ASSOCIATION, were intro
duced to such of our citizens as called
at the Menger, and about 1920 took
carriages for military headquarters,
where they were shown the post and
most Hospitality received by its COM
mandant, Gen. Stanley. The old A Ia
mo, West End, and the fair grounds
were included in the observation
points, and a very pleasant three
hours was spent in sightseeing. Re-
turning to the hotel, dinner was
served at o'clock, and the special en-
CINE placed at the disposal of the par
ty by the courtesy of the [. and G. n.
pulled out for Austin. This evening
will be spent in the capital, and the
visitors will be in Galveston tomorrow
for few hours, returning to Fort |
Worth so as to leave the state Sunday |
night at farthest. 1t was the inten-
ton of Gov. Thayer to have seen |
the coast at Corpus Christi, but learn
ing that he could not view Mexico as |
he anticipated without going some |
miles farther south he concluded to |
change his route and visit Galveston |
for an hours steaming on the Gulf. |
1t is entirely due to Gov. Ross eXer-
tons that the Nebraska party came
to the Alamo city at all. and San An
tOnians owe the governor a debt of |
gratitude for his remembrance of the |
A lamo city. This was Governor |
first visit to the interior of |
the state He had only seen the North
east corner and his ride to San An |
tonic was a revelation of the progress |
and possibilities of this vast common
wealth.
The LIGHT representative, who had |
met the governor, was
warmly greeted by him and in
the course of the five minutes hur-
ried conversation which followed the
governor expressed his regret that ne
did not have time tor more protract-
ed conversation on the state of the
country in general and Texas in par
ticular. Had time allowed, the LIGHT
would have greatly appreciated the
privileges of an interview on the 70
iitical situation, as would its readers.
But the governor had but a few
hours at his disposal and every mo-
meut before him was occupied in TAX
ing in the beauties of the historic CEN
ter of Texas, and in asking and an
swering questions concerning the