San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-15
Only SIS a Year.
THE ALAMO MONUMENT,
CAPTAIN SChram and the Press.
low the Matter is Viewed
Abroad.

iow the Matter is Viewed
Abroad.
Capt. Schram, by special request of
the LIGHT, laid before it this morning
the documents - kilograms, letters
and newspaper understanding up
on his work. From these, embracing
mass of most interesting informa-
ton we make the following summary
of what relates to the newspaper de-
partment of this most necessary and
patriotic work:
Capt. Schram found in every news
paperOffice visited the most cordial
and warm hearted reception, and was
assured that any articles printed in
our home journals, bearing upon this
en- 12yOr to embalm in eternal stone
tn Ian5ory oft the Alamo imm ortaIs,
II, ia n!:U reauy circulation in tho
jol -4ls referled TO. AmonI thesS
jol -9ais are the Atlanta Consti Jution,
wi SO able and widely known editor,
Henry O'Grady, was most cordial in his
entertainment of the monument work;
Augusta, Chronicle, Captain Nat
Walsh, whose services and articles
have laid the Monument association
under great obligations; the At lanta
Journal, whose manager, III. III. Car
baniss, gave freely of his time and
journalistic space to aid the monu-
ment project; The Augusta Evening
News, whose editor kindly repro
duced the article of the Atlanta
journal: the New Orleans papers,
notably the Item, the Picayune and
the Times-Dcmocrat, all of whom gave.
most favorable notices. Colonel Fair
fax, of the Item, gave up valuable
space in his issues OF the eth and 18th.
of May. and has accepted the position
of commissioner for the state of
Louisiana. He will actively engage
in the work of organizing his state fol-
contributions, and in every way aid
the Alamo enterprise, into which he
has entered heart and soul. The
Picayune of the 9TH instant also con-
tanned valuable notice of the work
undertaken by Captain Schramm,
and cordially commended it, as did
alse the Times-Democrat. These
journals, and others, will gladly give
free circulation to matters bearing
uD9l ile Alamo monument work and
W ny and comment upon them,
CrabOe of the Montgomery,
AL Dispatch could promise nJGhing
ma j9";al, as his state was building a
cOItad crate monument and its funds
would be required for that purpose.
but he gave the A lamo monument his
hearty endorsement and good wishes
for its success.
e. X. Chamberlain, sanitary en-
gineer of Atlanta, was appointed Ala
mo monument commissioner for
Georgia and will do efficient work.
/. G. Barrett, state commissioner of
agriculture for Georgia, also promised
valuable aid, as did A. p. Butler
agricultural commissioner for South
Carolina, and w. H. Harrison of the
executive committee of that state.
These gentlemen were alive to the
effort being made to perpetuate the
memory of the heroic deeds of the
Alamo defenders and expressed the
most hearty sympathy with Texas in
her effort to redeem the names OF her
heroic defenders from threatened
oblivion. These gentlemen have
borne testimony in their letters
and newspaper articles of the
high esteem in which the representa-
tive of this undertaking, Capt.
Schram, was held by them. The most
incident of the whole series
was the eighty miles journay taken
by Ex-Governor Bonham, of South
Carolina, to see and shake hands with
the man who had visited Augusta in
the interests of an Alamo monument.
Gov. BOnham's brother was one of the
defenders of this old Thermopylae of
Texas struggles and his heart warm
ed to the movement.
The LIGHT in this article aims SOLE
y at emphasizing the interest taken
oy the press of Georgia and Lol siana
N this monument work, anC aom-
ne: ding to the state press &C lssant
of the subject un IL the
grah>: object shall be accomplished
md the monument be an accomplish
I'd fact. For the interest taken in this
work by the journals of sister states,
he LIGHT returns appreciative
hanks.
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