The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-08-21
HOME FROM THE SCENE OF
THEIR TRIUMPHs: BY
80 THOSE WHO LOVE
THEM.l
JOHN D. MCCALL AND W. B. WORKMAN
ARE GIVEN A ROUSING RE-
CEPTION.
In Which Gen. Hogg Finds Cordial Part
Many Speeches ard Much
Enthusiasm.

given to successful candidates as that
rendered John d. Mccall and Bill
Workman by the people of Austin
yesterday evening. Gen. Hogg was
not expected on the evening train, but
when he came the same warm wei.
come included him. All Austin seemed
bent on honoring her talented and
faithful sons who had been by the
Democratic convention chosen to pre-.
side over the conptroller's Office and
the State treasury. The Avenue for
two blocks above the depot was packed
and jammed with vehicles containing
the ladies and gentlemen Of Austin,
while the depot was one swarming
mass of humanity, the friends and adj
mirers of the successful sons of Travis.
The reception committee consisting Of
Mayor Mcdonald and Messrs. Walter
Graham, ]. S. Myrick, Henry E. Shell
ley, J. M. Burroughs and Peyton
Brown had made all arrangements for
the formal reception and everything
was in readiness when the train rolled
i'll. The full fire department with
hook and ladder and hose carriages
were drawn up in line on the Avenue,
and the Travis Rifles presented arms
as the honored guests alighted from
the train. The reception committee
had but little show against the crowd
that rushed upon and fairly tore to
pieces Wor ham and Mccall. The
shouting of congratulations, the
music of the Capital City band, the
pushing and scrambling to shake
hands with Workman and Mccall all
made up such scene of wild enthu-
siasm as was never witnessed in Aus
tin before. Order, however, was at last
wrought out from the confusion, and
the committees programme was car
ried out. In the first coach and-four
the committee seated Gen. Hogg, Mr.
Webb Finley, Mayor Mcdonald and
Lewis Mumford. In the second coach
and-four were Messrs. John D. Nc
Call, w. B. Workman, Jim Browning
and Gov. Lubbock. In the other
coaches were the reception committee
and several of the delegates to the
convention that happened to come in
on the train. The procession at once
started up the Avenue to the capitol
grounds in the following order:
PROCESSION.
Chief Marshal Col. John O. John
son.
Capital City Band.
Travis Rifles.
Austin Fire Department.
Distinguished guests in coaches.
Long file of hacks and other We
hicles.
The way up the Avenue was one
long ovation to Gen. Hogg and Travis
county's sons.
Arrived at the capitol grounds the
party were at once taken to an open
stand prepared for them in front Of
which had been arranged chairs for
a thousand people. Every chair was
flied and two or three thousand la
dies and gentlemen stood around to
witness the exercises. The train had
been late and by this time it was
night, but the grounds were illumina-
ted with electric lights and colored
fires were burned. lending a wierd
beauty to the scene, as under the
clustering trees everywhere could be
seen the white dresses and manly forms
of those whose attention was ear
nestly turned to the elevated stand
upon which the uniquest act and most
flattering event, at least in the lives
of two persons, were being enacted.
The stage was large one but was
well filed. Prominent at its front
were Gen. Hogg, Messrs Webb
Finley, John d. Mccall, w. B.
Workman, Lewis Mumford, w. M.
Imboden, Mayor Mcdonald and Maj.
TT. Goree. Besides these and the
reception committee there were on
the stand Messrs. Jim Browning,
Edwin E. Overall, I. w. Gregory,
Chas. Gibson, Ham Ward, Judge
Shepard of Camp county and hall
dozen intimate friends of Workman
and Mccall.
Mayor Mcdonald called the vast
crowd TO order and introduced Hon
R. H. Ward, who welcomed the visi-
to1s and said, after complimentlng
Mr. Hogg, the distinguished head oi
the ticket, that it was natural the
people of Austin should warmly wei
come her own citizens, having es'
necially warm feelings for their home
hoys; not that the head of the ticket
is not appreciated but by reason OF
local pride in home candidates, these
were now to be especially welcomed
70 these he said l have been deputed
NV The citizens of Austin to extend tc
vou their congratulations concerning
yo1r recent victories at San Antonio
md snd to welcome you back to your