Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-03
THE DRUMMERS.
The Boys Enjoyed Life While at
the Austin Meeting.
GOV. H0GG'S NEAT ADDRESS.
The Drummers All Attended the Sumptuous
Banquet rendered the Association.
Officers and Delegates to the National As
ISOLATION Elected-A Trip Around
the City-Houston Selected as
Headquarters.


Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, May "A majority OF the
L. 2. A. boys, who all of course attended
the banquet last night. We're on hand this
morning when President Brown raped
the convention to order. The session was
spent in electing officers, appointing COM
mltteeS, delegates. etc, and dlspatchlng
the usual odds aud ends
The constitution was amended on motion
of Eldridge, to make the annual fees of as
sociate members 81. 80, such members to
be entitled to all the benefits of the order
except insurance. Honorary members are
entitled to insurance.
Col. Payton extended welcome to the
drummers TO meet next year at Corpus
Christi, but after considerable discussion it
was decided TO leave the selection of
meeting place TO the board of directors.
A vote OF thanks was extended to Waco
for an invitation to meet there year hence.
j. II. Hurby, in a neat address, presented
President Brown with diamond pima
genuine beauty-to which he responded
with the usual amount of feeling and
thanks.
Mayor Mcdonald made brief address to
the boys, congratulating them on the good
time enjoyed, and inviting them to come
again.
The election of officers then begun, Mr..
Brown being reelected president and ID.
NJ. Finch and Harry Harley were elected.
first and second ce-preSidents. NJ. NJ.
Armistead was chosen secretary, V. w
Jones declining the place.
The following were put on the board of
directors: j. }. Knight, Dallas; F. f. Cul-
len, Austin; George Bartholomaie, San
Antonio; V. W. Jones' Jake Keller and V.
Leman of Houston, and ]. d. Booth, Aus
tin.
The following gentlemen were then NOM
suAaSs dole to +l1n
lstsd7s 'e6sbe held at Little Rock, June 2:
George II. Mundy, Dan malvern, '. ".
Jones, William Payson, John T Knight of
Austin and ]. j. Knight of Dallas.
A motion was made to withdraw all these
nominees. Carried.
A motion then prevailed that a member
be elected from each post.
SAM Antonio, V. w. Jones of Houston,
George W. Cleveland of Austin and j. j.
Knight of Dallas.
+ BY motion nominations were closed:
Alternates were nominated and elected as
follows: Capt. J. o. Dendt of Houston,
Dan Malvern of Dallas, George Mundy of
Houston, George Bartholomew of San An
tonic and Jake Keller of Houston.
MIR. Jake Keller moved that vote of
thanks be rendered the citizens OF Austin,
the Board of Trade, the committee, the
ladies who gave the beautiful banner, the
board of aldermen and the Commercial
club. Carried.
Houston was chosen as headquarters for
the coming year and a vote of thanks eX-
tended to the officers of the order and an
exceedingly cordial one to the ladies of
Austin, who had presented the banner
The press and others were thanked hber-
ally for courties extended and the conyen-
ton adjourned sine die.
Afterwards the boys accepted
AN INVITATION
to visit the dam site in a body, which they
did. going in cars over the new railroad
They were afterward driven in hacks
over the city.
They visited the capitol to pay their
respects to the governor, who came out and
addressed the boys in very handsome
manner in the rotunda, where they had
assembled.
The governors address was couched in
the kindliest and most complimentary terms
to the boys, and was freely applauded by
them.
The drumners embark tomorrow morn
ing on an excursion to Monterey and Sal
tillo, Mexico.
Before adjourning to-day the president
Of the association sent q telegram TO Presi-
dent McGrew, saying that "TeXas is still
in the lead; sixty-three new members to-
day."