Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
TEXAS RESOURCES.
address of Ex-Gov. Hubbard
Before Chicago Audience.
THE PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Tfsy Learn Of the BoundIess Resources and
Great Natural and
Industrial Advantages of the State-Those
Who Had Associated the Word
THE PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC.
liz dustrial Advantages of the State-Those
Who Had Associated the Word
TEENS" with Outlaws and
Despcradoes Surprised.

People who went to Farwell hall last
evening TO hear Ex-Governor Richard B.
hubbard Of Texas lecture on the resources
o! the Lone Star state were treated to a
-.asterlr address. Many of those present
Who had always associated the word Texas
with outlaws and deSperadoes were agree
sbly surprised 10 learn that fewer crimes
we're committed in Texas than in Illinois
There are thousands Of good men and
women in the Lone Star state, and lawless-
ness IS practically thing of the past. The
.ecturer was frequently applauded, and
portions Of the address were received with
marked enthusiasm. Upon being intro
Guced 10 the audience by ex-senator Far
We. Mr.. Hubbard said
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-I am glad, in
fsci proud, as al American citizen, TO stand
once again-aftcr the lapse of many years
10 This splendid city of the great West,
wl.rh has outStripped all her early rivals
~ the race, and promises fair in q decade
Of cars 10 dispute the mastery for
wealth and population with even the great
metropolis Of the Atlantic seaboard
Great applause. Westward the star Of
empire wcnds its way!" ] have accepted
yolr hospitality, ard came here tonight to
sqv 10 You that Texas extends TO Chicago and
Illinois the earned and knignJiy greeting OF
al her people. We have been inviting Hi
rrs for some days TO come and see Speci-
mems Ot the varied. and we think wonder
Il products of IeXaS-hcr cereals, fruits,
her giutage- her cotton and WOODS. her man
rsacrures. her woods from the forest and
ta. products of that great Western country.
The timber and forests and ores of Eastern
Texas. the sugars of the coast. and bird s.
ere view of our architecture. education and
pcggress in all the elements Of d high civil
1a,iOu. We have not been among you as
Crusaders, 10 make restless any happy home
and you have hundreds OF thousands of
taem) Oh, no, God in his beneficience has
rlyeG 10 this earth no more fruitful or
beautiful country than that which greeIs the
eyes everywhere in the great states OF Hi
rys Indiana and Ohio OF your younger
SISTERS across the Mississippi river, the
same may be said in simple Justice and I'm
vanished truth. But, my friends, we are
hsrc 10 say that for centuries our Anglo
saxon blood has courSed in the veins of
ueu restless and ever moving 10 the west
yara OF 10 the south. To those of your
=, rooi-tree and the ola home
Stead Texas says come to her
fertile and varied lands, poor or rich. where
ag- only toll will be amply rewarded. but a
rsuI. welcome will await every son and
d. gh;er Of Illinois who comes 10 make
q .lme IN Texas. DO YOU know that of the
great Western commemorative Illinois has
~ the .ast forty years sent more emigrants
- Texas than any other? We wish TO en-
courage Intercourse in trust, in reciprocity
AuG in al! good neighborhood. In this spirit
stand before you 10 night and represent
generous and loyal constituency when | ex-
:eai his greeting,
am uOuDlr gratified. besides. TO he in
'a~ cr'a, city where the Worlds Column
bal exposition is to be held in 1898 You
w.. be equal to the grand occasion, and
g04r .gEue and your population will grow to
u'ra magnificent proportions after that
gge4, day. In 1876 Texas had no representa-
ION save the speaker who stands before
,gD now. Bat il 1898 Texas will be here
lie peeg of airy other state OF this Union.