Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-13

People who Went 10 Farwell hail last
evening to hear Ex-Governor Richard Is.
Hubbard of Texas lecture ON the resources
o. the Lone Star state were treated 10 :.
mastery address. Many of those present
who had always associated the word Texas
with outlaws and deSperadoes We're agree
Bbly surprised to learn that fewer crimes
were committed in Texas than in Illinois.
There are thousands of good men and
women in the Lone Star stale. and laWless-
ness is practically thing of the past The
lecturer was frequently applauded, and
portions of the address We're received with
marked enthusiasm. Upon being intro
duced 10 the audience by ex-senator Far
well Mr.. Hubbard said:
LADIES AND GENT EMEN-I am glad, in
fact proud rs an American citizen, to stand
once again after the lapse of many years
81 this splendid city of the great West,
which has outStripped all her early rivals
in the race. ana promises fair in decade
Of years To dispute the mastery for
wealth ana population with even the great
metropolis Of the Atlantic seaboard 4.
empire Sends its way ! have accepted
Jour hospitality, ana l came here tonight TO
ssyto you that Texas extends TO Chicago and
Illinois the earned and knightly greeting Of
~ her people. We have been inviting Hi
nuis for some days to come and see speci-
mems Of the varied. and we think wonder
ful products vi TeXas-hcr cereals, fruits,
her Yinta her cotton and woods her man
ufactureS, ner woods from the forest and
The products Of that great Western country
The timber and forests and ores OF Eastern
Texas the sugars of the coast, and Il bird s.
eye view Of our architecture, education and
progress in all the elements of 4 high civil
cation. We have not been among You as
crusaders, 10 make restless any happy home
nd bl1n1rai. nj TlpIls..nIc If
them.) Oh, no, God in his benefcence has
given to this earth no more fruitful or
beautiful country than that which grectS the
ewes everywhere in the great states of Hi
nois, Indiana aud Ohio. OF your Younger
sisters across the Mississippi river, the
came MAY be said in simple justice and I'M
vanished truth. But, my friends. we are
here to say that for centuries our Anglo
Saxon blood has coursed in the veins of
men restless and ever moving to the west
ward or To the south. To those of your
people who will go away frcm
the roof-tree and the old home
stead Texas says come TO her
fertile and varied lands, poor or rich, where
not only toll will be amply rewarded, but 4
geuia. welcome will await every son and
daughter of Illinois who comes to make
L home in Texas. Do Iou know that of the
great Western commonwealth Illinois has
IN the last forty years sent more emigrants
10 Texas than amy other, We wish To en-
kouragc Intercourse in trust in reciprocity
and in all good neighborhood. In this spirit
] stand before, you tonight and represent Il
generous and loyal constituency when ex-
tend this greeting!
am doubiy gratitied, besides. to be in
The great city where the Worlds Column
biau exposition is 70 be held III 1899. You
will he equal 20 the grand occasion, and
your fame and Your population will grow 10
- -t,.,t
great day. I'm 1876 Texas had no representa-
ton save the speaker who stands before
you now. But in 1898 Texas will be here
the peer of any other state of this Union.