Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-23
immigration Association Is the
Name of II.
SIX HUNDRED TEXANS MEET
At Wichita Falls and Deliberate on Plans 10
Help Us,
Themseivsa and the Entire sta,s-A Man
Who Wants 20 I''vide Texas Had al.
Heaouti- aded To De.,h.
Com y Q Appointed.

lpple discussed ON Il p cts or in bust
gg Sao a0"'es so sCaSy &c !; the impi-
IS thought Of ing lei o6
in the great movement to or.
gnnize for the purpose OF inducing
Immigration 70 Northwest Texts and the
Panhandle. the people of this Ihor-
onghiy. enterprising city NATURALLY feel
q profound interest In this convention
that has called large numbers OF repre-
sentative men together from such cOun.
ties as Tarruut, Dallas and Grayson.
aud from every county along he Fort
Worth aud Denver railroad from Fort
Worth west to The line Of New Mexico
From the large number of delegates
present and from personal expressions
glaned from them by The Gazette re-
porter, there is no doubt that Northwest
Texas Is thoroughly in earnest on the
subject OF immigration at this limo.
Wichita Falls notes. with pardonaOlc
pride, the gathering Of the clans and the
determined disposition TO place this great
section Of the state 10 the front ami Is
satisfied Her hope is that the men who
have met in their midst 70 counsel TO.
gether may wisely lay the foundation Of
some plan That ehall result, and that
speedily, in peopling the thousands of
acres OF fine farming land that are yet
virgin to the plow and cul.iyator, with
thrifty farmers and happy homes.
Already the movement has greatly
surpassed the most sanRuinc expectations
OF its projectors. Ii has assum u a
magnitude not thought OF. The town Is
full of people from everywhere ana the
hotels are crowded 10 their utmost ca
pacity. IL has been found necessary TO
press the boarding houses into service
and many private residences have
been thrown open for the entertainment
of delegates. Dallas is here and Fort
Worth is here Wise county Is repre-.
scented and good sized delegations IRE
on hand from Bowie, Sunset B,'lleoue,
Henrietta, Jolly. Iouu PARK Harold,
Vernon, Chilncothe Quannah, ChildIoss,
Amarillo, Clarendon, Hartley, Memphis,
and every other town west % Texline.
Many delegates arrived yesterday
some came in last night and today The
trains from both the north and ,'uth
were loaded down TO the guards. Zach
delegation was met at the train by The
Wichita Falls reception committee aud
cordially greeted and assured the city
was "their'n" while they chose TO remain
At ~ o'clock today the silver cOruet baud
Of Henrietta came IN and have been
furnishing music for the occasion.
ONE SPECIALLY ENCOURAGING
feature Of this movement Is the presence
in the city of prominent pilroad men.
@. T.. Fegan, travelling passenger agent
Of the T. & p. is here: II. NJ Fickin-
ger. of the Memphis route, is ON hand;
c. NJ. Boarman, Of the Katy IL
present, and last, but not least, A. j.
Ratclif, of the Fort Worth and Denver,
Is here On behalf of their respective
roads they heartily endorse the cOnven-
ton and pledge their support OF any
feasible plan II may adopt for the ac-
cOmplishment Of Us objects This sup
port alone delegates believe will make
this movement the most fruitful Of good
results of any Of the kind ever inaugu-
rated In the state.
Perhaps one drawback 10 the present
convention IL the fact that it
WIS called together before any we'll
mntured plan OF organization had been
formulated. Each delegate that arrived
yesterday asked as his first question,
what are you going 10 dog No one
was able 10 answer him. The whole
matter was Indefinite and chaotic. To
overcome this defect an Informal meet
ing was held last night In the hope that
some good plan of organization might
Ice suggested The time was principally
taken up with speech-uialSinE but before
the meeting adjourned n committee OF
six gentlemen was appointed 10 draft
plan of organization, that should be
merely suggestive, aud present the same
at the convention to-day when II meets
at 4 o'clock The committee consisted
OF General Il. NJ. Clarke. Fort Worth:
Rev w. ID. Wear, Quauah; A. q. Hall
and Ben Lawson. of Hartley Mr.. Kinks
ly OF Dallas aud ]. j. Fairbanks Of
Denison. The committee met this morn
ing nj 10 o'clock and agreed upon a plan
which will be presencd 20 the convention,
Your correspondent learned that some
diversity of opinion obtained among the
members OF the committee as to what
territory should be embraced IN tue OF
ganizadon Ii iF known that some OF
Tie western delegates are opposed 10
taking in Dallas Others object to Fort
Worth and stil others do not wish 10 10
amy further enst than the east line OF
CLAW county. These discordAnt ideas
may be harmonized when the convention
meets this afternoon aud they mny prove
a source of much yexo1on and annoy
ance Indeed the question OF territory
and the question OF pro rata 4hu olltl
local interests promise TO be tle prom,
nept questions Of the convention and
delegates admit they will BE- hard TO
solve. They express the hope, however
that the aggregated wisdom Of the con-
yentIou will devise some means Of soly-
ing them.
One OF tue most enthusiastic men In
Wichita Falls today is v, >. Lindsey.
-Four wears ago mir. Lindsey was living
nj Farmer City, H. whore be was a
nrosperous farmer. One day be received
n Telegram from General Cameron then
The ISort Worth and Denver railway em-
igrntion AGENT, TO meet him az the depot
~ the arrival Of certain train. WHO
General Cameron WAS or what he WISH
nj was unknown 10 Mr. Lindsey, but be
resnonded 10 the request and met Inc
general When the train arrived Gen.
sral Cameron and Mr.. Willis Post got
an II and asked II Mr. Lindsey was
thprp when Mr. Lindsey made himself
t,uovyn General Cameron iniroducel
M Posf md said: mr.. Post wiz tell
WI, ali about Texas The general then
srot on the train and left the town. Mf'
Pnst tben began 10 talk with MIR Land
sov aIont the Lone Star state ana 10
indace him 20 visit H. but nothing was
fnrfher from Mr. Lindseys Intentions
man a removal 20 Texas Nf o. T.
wained a number Of hours and hnehy
left. Later on Mr., Lindsey met Mr, fost
ana IL railroad agent named smlh ~
bloomington and again Texas was tne
talk Mr.. Smith SAID: ar. AAhu's3,
WI you accept Tree trahshoflatloh "
Texas and return MT iinWf! ~,
piled IN the affirmative and soon sites
Mr.. Lindsey ana Mr. EoSi came 70 ~
a. but even then Mr.. Lindsey bad he ~.
tenti0n OF remaining. a TIP was hiaug
through the Panhandle, and NJ. l4hensl
Was very much impressed with What le
saw Int returned 10 Illinois, but slip
ped two carloads Of hne cattle 70 me
state and put them on me rnnke ~.