San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-05
t. P. A. NEWS.
NATIONAL LETTER FROM PREsI-
DENT LEE.
membership in the Great Order Growing
Rapidly and Much Interest Shown
by Insiders and Outsiders.

excellent health and as handsome
and affable as ever. He is devot-
ing his time closely to business
and last year sold as many goods
aS did four other statesmen in his
house. He has learned to ride a
hiSycle and can be seen fitting
aboSlt the suburbs late of evenings
handling his "bike" and 1875
ponndg avoirdupois as gracefully
ss a swallow flies.
POST "R," Missouri division, OF
Kansas city, held its first monthly
smoker at the Coates House Club
room Saturday, March Dist, at s p.
m. At the receipt election of the
Post ]. c. StoWs, the popular
President of the I&plement ano
Vehicle Club of Kansas olty, was
elected president Of P6Ss -" ana
w. Fl. Harte, of the advance
Thresher company, Of than cry,
was elected secretary, With TINS
animation Post app, OF Kansas
City is going to grow rapidly.
o. G. Holmes, secretary OF
Nebraska division, has recently
sent out a letter to every member
of the Nebraska division inclosing
a copy of the constitution and
by laws and several application
blanks and looks for good results.
He will follow his first letter with
a second letter to those whom he
does not hear from.
Blanks have boon mailed to all
division and post officers upon
which to make prompt returns of
officers chosen at the approaching
election. 1t is important that re-
turns be mailed on these blanks
on the day Of the election. Two
copies of the return blanks have
been mailed to post secretaries to
be filled out and mailed, one to
the division secretary and one to
this Office.
The illness of Congressman Ell
let, who had the introduction of
a bill in congress for securing an
appropriation for building a lega-
ton building in the City Of Mex
leo in hand, has delayed that mat
ter. Hon. George Wellington, of
Maryland, has now taken charge
and the bill will be introduced
promptly. Hon. John 5. HARDWOOD
chairman national legislative COM
mittee, will see that the matter is
promptly pushed along.
Warren Sutliff, president OF Ill
ipois div ision, has worked very
hard during the year to increase
the membership and his work is
now beginning to count. Addition
al efforts will soon be put forth.
Mr.. Spthf is a man who does not
make very much noise about his
work but il is usually effective.
e. l.. Higdon, secretary OF Ala.
bama division, writes that there
is now no city in Alabama Were
a T. P. A. post could be sae..
tanned in which post is not
located. He visited Selma, Ala
bama, a few days since however,
and secured six new mem bers;
also four from Montgomery,
Alabama, and will continue to stir
things up from now until the con-
vention in a lively way. They ex-
pect to report over three hundred
members; in good standing at
Terre Haute.
The Louisiana division will in
troduce a bill in the Louisiana
legislature which meets the second
Monday in May, 1896, which will
provide that railroads throughout
the State of Louisiana place on
sale interchangeable mileage |
books at two cents per mile and
the measure will be actively ad-
vocated and promoted. A post
will be organized at Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, in a short while by
President Elmer and his associates
OF Louisiana division.
Mr.. l.. V. LaTaste, president
of Post "a" Alabama division,
located at Montgomery, has sent
out to the members OF that post
a most excellent letter requesting
the cooperation Of the members.
1t is about the best letter OF the
kind we have seen for some time
and 1t is to be regretted that there
is not space enough in this news
letter to place it before the mem.
bership. Mr.. LaTaste will, l have
no doubt, favor any post or divl-
sion officers with copy OF the let
ter who feel interested.
A letter from Joseph G. Booth,
president of Texas division. states
that that division, will hold its
annual convention at Dallas,
Texas, on the 10th and 1lth OF
April, 1896. He further states
are coming in very
freely and that the secretary OF the
division reports $4,000 in the
treasury with no indebtedness.
That popular and loyal T. p. A.
and worker, j. M. Benish,
national chairman Of the press
will probably be put
by his division for re-elec-
ton and will. no doubt, have a