The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-20
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Traisicsds Of Visitors Arriving to
vieS the Battleship.
EDITORS WERE NOT WELL PLEASED
Programme for Presentation of the
aged IN unsntisfactory Way.

Galveston. Texas. February fs.--Galves-
! ton has been in something OF .. stew dur
Ing the whole OF this week, but more
having been augmented by the arrival Of
the legislators and train loads Of people
who were anxious TO see the big battle
ship. the 'Storming of the Alamo" and
the ether attractions OF the festive oc-
cAsion- The departure OF the editors this
evening for Mexico relieved the eonges-
tion at the hotels TO some extent. but
other visitors are coming by every train
TO take their places and the crowd seems
10 be swelling, rather than diminishing,
In spite OF the editorial hcgira.
The editors have not gone away from
Galveston as well pleased with their treat
ment as some OF them expected to be. At
leas, not all OF them. They were oyster
roasted and given a sail on the bay and a
sight OF tho battleship and concert was
arranged in their honor by the Galveston
Quartctte society. All this was very nice
as far az 1t went But as many editorial
visitors didn't go on the vessel chartered
for their pleasure as did go, because there
wasn't room for them. There were too
many other people who wanted to go on
that boat. There was considerably fewer
Of them at the concert and those who did
20 were In considerable doubt as to
whether they would get in or obtain seat
II they did get in. They wanted to find out
before hand whether they could have re-
served seats, those who had ladies with
them but there seemed to be no way fer
them to lind out.
There were two or three members OF the
reception and entertainment committees
Who eSertod themselves to make the stay
of the yiBitOrs pleasant and to afford them
such assistance in the matter OF informa-
Mon wanted In their power. but two or
three members could not do the work re-
quire1 where there We're several hundred
guests TO be looked after. The other mem
bers of the committee were purely orna-
montal and looked after their own com
forts and desires more particularly. Or,
perhaps. they were too busy doing n little
exclusive entertaining of upper tendon to
have much regard for the common run.
Anyhow the whole arrangements seem
TO have been haphazard and go as you
please. There was no programme of any
thing, apparently and no one has seemed
able to tell anything about what was to
happen or how or when at any stage OF
the proceedings, Even as late as this fore
noon 1t was difficult to learn with any
degree OF certainty at what time the pre-
sentation Of the silver service to the bat
tleship would take place and where wheth-
er visitors would he admitted on board
tho hattleship during the day An informa-
lion bureau. with some one on hand to
furnish Information. would have been
very much appreciated by the visitors.
some OF them. at least
Then, again. the facilities for transport
inc visitors from tho wharves to the bat
tieship were altogether Inadequate and
the committee didn't know until Yesterday
mat there were government laws regullt-
ing the carrying OF passengers by water
craft But things are getting In somewhat
better shape now aud maybe there will he
a little less OF the very exclusive entertain
mont business and a little more democratic
method from now on