The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-29
CONGRESSMAN ARE COMING
Brief Sketches Of the Members OF
Congress
VINO WILL SOON BE CITY'S GUESTS.
Local Committee TO Leave Tonight
to Escort Them to HOustOn-Statc
officials Invited TO Meet Them.

movements OF the members OF the river.
aud harbofs committee OF the house of the
National congress, who are now headed
towards Texas to inspect the Texas haroors
and waterways.
Il have received no response to my tele-
gram of yesterday advising the visitors that
We would expect them to remain over IN
Houston on Sunday and make the trip
down the bayou Monday. | infer from this
that the proposed arrangement meets with
their approval. else they would likely have
wired.
Il sent another telegram today to Mr..
Hooker, the chairman of the delegation.
inviting him and his party to be my guests
at reception at my residence on Sat-
urday night. in response to which | re-
ceived Wire from Mrs. Hooker at New
Orleans telling me that the gentlemen
were down the river and my telegram
would receive attention on their return.
so you see We are nc better advised as
to the exact time OF the arrival OF the
party in Houston than we were yesterday
We are still basing our calculations on the
assurance previously received from them
that they will reach Houston Saturday
contrary We will leave tomorrow tFridayj
night, so as to intercept the party at Beau
mont and accompany them back to Hous-
ton.
Congressman Thomas H. Ball Is
In the city and VIII accompany captain
Hutchinson and party to Beaumont tonight.
MIR BARS presence on this trim Il, rraarIsd
as particularly propitious. az ii viii not
only be the means OF affor,llug him an op-
portunity to become prrsonallv asauniut,d
with the members OF the committee ON
rivers and harbors of the ho,se vim vbon,
he viii come morn closely in contact while
In rnnoress t,1t Ma tri,, 80 i,,s,,,,.,t 1,,,,.,
,be hsvnu ,rd r1, trfor,,,.i,,' ths, ,,-tI ~,
disseminated nm mar rim viii he ~ i,.,l-
culubIr b.no6, 10 hin ia tba ,ffo,,s a.,
which he ia nl.dt,.l A., ,,r,o ,,,,,, ,,,,,,.,,.
n uroper raropnitinr, or lienstnn,s demand
in he yay of it,nro,.,n,, ber y,at,,,'.,,,
10 Tho commerce ~ thc ,r,,,id
The Cotton Eychanre committees had no
,ncefinp ycstrr,Iav M MES, b,,., ,,"t,nr.
wen in hand for tslinr CARD ns tho ,o,,sts
80 ." ,"'.N ~" '""Hs 'ait on INC guests
un Thn t inv so' ,',, u, lious',n
u n;,tson t,n 49, ,,' N'S" '"aJN' '"nu
ian H. Vice rr,.s,d,.nt ,cndor,.I T' , 40,
~ tbc h.,,,,t,,i rog,,n ", ,t,',.h NV He'
sN' ""Hin VI wv 'iVn 10 an
, '",i -, i'i" il'ao"' IN "hi,h 10 enter
So C.r,'t INV Nli resi- her"
'',''t 'P'"'u H"'N"'s'h ''h'ef'i
.na"Na i" we Clup IN acrepuhkv the favor
an, anu sun no NOR ehsrnlns place rouih
ng aun"u III IIouNlon ior entertaining MS
,. ,,'h '""' INC p@rlofs Oh lhe houston
o'up'
luN''AtiohS nave been sent to Governor
Iu,p'ison' non Jonh H. heasan and pos
s.piy .'i'l' o'neF STATE alHnlAfles 10 be
~ cs'At uiuH the occasion ot the visit 81
'ng COM ressionsl comm t'ee
ne pmsVhie. OF the party soon to be
HouRlons honored guests Is tnkon from
the No" orleans Times Democrat as fol
lows
at tho head OF the visiting committee is
warren b. hooker chairman Of the rivers
and harhors committee Of tho house He
Is young man. iie was born In Catta-
rauEus county New York. January q
1917 aud spent his life in that State with
The exception Of Two years that he prac-
tced IA" Ia Washington State. He held
several local offices before his election 10
the tiity second congress He also served
IN The Ffiy-inrd tir, Hooker is accom-
panied ny his Nite.
MI. *. ~ Clark" OF Mobile, another
member ~ the TdrfV and uIga . tu,r.l.at.