The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-21
THE TEXAS STATE FAIR.
Tenne sseeans Will Celebrate Today
10 a Fitting Manner.
GAMBLING HOUSES HAVE BEEN CLOSED
Gamblers Are Surprised, a. They
Have Heretofore Been Permit-
ted TO Run Wide Open.

Dallas. Texas, October 20.-From oil in
dicatiops Dallas will entertain moro peo-
pic tomorrow than have been inside its
limits for many months. Every passenger
train that has entered the city since early
morning. with the single exception OF the
Sunset limited, which passed through to-
night on its Initial trip has been crowded
with Tennessee-Texans, who are coming to
help celebrate Tennessee Day" at the
State fair tomorrow and to give greetings
to Governors Culberson and Taylor All
elements of Texas cosmopolitan popula-
ton are represented, but the ex-Tennes-
seeans largely prevail. They are running
the town, and have turned the occasion
into family reunion. They represent
every section OF the State. They have
come from South Texas from East Texas,
from all over North Texas and from the
plains country: Galveston and Denison,
Texarkana and Ell Paso are all represented
Governor Taylor and staff Of Tennessee,
who were expected TO arrive today, were
delayed In Arkansas and will net reach
Dallas until tomorrow morning. Governor
Culberson came in today.
Colonel X. Nj. Wynne Of Fort Worth,
one Of the five democratic candidates for
governor, also spent the day at the fair
He and Congressman Bailey stopped ex-
aiming the 1--we stock exhibits long enough
10 have quiet little conferences.
Congressman Sayers, ano;her candidate
for the democratic gubernatorial nominal
ton, was about the live stock and agricul-
tural departments. He thought the Travel
ers Protective Association exhibit was the
most creditable showing of any in the ex-
position hall. This exhibit consists of the
finest field, orchard and garden products
to be found in the State.
Special trains will he run tomorrow on
most of the roads entering Dallas to &C.
commodate those who do not wish to re-
main longer than one day. The crowd OF
visitors in the city is already enormous
and is rapidly increasing.
Darkness covers the green cloth tonight
In Dallas. All the gambling houses have
been closed by orders from Mayor Barry,
who declares that they SHAH not reopen
during his administration. Probably no
town in the United States had gambling
with less Objectionable features and under
better control than Dallas. The police
and sheriff's departments have known of
the existence of gambling, but have handled
the matter conservatively and kept out the
most Objectionable elements. The leading
gambling house keepers declare that they
have never beon notified TO close up. but
that they have done so on the slightest
official request and have kept closed as
long as desirable. They say they can not
understand why an exception has been
made by the city officials In closing their
places up at the beginning of the present,
as compared with other fairs.
Much adverse criticism is being heaped
upon Mayor Barry and Chief of Police Ar
mold by parties outside of the gambling
fraternity from this standpoint, as during
other State fairs things have been permit
ted to run wide open in the sporting line
In Dallas. The matter is sure to drift
into city politics next spring and be a bitter
issue. In the city court this morning a
number of gamblers were heavily fined and
sentenced TO terms in Jail.