Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-02-23
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM
THE LONE STAR STATE.
b"'my Sunshine in Southern Texas--The
y. City OF Galveston Showing the sights
to Visiting scrIbes- Overflow
Ing Hotels.

Galveston, Texas, Feb, 17.-One
day of the National Editorial Assoc
citation has passed and the program
prepared for this city lasts until Fri
day night. At that time the party will
divide, about half of the members
leaving on two weeks trip to the
City of Mexico, 1900 miles from here
and the others returning to their
homes.
When the ST. Louis party arrived
in Galveston they found other parties
already here and the total attendance
now foots up about 400 men and $50
ladies.
The usual amount of speech max
ing was INDUCED in yesterday morn
ing, the Association was organized
and at night second session was
held for business.
Galveston is well-built and flour
ishing city of about 10000 inhabi.
tants. It's great drawback seems to
be the lack of good hotels. The two
principal hotels, the Beach and Ire
mont, have proven entirely unable to
take care of the 900 people who came
down upon them Monday night
Most of the crowd went out to the
Beach, on the bay mile from the
center of the city This big hotel is
under the same management as the
fremont and is opened only during
the summer months. 1t was opened |
earlier this year, especially to take
care of this crowd. but everything was
confusion and many of the rooms were
not ready for the reception of guests.
A great many who sought to avoid |
the rush at the Beach went to the
fremont, only to be met with the
bold bluff that the house was entirely
full Some went to the Beach and |
lost themselves in the crowd, Others
started out to hunt boarding houses
without guide or direction and some |
registered for supper, or dinner as
they prefer to call it, and determined |
to take their chances over the protest |
of the clerk that there was no room.
The small party of seven, of which
this writer ls factor, were, by refus.
ing to leave after supper, finally
wedged into small disordered rooms
on the first foor-from the top. Yes
terday by watching tor advantages
to be gained we were able to move
down one story and get better rooms
and the clerk promises us still better
accommodations to-day. must add
however, that our party has been con
sidered especially fortunate and some
OF our travelling companies have &C.
cused us of being born to luck
With this statement of the lack of
room, which is perhaps after all not
their fault, my criticism of the hotels
must cease. 1t can be said to their
credit that they feed well and this
has been redeeming feature in all
the confusion that followed our ar I
rival here in the deluge of mud that i
succeeded hard rain Monday night. i
Yesterday was bright, springlike ]
day and to-uay the pretty weather t
still continues. {
Two notable events occurred yes
terday. In the morning the city au- {
thorities corraled and shipped out of t
the city car load of tramps and at {
night the street cars were all stopped
by general strike, and to-day not c
car is running in the city. These hap I
penings have furnished theme for y
new lot of jokes and the editors are 4
having good deal of fun out of I
hem. /
In spite of the fears expressed for y
he safety of their friends by the fun /
makers, one of the editors were sent C
,ut with the shipment of Weary Will
les, although two intruders who got
aboard at st. Louis were put off the
pecial train before it reached this il
.ity. &
As am up this morning writing p
before breakfast, have not investi-
rated the cause of the strike. Perhaps e
he electric street car employees are "
merely demanding extra pay for haul s.
ng distinguished people, as a del p
cate compliment to the men of brains n
in their midst" Il
Yesterdays meeting was held IN II
IarmonyHall, room we'll adapted Il
DR. such meetings, and after Presi- Il
ent Thomas had called the associa- p
on to order, Rev. DIR. Harris, Bap- A
st minister, prayed, and Mayor A. P
'. Fly delivered a cordial address of
elcome. Then President F. B. Bail nj
o, Of Cleburne, president of the f
exas Press Association, added a OF
elcome in an address that was elo-
uent, appropriate and we'll conceived. tn
he President deferred his formal in
idress until to-day, the addresses Of th
elcome being responded to by Elk FIR
resident Herbert. de
Last night some of the delegates ca
ade up parties to visit points of in to-
rest, attend the concert at one OF the tn
Ieaters, OF indulge in moonlight MT
ills on the bay, ad
The business session was poorly at We