The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
1T WAS TRAVELLING MEMS DAY.:

4, indeed pleasart. 1t consists OF gTeas
| variety: we have laughter, we have jokes
(, and wa have fun; always plenty 70 eat anu
always plenty water to drink, ana va
riety OF entertainment Is always conse-
Guent, and ! appreciate y. nppr-sialo
| lie remarks OF the gentleman who has Just
| ,noken OF the banquet of last evening,
| and what is a banquet with all men AROUND
| n, nnyhow. We travelling men never sst
off in a crowd by ourselves we are close
| communicates in any sense. Here are Two
| bodice OF men joining hands IN great
work. have looked forward Win an lli'''
ration and pleasure TO this event, knowing
| that the two distinct bodies of travelling
| non the r. p. A. and the U. G. T.. were
| to strike hands IN Houston on TINS oeca-
sion. There are different organizations OF
| The travelling men in America, but let our
| aim bc one and the game. We should
stand together as a united body. we RaNc
| different lines. We ylo not all carry the
same samples. / have one llte. and 1t 10
good one. You have Others, but we
stand together as fellow-traveling meii,
shoulder to shoulter..'
Between 1000 and 5000 people were pres
| ent at the Auditorium as early rs s o'clock
| last night to attend the concert under the
auspices Of the Arion Quartette and listen
TO the speakers. AT the apnointed hour
Herbs military band opened the pros
grafnme by the rendition of "The Chl.la-
ton,' one of sousa's marches. The stage
was covered with chairs for the travelling
men. Thty sat in a semi circle, or min
strel fashion. Rev. Homer T. Wllsoa, Ma
| tional chaplain, on the left: MI James n.
I Ludlow, State secretary. ON the right, ana
state President Howard w. Peak in the
| Mr.
| ter of ceremonies and introduced Mr.. Peak.
| who took his stand before the audience.
many of whom were standing III TIE ex-
| hibit space below the stage. He spoke as
| follows:
II hold In my hand letter which
received last Sunday night IL bore .spe-
| cial delivery stamp and said; RUSH L
| opened 1t and read the following: You
viii be expected at Houston. Texas, Thurs
| day night at o'clock sharp to deliver
a five minutes speech Now all / object
| to Is that four days is not long enough
| time to give me Tor tive minutes speech.
Ladies and gentlemen. 1t is pleasant 10
be with you this evening. We must ex-
press our thanks to the management of this
beautiful exhibition for having invited us
here, and in behalf of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association OF Texas thank them.
If YOU will permit we want TO add the
letters =. w. to r, f. aud ", making it
| read, Fruit, Flower, Vegetable and Pretty
| Women Festival. / have neGar h5an any
where in my life before and seen SO many
! bealrliful flowers and pretty women 1t
seems that they grow down in this country
! to perfection.
Il want to say that we are hera for
| purpose. The Travellers Protective Asso-
citation is making history. We are here to
protect ourselves in the ordinary course of
| business. | can not conceive why there are
not more travelling men with us here than
| there are. l can not conceive that spirit
that does not prompt q travelling man to
come whenever occasion permits him to
| join in these festivities. to mingle together
and cultivate that social feeling that
| should impel US ALL l want to say that
we have u profession that lis a laudabie
one. 1t takes just as smart IL man to
reach the higher plane among travelling
men as ii does in any other profession, not
excepting the Texas legislature. We must
| try aud do somsthing for this profession,
we must try to elevate our profession, we
must cultivats those social feelings We do
not want to see conditions as they used
to be when few years ago the finger
of criticism was pointed at the drummer.
but we want II said of us by our children
when they are asked. What is Yorlr faith
er's professcn? tfse they can look up.
and with twinkle In their eyes. say:
He is a commercial traveller The United
Commercial Travellers is an association
composed OF tho best travelling men In
this State: thu Travellers Protective Asso-
citation likewise We want every travelling
man to join either one of these organza-
TONS
Mr.. Peak then spoke Of the good work
| the Travslers' Protective Association was
doing. He mentioned the church being
erected at Fort Worth for the Rev Homer
T. Wilson and the fact that he had askei
for the pHivilega OF erecting memorial
window therein dedicated to the travelling
men OF America, irrespective of society or
standing. He also spoke Of the benefic:mt
manner in which the orphans and widows
hid been treated by the Travellers Protec-
tive Association and the many acts OF kind
meas the travelling men were constantly
heztqwing upon mankind in general in
their travels.
Mr.. MichauX announced that In the alb
sence of Mr.. All r. Deckman. grand
councillor of the United Commercial Tray
clers, Mr.. w. V. McMasters of Waco would
spsak. The gentleman said:
~ heartily coincide with cur Brother
Peak in what he has said | am NOT going
10 tell you what we are going TO do rs n
body in Texas. am going to tell what
the Supreme Council OF United Commercial
Trayelers Is going To do for our widows
aud orphans. AS Brother MicAaux has
stated. telegram was received from our
grand cSunillor that he would not be able
u be here. ana DIT seems as though my lot
through life has been one of sscond choice,
with one except:on--that was when / chose
my wife. j mad the first choice, there. and
that Is the inspiration that prompts me in
this Response 10 thu request of Brother
Mehaux TO speak ~ you. TIE United
Commercial Travellers have three promi-
nalM features; they are unity. charity and
tenperancs. We strive to unite all good
worthy commercial travellers. As Brother
Peak has said. all travelling men are char
gtable. that Is, II they have taken upon
themselves the obligations that either the
Travellers Protective Association or fhe
Unsted Commercial Travellers put upon
thtm. i know that il anything should
ovttiaiSo mo lin accident that THE United
Commercial Travellers of America will take
care OF me i'm time of sickness aud nurse
me with fund that is provided for that
IArpose until am able to work again
havs wife and one Of the smsrtest lit
tie boys tlhat ever trod the sands of Texas
today, and IL should die. the United Com
merc,al Traye.ess have widows and or 4
phans fund of $3.50 year that gees to that
boy snd my widow which will keep the
w-.f from the door, Mr. NIrMasters ,,,a,,