The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-30
WITH THE PASSING THRONG

1T is really pleasure TO have such q
convention In the city ss that State Med
ical association remarked a man In the
passing throng yesterday. They know how
to appreciate the courtesies of the people.
and are sincerely grateful for the at ention1
paid them while here. tell you some OF
those fellows can make rattling speeches,
too; you should have been at their meeting
today, and heard some OF their orations.
Why. they would do credit to any legis-
lative assembly in the land. l was there
and heard the talks OF Saunders. Wilson
and Fort, and all will say is--they fairly
took the house by storm. They are away UP
in G. and If they can prescribe medicine
ms we'll as they can speak, they ought to
be away up in their profession"
Hon. Thomas II. Franklin of San An
tonic was among the arrivals at the Lawlor
last night. Mr.. Franklin Is the president
of the Arkansas Pass Deep Water company,
and represents Alexander Brown G. Sous,
the Baltimore millonaires, in the great
undertaking which was to give a sea-
port to Southwest Texas. But the work has
long since gone to sleep and the people
of the coast country look in vain for those
ocean vessels which the deep water conf
pany SO often and so earnestly assured
them would have been loading and I'M
loading the commerce of every sea- at
Arkansas Pass more than fifteen months
ago. The ships have not yet come in, the
bar which Qbstructs their passage still re-
mains, anpthat is left TO remind the peo-
pie who subscribed so handsomely to the
project Is the promise unfulilled and the
work that is practically abandoned On
being asked last night what prospect there
was of resuming the deep water work at
Arkansas Pass President Franklin laconical-
~ answered; "0h. as long as this thing
1.-THE war; goes on l. expect nothing will
be done"
THE maddest men in town tonight arc
the negroes" remarked a member of the
NATIONAL Guard at one OF the hotels last
evening. They are indignant at the order
which prevents them from going to the
front in defense of the country. and they
are loud in resentment of the edict which
rehects upon their patriotism. Here in
houston they had already commenced or.
sanizlng themselves into military COM
panies. and hundreds of them were pre-
pared to go to Cuba, or anywhe,c else thew
were needed, as soon as the State or tho
Nation demanded their services But their
disappointment in being barred out, and
I ne refusal of those in authority at Austin
10 give them a chance of fighting for the
nag, has worked them up tS high pitch.
ana lhey make no conceaiment of their
Snagrln and displeasure. They are out Of
humor with the "exclusiveness" which
Keeps them home, while the white sold err
boys are called out to face the enemy
Ihey are mad as March hares' for hainr
uehled the right to stop Spanish bullets.
whlle their more favored neighbors arc
Dons." 80 VAC
letter received in the city Yesterday
from a prominent gentleman in Rocknor,
says u see by The Post that Hogg wants
10 enlist as private. By all means he |
should be encouraged and il he will only
wear that big old straw hat. and tina,
SUNNY sack suit that he used to wear
When he came down here to fish In DAYS
gone by he will scare every Spaniard 10 |
death that will ever get sight of him
but tell you, T. Hogg is all right and
am saushed there is no buncombe in his |
oher' lie means just what he saws. Should |
ne go IN as private he is about the kind |
vi man TO come out Of tho trouble as a |
major general This is a compliment the |
oN- governor will appreciate 1t Is given
Ne,oallm ct literatim ct punctuatum, as |
written by one of Rockporfss best citizens
ana It's every word, especially thu last |
een'ehce' expresses pretty faithfully tho |
estimate entertained by the people of TeSas
aheht the patriotic offer of Governor Hogs
Iaik OF sending a Houston exbtb,t N
Tue Omaha exposition" said an cnthusia ,t,o
cnizeh 10 reporter at late hour Last |
night II have just now come from, ~
'Nuui'orium entertainment Ia musical en-
ter'ainment given towards raising funds
LOT inc object mentioned) and in all bon-
esy l believe that IL we could only tran.
port that aggregation of refined and artis.
TIC excellence to the great exposition and
say 10 the thousands who will be gathered
.nere' this is home tslent-these are tho
KIND OF people we raise in uo,s,a,,.
tion 49, ~ more 10 bring people to this seq
ST. .h"n an the exhibits OF all the other
states, tell you that entertai,n ns |'ne'
night was an honor to tho c,tv. =. ~
worthy OF those who took part in 4, va.
was , credit to the cause in which i,
sven. And doubtless the sentiment ,s
s,ntieman voiced was only tho sch,
Nhat ne heard in the passing tbrons -.
NC was IN crowded street car at ,ha .,, ~
,h.,, 'nosc VINO caught his words applauded
mem with approval. pp'auueo
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