The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23

kota, part OF Manitoba, and away IN iuto
INC Dominion OF Canada. s,ss-- birds OF
minnesota cross Lake Superior and cut
Wisconsin nearly half IN two; you'd take
in all Of Illinois but Chicago. all OF Mis-
souri,, and all Of the Pennyroyal district OF
kentucky. including Cliyton my home
an OF West Tennessee and the Memphis
bridge. all OF Arkansas scd half Of Mis-
slsslppi including the black delta and the
shoe string district, all OF Louisiana but
New Orleans, aud you'd get Inside the cir
Gle all OF the Indian Territory and Okla
mona and would circle about 800 miles be-
yonu Galveston Into the Gulf of Mexico
i)id you ever see anything to beat It? Why.
u You take the wings Of the morning and
| ny with the cord across the skies holding
he end OF the string, you could rest your
plnions on some shiyerlng twnkllpg star
ana roost higher than anybody but Ken
tucklans ever hope 10 go. And then IL
you want to see how fs~ the cord will reach
downward you'll have to send somebody
IRON Texas that's used to hotter climates
than I've been living in. for never iatend
10 go that FUR that way. The United
States nf Texas. Why yva have here in
| IeXas every Kind of climate known to
mortal man. You have every kind of coil
God Almighty ever usei TO make a world
You have every Kind OF water that ever fell
from heaven TO give thirsty man or beast
or bird drink. The bowels OF the earth
are full of minerals. as deep as you can dig
| and the strata Of the rock Is laden with
silver and gold. And you've an abundance
| OF politicians to work II. for you have every
| klnd Of politics known 10 man from Je-
rusalem to--Nebraslta: and you've had
/, every kind Of hnppnes and every kind of
trouble. from the garden OF Eden TO Para
| disc Lost, Including all kinds OF political
iuslons and religious debates-and still
| you remain the biggest State on the face
OF the earth have often thought that II
| heaven ever opens UP on earth to hold a
| Judgment day that they will have to hold
| i in Texas 10 have room. and hell may
break loose In Georgia some good day
SOMEWHERE don't know But I'm look
ing for you TO ge; both conventions here.
More than fifty years ago old Zach
| Iaylor with his army OF proud Amsfi-
| can soldiers, VIGOROUSLY marchad through
| tho City OF Mexico and planted the Ameri-
can flag on the walls OF tho Moutezumns
| and by the shedding Of blood gave 10
| Uncle sam a ives ern world. Aud II by
] no greater oath, he has at least BY his
chin whisksrs, sworn that no bad thing
| shall ever take HIS land
Time has been IN The history OF Amer
lea when the center Of gravity OF all com
| merce ami business was IN the City OF New
| York, but after while New York got 10 he
| too far east for you and me and we built
| u5 some cities of oar own. We built the
windy village of the lake and wp built us
| ~, ,,ah. ~, VIC ".ssisS,pp' river
hr,dge nrJ n,o',a ',a, ~ I'll 81 i"t NV,
roads in both thess towns.
But the time has come nav in the shift
ing occurrences OF these days OF ours when
WV " ~, ',l'sc aHu country Sts IS setthg
700 i,' from texas " taxes too loHS
ior "he OF COTTON 10 go to ". Louis,
b'u ,'N'a too many uiSS Foe Sood> 70
set back, and we are tired out here OF
| Usylng thu highest rate-a OF fr,ig,its ON the
race OF me enrh wen. what else has oc-
nurrel WY the government Is setting
pssT. " we 40 oW dutY n Luhi ana
oWo hlco ~ WIZ ne ONLY matter ii
Vme When All the islamis south OF us in tho
seR oouuo America an1NleXieo VIII be
pess!nS iOr anu expecting commercial
oeoisr OF gravity somewhere here Where
shHll " re All | nave to say TO YOU peo-
Wv ~ 80, NeSp ~ ~ "y'. '"nN',ns' ~ ey
.,n az h"I'e'us ISu' anu nopo'S KNOWS
''' ~ a.,is. 80 w s as 'ue urun'I"er'
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we pe'pie' .ceu lhs nunsrF' llho mas
ou." !, ~ the M"r.n wiien ui'e Nhanutdotulsr
"n' MING t,n'o nas o ,' IN tne Hast Wnsh
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no''h MS n'' rNai III every ".ner otM'e,
|
ais ' nv WV IVY 10 n'ose vul"aple 'n"n
So g., VIC "os m n.' ,eat"eu laA. Nau van
, mJ, i've ps Sly, ''e"', una .ne SCUM
WV, tog,on "oltn cen's poW'n an'
soo' nli"ss's meaning a' an me uruuh-
nv, "'s ue'ae' an"' we t,he mas
noa, $50, w" W., guy oae un,S Nv this
Mo.W anA' W ME- put 'h0t every
p, .' Vi Owl lanu INV ciu op prouune
~ gu VI A. VI ''l. sun,s''nu OF ,ain, saaii con
uinu,o rus part '" Vhe weaisn OF tnr word
o." VIC sa''s,a'''N. az" wv',ute W .ne ~
p'e' Anu S'nNs ~ IL aounuSncly true ,na'
~ leNas YOU nave eE , you neep
sa,.u an opp',eu"i.y WOW 'o' nn o"lie' 70 the
lparh"N OF .ne World 81 lha very DIST l
can say Is, turn me wnoie thtnS over 10
your olMmmers' ana 'e' mo get OUT OF mo
way, anu ,e, ms star snnr on wnlle the
clvluhen Wor'n snah continue 10 WONDER
VIVA. YOU are
II hail the inspiration today of any one
OF the prophets cf old, ! could not begin to
foreteA the future possibilities OF Texas
and put 1t in as short space a any one Of
item lad allowed is.m In the Good Book.
Your possibilities are env'roned with the
very richest gifts Goa ever gave to men,
Your future destiny has connecting Ink
in the chain that bn'is every human heart
that throbs in the State, and the chain Ia
charged with magnetic power. that by the