The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-28
PATRIOT OF EARLY TEXAS
One of the Heroes Buried In the
Old Episcopal Cemetery.

Houston Texas, May 2i--whcn the
Daughters OF the Republic of Texas visit
ed the cemeteries Of the city on Texas
Heroes Day (March 81, to commemorate
in this appropriate way the fall OF the
Alamo, they discovered several handsome
memorials, erected many years ago com
pletely oyergrown with honeysuclSlc and
shrubs. which seemed to vie with each
other in their efforts to conceal the state
ly marbles
one OF these, and perhaps the hand
soonest in the grounds marked the last
resting place of one OF the most worthy Of
the early Texas patriots Distinguished as
one OF the "old Three Hundred" none
had q more eventful life or served his
country with more fervent patriotism than
Oliver Jones. In 1924 he received his
grant of land as one of Austins first col
onists and Immediately began to- devote
himself to tho public service In 1929 as
chosen captain of company of nifty men
he led them from San Felipe de Austin
to the san Saba In pursuit OF hostile In
dams In 1894 he was elected to serve as
one OF the three representatives OF Texas
in the legislature of Coahuila and Texas.
until the usurpation of dictatorial powers
by Santa Anna, induced the legislature to
remove the State archives from Monclova
to Texas Thwarted In this attempt TO
/ preserve constitutional government, by the
cowardice and treachery of the COVE; nor
! (Vlesca), who, after proceeding a consid-
cradle distance with his escort in charge
of the archives. turned back to Monclova;
there was nothing for the Texas repre-
sentative to do but cast their fortunes
/ with the revolutionary party In Texas.
| The purpose OF the Texas patriots ac-
complished by the victory at San Jacinto,
oliver Jones WAS again chosen by his
/ fellow citizens TO represent them In their
own congressional halls In 1899 as mem
Der of the Texas senate, he was chairman
of the committee which adopted the pres
enl design for the Texas flag.
/ From the tiG-5 when at Harrisburg
/ GS36l President Burnet adopted the Ma
/ tional naval flag. which consisted OF SIN
| glC star on blue held, combined with
thlIteen stripes, alternate white and red,
! this had been recognized as the Texas
/ flag on January L. 1899, senator Jones'
in presenting the design adopted by the
committee said
THE committee beg leave to make some
| remarks of the ground upon which their
| conclusion is founded, The president ad
Interim devised the National nag and seal.
as II WERE in case OF emergency, adopt
ing the flag of the United States OF Amer
lea with little variation, which act was
subsequently ratified by tho law of De-
cember 10. 1896, The then adopted la;
was expedient for the time being ami hai
been specially beneficial to the navy aud
merchantmen on account OF being so much
blended with the flag OF the United States,
But the emergency has passed and the tu-
ture prospects OF Texas are OF such flat
tering nature that the independ ,nce re-
quires that her arms, seal and standard
assume an independent character by a
form which win not blend them with those
of any other nation. Beside these consd-
erations. the committee would beg to state
that lnasmuch as the proposition Lad, by
, this republic In her incipient stage OF ma
, ti0nal existence to the United states OF
America for an annexation to the Amer
lean Confederacy has been withdrawn by
I the minister plenipotentiary of this gov
ernment at the court OF Washington. ant
as the wish OF the majority Of the people
OF Texas. SO far as Is publicly known, !.
4 In favor OF sustaining an independent STA
! ton among the nations of the earth, anC
I regard the transition OF the single star
, into the American constellation and the
ID
Q into the twentysix stripes OF the UnittC
: States OF America iuexpedent. The com.
: mttee ure convinced CT the necessity o
G adopting separate and distinct etandar,
/ and arms for the republic. Therefore
your committee beg leave to offer sub
/ stitufe amending the original bill referrc,
o TO them. accompanying the same with d
n specimen OF the arms, the seal and tn,
: standard The National flag thus adonte,
y consists OF blue perpendicular stripe o
d the width Of one-third Of the whole lenptl
Of the flag and white star OF i've point
o In the center thereof. and two horizontal
n stripes Of equal length and breadth, IN,
: upper stripe white, the lower red NJ tn
: length Of two-thirds OF the whole lengtl
OF the flag"
Z Captain Jones's home was on plantation
: aear Hampstead where the hospitalit.