The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-22

party TO the new town site, where the
diner In the nature OF barbecue was
being prepared. The Carroihon no ell was
also thrown. open 10 the guests, the par
lors being beautifully decorated with
flowers the handwork of the ladies Of La
Porte. some few OF the guests were served
in the dining room Of the hotel while the
large majority Of them were treated to a
barbecue Ia beautiful grove in front OF
the Carrollton. where q fish ohowder, an
oyster roast and hot coffee were served
while Mr.. John H. Brady of the La Porte
Land and Improvement company told the
guests Chose who were not too busy eat
ing to hear ~ how glad the people OF
La Porte were at this opportunity OF
being permitted to entertain such distin-
gu!shed guests.
other short speeches were made by
Hon. Sidney Storey OF New Orleans. Gov
ernor Prince Of New Mexico and j. Maui
rice Finn OF Cripple Creek.
Mr.. storey invited everybody to New
Orleans at the meeting OF the Congress in
/ 1902 and J. Maurice Finn promised all a
splendid time at Cripple Creek In 1901
whilo Governor Prince proposed an am ana
/ ment to the constitution by which the
/ Trausmlssiesp Congress- should meet In
Texas every week in the future.
4 At La Porte the Houston party wa
augmented by Major W. II. Crank, Ny. J
NJ Coleman. Mrs. Bette Bryan. Miss Lula
Bryan and Mr., Chester Bryan, who had
come down by train and we're on the
ground when the boat excur9.onists ar
/ rived.
Colonel Robert Of The United States en-
cheering department ard Captain Richie
! In charge OF the harbor work for tn {
! district, started with the party from
/ Houston and went with them 10 Galveston
and out TO the jetties.
There was more delay than was antici.
pated at La Porte and much to the regret
of the exourslonsts they failed to react
Galveston In time TO witness the impress
sive ceremonies OF the unwilling of the
! Rosenberg monument to the Texas heroes
II was about O'Clock when the specia
train reached Galveston, aifording barrel!
tlnfe TO make the t.tp to the jetties ant
get back III time to catch the 1870 trail
upon which the party returned 10 Houston
arriving here about 9'15. in time for sucl
delegates as desired 10 return to thei
homes to catch the outgoing trains
'rhe trip 70 the Galveston ietties wa
made on three sleam tugs, the Charlie
Clarke. Cynthia aud government tut
Anna.
During the trip Post representative
talked with various delegates upon mat
tiers german TO the Congress.
49,
The session OF the ississipp
Congress just ended had among It's dele
gates more representative men from d!i
ferent parts OF the country than any othe
Congress" said Hon. Il, R, Moses yester
day. "and when you consider that Hons
ton is at one side OF the Trans mlssissipl
country and It is long distance eve
from my home State--Kansas--yo ca
appreciate the profound interest that
felt by the people OF the entire Trans
mississippi country In the proceedings q
! this Congress when almost all OF tn
States were represented by actual dele
gates present. When the resolutions passe
by this body are presented to the Ma
tlonal congress and are Instrumental
) the passage OF the laws which are 10
. dorsed the people Of the Bast, as well a
the West. viii recognize that the Trans
E mississippi Commercial Congress is ia
a largest and most powerful body OF Il
1 kind for the building up OF this Wester
country that has ever bean organized
: fact, Il Is so important already to tn
: Eastern people that the different board
II OF trade and commercial clubs are send
Ing representatives to this Congress;
while others from far Eastern States ar
attending our sessions for what knowl
edgs they can obtain, The Congress ADOPT
IS ed at this session constitution and BY
J. laws making II permanent Organization
:. taking in all OF the commercial bodies an
" business leagues In the transmits issipI
n territory, to the number OF several hun
IL dred. and II Is expected that there will /
in rom 500 to 900 members OF the Congress
- In each State and Territory In this regio
70 west Of the Mississippi river.
~ mo one agency had more to do with n
y success OF this Congress than The Iioul
. ton Post Its work for months befol
20 the converting OF this Congress has hes
II the sblest ever given by newspaper
" the city which entertained the Congres
10 and its reports during the sessions