The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
n H zAvALA'S GRAVE
.w.cupune, IN HARRIS
y LIFTS s,r IS UNMARKED.
| ,. suitable Headstone'
n -. pesn Undertaken
o. of Republic

! I. z,vala, who will spend
'ilt' !. I, H. city this week. the !,
W = !, Briscoe and Mrs NJ
y. .,s y to enlist the m
.silarsn of the State IN
Y .,,,,tic and worthy monu-
I, = martyrs Of the Alamo.
W !. the unselfish patriotism
n'a', ! nav be remembered that
~ , ! laboring for the Alamo
s.r distinguished grand
"a. 7 Dc zavala. than wnom
Y a, = purer patriot. lies in an
y ab,cure grave in Lyncn-
fn CIV with this fact, and 70
'''! 4s9.s us IS awakening to the
" i' s,s has upon her. and
~ p .oo5 be a land of monument
isill ~ s,oories, it will be timely
y :, The annual convention OF
~ : n the Republic Of Texas.
!aslss , ~ April, 20. 1900. Mrs.
80 \, submitted the following
y which was unanimously
solved. That committee o.
..assrtsd from this body charged
Y. KIM Il identifying the grave
Y y s NJ zsvala, and petitioning the
s " y to remove his remains
x .'' i'Snto battle ground and erect
~ ss,dsfoue or monument over
,ruittse appointed pursuant to
J. ,s,olutIon are Luella Robertson
Ds,Irman; Rebecca j. Fisher
s,,.r Arthur, Mrs. o. NJ. Roberts
An, NJ Bryan. Governor f. X
N. james H, Hill.
~
aiirman Of this committee MI .
|. nus writes OF De zavala and
II work for Texas;
b. glamour OF military achieve
Al usherei Texas into the famil,
Republics, the name and fame o.
!, great man has been obscured
.s,riary Of the Provincial As
n yucatan, and twice a rnembel
lrnts electoral censors Of Mexico
Mated a deputy of the cortes o
Were be sought to alleviate tn'
h royal cruelty there practiced OF
sy-countrymen, When Mexico ha'
VI the Spanish yoke, he wa
4 member Of the constituent con
I'D became president of that dis
had body, and was the first to sigl
rear to support the constitution
irds, IN 1926 and 1926. he was sen
b March, 1897, he became governo
i!.o and In 1929 minister OF tnanc,
Esslisnt OF the cabinet. The revo
i. lelapl caused him to leave Mex
1870. Returning in 1888, no wa
slsctsd TO congress and also gov
II Mexico, the house OF deputle
By unanimous vote a resolution
ting hin to hold both Offices. Il
syu appointed minister to France
h gsurpsuon Of Santa Anna con
Nm that there was to be anothe
Struggle for liberty, and he re
Ah position. Coming back t
y, he selected Texas as the mos
trs spot In all Mexico. where tn
liberty might be planted and nur
Hs conceived the idea OF coloniz
hfn tract OF country, but the rev
anlns On SO soon. his plans wer
sd. He settled on the San Jacinr
b Harrisburg municipality. and wa
'isentatiys OF that municipality /
l,ieltstion Of 1885. d
v be was also the Representative
municipality in the conventto
t.lred independence, and wa
Iltspresldent of the Republic {
Ha health being very feeble h
. als home on the San Jaclntt
~ there November Is, 1886. II
only a distinguished statesman
Y and diplomat, but a schola
pei and historian as well. II
70 Volumes containing a histor
Y ron 1910 to 1880. or this wor
Y greatest historians OF the Ger
4 ha ANY impartial and Ut
~ critic will recognize In IL
learned publicist, historian. phi
economist end statesn an.
= nis books contained a descriI
II manners, customs and poll
'.allons Of the people of II
M. and was especially dt
= educate his countrymen into
' 4, ,. Of our free institution
Y ne changing scenes Of Mex,ca
y sas = steady. consistent an
~ 9 liberty, and for his Ill
a'souon to the cause. ne thre
]. IA lemplations OF fame and pov
~. waited him in his own cour
\. N'.a himself from the scenes al
n, esss;ociations Of his early lii
s, himself and became a mart,
,~ m.l,s lie near the San Jacln'
ssao IN a secluded spot, and
q. mosI graceful though sma
W ~. memory OF such a man
4. osneath the very soil that wi
y e0nsunmation OF his highe
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