The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-24
GOSSIP AT THE STATE CAPITAL

Austin, Texas, September 22.-The leg
islature will meet in regular session in
January and from what can be heard Ia
various and sundry places the session VIII
be an interesting one from the beginning
to the end. Several big measures VIII
come up, and OF course all of the young
lawyers, and some OF the old ones, VIII
have all sorts OF oratory on hand, and
the Usual number OF speeches will go ''on
record" for the good of the c1nstitu-
ents"
Long before the legislature convenes
the boarding houses and hotels begin
preparations for the reception and care
Of the extra guests and the proprietois
do a good business.
The lobby is snap for tho hotels, and
there is seldom day when the list of ar
rivals fails to cover several pages OF the
register.
The legislature is good thing, and the
coming Of the lawmakers is always hailed
with JOY by the people Of the Capital DIV.
49,
| The two years administration OF Gov
ernor Sayers hss been marked VITA I'M
usual activity which la outside Of Inc ordi-
nary, and no governor has had such aflal
| to deal with. Last year the flood in tao
Brazos river valley was something new,
and The caring for the many homeless
| people and sufferers was a new task OH
| the shoulders of the executive.
( Every thing was looked after in a sys-
! tematic way, and the handling OF the ca
! lamity was superb, In the minds Of every
! Texan
The second year OF the administration
witnessed tly terrible calamity at Gal
/ weston, and for the past two weeks the
executive office has attended TO nothing
else. The volume of business has been
something wonderful, but the governor
and his office assistants have done all In
their power to relieve those in distress.
Whe2 Governor Hogg was in the offie
his administration witnessed the long
drouth in the Panhandle, and while the
suffering was great for it's kind it can
not be compared to the Brazos overflow
or the Galveston storm.
So far the administration of Governor
Savers has had to deal with situations
which are out of the usual run of events.
There is big demand Just at present
from farmers in Ohio and Illinois f"r
Texas ranch property and farm lands
along the river bottoms Farmers from
to Texas and developing land which has
heretofore been used as kind of cookie
bur patch.
Chicago man said recently that the
DOGGY lands Of his State has been brought
out during the past two years, and people
there were looking for the same kind OF
land in this State They buy 1t cheap,
and II successful bring it out and a good
crop is tho result.
in six months have flourshing truck
garden, which usually brings in good re-
turns.
The university football team for this
eleven which ever represented that insh-
tuition. The season opens at Dallas on
University day and the VarsltN'boys VII
have for their opponents the crack eleven
from Vanderbilt university OF Nashville,
Tern.
Students who are arriving In town say
the game will be jam p-to-the-h handle
affair, and OF course the attendance Will
DO extra large. cOmpaTat lively low rate
:. will be given by the railroads, and the
entire university will be there, including
a thousand ex-students.
Coach Thompson is getting the hoys
down to hard work and they will be in
fine condition for the opening game.
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The prompt manner in which the peopls
of the United States have responded to tho
, call for assistance from Galveston has
been the topic of conversation In and
, around the state departments for the past
week. 1t is something wonderful, and
goes to show how closely the American
people stand together when trouble of tnat
kind arises. Tho Mason ard Dix1u Inc
is at once forgotten and the idea OF aiding
the distressed is-the prevailing sentiment