The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-26

governor OIL Tne great state OF TcNaS. Then
at Fort Worth. Mr.. Paddock and other.
would tell them that the horizon was luis,
as far away from Fort Worth as 1t wa.
from New York and that the latter had
had the former. At Temple NIr. Down.
and his friends would greet them and al
Wichita Falls they would be welcomed b,
Mr.. Kemp and the citizens OF that enter
priSing town, who would show the yisifc..
the greatest wheat producing region of III,
country.
The speaker went on to say that Ii,
firmly believed Horace .Greely had HIS cy,
on Texas when he said. Go west ynun.
man, and grow UP with the country" i
was Sunset Cox, he stated who had sail
of Texas: Tickle her earth with no,
and she will smile with harvest" 81,
had the goodness of all other states com
bined. He was not depreclating the otnei
states the speaker said. but simply OK
telling. Texas. He was glad to meet tho
New Workers and he wished to extend Il
them the thanks of the people of GalN es
ton for the help given after the storm ot
september 5, the greatest calamity Of mod
ern times, He then told Of the storm and
OF the soul-trying times which followed. liz
described the difficulties encountered II
every direction and told how, through the
ehol% OF those who had the spirit of tue
early Texas patriots, the city had been re-
leased from the pail of suffering and desti
tuition and death and put in fair way tc
become even greater and better than ever
before He concluded by saying that the
an illustration of the fact that 1.-THE Lord
helps those who help themselves"
Mr. Jesup was introduced by Mr. Kemp
ner and spoke for the chamber of commerce
delegation He told OF how the news OF
the great storm was received in New York
and Of the immediate response to the ap
peal for help. The president of the chan,
Der of commerce had gone on record as
saving that, If sufficient funds could not he
raised otherwise, the unlimited resources
OF the body he represented was at tho uls
nosal Of the people of the stricken city on
the gulf. New York now. Mr. Jesup sad
sent Its best greetings The storm was 4
thing of the past. The obstacles 1t put IA
the way of the people We're almost insur-
mouniaoie but all dif1eultles had been con.
qnered and the city was now on the high
road to complete rehabilitation. The al
was gone; the new was to come The
king, the speaker quoted, rs ueau! long
live the king"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Jesup's remarks.
Mr.. Kempner thanked him for his state
ments and introduced Mr. Trowhrdgc who
spoke for the Merchants association. MIR.
Trowbrdge said that Mt first the organizn-
tion of n delegation to visit Texas from
his commercial body had been n cold
biooded busioess proposition. Galveston
places We're to he seen The New Workers
were to spy out the land and see Its men
and Investigate its laws. They had come
ana they had been conquered. The cold
FLOODED part OF the proposition had been
sent home after the reception of the party
at Orange. The people of Galveston, Tho
speaker said, would never forget their
dead but they would forget their great
financial losses In the building M of the"
city. What the New Workers had seen So
far had convinced them that the part of
Texas which had been so sorely tried was
your hospitality" the speaker said, ami
We will hand down the story of our re
ception here ms part of our history
M Mr. kempner r then propose, the toast ,1aS
NJ +. Kleberg for a response. Mr.. klc-
berg said that he had a big job on hand
IN responding to such toast, No other
state shone out with greater lustre than
did Texas. He told of the struggle of the
early pioneers for independence and of the
manner In which Texas came to be a part
cate for the question, why, then has not
this country 4 right to expand nowE his
answer was yociferous cheering from those
present and cries of Hes no hide bound
democrat The spirit of the war that
founded Texas and made her free, the
speaker said, would finally lead her on to
perfect development In spite of the machi.
nations of designing politicians who silppcd
into power and passed laws which were
inimical to progress. All of this was past
now, the speaker declared and enterprise
and capital was now welcome, The laws
of fexas, although still regarded as unfa.
yoAble to capital We're now like the dog
which may bark hut does not bite, Mr..
kleherg then referred to the appeal made
by the Galveston school board, of whlcn
he is member, for aid to build up tat
school system of the city after the storm.
lie said that none Of the responses were
more prompt nor more generous Than tnal
of New York, the school children of whicb
city raised over $4,000 and sent 1t to the
Island City
{. T. Ceilings. second vice president OF
the Standard oil company, was next in
troduccd by Mr.. hcmpner. Mr. CoHlhSs
said that he was surprised and amazed Us
well as gratihed at the generous welcome
accorded his party He. too, spoke of the
havoc frought by the storm and compll-
mcnted the people of Galveston on the
manner I'm which they were recovering
from the effects of the terrible disaster,
Mr.. kempner next introduced Secretary
Corwine of the Merchants association rs
IA friend of Galveston. In beginning MS
address Mr.. Corwlne said that he was
proud to be referred to in that manner AND
would be frIendl forever. lie was In
charge Of the supplies sent after the storm
by the two commercial bodies representr,
tlyes OF which are now touring Texas, ana
he told of his reception by the men who
had assumed the responsibility OF rena9'
lltating the city. The manner In which
he was greeted impressed him with the
fact that the people of Galveston ana ol
Texas were friendly 10 New York and that
they were moreover genuinely grateful Tor
the assistance rendered by the metropolis.
The. spirit of old sam Houston Is not
men who did the hard work after the
Galveston storm were as brave and cour'
ageous as any that ever lived. Milton,
aire nnn laDorer worked side by side ana
men OF money and influence did all In their
power to relieve the situation. although no
one could have blamed them had they
left the city and the awful scenes 1t pre-
scented. II is this splendid courage which
VIII make Galveston bigger aud better
than ever before and make the state OF
Texas a veritabe empire within n re-
public There Is nothing that Texas can
moi accomplish IL she win only remove the
Incubus OF manipulation BIZ adroit polt-
ticIaus who have been working apparently
for their own interests and their own AZ
Crandizement There Is no telling how
mnch the State has lost through these ex
hibltlons OF demagOgy, But that all seems
10 be past now and Aladdin with his lamp
could have accomplished no more than
Texas can accomplish II she Is given The
opportunity. That she never has had be-
fore. AS Judge Kittrell said yesierday.
this may be partly our fauit' a-e
willing 10 assume a joint responsiDlilV'
but certainly much OF the fault mas been
yours. II behooves You 10 say 20 the
worlb at large tnat you viii welcome y
AMI treat It's capital as you woull !our
own.
.Iv applaude,l Mr. torwirs referred feel.
inai- M some OF the scenes he witnessed
during the time ne was IN galveston after
the storm and sud that he mlghf 90 on
INDUCING In personal "reminiscences for a.,
indefnIfa nerIod without exhausting ~