The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-25

ness and Injustice and state which ha,
niave such marvellous progress under "a
many adverse conditions can not b. the
oninins pace Or those who are In truth
ahn " tact iniinical to capital and favor
1apic 70 lAMs which endanger investmcntS
I " Is Sufficient answer TO those who haye
NAnueten Iexns as concerns her treat,
n ,not q the negro race, 70 say that In mr..
teen years She mas spent Approximately, "
negro children.
our guests viii be welcomed by gov.
ernor who Won the deserved respect of ali
lnfies during sixteen years service IN
! congress IN which time. as they yet ARE.
VIZ representatives Of Texas were the
peers OF the best In that body
ihey VIII be able Is lnfofln themselves
q poiitlcai ana moral standards aud con-
,,t,tlnps ~ STATE "a which There has never
Deen an lntlmhfion Of corruption or boss.
ISM IN the selection Of 4 tsuitcd Siates
senator ana which is represented In the
o yi 1,g today ~ TWO men, who. though
ulph2 me yo~ngtsi, il not the very yoang.
est y that angGst parliament. are in polnt
~ culture, learning, oratorieal power. in
OF their exalted trusts The meow az tnn
senat tors from any STATE none cxccpird
We nave no doubt that lhe wonderful
NATURAL resources VI Texas wifi call forth
from our guests the inquiry which hus bper
ottrn made. not nnly Bs 10 Texas bit as
10 the eutlrc south, why has not the worR
people and with their own catitaiY
rhe answer to this seemingly reasonable
inquiry must be obvious upon the slightest
fhlriysix years In the life OF a pcopIe
oI nation Is but dNy. AMI these lines
afe urlng written upon the thlrty-sixth an
nlvcrmiy OF thc surrender AZ Nppcnattox
am the close of The most disastrous aud
ocsttuctiye war OF modern times
Ihnt %dr icft the people OF the South IN
most deplorable condition ThrIr bnmes
mad been destroyed, fields laid ynstr nu1
i,uu1!uslrics Frustrated. Millions had been
teIueeu from comfort nnd luxury to nD.
Ject poverty ana billions II dollars or prop
ertN had been blotted out as comD'nteiv
as II II had never existed, whle millions
or slaves had been, by the STROKE of n
pen. made free and vested win t6c nrp
lFgc Of suffrage, which they were not
men ana are not yet qualified to mteill-
Many thousands Of the very flower OF
Southern manhood had fallen In hatilc and
me Survivors returned wasted and weak
ched hy hardship, disease and wounds 10
dcsolaed homes, aud faced future as
secmlnsy dark and hopeless as over CON
frgnted he defeated
inc bravo and honorable aud patriotic
mon Who, inspired hr principle. 6nd MOI
them IN open ana hon0rablG battle hnd
returned 10 Lheir homes. while the towards
SEulkcrs and camp followers remained TO
prey upon an Impoverished ana prostrato
people ana. to usc the language of Mr. |
GF'rlJ; lhey spelt prey with an o. aud |
",,G,,t,Noa, we apostolic Injunction 10 pray
These incompetent and corrupt politfct, |
hhndht came Into control OF the govern !
mcnts of The Southern States and Tor
ncnrly q decade there prevailed n carnival |
ui corruption and riutous rcvd Of rot |
tenuesS and robbery without parallel in !
on the material interests Of the Sonfh. WA
scarcely less disastrous than were the /
four years Of war
IN iNc Ncnrs there was fastened upon
me states which had composed the con.
ISHGrarN debts nggrcgatlng S293.0aO oOu.
WI. IN one state the printing bin alone
Inr one year was more than tho entire an
luu expense OF inc state government be
lhder these conditions the South wns
compelled To meet ana solve the most ar
itult aud pcrpleXing social. political ara
problems that ever confronted n
lpople' aud 1t is therefore not surprising
were daily dealing with tho question of
meat and hrcnd," they have not been
me To Jay M the surplus capital necessary
@ promote aud carry ont great Industrial
though they have daplnvad
ioWcrs ut rocuppration and ACCOMPLISHED II
fU,rk which Is the marvel Of the ages
/ While Texas suffered in less dcgrcc
rom the effects Of the war than djl Tho
'thcr states of the south vel hcr losses
yere grieyous and she shared with hcr
lister States the msfnrtuneS nnd onnrre
fons Of mlsgoverumcnt. hence hrr pcoplc
NV" not vet acquired the canltnl necpss,,ry
Q the immediate and rapld development
" her wen nigh limitless RESOURCES
RMS fact being recognized as ohvFous
md indlsputahlr, her people nrc prepared
o welcome with wise laws ami every ns,
urance of projection capital from abroad
lR'F do not ask or expect n MS "a mpttcr |
v sympathy or sentiment hnt as n plain
natter ~ fact Twentieth century business
proposition. ~
The people Of Texas carc nothing ms n
what side any visitor or Investor may have
ought In the late war, nor "a to whot
political party hc may belong. II tbcro n.
mong our guests (as doubtless there WIN
md We trust there may bcl those VINO
wore the blue from 1861 to 1867 thcv win
ecelvc from Southern soldiers soldiers
ordial greeting, and democrats Will extend
he ''glad hund" TO their opponents In tho
ield of political contest
When our guests shall have ''splod ont" S
he land and mingled with the pconlc q
hereof and tested and tasted of ToYns :
hospitality thcN viii return aud teu those /
monE whom they abide as did tho queen
VI ancient days, That not half has bcen l
old " this land e a
When they have seen her yDst forests =
Ter hiN0wN plains stretching hryond ina
'acn OF the naked eve and covered WIN
,erds Of cattle Vhccp ana horses nor {
iicWS OF cotton corn, cane, wheat AMI O
nincs or Iron, granite and marble ana hnr l
plCndid state capitol, the seventh laree,t 4
nldlng IN the world and built wholly OF |,
IeNaa materials and the statclicst and
SIS Summing to-day upon the earth, they u
~ he ready to declare that TO In true a
hich the people Of TcNns huve nlyyavs
uoWn; That this Is the falrrst and roSd p
ss! n9d that GOD eyer, gave as a place
| hnhitntlon fer man since eager ISnrl 81
, rapture gnzcd upon Canaan as II inv IA
milling Ia beauty beyond Jordan
Norman G Kietren.