The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-23

Thousands of the Men Who Wore
The Gray Are at Dallas.
ARE HAPPY IN MEMORIES
OF The tlardShipS Which They Endured
for The Love of Principle.
THE SONS AND THE SPONSORS
Are Much in Evidence in the Great
Crowd of Visitors.
GOVERNORS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
sat on the Stage Tooether-Speeohes
Were Patriotic as We'll as
Reminiscent.

Dallas. Texas, April % The twelfth an.
nual Confederate reunion began in Dallas
at noou today under circumstances the
most propltious 1t was n magnificent
scene that greeted the eye.
The great auditorium filled almost to SUI
location with eager, bustlns humanity,
was prettly decorated with ipteriwned
lags Of the two unions that once rushed
at each othcrs threats. hut are now re-
united and one. The gray clad veterans
the pretty sponsors and their maids Of
honor. the rauy decorated officers Of the
sons Of the Confederacy. the thousands Of
spectators who do not belong TO any OF
these organizations the crashing music and
the thousands Of other things that wont 10
make up the great throug, told n story that
must have been seen 10 he properly ap.
preciatcd on the platform sat the govern
ore of Texas and Louisiana. the hitter sc.
compaucd by his stan the lieutenant GOV.
ernors Of both States, and many Others Of
prominence. But It was the prominent
generals and the bonnie maids to which the
eyes Of the multitude most frequently
turned
| General Stephen d. Lee General w. T.
Cahell. General Il NJ Van Zandt and the
interchangeable adiutant general of the OF.
| sanilaton, General Norman. all command.
ed much attention. Aud when the com
mander in chief came, what a hitting climax
the cheers and enthusiasm Of his old com
| radcs made
The great gathering has happily begun
! and 1t is expected to continuc as it com
menccd The Confederate veterans meet
this year in a land fuu Of memories dcar
! 10 every Southeruer's hcart. All this spcn
! did empire on which they stand WAS won
by the same spirit that followed the stars
/ ANA Bars to Gettysburg aud Chickamauga.
! Liberty lovers everywhere revere the name
| ~ Texas. She has won for civilization
after a struggle that gave the world Il new
! example In martyrdom. tho Goliad the
! Alamo and San Jacinto. which viii live in
history while fame her record keeps. And
! II is not alone to these that Texans point
with pride No State Of the Southern Con-
fedcracy holds "A more loyal and loving re.
memlrauce her sons who fought In that
great contest than does Texas Early and
| late they contributed their all to the sue.
cess of the Southern cause, and claspine
hands with Spartans everywhere, laid down
! their lives IN defense Of principle they
believed to he right
| There was not struggle in all that fer.
rible contest that Texas was not repre.
scented among the faithful who wore the
gray. and there Is not n battlefield between
the mountains and the sea but some Texas
hero sleeps there These facts add Inten.
slty TO the welcome which is given those
who are a cosmopolitan people. but all are
Southerners in the welcome 10 their guests
Gradually, but surely the old veterans
are passing away. Each year their ranks
are thinning, their numbers growing less
One by ono they are going to that inde.
Unable place where "eartb ends and heaven
begins"
This week, however, there shall. II Dallas
can make ct So he nothing but pleasing
recollectons and happy "reminiscences.
All ought to he happy. Everybody who
lives here will try to make them happy.
Texans arc here from all over the state
and all Of them. veterans and others. ar,
loyalty helping the Dallasites IN property
look after the big task undertaken by thl.
city
The congestion Of the passenger trafh,
on seteral Of the roads entering Dallas hal
been q source Of considerable bother fo
two days.
General Gordon himself was invent,
hours late and many special trains due here
, last night and this morning are Just ar
irving. The situation is easing consider
ably, however and il is thought the wors
, * over. 1t Is expected that the bigges
rush Of All from points within the Stat'
, VIII be on tomorrow night II IS extremely
difficult to accurately estimate the size o
the crowd here today but It is agreed
r that there are fully GO0OO visitors within
the citys limits. All the surrounding
towns have offered to help lodge the visitor
and hundreds Of people arc spending IN
night IN Fort Worth, McKlnney Terrell
Waxahschie Cleburnc and other places ant
) viii return to the reunion tomorrow
Hon. A. ". Terrell Of Austin, forne
! minister TO Turkey. was in the city TIL
morning lie went to Fort Worth tonight
Colonel Terrell laughlngly observed that II
had spent four hours in the afternoon IN
[ fruitiess EFFORT to obtain driuk and tina
ne meant 70 20 to a place where no sue
labor was necessary.
Governor and Mrs. Savers are enloyin
the reunion immensely. They are accom-
panied by Misses Morse and Hooper o
Austin.
Judge George Clark Of Waco is anethe
! prominent Texan who is enjoying the even
\ The BAH given by the sons Of confec
crate Veterans at the reunion auditorium IL