The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-01

differed from him, ever accused Of
being q fool, was called on for =
speech and made q short, apppropri-
ate and splendid talk He said II
the convention Of Texas had no
shoulder straps to give him to fight
with he would drive q wagon; said
he bad no apologies to make nor did
he ask any Of any one else. An able
delegation was sent to st. Louis to
the national convention which meets
there on the sixth day of July to
nominate a candidate for president
and they were instructed to vote for
Parker of New York. Congressman
Beall and s. p. Skinner, who are
old wheel horses in q convention,
Judge Lancaster, VINO. Hill and
myself were the only delegates from
Waxahachie. G. M. Banner, Sebe
Newman, Mayor Sharp, from En-.
mis-, j. T. Vol averand Prof. Nor
rell from Italy and John Rosson
from Milford constituted the dele
CATION from Ellis county.
San Antonio is curiosity within
itself and contains more population
than any city in Texas. Probably
one fourth of its population are
Mexicans and some OF them are
well TODD people, though a great
majority are just straight greasers;
that means the lowest class of Mex
leans. The old Alamo building in
which III of the bravest men that
ever trod Texas soil were butchered
by the Mexican troops under Santa
Anna, stands right in the heart of
the city of San Antonio. 1t is kept
in good repair although it was built
nearly two hundred years ago. An
attendant is kept in the Alamo to
explain 10 visitors the souvenirs
that are here kept on exhibition and
to tell the history Of the building
itself to visitors. San Antonio has
many pretty parks and many places
of interest for strangers to visit.
San Pedro Springs, three miles east,
is reached by the car line. Enough
water comes from this spring to
make a big creek and it is surround.
ed by beautiful park in which is
kept a geological garden filled with
many different kinds of animals
and birds. Thousands of visitors
from the cold northern states spend
the winter here in this delightful
city where 1t rarely ever gets cold
enough to freeze. Northwest from
the city six miles Is the immense
hot sulphur we'll. The state of Tex
as few years ago built an insane
asylum out here and in boring q
deep well to supply water for the
struck this flow OF hot
sulphur water and IL not being
10 domestic use they allow
cd a company the full use of the
water for fifty years IL this company
would build "a sanatarium to cost
not less than one hundred thousand
dollars. This company have up to
this time put in three hundred
thousand dollars in improvements
and in the winter months their
splendid hotels are crowded with
visitors and their terms are from
three TO five dollars per day and so
line curative power has this water
that the company is constantly en-
Iarging it's capacity to accommodate
the public. This is certainly a
lovely spot, West End of San An
tonic has five colleges and all of
them are well filled with pupils.
Three or four from Waxahachie
went there last winter 20 school.
This city still reminds one OF West
Texas town twenty-five years ago.
Saloons and gambling houses are
still run wide open Sundays and all
the time. However, the place Is
well policed and appeared very quiet
10 me, My better half accompanied
NE and we both greatly enjoyed
this, our first trip to the city OF
tamaies and beer.
Innocence.