Salt Lake Herald | 1897-02-20 | Page 2 | Texas' Presentation

TEXAS PBESENTATION Speech Made by Governor Culberson and Response by Capt Glass Galveston Tex Feb 19 Swarms of visitors to the battleship crowded the streets today The governor his staff and members of the legislature were here together to-gether with a majority of the railroad officials and prominent men of Texas At 1230 otllcers and marines of the battleship arrived at the Tremont street wharf and were met by 1 companies of militia confederate veterans Mexican war veterans Daughters of the Republic and Daughters of the Confederacy in carriages car-riages and paraded through the streets to the Tremont hotel where Captain Glass and the officers were Introduced to Governors Hogg and Lubbock and the state officials generally At about 1030 the parade reformed and marched to the Beach hotel where the presentation of the silver service was made by Governor Culberson Speeches were delivered by E A Hawkins In behalf be-half of the Daughters of the Republic and the acceptance by Captain Glass The warship is proving the greatest attraction at-traction Texas people ever had The battleship bat-tleship will remain until Wednesday I