A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . IPeriob IDIfUll- SECOND PERIOD OF STATEHOOD.—1874-1897. CHAPTER XXV. Administrations of Governors Coke, Hubbard, Roberts,and Ireland; Prosperity and Progress of the State. THE election of Governor Coke marks a new era in the Beginning of ahistory of Texas. From that date the methods of ^^ ^^^orderly government, stable policies, and healthy prog-ress—so long interrupted by the troublous events ofthe Civil War and Reconstruction—were restored. It isuniversally true that the annals of a peaceful and pros-perous land are simple an
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . IPeriob IDIfUll- SECOND PERIOD OF STATEHOOD.—1874-1897. CHAPTER XXV. Administrations of Governors Coke, Hubbard, Roberts,and Ireland; Prosperity and Progress of the State. THE election of Governor Coke marks a new era in the Beginning of ahistory of Texas. From that date the methods of ^^ ^^^orderly government, stable policies, and healthy prog-ress—so long interrupted by the troublous events ofthe Civil War and Reconstruction—were restored. It isuniversally true that the annals of a peaceful and pros-perous land are simple and few. The stream runs sosmoothly and so swift that, like a ri\er of which Caesarspeaks in his story of the Gallic Wars, we may scarcelytell in which direction it flows. The new State officers were inaugurated at mid-night, January 15, 1874. The scene was dramatic andmemorable. The Representative Hall was filled withthe two houses of the legislature and assembled citizens ;the corridors without were thronged with the volunteermilitary company of Austin,—b
Size: 2362px × 1058px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidcompletehistoryo00woot
