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PROPRIETORS
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t Carriage in use. Wo cau lurnisb Coaches, Liudsus, 0.nuibu.«a ud
by the best manufacturers in llie cot nt }■ Wo uiauntacture ourstOve*
variety 01 Phaeton, Victotla, CabrloUlt, Onl Box Uuggy, riasj Wagon,
itvekaways," etc. We uro patentees ol, and inauulactuie, the boat Slide Heat Buggy
the market; very easily changed to sceorauiudatc two or tour persons. We are
,pl tius. originator* and toaliulaclurers of ttie celebrated texas concord buggy.
| Wh'e'i Iisj given nucb good satisfaction. and of wM«h so many bave been sold
through the JStdie. Wo dely competition in quality and price. A good uaortmeut
HametiB, Whips, etc , eouatautly on bind.
JASPER CARD*
Z. POWEIi
With,
*1 IjIjIW &co.
Dealers in
talian and American
CARDS
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Wholesale and Retail,
E H T.O N, TEXAS.
P. P, I ) H..r 3.1,
NOW AT
l. C. WHITE'S,
J Texas
I bog lca.\e to Crtti the attention of my
customers and friends to tbo fact, that I
' have just returned from N. Y., whero I
liavo purchased at lowest pricu, a com-
plete atoek of
Full and Winter
8MRCH
HOBBY
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Woodville, Texas,)
Auk. 20th 1874,}
Hou. Edwin Hoboy: .
Dear 8tr; V:
We respectfully so'lolt the
publication of your speech.. deliv-
ered oq tbe 15th iust. if it be in ac-
cordance with your, ytaws of pro-
priety.
W R. Blacjuliear,
M. L. McAliater
8. S Fi azer
W. G. Mcl auiol
John WcBride
i, V. Hanks
D. M. Walter*
J. A Gilder
John May
W. P. Chapman
J. W. Bunny
I, Walters
It. A. Cruise
J. L, Wilder
1>. H. ypuriock
J. J Swcarengen
Thos.'J. ShelU id
K D. Chapman
Jas. Mayo
It. McMilon
R. 1, McDonald
J no. F. McDonald
'1'. Grime*
J 6. Hopkins
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QO SEE THE OLD EXPUOHER
. L itAi.i tt )s-
i mmii.v <jw«i «;ries,
"V AN D l.tgt< U« OK Al.l. Jil.MJU.
KU,
of the bent and latwt style*, consulting of
Lottie*1
Urt bs Good*
Shawls.
('tanks,
Skirts.
.Votinn«,
itoH'vir.
TRimniXfiB
-
JASPaiBJO,y
} I A. VKVUM'i
Ut't'eivitK? ami Forirardiuy,
Mereheat.
BEVlL.POliTt TFXA8,
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Pi> l«r in l>ry Ciood j Gfocw^ at'd
< *n«ra1 Mrrrhanrtisf,
riour, Supir, Ssmp,
Chf^s*4, C'anvaw liADin, j
J.artK Mackerel, Hice'
j/oo<!i! a«ul rvrrythiog DwHwi by
flier*. < 'Ottoii ami hidt^ tukru in c\-
ln all tfrotvfie* we propow to
Ricat«> Saliijip I'a^a piict*. y\nd on
most jaxphlc.
Wiib
[ps, II.
WlFFVi' HIX'VF, Tt'XAB.
Efi^tr in iToaaral mfrt-haxidise^—m i!
U ty <fi nhumr i>« cottou, vool, ami
|h;;d«L Prompt attention will be giVeil
i |o flie
FO hahdi]\O
C «innal!>t.ioii lluclnt's^
OSEP1I lyAUADlEt
\1
iUPOBTEU AXIf DEA1.EB ^
I.V G0X8, PIIiTOt.g, POffDE#
BBOT KIXED AMIXITIOX
|>r< iition rapa, gun luaterial*, fshin
IKkle, base bulls, goods, and nporting
tieles, Agent Diipout'* powder.
1 atn w iling at reduced prio«*, 81 Mar
ket St., t^tlveMon, Texas,
C Critrf-''1 W. K.Swain,L Cnwforl
/if all deaeriptiona and siren, ra.
prices ait low us fan poiwibly be nf nt
in tbis comity—also a (Uli clock of
Flour,
Coffee,
Sugar,
wl)i«by,
Hardware, queenswara, 'woodware, iron,'
mCI, NAILS, AV.
Tlie ladiog are especially itiyitcd to call
ud earminu bi« stoe.k ol Ladies, .
FANCV OH ESS GOODS,
Heleeted withj,'great (care, and lor tb.lr
special benvfr.
On. ids of every hue and shirle,
Ttit) pettiest dres' good." ever male
Si.Ks Bicges, Mus'ni., Veil',
Swiss wotkidC i!*r« Marsi|li?<
lloonvt riblwino, Miss«*' Hats,
Shawls. Mantles, Scarfs, Cr.iv.its—
AM sorts of gtxdi tor ladies' wear
F r «w or omstneul are there,
ibanktai to yi.u lor ti e put,
8tili he counts you firm «nd fast,
A'd hopes he may slong life's si res m
ll.ve an bumble place iu yourwteein
A11 are invited to call and examine jny
stock. 1 feel confident that I can suit
mom both in stylo and price.
COME OMR, VOMK ALL,
if you want good bargains,
ITy itc^ .**>
Jus. G..Collier
W. Tbos Hyde
Jas. M Utind
8. P. West
S. B. Mo.llister
T. E. Hyde
O. W. McAlisier
Wm. frtevens
Hugh Mean"
Z. T. Oi dcr
John W. Stewart
A, Rhodos
W.S. Durham
T. C. Bass
O. W. Hpnrlook
3. C. HhoOleld Sr.
U. . i-heffleld
H. Mayo
K Maru
J. 'I. C'owart
Jns. H Chapman
Jm* M. McDonald
h P. Cowart
ipkina D (1 Prewitt
\Voodville, Any. 125th 1871.
Messrtf. W. R. llhu-ksheur, Jas.
G. Collier, M. L. AlcAlister ami
others.
Gentlemen;:
I have received yours
of the 2<>th ittst, and iu reply 1
would say that I cannot furnish
for publication the exact language
uned by me on the occasion you
refer to, but the main points,
briefly touched upon by nie then,
1 will endeavor much more fully
to discuss in this reply to jour
uote, (
1 reenpnize lite ri-ht of those,
by whose votes I have the honor
its ivprcsent this District in the
Senate of Texas, to call upon me
at any tiine for information con-
cerning my official comluctj and 1
believe it to Iw an essential feat-
ure in a democratio form of Gov-
ej-mfieut, that the officer isacooun-
who elected him for
.office. " - N . '
,ill" which became
it session of the
am the author of, 1
ed the idea of intro-
did introduce it, J.
line, crossed' tfverv
wm.
t'.'
fitted every "i" in it.
I
do not hfthitate to say that if it
had iu>t l«en for nie it would not
be a law,'of Texas to day.
It wasi} ever at any time or in
any manner, suggested to me, di-
rectly or indirectly, by any jhtuou
rtr persons to iutrotluce such a
measure. It was introduced by
me without consultations with any
nne and without intimating to
any one the fact, except to men-
tion some time before its introduc-
tion to and jrerbnps all of my col-
leagues Own this District in the
House, that I intended to do so.
I iH'Jjove alter 1 mentioned that 1
would introduce such a Bill, it
WiW discussed some, among the
Eastern members, to what extent
I do not know and never inquired.
And just here it may be proper for
me to say of my own knowledge
that this Bill was not "lobbied"
through the Senate, anil J do not
believe that it was through the
House, there was not the slightest
opposition to it that was ever call-
ed to my attention, it needed no
"lobbying,'', and if any attempts
were made to "lobby it through"
the House, such attempts were
simply a waste of time and euer-
W. _ _
Aside from the
lie facts attending
tion and passage of this
aeoms to me that the
inent of this obargt
its absurdity ami fiilj
ply states what is
be an impossibility.
such thing as puling u
eretly or'fcWsping.^;.
the'publlc'. The mode of jl
laws is fully prescribed 1
Constitution ami iu that-way only
can they be passed.
The /acts as to the pfissage of!
this Bill are, that it wa| the ouly
law (in which this section was di-
rectly interested,) of which notice :
was given before Us introduction, j
that it would be introduced, and
tiofi
5.used the
I iu .discussing 1
it will not"
who
in this syc-
wing language
smtftie denied
ise wlia.ivHeet - at fell, that
proveineut of gur.-navliia-
Htieums, . wiH promolu iiie
; interests of t f " u"
auct; lier prospw'ity • *
thousand Dollars
JT. N. RICHARDSON, JTBLISBEB
m 17.
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was
-.w y0"^ same terns to-ymt and ail their oghfr ^" V*WK
clean out the Sabine liver.. The lege# secured to them anlthe i«D
Trinity ltivyr Slaukwafer NayU ulature which passed e "River
• gaUon Company with the same . Bill" granted "thred" W railroad
privileges and grants wusliieor- charteti'm this Dixttkf^more than
H.
ponded to iiuprove
tiot'i of that liVer.
'I Ink , A ■
liau it could if applied^" in
any other way. So far as her
i facilities for navigation are con
i corned, Texas possesses advanta-
ges not ei\Joyed by any other
Slate in tbe union. Shu has u
whole broadside of sea-coast and
no less than teu navigable rivers.
• • • • OI)0 who knows
anything about onr riv-
'Nechtw. Auffi liua ami J'iue
Bayou navigitiiou Cmupa-
a .'ij|Mtir|«t lW-t( by the i.lUr
. Ma * • "mm ——* ^Biore than
the nuvlg*. was granted in any olher District in
State." Tbe railroads in Jhis sec-
tion have all t|
6nywhere it.
an(l sixteen sect;
mile, this is .
ei' there was .an
failroads
this notice was given iu the man- win protend to deny that their
ner best calculated to udvme tho navigatiou may be greatly iin
public generally in this district.! pr0ved ljv a reasonable approprl-
Mr, Watts of Hardin who was in; ation and expenditure of monev
the House of Representatives in a (upo„ them. The amount of moil-
letter to tlieEihtorofthe Jasper Uy Jon ,jr0,>0se to lend to five
News-Boy dated February 4fh ; miies of Railroad judiciously ex-
18< 4, mentioned ext.ressly the fact r„.udcd on the Nechcs and Ange-
that I would introduce th s itivers would make them
and this letter was pub isbwl in ! navigable at all seasons, for steam
that paper. On the 9th d y of boats toBevilport And an equal
tebruary 1874 it was introduced expoinliture eti the Sabine, would
by me, and the fact was made: n,uk6Burr's Ferry accessible to
kuowu through the columns ol the j ordinary Steamboats at all sea-
l A ii vail f i Mf W nnn .i .
Austin Statesman," and the
"State Gazette" on the 10th of
February 1874, in tho same man-
ner that the introduction of Bills
has been made known to the pub-
lic ever since Texas had a Legis-
lature.
The Galveston News published
this tact on the 11th day of Feb-
ruary 1874.
A lurgt number of these jour-
nals were furnished the members
who circulated them among tho
people, besides the regular distri-
bution of these papers to their
subscri Iters.
Immediately after the adjourn-
ment of the Legislature early in
May 1874, this law was published
in the Galveston News among the
sonsot the year. But cupaoity
for navigation, during a consid-
erable portion of the year, may be
given to these streams to a' tin-
greater extent than this. * • •
And thus do the interests of n
large majority of the people of
this State demand, au appropria
tion of money for these rivers. Nat
ure has bounteously furuised our
rivers as channels of commerce,
and to refuse to improve their
navigation^ when such' improve
ment would be so beneficial to us
would be suicidal in the extreme,
it is little more or less than to at-
tempt, to thwart the providence of
of God."
This language is not quoted be-
cause I believe it is possessed of
other general laws paW by ttie | any ulM,«,„ai fpiw oMiiat it is at
14th Legislature. In addition 4o ajf remarkable. M is no doubt
lhf pnbheity, *h$j9> was tO^'u just what any one else represent-
alike to all laws of the Legiafa- jug this section would have said
who favored the Bill. It is merely
referred to as a slight circum-
stance indicating the policy of
those who represented South Ea^t
Texas, ou the subject of the im-
proiement of the navigation of
11insi^rivers, and to show also to
^ S.'M'CREF.,
M.
PEM.GR IS
STAPLE ASCV
*
Market price given' for country produce cj| s
Live nna tot live." is my motto. ^ j raako tbJ(, gtateiuent, that the
public may fully understand that
I am entirely responsible for the
introduction and passage of tbis
Bill, at least its passage through
the Senate. Tho regret 1 feel
about thisBill now is that 1 did'nt
get sixteen sections to the mile,
instead of eight, anil if I had to
introilupe it again, aud every
square inch ot public laurt in Tex
as was worth twenty tlioiisaud dol-
lars, and every section of public
land had A gold mine on it, and 1
could constitutionally ami projtor-
Dry UoomI and Ciroeerle
Aud general Merchandise,
HOUT'SPRIltOS, TEXAS,
Would respectfully announce that he
now has on hand a well diversified stock
of Koods, suited to tbo trade of fjlstcni
'lfcX.r,
Com I ting of
ly secure tho same quantity tor ib«
benefit of South East Texas I
would do it. Tbis will perhaps il-
lustrate better than a volume
would, whether I am inclined to
Staple and fancy dry goods, groceries,' retract anything iu tho "River
CROCKERY.
' o$>'
C/^VE8TP^
Texas
"hard-ware, glass-ware, queons-
ware, willow-ware,
wooden-ware, hate,
shoes, boots,
Ac. Ae.
Cutlery, lluware, notions
In endless varieties &c. &e.
All of which he offers at prices to sui
tlie times, for nuh, or marketable
country produce, Thankful to
his fri«ndn, and'tlio pnblie
gencraly for the liberal
}>atit>tiasni heretofore
extended to him
ho would
respeet-
fiuly
olieit a eontiuuatinii of tjie satna
Ateorted tirade of Crockery always on
hautl. IJ L tlscarcfiil!y packed
Bill." I shall proceed to discuss
the objections made fo this Bill
which have been called to my at
tention, I mean those only which,
go to the Bill, and its merits. It
is no part of my duty to discusa or
defend the-executiou of this law,
whether its execution be good or
. bad, My connection witb the
"River Bill" ceased in every way
shape aud form, when it became a
law, beforo aud after that time my
interest in it was no more than
any other citizen of Texas.
The. first objection to the Bill,
or rather charge made against it,
is that its introduction and pass
ture, tho Jasper News-Boy mride
this Bill especially public iu this
l)u "«Jt. by publishing ou the 11th
of Aay 1874 the fact of its ]«s-
sago. The'notice of the introdac-
tion and passage of this Bill vas
not published alone in those tieis-
papeis having a largfi circnlatibn | whafextreme lengths her rcpre-
in other parts ol the state, ut gentativea would go for that liury
care was taken to bring it direct-1 pose, aud their extravagance on
l.y .to the notice of the people of tiiia subject in words and actions,
this District, and the plan *as (xiii.s bill which passed iu 1850,
adopted which was best caltula. | appropriated thhee hitndued
nd to attract their attention tqit, thousand dollars out of the
which was the publication of /Its i *c,,p/^s jackets to improve the navi-
introductioti and passage in the ; ^atifin of these, and other Rivers
News-Boy, a paper published in . j„ t]l(, state, besides i)roviiling
this District aud quite extensnoly vt,ry liberal salaries for some
circulated, j offices created by it. It was voted
jt will be observed tha{i mis for by evay member from South East
11 .Wi,H 'Btrwlnced on the Jth Texas in the legislature who was
of February aud did not pass bitli present
Houses for more than two inonllis j Upon' an examination of this
law, and the supplement to it, it
will be seen that au unqualified
appropriation is made to the Sa-
! bine river, and then in addition
another section provides that Tex
as will appropriate for the Sabine
that Lotiisana will
,uiv, u,r ilio saw* yi
littMt tun liiWtf. iguu
however. i«i,iji«^,iPhe rj.
•er to' iriipro\^v?8^mtviga- irotift i
My "River Bill' ia an exact additional privileges exten/l< t
copy of the Trinity River Bill, ex- them. The rive«gfnd raflrSds m
cept that 8 sections is granted South East Texas were both' koisK
instead of 4, and it explicitly pro- ted for. In the face of these facts"
hibits the grant ot land except for ; which are all matters ol record could
work actually done, and it relieves there he any objection with les's force
the State from paying the Eng...-, in it; less to sustainTt, and more to
eer, neither of which does the ; refute it, than that this "River Rill"
Trinity River Bill do. 1 has "injured the rail road prwD«J
In other part« of the State tbe of South East M%xas " ^
Legislature has liberally provided But it has been said these land*
tor tho improvement of the navl- could have been granted to some™
gation of the navigable streams rail-road chartered to run through
by land-grants for the pasttwen- this section and thus •inmw Jul
ty years. Buflalo Bayou has building of one railroad In the first
received 10 sections of land to place this is prohibited by the Con-
the mile; the Houston and San stitution, these 8 sections added t«
Jaciuto canal company the same 16 already granted to the nilroaH
quantity, (and this was simply a j would make 24 and the Constitution
grant to Btiflalo Bayou, under! limits the amount to 20 sections
another name,) the San Marcos' And in the next place no number
and Gamlalupe River received , beyond 16 sections to the mile cmlH
also 16 sections of land ; Big Cy-1 or tvould be, or "otighuo Kran
p: ess Bayou received .10 sec- ed because it Has been the constant
uons, Wilson's Creek in , practice of the state to grant only t6
Matagorda County, and tho sections to the mile; no greater land
Colorado River received 10 sec- * - greater lanq
tions of land to tbo mile. At the
same session. The "River Bill"
passed the San Antouio and Gaii-
daliipe River received, eight sec-
tions of land to the mile for tbe
purpose of cleaning out the drift
wood and rafts. I have scare hed in
vain to find a single instance of a mem-
ber from South Eiist Texas, voting
against any of these g> ants. In
case where their votes are
In-
gram-except as a substitute . for' -
money subsidy—has ever been given
those roads "already built," no great-
! er grant is given to those roads
now ''being built." Rail-roads that
have been built and those now being
built dont pretend to ask for more
than to sections of land to
and yet a railroad ii
which "has not begun work ev£n,
the mile
this section
" tTZi rrt be actions. The
... . .. , recorde^ # !nj|astice o.f tljis is tqo manifest to es-
all they are recorded in favor of them, cape the notice of any one "
With the full knowledge of these railroad in Texas would thei
KltAnHivA PTUHtH fo ufi'pnma vrt * _ 'j •.
extensive grants to streams in
other parts of tbe State, it does
seem to me tflat a member from
this 8ejtkMfc.wbo would not make
an effort td^cure in a legitimate
manner 'similar appropriations
for the Itivers in his district,
would fail to represent faithfully
the interest of his constituents,
ami whoever expects me to wit-
ness the appropriation of the pub-
lic domain (to other parts of the
Stato and not seenro or attempt
to secure the proportion I believe
justly belongs to the district I
repiesent) will simply bo disap-
pointed. i sball endeavor to se-
cure such appropriations whenev-
er I think my District has not
had her share.
A not her objection to this "Riv-
er Bill" is that it is, the death-
blow to the Railroad interest of
Southeast Texas. If it was pos
Every
then ask for
4 more sections, apd it could not be
justly refused. Is it not very evident
tlfaft if the 16 sections which 1$ now
granted these railroAds is pot suffi-
cient inducement fat any ot them to
!'begin work" 4 ,ioie sections Would
not "insure'' the building of any one
of them, ; '
To which one of the many projec-
ted rail roads in the laige territory
comprising South East Texas ought
this unusual grant of 20 sections to.
thi mile be given, #ven if it tfas de
termined to make such a gtant ?
Each portion of South Fast Texas
would naturally contend for the road
in which it was most interested, and
the consequence would be, that it
would be impossible to agree upon
any road. If 20 sections of land
would secure the building of a rail-
road in this district and it could be
m
31
"SI
til tnw iUUmilQ I
liieh certaiily j
11 y haste in its j
cts evince aiy |
any sum
np
from that time, whit
does not. indicate any
passage. If those facts
secrecy connected with this 11)11,
or bIiow in the slightest degree a
disposition to conceal anything,
relative to jt, I confess I do Hot
understand tbe meaning of die j propriate: not to exceed 15,000.
term*, H6cn!c^ ftnil conceal meet* j Tlie uIiivcr Hill'' drawn by in p.
Uext' objection is, that ti e makes no such unqualified appro-
Bill is contrary fo the policy of prist ion even of land, it expressly
the state, aud especially^to South 1 providea that it is to improve the
East Texas ; that it will do no Sabine River in tbe state of Texas,
good; and that it is a public dis-1 an<| jt the ouly bill that was
advantage «o. | ever enivcted ou that subject,
W heu it Is mmei'ibered that; widch does not make an appropri
foreign governmeuts have done j ati0u to that part of tbe Sabine
this for centimes; that the(JJ^rejiOliver iu Lonisaua; and vet, not
governmeut lias been employer: withstanding this fact is patent
cleaning out her rivers for yoaFs;10I1 tbe Uusa ot- tho Bm lt ha8 been
that many u not all tbo states in nr^ed that my bill appropriated
the Union have done, and are still jan,i to a River in Louisaua.
doing: tbis; and that fe>ai for Tbia very liberal money appro
twenty years through her Legisla-1 pnation iu 1856, and the large
tare her Executive and her Su-; an(j frequent land grants since,
preme Judiciary has declared it to {0 these streams, would satisfv
be her "settled and cherished pol- any one as to the policy and prac
icy to improve her navigable ticeoftlic State ou this subject,
as public bigliwayn, - and affords X think satisfactory
(27th Texas page C8,) it w certain ! evidence* tbat it is regarded, and
ly a novelty to learn at this date |,fl8 a|ways been regarded by the
that attempts to improve the liav- state as beneficial and necessary,
1 gat ion of the Neches, Angelina al„j certainly very far from being
aud other rivers "is contrary to «.a p„bj.c disadvantage" to iin
the policy of the state or a public prove tms navigation of her riv-
disadvantage. - I era. In 1800, tbo "Necltos River
To any ot tlioBe who may be la- Navigatiou Couipany" was iucor-
boring tnufer'this impression, It porated by tbe Legislatue, Its
will be refreshing to turn to the object being to cleau out that liver
"records" aud see what has been
tbe policy and practice of tbis
state ou this subject, and especial-
ly to see what has becu the policy
oi South East Texas as proclaim-
ed by some who bave represented
her. '
In 1856 a bill was pending jn
build locks, daius, Ac. the compa
ny was nutlioriml to take lands
belonging to individuals 011 the
banks of the River, at appraised
figures, if nccossury for tbeir work;
they were authorized to levy a
tax on boats plying on this stream
and tbe further grant was made
t k,!R,8'*tu!rpi the object _ of of 8 sections of land to the mile for
which was to improve tbe uaviga- eyerv mile of work done.
tion of all tbe navigable streams The Galveston and Sabine
in Texan, ami appropriate money Slackwater Navigation Company
for that purpose. was also iuoorjiorated for tbe pur
ewmucHM, 1CM . 11 .1 was pos- i BilP' m /.revem ii t"6k
siblo for any one of the objections j South Racf^r ° finc ;
made to this Bill, to have less ! JKS*?L ^"0t
force in it, to be more completely thcse ri^ £1!™ * ®'!!JrpI'rlat('^ 10
refuted by facts, than another ofthestai it i.kL ProPert>'
tbis in tbo olyeetiou. If tbis ob- tum 1 r r,^lt to
joction is good or valid at all, it balance ol thffel?!iPr(?PCr' 1" u lfle
is evident that the death blow to —ment nfV, n? ' - 'rV"1"
the. Hailrodd prospettsoi this sic Lver« anH "ayl8at'nn of these
tion, was dealt, about 18 or 20 sn.f.K s ^or 'his
'v-.J
years before The "lliver Bill"
made its appearance, and just
such blows have be«'u administer-
ed to these Railroad prospects, at
intervals, from that time to 1873,
The money and land grants made
since 1856 would deprive the "Riv-
er Bill" of the opportunity now to
purpose, South East Texas would
have no more right to object, than
lravis county would have to object
to any improvement the State should
see proper to make in the Capitol or
Land Office at Austin. These rivers
are no more the property of any one
section of the state, than the public
accomplish as wonderful a result. If ,'le ^aP't0J 'si and there-
any one is entitled to the distinction make. J .£££^r?Pr,atl0n ll'e State
of having performed a feat unheard Sfto t Jh vl.f r ° . T char8.ea-
of until lately, it must be allowed to ^ ,?xas ,han any ,m"
my predecessors in the Legislature. P^voidd L rb"/ n' ^ lp pr0,>'r"
They must have tbe credit (if any .■ ^Part,c"
suchexUts) of doing what wis un-1 °f H£LaU>', .
known before, viz: making appro- fir nnp n!nfU/, s* e
priations to improve the navigation mlhiT interfere with
of a river and thereby destroy ing the „.£],? tn r !ir oft t roperly
rail-road prospects of half of a State. ,ua\? * " llroa<l f,
The railroad statistics of this stale f J Wer all
shows that where the appropriations wu.m, worthy of notice,
to rivers have been largest there they ( H'C pfllor of
have the greater number of railroads. T?n, mad? ^
The railroad Statistics of the Uni- *5 ,«,fbX^ r r"!! 1 ,,alve.,lon«
ted States discloses the fact, that £XSSKr,£ f?L'iany !lmrv t(l.
where the greatest number of naviga- u® , opl« < u ot
ble rivers arc found, there also are to TJ it !u ,t',b,U ',eca,,81a
be found the greatest number of rail-
roads, running parallel with them, un- J wif «. forgetfulnes^
■ ' tlvmarshv ?f done on tbis sub-
> y y jettt for 20 years, and what every
In what way have the "\ember from Kast Texas lias done
les, the country is exceedingly marshy Y'T ftfr 20 VZL „°T °G ?'8 flU"-
or mountainous, ; ^ what every
In what way have the railroad who dfd nn^l itf ^T
prospects or interests of South East il lfwhenever
Texas been damaged? There
. ho was called npon to take action
on tbe subject ami I desired also
to day more railroads chartered to thn. m„ fl.„„ _ .
sattsistssrs:
with the usual grants, than any Dis- !i
trict in Texas. Seven railroads char- i l®,r"ltttI0a 1 LonM give.
tered to run,through this section, and ' shall not fail gentlemen
chartered since appropriations l*r°fotindly appreciate your conti-
i made for these rivers, three (in- V? 'f1 me' That together with
|. .1 • • . _ ... - tlm lllfrll IUIHU,irtn.-u.. _ 13
to
all
were — —• , v.«, 11« - ,. ,. . — ■ •—-7— —
eluding the Houston and East Tex-; ",c" «'on8cioiif*noa of my pur-
as Narrow Guage) were chartered !msc "'way s to represent faithful
when the River Bill was before the and honorably, tbe interests of
Legislature. j Ibose who have honored me, in ;t
When the River Bill was pending ffr,'«ter re\}urd ihan anything else
in the Legislature all of the railroa<ls Pa"''° affords.
here that had not forfeited their char- i Yours Truly
tcrs had
time extended
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IOUWIN I10RIIY.
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