The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1881-12-02
MP MILLS AND DEEP WATER.

All the Texas congressional dele
gstoH. senators and representatives,,
with but one exception, are reported
and indeed have placed themselves
on record as favoring liberal appro-
priations for deepening the channel at
the mouth of The Brazos. The single
exception is said to be Hon. Roger
Q Mills, representative from the
Fourth district. We state Mr..
Mills' position as reported"
because the EXAMINER is not pre-
pared to say that he really is
antagonistic to the measure in ques-
ton. As a matter of fact we do not
remember to have ever heard from
Mr.. Mills on this subject. On gen
eral principles, however, it is IS
natural as it Is preferable to be.ieve
that he, Ike the other congressman,
Is ready and willing to do sll in his
power to promote the schemes Of i'm
prQvement and development contem-
plated and needed in connection with
our coast interests. The iutima-
ton = made by Brazoria paper that
A1r. Mills autagonism is due to the
Galveston influence brought to bear
on him; that the re-apportionmen.
Of congressional districts Will place
him in q district with Galveston
and that to command the friendship
and backing Of the Island City he is
iudisposed 10 lend his aid to secur-
ing deep water at point so near to
ga weston as IS Velasco. The States
man has also taken occasion to rep
resent Mr.. Mills as hostile to appro-
priations for Eelasco. In the ab-
sence of facts to corroborate these
intimations we must prefer to be
Iieve these journals misapprehend
Mr.. Nlus' position. 1t cannot be
that q man of bis keen natural per-
ception can fail to appr, ciate the
fact that deep water at Velasco, at
Sabine Pass and at other points is a
need as imperative for Texas as
deep water at Galveston. More than |
this, it cannot be that a man whose
political perception is as keen as
AIr. Mills has failed to comprehend
that 81 very large proportion Of the
people Of Texas have set their hearts
On having deep water at several
points along the Texas coast (Velasco
among them) provided engineering
kill and labor can remove shallow
Jars or deepen channels. The people
snow the government is able to
stand the expense and they look TO
heir congressman to secure the
appropriations. And, to he strictly
ust to Mr.. Mills, we trust he is i'm
,ervious to such influences as those
pictured by the Brazoria paper.
Waco has been III Mr.. Mills district
or several years and he has never
Jeen accused of Indifference to the
wishes Of his constituents here
Waco is interested, as much or
more than any other one town, in
he Improvement Of the mouth Of
he Brazos. The day is not distant
Fheu a railroad viii run from Wac
Town the rich valley Of the Rrazos
the Nile Of Texas-to the coast.
We want to see that road terminate
t port possessing at least twenty
wo feet of water, and the $3.50, 000
which it Is estimated will give
uch q depth is mere baga-
ellie when one thinks of the grand
,encfrs TO result-not especially or
olely to Waco-but to the richest
nd most productive portion OF
'exas. We are not prepared to look :
.pon Mr.. Mills .. an obstructioui-t
Il this mater, solitary and alone
gaiust the to senator's and five other
arrc-outot,y-n= from Tayac