The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-03
FIRST WATER FOR GALVESTON.

The commerce committee Of the
/ United States Senate by the handsome
vote of nine to two has agreed on Il
/ favorable report on the bill for the inn
provcmcnt of Galveston harbor, known
as the EADS bill. Galveston, Texas, and
| the great west back of this state, must
join in thanks to the upper house of
Congress for its generous action. Dali
/ las unites her congratulations With
| those of Galveston and sincerely
hopes for the same fate in the future
course of the bill that has so far befallen
it. The endorsement of the bill by the
Senate committee by such Il large ma
jority, is sign that Congress will
do the fair thing by it. The
bill has been discussed for over three
months in both Senate and House COM
mittees. 1t was launched on those
bodies early in March, and since then
the Deep Water committee, seconded by
every member of the Texas delegation
| has worked hard for it's advancement.
Its career has been surrounded by
doubtful but none the less hopeful indi-
cations. The request for seven million
seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for single work was one
that could not be made save with
misgivings. 1t was made and pushed
on the ground of merit and justice to
the commerce of seven States and Ter
ritories. The HERALD, while indulging
in these congratulatory remarks, does
| l. tl,n al, 90 ,rat
in the path of the EADs bill. 1t ap-
precates fully the gauntlet the measure
has to run before it goes to the
President With all these facts before the
HERALD it cannot but see the bright
lining to the clouds so far as it relates
to the commerce of this growing part
of the country. 1t needs no
prophetical power to point out the appli-
cation of government aid, of the most
efficient sort, in the development Of
trade wherever navigation needs i'm
provement This is as inevitable as are
the laws of supply and demand. 1t
is only question of time-this carrying
out by adequate, national appropriation,
of the just demands on a generous and
appreciative Government. The bill now
goes before the House to take its
chances. The House River and Harbor
committee have discussed it, the Deep
Water committee have explained it,
CAPT. EADs has stood by 1t and the
ablest statistician in the country has
given it his undivided attention for sew
eral weeks. The influences for the bill
have been strong and varied. Its effect
on the needs of the country, as
far west as San Francisco,
has been canvassed, and the
members of Congress who represent
Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, New
Mexico, California and Texas have from
the first asked for it to become law,
because the trade of their people de-
mands it. So much for gen.
eral view of the status of the
measure. The delegation from Texas
must not be forgotten in their relation to
the bill. Through all the stages of its
progress so far the Texas members and
Senators have watched it as one man.
In this they were actuated
by broad view of the
project. Once enlisted in its
favor they have, by personal and official
influence, worked for it, till now they
find their efforts rewarded with favora-
BILE report to the Senate. The most san
g,line friend of the bill does not
look for it's passage this ses-
sion. Such good fortune in |