San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
The 4ai1y Eight.
Office No. 4 East Commerce Street.
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eral government an appropriation of at least
$5,000,000 Of money to give us deep water
port on the coast of Texas. to be raised by
special appropriation, leaving the mode, man
ner and place OF expenditure to be determin-
ed by the government
The following resolution was also
submitted and adopted unanimously:
whereas, All the states and territories wess
pressing Importance Of securing a deep water
port on the Texas coast; whe reas Denver,
Colorado, being centrally located and very ac-
cessible TO all the vast section of country in
terested, therefore. be it resolved, that the
citizens of the City of Denver be requested by
the delegates of this convention to call an in
that city at such time as they may decide, not
later than the 18th of September, 1885,
After some prelimin airy sparing it
was unanimously agreed to consider
the main report of the committee Sec
ton by section. Sections one and two
were adopted unan imously. Section
three was put upon it's passage and
the fun began. The southwest had
no bones to pick with Galveston.
They merely asked that the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Lott, as reported by the
subcommittee, be adopted. Had Gal
weston conceded this, all would have
been we'll. North Texas, which had
a crow to pick with Galveston wharf
company, had agreed to keep hands
off and raise no contention provided
Galveston kept hands off Arkansas
Pass, and permitted the resolution of
Mr.. Lott to come before the conven-
ton in it's original form. This Gal
weston had not done, and when the
resolution as reported was read Ex-
Governor Barney Gibbs rose and Of
fered an amendment providing that
mot one dollar of any appropriation
voted by congress should be expend-
ed at any port until the Attorney
General gives it as his opinion that
the wharf charges at that port are
under the control of the state govern
ment."
This brought Galveston to her feet
with rush. More questions were
asked and answered, after fashion,
concerning the Galveston wharf COM
pany, than have been heard in any
Texas convention since conventions
were. The Galveston advocates were
prompt, sharp, incisive, specious, and
very plausible in their replies and
pleadfngs. They pictured Galveston
as under the thumb of the wharf
monopoly as well as the rest of the
state, and by so doing, fatally injured
their case. Little by little the net
was drawn around the bar city advo-
Gates. Every query of Gov. Gibbs
and Senator Houston, Of this city, tore
open the rottenness of Galveston, and
showed that the expenditure of mil
lions there would be for the enrich
ing of the wharf monopoly and not for
the good of the territory dependent
upon gulf seaport. The discussion
was nearing its close with every indi-
cation of an overwhelming defeat
for Galveston, when Pendleton, of
Tarrant county, offered the following
substitute for Gibbs amendment:
provided that not one dollar of any
appropriation shall be expended on
any point until proper safeguards
have been provided to procure the
state government the right to regulate
wharf fees"
Galveston expressed satisfaction
with the amendment, Gibbs accepted
it and the war was over. The third
section was adopted and Galveston
must show clear state title to control
her wharves before any appropria-
tions by the general government can
NO uUlllIou.
The rest of the resolutions were
adopted without debate.
Arkansas Pass secures the pledge of
the convention to use it's influence, as
existing in all this northwest and
southwest territory, to reimburse pri-
vate capital for it's outlay at Arkansas
Pass when twenty feet of water are
secured. The whole result will be
to open Arkansas Pass to a depth of
twenty feet or more before the close
of 1889, while Galveston is still fooling
her time away with board Of control
designated by Uncle Sam to establish
some point at which deep water shall
be sought. Score one for Southwest
Texas, San Antonio and Arkansas Pass.
Notice Of Removal.
L L.