The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-21
JUDGE M'DANIEL'S DIVERSION"
OF How the Houston Deep Water Campaign
Was Conducted.

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| that the real facts. 80 outrageously dis
torted BY a candidate for Office. should be
placed before the people .,
Just the contention made IN my opening
speech. which seems not only 20 have
Opened" my campaign, but the eyes OF
IN failure Of n NJ Bsl 70 get any definite
| appropriation for division OF the ship
I rspeat. WHY aid not The Post. having
unequalled facilities for doing So why did
| not The Post publish the Galveston enip
| channel and Buffalo bayou item OF the last
river and harbor bin before the appearance
| In tha pubic prints Of my Opening
| speech" IN It's entirety, so as to Inform an
anxious aud deeply interested public. Of the
| exact status Of the matter. Why not, since
The Post Is so solicitous Of getting the
real facts before the people?
l will content myself 70 leave discern
| Ing public TO Judge whether or not ! have
distorted real facts TO advance my In
tcrest as a candidate for Office or have
opened TO public Investigation matter
10 have been sought 60 be suppressed and
! conclude With the remark that the desire
1 and efforts Of The Post 10 illuminate this
whole appropriation matter; by getting
the real facts before the public. are much
after the fashion OF the irish farmer who
proposed 70 Illuminate the castle Of the
chief secretary for Ireland--wlth a dark
TbahkInr The Fost for this and many
fully, Lock MCDANIEL,
Judge Mcdaniel does not HELM HE case
any IN the above. He says that he can not
understand the meaning Of the words Of
the engineer IN charge Of the work, as
printed In The Post, who Is now advortis.
Ing for bids to cut a channel twenty feet
deep through division No. THAT Is. from
Morean's cut to Harrisburg; also for bids
for charging the newly finished channel
from seventeen to twenty feet deep
through the bay to Morgans cut. These
two things were provided for In the law
passed by congress- and the engineer IS
proceeding 10 carry out the law. And yet
Judge Mcdaniel can't understand Il, and
wants 70 convince the people that there
IS something wrong about It. In other
words, the will Of congress Is being ear
ried out preparations are actually under
way 20 do the work as the law provides,
and vet Tom Bali had no influence" was
derolict in his duty. and the expressions Of
thanks TO him on the part OF the grateful
people Of Houston was misplaced confd.
euce.
The Post Is convinced that the Judge does
, not want to be convinced, aud, therefore,
the bayou work will have to rock along the
best It can without his being convinced.
The Post does not care to argue with a
man in such frame Of mind-the work Is
under way and that is all sufficient TO the
people Of Houston and Harris county.
| But the Judge asks why The Post did
not publish the item making the appro-
! prntion for tho Bunalo ship channel. The
| Post did publish It in full. not only once
| but several times. II was printed In The
| Post when It was adopted by the house
! committee. then again when It passed the
house. and again when IT came from the
! conference committee. Not only this, but
| The Post printed a dictated statement from
! Hon. Theodore Burton. chairman OF the
4 river and harbor committee, explaining In
| detail that the million dollars was given
| for uniform channel from the tcttles to
Harrisburg. and that the committee had
estimated the amount would he sufficient
with tho work already done on division
one, 10 secure channel twenty feet deep
all the way, Here is the very highest au-
thority one could have rs n what the law
meant. 1t must be remembered In this
| connection that It requires grent deal
more money TO make channel through
the bay than 10 dig out the bayou.
Again, Judge Mcdaniel asks. Did Mr.
| Rail- when the bin reached the senate. ever
notify any Of our people. democrats or re-
puhllcans that the time had arrived when.
even II not needed. assistance from them
would he acceptable to hlmg II he did
Tho Post failed to so inform an Interested
public.
The Judge is as badly on on this as
he Is on all OF his other propositions. Mr.
Bali did ask for local assistance Tho deep
water committee met aud, after a confer
ence, Il was agreed that Colonel Dnnng.
ham chairman Of the committee, should
Immediately proceed TO Washington and
look over the ground and call for other
workers IL he thought It necessary to do
so, II must he borne In mind In this con
nectlon that the local committee did not
have any great plethora Of funds for ex.
pense accounts that q very few men footed
the bills, and that the loud mouthed kick
ers' around Houston never put up dollar
But that is another story, Well, Colonel
Dillingham; went aud his departure was
noted IN The Post After locking over the
Held he used his best Judgment In de,
Ginning 70 call any large committee there
at big expense 20 assist him At his re-
quest one other gentleman went there to
look after certain details. Final results
Justified Colonel Dnlingham's opinion.
But, my, my, what II he had known OF
the Influence" Judge Mcdaniel would have
had at Washington what world OF
bother. and worry and anxiety could have
] been averted! Just think OF 1t, will your
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