The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-31
BALL CAN SEE NO DANGER
10 Burgess in tile Ninth and Very
Little 10 Garner.
MAKES SOME COMMENTS on M'OANItL.
Throws Further light on the Statement
that Republican Is Needed TO
Get Appropriations.

Austin, Texas, October 30.-Congrcssman
Ban spent the day with friends at ths
capitol When asked II he was making any
canvass In his own district. or the Burg IS
and Garner districts, Mr. Ball said NO,
have not been able TO 20 out aud make
any speeches during this campaign, About
three weeks ago | had spell In the ma
ture Of a rheumatic attack 81 the heart,
which confined me to my bed Tor two
weeks and my physician advised that
make no canvass for the present"
How about the republican claim 10y
Chairman Babcock Of carrying the Burgess
and Garner dlstrictsT was asked.
1T Is ridiculous 10 talk about carrying
the Burgess district His district Is safe
and he IS one Of the nblest and most pep
u'ar men in congress. Besides, lie has
made telling campaign aud, after this
election do not think his district viii
ever again be classed doubtful.
Garner, said Mr.. Ball. has harder
| fight. as the republicans seem to be concen
! trailing their efforts there However, mas
| district Is democratic ana Garner Is making
/ vigorous tight and nothing short on
treachery In his own party-whtch | do not
/ anticipate prevent his election. l re-
| greet not being able to get out and hep
nim.'
/ HOW ABOUT tnINlklOAH III NhuA hA9AAAANF
/ again querled the reporter
| well ! have an opponent Mr. McDanleD
| who Is going around the district TO some
| extent aud, I understand from the papers,
4 telling what great things he expects to Do
/ for them when be gets TO washington II
! the papers quote him correctly, he has not
! yet ascertained that any definite anpropria'
! tion was made for the Houston snip chAn-
mel from Morgan's cut TO Harrisburg; S
! not aware that there was a panic In lei3,
or that the sherman antitrust law mas
/ been held unconstitutional. ON the CON
I trary, he has stated that | failed 10 got
/ the appropriation In the form our Hous on
people desired SO much. IN spite 81 the
! fact that the secretary NJ war and tho
chairman OF the rivers and harbors COM
| mittoe and chief Of engineers diner with
| him and that the advertisements are now
out to provide channel twenty rect deep
| from Galveston to Harrisburg, J heleNc
that he does say that ] am a gentleman
OF home and abroad, but ought NOT 10 ne
voted for, because ! wear GETAWAY coat
and do not think enough Of the people 70
go around and sec them. am content y
leave these matters to the Judgment OF my
constituents ga.
dIdato MCDANIEL" NJ. Bal remarked
that republican representatives should he
sent to get better recognition for the State
is absurd The Texas delegation secured
recognition for more than twice as many
protects In the last congress for our rivers
and harhors than amy other state III Wy
J'nion larger proportion than our snasf
the great appropriations IN Texas such az
the Galveston project the Sahihe "
nroiec, and others were made and the ais
trlCts are represented by democrats Az
pronriations are not made on the basis 81
PARTIES The president has no more 10 az az
with rivers and harbors bills and kindred
AUTHORIZATIONS than the shah Of Persa
cxSrpt the right Of veto. President arthur
vetoed n rivers and harhors bill ana u wa
nassed over his head hy moro than two
Thirds of the house, and when Preslden
cleveland vetoed another rivers and mr.
ennronriatinn bill could be passed through
t6e house on party lines Democrats an,
republicans from The states interested Y
~ tbnn and democrats and republican,
fTam States who have no Interests thereil
are against them. aud that sizes up tn
! ,,f4,,ation -