Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-14

The one you introduced was acted
OH and adopted, but the Stegman
resolution apparently from some
oversight, and to my surprise, never
was read to the convention nor acted
upon. / do not recOllect that any eff
fort was made by the trainers on the
floor TO rectify the oversight.
You are right. Your resolution
was acted upon favOrably by the
convention without any dissenting
vote. Yours truly,
LINDSAY WATERS.
p. S.-M. V. PendeltOn also at
tended from here. / have submitted
this letter to him, and he says his
recollection agrees with mine-L. W."
Under date of April 1. DR.. G. B. Buck
of Mercedes, who was chairman of the
subcommittee, writes, giving the proceed
ings of the committee in greater detail
and to the same effect. | will only quote
one sentence. LAS | remember now all five
members signed Mr.. Hallam's resolution.
in its original form; all did not sign
Mr.. Stegman's resolution; hence Mr..
Hallam's resolution was the only one ac-
cepted and adopted by the larger com
mittee."
j. A. Graham, secretary of the San
BenitO Commercial Club, was a member
of the subcommittee as well as the com
mittee Oh resolutions, but says in answer
to a question on this subject, that he
was not present in the afternoon and
does not know what was done.
Now that there might be no doubt on
this matter, l wrote to Hon Leon Locke,
general secretary of the Interstate Inter
coastal League, for a cOpy of my rcsOlu-
ton which he has sent me, and as it has
Oeen published in your columns a num-
Der of times. ! will not take up your
space to give it here. Mr.. Locke writes:
The name of Mr.. Stegman appears on
the resolution, but later Mr.. Stegman
withdrew his name. The resolution was
not adopted by the principal committee
for the reason that the understanding
with the subcommittee vas that the resO-
luton offered by the subcommittee must
be unanimous before being accepted by
the committee. Hence this resolution
does not appear in the official minutes
of our meeting You will note he does
not say it was not adopted by the con
v%ention, but that 1T DOES NOT AP-
PEAR ON THE OFFICIAL MINUTES.
| have Written Mr.. Locke again to
know when the name of Mr.. Stegman
was withdrawn, but so far he has failed
to answer my question. On the other
hand we have the united testimony of
Messrs. Waters. PendletOn and Buck that
the resolution was presented to the con-
ventiOn and adopted. And to this | am
ready at any time to make affidavit.
| do not know by what right the sec
rectary permitted a resolution, after it
had been read and adopted to be with
drawn, and by what right he has with
held it from the official minutes Only
this, | know, that from the cop of the
official resolutions" which the secretary
sent me-, that not only my resolution is
omitted but also the resolution intro.
duced by the delegates from Harlingen
concerning the improvement of the Ar
rOyo Colorado, which was also read to
the convention and adopted unanimously,
as was mine.
Thus Mr.. Stcgman by his action has
not only prevented my resolution. auth
Orized by a largely attended meeting of
our Brownsville Waterways Association.
from appearing on the official minutes"
but also did the same for the one from
Harlingen. BY this action the entire see
ton from Corpus Christi south has
failed to receive '~'Official recognition" SO
far as the i~ntercOaStal canal is concerned
we are left off the map. If there is any
glory in this | trust he will enjoy it to
the fullest extent. But is a private en-
terprisc of SO much more value to the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, that our citi-
zens can approve a Oursc that will thus
deprive us of the recognition for which
we have been working so hard in the
past?
s. Il. HALLAM.