Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-03
WANT COUNTIES
OF VALLEY IN
SAME DISTRICT
CITIZENS SIGN AND FORWARD A Pc
TITIOM AGAINST BILL PASSED
BY THE SENATE.
SET FORTH THAT INTERESTS OF
CAMERON. HiDALGO AND STARR
COUNTIES ARE IDENTICAL.

What amount a. a protest against the
hill passed by the Texas senate dividing the
present Twenty eighth Judicial district and
forum. two new districts. one of them to
contain Cameron. Willacy. Klebcrg and
Nueccs counties. the other nidaigu. Starr.
Brooks. Duval. Jim TIosg aud Jim Wells
counties. wa~ contained IN , petition that
has been signed by 4 large number oi citi-
zcns Of Cameron county. The petition ha~
been forwarded To the Legislature. the final
passage Of this Till IN it, amended form ~
the house having been held up to give pro-
%testants time to act.
The petition ct. forth that the ~igner~
recognize the necessity Of a division Of the
present large district. but state that a
the counties of Cameron. Hidalgo and Starr
are closely allied by every sentimental and
business reason. the district should be Iii
vidcd - provided for il thr original hill
entered IN the house ~ Representative Pat
Dunn. This hill placed Cameron. Hidalgo.
Starr. Willacy and Klcberg c%ountle~ in the
new district. and retained Nuece-. Brooks.
Duval. Jim lIogg and Jim Wells c%ountic>
~ the Twenty eighth district.
+. W. Scabury of Brownsville j. now il
Austin. and with the receipt today of the
petition he will promptly present II to the
Officials.
"The undersigned citizens of Cameron
county. Texas. respectively petition for
the passage by the legislature Of Texas the
pending bill dividing the present twenty
eighth judicial district into two districts.
"Thc undersigned are al firmly con
WINGED of the absolute necessity of divid-
Ing the twcnty-eighth judicial district ~
order 10 remedy the existing congestion
Of business in the district courts of that
district. which. ~ effect. amounts 10 u
denial ~ Justice ID thI~ section Of Texas.
"Second only To our desire for the re-
lief above mentioned. j. our earnest wish
10 keep the said counties of Cameron. iii
dalgo and Starr IN the same Judicial di>-
irict. The counties constitute the Lower
Rio Grandc Valley. which j.. and ha> W.
waN> been. . geographic unit, the people
of which are tied very closely together hy
every sentimental and business cOn~drra
ton. The counties are inhabited by the
same people. are engaged IN similar enter
pri-c-. face identical problems. are con
nccted up by the same lines of t~ron>porta-
ton, and are Jointly organized in numerous
associations for agricultural marketing.
civic, social and other purposes.
"Thc country along the 81. Louis.
n-.Il. Al NJ. in. -.
more cl">cly connected than amy other re-
gion Of the same extent IN Texas. All
larger business enterprises along tins line
have close business relations with the va
rious communities without regard To- the
imaginary line dividing Cameron and Ill
dalgu counties.
" consider II necessary that these
cordial relations and tins unity ~ pre-
served IN every way possible in order that
the people of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
may be- able t. cooperate and work ~ =
unit ~ their numerous common problems
If irrigation. agricultural. marketing,
transportation. finance aud civic improve
ment. For the reason that the separation
of Cameron county from iiidalgo and Starr
in different Judicial districts would tend
strongly To separate the interests Of our
people aud disturb existing close relations.
We are opposed 10 amy amendment Of sand
bill that would not leave the Rio Graude
Valley all in the same judicial district.
ave earnestly urge YOU t. consider these
views and to keep them IN mind IN shaping
the proposed legislation.