Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-07-08

we have. though we have many times
more population. AL OF you know
perfectly well taat the South has re-
scented this disparity Of powe. placed
in tho hands OF few people. For
this, and for other reasons, an OBJ
posed to National Prohibition.
am bitterly opposed to what is
generally known as pork-barrel legis'
iation. BY this, ] mean such laws
as the Rivers and Harbors Bill. and
the Public Buiiaing Bills. as recently
passed by our Congress. Right here
Is one OF the criticisms that ! pro-
pose TO make against Judge Hardy.
The term OF Congress now In session
recently passed the Rivers and Har-
bors Bill. the lump sum OF which
amounted to forty millions dollars.
Many OF the ablest Senators openly
charged that fully one-haif OF this
stupendous amount would be abso-
luteiy wasted. and ! do not doubt
the charge. Judge Hardy voted for
this Bill. Two hundred thousand
dollars OF this amount was apportion-
cd TO the Brazos river and two hun.
dred thousand dollars to the Trinity
river. Judge Hardy voted for the
passage OF both these Bills. The
amount that has been appropriated
for these two rivers In all. the nrst
being made in 1880. has amounted TO
Ave million eight hundred nine thou,
sand dollars, In addition to the four
hundred thousand dollars quoted
above. Three-fourths Of this gigantic
sum has been voted away during
Judge Hardy's term OF Office and no
has invariably voted for these expen'
ditures. Gentlemen. this amount OF
money would ne we'll have been burn.
cd. for the good Il will do. or has
done. Positively. my friends. this is
serious reflection upon q mans
intelligence. to say nothing OF his pa.
triotism. 10 pretend to believe that
these two rivers can ever be made
navigable. This is politics. pure and
simple. II ia q little SOP thrown TO
the voters 10 make them think that
he has done something. Infinitely
better TO do nothing and frankly nd.
nit Il. than 10 throw away the peo-
pies money In such a reckless way.
Here is man sixty years old.
who has been In Office for thirty
years. the last ten years In Congress
Judge Hardy has never. during this
time. fathcred ono. single measure
which has become q law that really
benefited tho masses. His most
staunch supporters can not point you
10 one single act OF his that they
are proud Of When Joe Bailey had
been IN Congress ten years no was
leader Of tho House And whom bob
Henry had been there ten years he
was chairman OF the Judiciary Com.
miites. ono Of the most important
ohalrmsnships in Congress outside
OF the Ways and Means Committee.
On the other hand. you never hear
OF Mr.. Hardy except whom he sends
you q package OF garden seeds. You
all 80 to the school commencement
year after year and pat the boys on
the back and toll them TO bc good.
live the right life. store their minds
with useful knowledge. DO patriotic,
bravo and true. and the time will
como whom they can aspire TO any
Office nom Constable TO President
This IL perfectly true. John may
aspire I'll he expires with old age,
but there viii be no place for him
so long a. you put men In Office at
twentyone years Of are and keep
them there the balance Of their lives.
One OF my friends approached q man
from q nearby town last week and
asked him how Bedford would run
for Congress In his community.