Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-02

a and campaign the daily papers
and hating the present admins
!. .tration, have sought by mislead-
ing and deceptive headlines and
contortion Of the facts, sought further
to fix in the minds Of the people that
an awful and lasting crime had been
committed and a. blot had been placed
upon the fair name Of the state.
while all this storm has been rag
ing around the Ferguson administration
the wicked liar has been working over
time to see just how many he could tell,
and if people would listen to them they
would get the idea that the most cor
rupt official regime that was ever in
trusted with power had been in control
Of the highway department at Austin.
Through it all / have thought il best to
remain silent in order that Mr. Moody
might have his full sway and make out
his case as strong as he could and make
his record as big az he could and as
the case Of the American Road company
was pending in the courts and the
grand jury Investigating the same was
in session, ! have refrained from max
ing any statement that would interfere
with Mr.. Moody's program or the delib-
erations of the court and the grand
jury. The grand jury has now ad-
journed after five weeks deliberation
and the judgment against the American
Road company has been rendered in the
courts and Mr.. Moody's friend are now
claiming that he is we'll on the road
to the governorship
Points to Jury Report.
n / now desire in justice to our friends
throughout the state and in answer to
the Moody crowd to present the Fer
guson side Of this controversy and let
the people decide where the blame lies
and what injury the state has suffered
In the first place let me call atten-
tion to the fact that after five weeks
of deliberation the grand jury of Travis
county has adjourned and has found no
bill against any employe or official
connected with the highway or any
other department of the government.
Mr.. Moody has had his way and the
grand jury subpoenaed and secured the
attendance of nearly every witness that
was requested by him. He cannot say
and his friends cannot claim that the
grand jury was unfriendly to him. 1t
was grand jury of his own home coun-
ty where he achieved his great record
as district attorney and where he had
said jury Of twelve people could not
get together that did not have ten Of
his friends on it, Mr.. Moody was al
lowed daily access to the deliberations
of the grand jury and he and his assist
- of ~ H. -
the grand jury in their wild mad de-
sire to bring an Indictment against
somebody connected with this admins
tration. Mr.. Moody in his activities
before the grand jury cannot deny that
he has not had the full and complete
cooperation of the judge and the dis
trct and county attorneys, as well as
the grand jury itself, in searching ev-
cry action Of the highway department.
Raps Newspapers
"All over this state most Of the daily
newspapers have either Intentionally
distorted the facts or thew have been
too grossly ignorant to appreciate the
facts about the contract with the AM
erican Road company. All | ask our
/ friends to do is to quit reading the
neaQllneS> ana call IOT the ldCtS anu
have no fears that the fair minded peo-
pie Of this state will begin to learn that
the persecution of the highway depart
ment by Attorney General Moody has
put upon this state the greatest finan-
cial loss that any one man has put upon
this state in this day and generation.
! realize when / make this statement
that it is at this time a bold statement
and ! must produce the facts to sub
stantiate my position or be justly ac-
cused Of Intentional deception.
| Now what are the facts? On April
| 28, 1925, the highway commission by
resolution duly entered in writing on
its minutes accepted the proposition
made In writing by the American Road
company, the proposal for the work Of
resurfacing with asphalt treatment Ger
tain designated state highways approxi-
mating several hundred miles. This
contract provided that the work to be
performed shall consist Of an asphaltic
1 application to be done in the following
manner: The roadway shall be
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