Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-08
PARLYTREATY
With MEXICO
ISADVOCATED
Permanent Appropria-
ton of Waters Es-
sential to Valley,
Connally Asserts

A treaty with Mexico 70 assure the
Lower Rio Grande Valley an ample
and permanent supply Of irrigation
water would be one Of his detectives
II elected to the United States SEN
ate. Congressman Tom Connally Of
Marlin assured an audience Of
Brownsville voters at the district
court room Thursday night in pre-
scnting his candidacy for the sen
atorship now held by Earl B. May
field.
The congressman assured his audi
tors that he would make every pos
sible effort to secure the prompt
negotiation and ratification of such
a treaty; that there is no necessity
of waiting for congressional action
en- the Boulder Canyon dam bill,
which has twice failed to pass the
senate; and that such treaty must
recognize Mexico's right to part Of
the Colorado river water for the
100000 acres now under irrigation
below Imperial Valley.
THE Valley cannot afford to wait
on the Boulder dam BILL" the con-
gresham said. "No one knows
RAEH that U4Al III DC R9CrE0s 4AA
there is no assurance il will ever be
enacted. The Valley is vitality con-
cerned in the distribution Of waters
Of the Rio Grande and the problem
Of the border streams should demand
the immediate attention of the sec
rotary Of state and the national ad-
ministration."
Judge Harbert Davenport, a life
- - - - AHA.1s
man, introduced him, stating that
Mr.. Connally had served twelve years
in the lower house of congress and
had proved by his services TO Texas
and by his experience in legislative
work hat he is eminently fitted for
the position of u. s. senator.
The congressman stated he was an
advocate Of law enforcement and
ttat he would vote for any measure
tending to strengthen the eighteenth
amendment. He also touched. briefly
on the tariff issue, declaring that he
believed in the democratic doctrine
Ct tariff for revenue only; but that
rs the country had accepted the pro-
tective policy, he believed agriculture
should be granted the same degree
OF protection as industry and manu-
facture now receive. There is no
logic in giving industry protection
and agriculture none" he said. The
congressman attacked the record Of
Senator Earl B. Mayfield, stating the
latter had voted for an increase in
salary from $500 to $4,000 Per
year, and had received from the ma
tional treasury S3O,500 to defray ex-
renses incurred in connection with
tie contest filed against Mayfield to
prevent his seating in the senate.
l'onnally also reviewed the Khan is
sue injected into the 1922 senatorial
campaign, asserting Mayfteld had
double crossed" his Khan adherents.
Mr.. Connally defined the outstand-
ing issues in the coming presidential
campaign as a battle to prevent Ir-
ruption in high places and to defeat
the effort of big interests to control
the u. S. senate, citing the oil and
veterans bureau scandals ard the
Pennsylvania and Illinois elections as
an index to the corruption existing.
The congressman arrived in the
Valley Wednesday. speaking at Ed
inburg. McAllen, Weslaco. Mercedes,
Harrington and Brownsville. He left
Thursday night for Corpus Christi
where he was scheduled 70 speak Fri
day afternoon.