Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-08-08
THE SANTA FE BONDS.

per inimical to the building o,
the Santa Fe railway, has a col
umn communication from Bren,
ham, over the capacious sigma.
ture of Washington County
in which very lame attempt i:
made to show, in the first place
the city had no authority to is.
sue bonds, and that in the sec,
ond place the bonds will be fin,
ally disposed of for a 1.-THE o.
their value; that the whole af
fair is a put-up job; that the
most expensive route was select,
ed and that in conclusion, not
withstanding the bonds have
been illegally issued, the city
has incurred an enormous and
burdensome debt, which she is
bound to pay. 1t should have
occurred to Mr.. Wiseacre,
Washington county, that if the
bonds have been illegally issued
no debt has been incurred, and
as a matter Of course there can
be nothing to pay. The writer
of the communication is the
happy possessor Of a pair OF
ears they are a very prominent
part of his person, and his chief
delight is in displaying them
In writing the communication
referred to he, as is his usual
custom, has allowed his aural
appendages to crop out in full
view of everybody in and about
Brennan. His vaporings here
abouts are we'll understood and
are taken at their real worth
Abroad, where he is unknown,
they may carry some weight.
Our friends at Caldwell, Rock
dale, Cameron, Bolton and
Gainesville will understand by
this that the article carries no
weight and is a wholesale per-
version Of facts. The writer of
it is one of the most blatant OPP
ponents ofthe Santa Fc railroad;
he is, on constitutional grounds,
an opponent of anything th.t
is calculated to be ofpublic ben
eft; he is now, and was an OPP
ponent of the Brennan public
free schools he is of a contra
ry disposition and would oppose
his own shadow, ears and all, if
such thing were possible. He
was opposed to the issue Of the
bonds; to the purchase of a fire
engine; opposed to the rulings
of the courts and to everything
else. His sole aim and object
in life is opposition to his fell
lows. He did all in his power
to prevent the Santa Fe railway
from obtaining, the right of way
through Brennan, but as usual
with men of his opposing dispo-
sition and longitudinal ears, his
opposition amounted to nothing
and to vent his spleen he OBJ
tains hearing through the TEL
eg7am, the representative paper
Of Houston.
Houston, it is well known, does
not want to see the Santa Fe
road built and would willingly
do anything to prevent it. In
a business point of view we do
not object to the 7elkgyam's
publication Of the letter, but are
inclined to the opinion that if it
had got single glance at the
authors ears the communication
would have found soft corner
in the waste basket.
AS appears from an item in
our local columns, the mayor
has already been offered ninety
five cents o nthe dollar for the
entire $500 in bonds and has
strong hopes of realizing even
more than that. A large ma
ority of our citizens. are we'll
satisfied with the action of the
lily council in the issue of the
ponds. and also with the route
selected for the railroad. There |
ire of course a few "croakers |
md the4writer of the communi-
:ation to the Telegram is desir-
.ous of being the head-center |
# the "croaker family" he has
:roaked so long that he is a reg
liar "moss-back," although he
las only reached middle-age.
Enlightened" Spann, of the
sentinel, thinks a greenback
,aper would do well in Bren-