The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-17
THE CITY ELECTION.
What Cometh TO Pass Is Revealed
Unto Ezra the Scribe

Ediiur san Antonio Light;
An article with the above heading
picked up from the sidewalk. The paper
was so mutilated / could not find name
or date upon it. No doubt some pro-
gresslve gentleman threw it down, dis
gusted with the hermaphroditlce iiusion
Of some sapient office hunter. OF the an
ti-progressive cockpit sympathizers.
quote from his epistle. He says: "a
new political sect has sprung up in San
Antonio, and calls itself the Peoples
party. The Sanhedrim OF this new po-
lltlcal sect, are j. Z. Newoomb, W. Il.
Story, G. ii. Merritt, Jay Minter, Sam c..
Bennett, as chief rulers. And these self
appointed leaders, counseled one with
another, as to how they could rule San
Antonio without letting the people sus-
pect they were doing So"
The first question naturally arises,
who is the assumed prophet, and who
invested him with revelation, and who
appointed him, and from source did he
get the minds of the One Hundred?
was not aware we had any witches.
The last one in Europe was shot with a
crooked G-pence, so report says. 1t Is
not improbable the Prophet has taken
more into his mouth than he can swal-
low, from the simple fact ! don't believe
the 80 Democrats and the 10 Repub-
Leans know themselves what they will
do or who they will nominate. They
have mutually agreed to meet on the
9th OF December us friends, irrespective
Of party, to nominate the best and most
progressive man for the position of
Mayor, etc. Many candidates may force
themselves on the people, but only one
will be elected.
Now about the sefappointed leaders.
Who appointed John Knox, the reform
err, Martin Luther, John Wesley and
many others that could nameg They
became disguised with misrule and cor
ruption, and formed new party, and the
people backed them MS they did the COM
mittee IN the last election IN San Anto-
MO, and the heavy vote that was cast
showed that the whole people endorsed
that reform bill.
Retrograde movements are unknown
when once the Anglo-Saxon puts his
shoulder to the wheel. quote from
him about "counselling one another how
they could rule San Antonio without
letting the people know what they were
ublHEs hls " Tree country. L Hel
had perfect right to do so, and the
committeeman are citizens and property
holders in San Antonio. and the same
gentlemen of the committee are well
capable OF Introducing reform such rs
we require. There Is room for II, and
respectable people know il. On the
same principle have | not right to
ask you to take drink. 1t rests with
you whether you will accept or not. Any
man can get up new law, but IL the
citizens don't endorse IL his labor is lost.
But this Is not your case, Mr.. Prophet,
and that Is what troubles you. The
only road open for you is the peoples
road. "Wise men are open to convic-
ton, but fools never Now, Mr..
Prophet, you had better consult your
bible before you teach II to others. Ezra
the King, or Ezra the Scribe, either way,
reigi ed I57 years before Christ. Even
in that dark age he taught reform
and now in the enlightened age of the
nineteenth century, with the assumed
name of Ezra the scribes are teaching
to hold on to the corrupt and rotten
usages of the past, the present deplor-
able condition of San Antonio by this
penny wise and pound foolish system Is
staring the property holders In The face,
and to place mossback in the Mayors
seat Mt this moment would be very diff
cult. In conclusion, we hear great
deal of talk from the late ring party
about having deputy marshals at the
polls or voting places. 10 him who has
no sinister motions in view, they are as
harmless as the bears on the other side
OF the north pole. They were not put
there to catch the honest, law abiding
! citizen, but to catch him that does
I wrong. PROGRESS.