The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-19
Next spring.

On the first of April next we will
have to choose officers for our mu-
nicipality TO serve two years, and 1t
is not too early at this day to begin
to find issues upon which the many
admirable gentlemen likely TO want
office can align themselves--in other
words, to begin to find hobbies for
them to ride into Office ON, or which
will serve TO transport them peace
fully TO the shades of private life
and that repose which, however little
they may see It, is sadly needed, at
least in the eyes of many people.
During the past summer and so far
this TALL the city government has
given the people slight taste Of i'm
provement not much. but still
enough to put good taste in their
mouths. The simple ditching Of
some of the cross streets in the level
districts has put people in good
humor with the present city govern
ment, and the guttering of the avenue,
~ II progresses, awakeDs enthusiasm
ali over town. Now how much more
do the gentlemen aspiring 10 the
mayoralty, marshalship, attorneyship
and the city legislature propose, to
do, what do they propose TO do, ana
how do they propose to raise the
money to accomplish it? There
are three plans, upon any one OF
which money may be had. We can
institute rigid economy In all else
and place the sum SO saved
TO the credit of the improve
ment fund. We can levy a direct tax
sufficient TO accomplish the work, OF
we can issue thirty.year bonds
Which will 1t be? II seems to US
that these are the questions which
the people are 10 reply to by their
BALLOTS, and TO do this the aspirants
arc 20 be called out upon them. II
has been said that there is great
change in the views of many people
since last spring, on the subject OF
bonding. We do not see IL that way
but perhaps it is so. There is nc
telling what year may bring forth
as well ms day. But 1t seems to u,
that the same men own the town. pay
the taxes and do business in it, VIII,
owned 1t last year, and unless som,
new aud more excellent feaiure--o
which we have not heard-in thu
science of bonding has been discov-
cred, we incline strongly to the idel
that property holders remain abou
OF the same mind as last spring foun'
them.
1t il thought that Ex-Mayor Stur
| gis, Major Hinchman and his honor
Mayor Wilkes, will all be in the feel
for the msyoralty. The opinion
held by these gentlemen last Apr
are well-known. What ehanges th
events of this year may hav
wrought in their minds, of course W
have no means of knowing. no
wonld we very greatly blame them
Tor either of them for changing
Observation and experience d.
4 change mems estimation o
such things, and he is indeed knot
on-a-stick man who never progresses
Such an one may be very consistent
hut his consistency will very likel,
cease to be the jewel II was when il
was first found. We don't know. We
say, IL any have changed, but If the,
have, the occasion for the change hai
not been clearly given to us, nor dc
we see its light shining anywhere IN
the dark places in the municipality.
We know that the bitches dug last
summer and iall have not added "a
the mortality OF Waco. Now we want
more of them and better onet. In
this connection the consideration Of
ways and means becomes most i'm
portaut. lnquiring citizens will find
that the question of ways and meani
to clean up, drain and otherwise i'm.
prove the city viii be about the most
important eepteriug in the next
municipal election. We can all como
together on the question Of what Il
&c be done. II 10 only on the subject
Of how 1t Is 10 he done, and how the