The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-07

To the Editor of the Examiner:
Waco, April 6.--As a quiet, unob-
trusive taxpayer, in view of to-mor-
rows elections, have asked myself a
few questions before deciding for
whom | should vote, and first what of
the bond issuel This is forced is
sue and should have had no place in
this election; but since it has been
made so prominent the anti-bond
man is forced to vote for Sturgis, or
admit his willingness to see the city
bonded. Bonds mean slavery TO
Wall street. They will not lessen ex-
isting taxation for current expenses,
and will add thereto an equal amount
to meet the interest aud sinking fund
on the bonded debt. These exorbi-
tant taxes will stop building, rs no
man Is willing to build brick houses
for the benefit of Wall street bond
holders. This throws the brick
maker, layer and hodcarrier out of
| timer. plasterer, teamster and army
OF laborers that are dependent OH
them will have lost their occupations;
stagnation follows. Men whose busi-
ness is to loan money, insure lives
and such pursuits can easily pick up
their traps and move to neighboring
towns. Houses are vacated, rents de-
preciated, and the real-estate holder
whose capitol is IN brick and: mortar,
stRqs YQEdhT @ sH mis- T lRSpatS saS
for honest returns of labor, is left
With the bag to hold. Sturgis is the
only man the opponent of bonds can
vote for.
| ask myself as christian, and man
of family, for whom shall | vote? The
answer comes. men should be judged
for public offices by their public NOR
ais. | cannot see since Waco has had
christian officials that a single immor.
al institution has been suppressed, OF
that virtue has increased in the city
but | have seen saloons running in full
blast, in defiance of Sunday laws, with
the full knowledge and acquiesccncC
of every city officer from mayor Il
street scavanger; and | have seen 9
grand jury of this county in theiI
public report condemn these official
and virtually charge them of collu,
siou with gamblers and prostitutes
Such christians have no claims to any
mans vote, because his name may be
on the same church book, or even be.
cause his private personal morals may
be most exemplary.
Whom does economy point to as
the proper man? My tax receipts
admonish me that under the present
administration the general revenue
tax has been double what il was un-
der Sturgis, and yet an enormous
debt has been created, and there is
little TO show for il, as the public
school buildings are paid for by a
special tax, and if Waco has increased
in size, its increase of taxable vslues
has far more than outgrown the in
creased necessary expense. When |
reflect that The government of the
city during this era of heavy taxation
and LARGE deficiency was in the hands
ofthree of the present aspirauts for
mayor | am constrained 10 believe
that Sturgis is the man that sound
business sense would point out.
| The only charge have ever heard
against Sturgis is that he knocked
Waco out of the Santa Fe. | happen
to remember that Sturgis offered that
company $4,000 to come to Waco,
and believe 1t was Gen. Ross who
heard Maj. Gresham remark that It
was a Galveston enterprise, aud that
they could not entertain the PROPOSE
ton if Waco would give them mill
ion. l am inclined TO think that Mr..
Sturgls acted at least prudently in
not trying to secure the road upon
this basis. TAXPAYER.