Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-08

Mayor wilkes yeiocs the Ordinance
eating Down His Ray 70 $500
Per Year.
A wife i1nds Her Hg hand Eating oyster
with Another Female and leads
Hin, on By the Far.


WfCn. Tx Jan. The city icEisla-
turc was Ia session tonight. Is vas in
session last Tbarday night, too, % which
time Il scaled the salary n the msycr
exactly one-haif, also depririne him Of
the cx-oficio super ntendeney 81 The city
public schools. Tonight the mayor sent
IN she following veto Of the salaFy-rcduc-
tlon ordinance.
To the Honorable Board Of Aldermen
The within ordinance, passed a. called
meeting % your honorable body, held on
Wednes day, December 80, lss5, i re-
specifuly returned with my disapproYal.
This Is not done with any desire % an
tagOni1e the honorable city legislators;
nor Is Il expected that your views viii be
changed or sour action reversed by any
thing here presented; but simply TO place
myself on record a. opposing any reduc-
too OF the mayors salary, and 70 give
expression to my honest convictions on
this subject.
IT'S impossible % feel Ia sympathy
with a spirit q economy aud retrench-
ment so infuitesimal that il acts 30 refer
cnce 70 she salary Of one Office alone, and
It Is more difficult 10 appreciate the
craftsmanship that il cuts 80 per cent.
from q salary already none too lsrge, in
crcGscs is own pay COS per cent and
makes il payable monthly In cash.
city which contains 1900 inhabitants
and Is stlll rapidly Increasing In num-
hers, wealth and importance, should scorn
to pas its chief executive less tAan $1,000
per AMMAN and more as the city grows
larger II would look better, II II Is de-
sirabtt % make II solely a position Of
honor, 20 pay no salary Whatever rather
than the Insignificant sum Of $500.
Larger salaries are paid To officers with
very little more labor and far less respou-
sibility
Again, 50 small salary makes tho Of
fee the property Of the Weather man,
while the poor man, however well quaii-
fed, cannot adord TO hold the position.
ConscientiOusly believing tWel
months ago that $1,000 was sufficiently
small salary for the service of msyor, the
increased duties and responsibilities dur
ing the past year have certainly worked
no change In my views
II the city Of Waco is unable TO pas a
respectable salary 10 mayor, Il would
certainly be far better, and | would most
certainly recommend, in that contiugeH-
cY, the Office Of mayor 10 be consolidated
with that OF recorder, and let such officer
receive such compensation as will com
mand as good talent and ability as we
hsve IN this CITY
For the reasons hurrieGly embodied in
the above, this oIdii ance is respectfully
disspproyed ". II. WHgEs,
MAYOR Of Waco.
AS soon as the message was read
motion was made 10 pass the ordinance
over tie veto which was done Titn only
one dissenting vote.
The Jenney Electric Light COM
pany asked and obtained Gu
extension Of one month, or
until March FOR putting IN operation
their system, which was granted.
An ordinance was introduced Contem-
plating new contract with the Waco
water company, providing for largely
increased protection against tire. No
seton was taken on this matter tonight
CRIMINAL NOTES.
4 man who signs his name as Girls
son. no Initials, is IN Jail here, charged
With stealing horse from j. $. Mark
haE Of Kossc. He brought thu animal 20
Waco and yesterday sold 1t here for $40.
The hoIS was faily identified aud Grs, O %
arrested to-day. He viii be held for trial
here.
Geo. Barnett, charged with forging or
NifAN W ~ AfHArhLAEA tkAEIE AtlL Oh the
postoillce at llearuc and Indicted therefor
by the United States grand jury, has been
in iail here several weeks. He gave bond
to-day aud was released
Mrs. william Peterson found her liege
lord eating oysters at late hour last
night In restaurant with a strange
woman who runs a shooting gallery.
Mrs =. swooped down on the pair. "tlred
OUT the shoOtiug-gallery woman, and
taking her husband by the LETT ear led
him home. No arrests.
GENERAL LOCAL REPERTOIRE.
Two years ago Miss NJ. Newcome Of
! Henrietta, Clay county, bought $4,000
worth Of school lands belonging 10 Me-
Lehman county, situated 10 Eastland
county. She was 70 have ten years time
10 pay, with per cent. per annum, Mss
| Newcome writes that she wants 20 take
up the note and stop the interest. The
cuonty commissioners to-day authorized
I the county judge 10 accept her offer and
| lend out the money 10 somebody else.
/ The subscription fund for the conSoli.
dated universities has reached about
/ ss9Q0. Another msSs-meeting Is TO be
/ held tomorrow night The largest cash
subscription vet secured Is from VIM.
Cameron, $1,000. AT least two proposi.
tions have been made 10 donate the land
| Twenty scrcS) required.
Several judgments By default were
taken to-day against the delingueut sub
scFibers TO the subsidy for the Texas &
~ Louis railway. IL is understood the
road viii press nearly all these suits.
| Some surprise is expressed at the non
| arrival OF the plant for the Jonney electric
I light system which, according 20 contract.
! TO be erected and in full operation BIZ
Z February 4.
United States Deputy Marshals Hall
and lsh went up 10 Dallas this evening
I "a obedience 70 summons az Marshal ca
nc'l. They 40 not know what "Old
/ Tigen wants
Rev. Father Quiu0n Of Dallas 81 spend.
( M several days With Father Badelon Of
this city.
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