San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-01
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until the work was accepted by the city; but
when the " ork was acc, pied and the final pay
ment came to be made, instead of $4,000 re
% bsHe b ns no there was only or in 9th
err words, the mayor, Bryan Calaghan, IL
fagrant viulatio of the terms of the contract
and of the duties or his office, had advanced to
his friend, Mr. Braden-out OF pity Tor his
financial needs, we suppose the sum or
$6.0 % of the city's money. All, Bryan Gala
CHAN Is indeed friend To his friends! And
lucky Is the city contractor who possesses
snch a friend in the mayor of the city! Acting
under this precedent sh uld the voters ex-
press their appr val of il on the llth OF Febru-
ary. CaIaghan will be able TO again assist his
very good friend, Mr.. Braden, with the loan of
500 90 of the cit s money about the time the
walls of the CITY hall show themselves well
den have the $4,000 as well as he had the
49, cor The difference Is only in the amount,
net in the principle. The 10000 lies idle in
the San Antonio Nation al bank, doing its
owner no earthly good, while, IL his good
friend, Mr.. Braden, had 1t, just think how
many more voters he would be enabled to en-
ployl And Walter Scott ~ Co, why not help
them lit tie, too? They have tn ned furrow
or two on the plaza, and they say they have
some b Ocks ready. Surely they are entitled to
the benevolent assistance of good friend,
and few thousand dollars of the citys money
to help grease the machinery of the working
voters and light up the face of the silent part
ner! We may ] Ike about il, gentlemen. but 1t
is no joking matter, when the mayor of San
Antonio dares openly and shamelessly to pay
not entitled, to which he might never have
been entitled nay. would not have been al
lowed, we venture to say, had new admins
tratiOn come IN before the formal whItewash-
ing acceptance" of the lob" took place.
From this one of the numerous evidences OF
our mayors financial ability let us turn for
few moments to another, not quite so dis
graceful but bad enough. According 10 the
administrations statement of date January
IL, 1889, the city had deprs ted in the San An
tonic National bank the sum of Sl65. S92 49, at.
tue same time the San Antonio National bank
held the notes of the city tor Sl35 900 borrowed
money. The notes bear int rest but do not
state the rate and under our law the bank
can therefore require per cent per annum.
Thus the rich city of San Antonio, with $780,
| 600 in cash on deposit in national bank. is
paying that same bank the handsome sum of
! $4,000 year-nearly $1,000 a month-for kind
ly allowing 1t the use OF Sl35,OOO OF Its Own
money.
Another matter Some two and half years
ago the taxpayers of this CT voted an APP,
preparation OF Sl50,O00 for the purpose OF
erecting city hail and garbage furnace ana
of buying steam roller Ore of the main ar
guments used to urge this appropriation was
that the times were very haTu and that expen-
d tn, Q of Sl5n.000 would be the means of af-
fOrdng rect and immediate relief to the la
boring classes. The money was raised, the
city has been paying interest on 1t this many a
month, but il has only been within the last
four months that a few workmen have been
receiving small benefit from digging the
foundation of the city hall, while the garbage
furnace has not been commenced.
Another matter. The PEOPLE elected
street commissioner two years ago, they vain
ly supposed he was a servant of the people
and not OF the mayor, he supposed so too and
cause he tried to do his duty to the people
the mayor stripped him of his force and left
him a street commissioner but in name his
power and authority being given to a creature
of he mayor regal will.
Still another matter. The city council has
held no meetings for some time past because
no quorum is ever present, the mayor and
his creatures being absent 1t is charged
N lnh nl InUA nFAr IN hA fEI1n I'll hot
this Is being done To deprive the city council
of its power of appointing judges of election.
The mayor dare not risk the conduct of so i'm
pOrtant an election to any save men owned by
him body and soul.
Is it worth hilc to tell you of more? OF
the city hall job, commonly known as the
| mole in The grHun"T' Or the Flores
stree [ seat of imported mudI OF Presa and
Romano streetsI OF the Cross Town Railroad
company with the L rail and its energetic and
obligi"g engineer? OF the numerous law
| suits brought againt the city-Salie X yal,
late instance? OF the incDmpetency of the
police force? OF the use of police officers and
other city officials at the polls and elsewhere,
devotlng to strengthening the administration
| the time for which the city pays? OF the
mentally and physically unhealthy, crowded
| COZ dtlun Of our public schools, while part
| of the cOlOred children are eft outside in ut
| ter neglect? OF the unduy increased eX-
pense account? But why should we go on
emumerating the faults of the present admin
isration? IL would be a well nigh endless
job. Sh ,uld, however, any OF our readers
desire TO SNOW more, we beg that they will
get the files of the Evening Times for the
past four years up to three weeks ago, and
carefully read all the editorials therein criti-
cIsing the Callagfan administrs ton. The task
would tie hercu can one, but before you
finish you will wonder how it is that Callaghan
and all his friends are not long since in some
far off country
Gentlemen, few more words and we will
have finished. We deem it unnecessary to say
anything on behalf of the candidates for
whom we ask your votes. They are men who
have grown up among you and are too well
and favorably known to require any " OTds of
praise from US, and we can only assure you
that should you see tit to elect them it will not
be upon their shoulders that can be laid the
double burden of heavy debt and an unim-
proved city.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
OF the Young Mems Reform Club.
HanohIafnn AHHantC