San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-22
THEIR MORAL SUPPORT.
How Outsiders Regard BeXar COun-
tvs Commissioners Court.

How Outsiders Regard BeXar Coun'
tvs Commissioners Court.
Elk county School Superintendent
Stapfield is being warmly seconded
by friends throughout Texas in his
little war with the county judge and
commissioners court to re-esta blish
the Office of county school superin-
tendent and is daily receiving letters
of encouragement, of which the fol-
lowing are fair samples:
GRAHAM, Tex Dec. II.
Prof. Richard l.. Stanfield:
Dear Sir: In Sundays Dallas News,
9th instant, under caption of San
Antonio Siftings," L observe your
spirited action and contest with the
commissioners court of Bexar county,
also the resolution of citizens that
Justice be done ia the matter.
/ venture to assert that, in most of
the counties of the state, in some de-
gree, there exist acts of arbitrary and
fragrant injustice committed by COM
misioners' courts through bias, preju-
dice or deliberate and vicious usurpa-
ton, and, If ut all, rarely through ig-
norance.
1t should stop, and, be it said to the
credit of yourself and citizens above
referred to, you are the first, to my
knowledge, patriotic enough to de.
mand halt. Sincerely 1 trust the
spirit of yourself and friends will be
emulated by good citizens through
out the state.
Selfish commission ers' court cliques
have formed and rule-and their
number is no doubt increasing and
will increase under existing laws
which give them power to lay off
their districts two, three, or four, in
many cases, as in this county and
probably in your county representing
combined constituency in small
minority to the one representing the
county seat district No l, and there
fore responsible to few citizens. To
obviate which the districts should be
laid off with regard to both territory
and population and should be the
work of county-no::: district-officers
elected by the people.
The very many acts of injustice per-
petrated on citizens by them as q
board of equalization without re-
course frem their decision, is simply q
mockery of justice. Memorials and
petitions to the Legislature are gener
ally so numerous that most of them
are pigeon-holed and are therefore
nothing like rs efficient as personal
application to prominent mem bers,
who would suggest and at once have
submitted to proper committee what
is desired TO be done.
Yours truly,
E. s. GRAHAM.
BELToN, Texas, Dec. 5.
Supt. R. l.. Stanfield,
Dear Sir: see by newspapers that
you are having little tilt with the
county commission ers, and we are
watching the progress OF the issue
with great anxiety.
Now, my dear brother, think you
are just right about it, and hope you
will set them through. l for one have
never considered it within the juris-
diction of little commissioners court
to abolish. at its discretion, an Office
filled by the SURFACES of the people.
We hope you will protest it to the
end, for the final settlement of IL by
the higher courts will materially
effect the public school interest of the
state' Yours truly,
F. G. HUMPHREYS.
The Austin Globe of Austin, says:
The commissioners court of BeXar
county has abolished the office of
county school superintendent. Mr..
Stanfield, the officer incumbent, is
contesting the power of the court to
perform such action, and continues
the work of his office. Perhaps this
is another instance in which the 81
600 emoluments Of a two-bit county
judge have been considered of more
Importance than the county schools
and the advancement of the children
who attend them.