San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-08
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
WEST END, SUNDAY, Dec. 6. 1891

WEST END, SUNDAY, Dec, 6. 1891.
This beiug Sunday, a day for good
ref ctions aud because OF late paid or
unpaid writer's have sought to cast
retiec ION upon the intentions and
&C ions of twelve men, sworn, to per-
'orm public duty from which they
sought to be released, when interior.
ence after Interference interrupted
their proceedings, ! have thought 1t
proper to state my Views of our last
grand jury.
An editorial in yesterdays Express,
al d cores pond ence today, compare
the grand jury and our mayor. 10 a
mountain and mouse such COM
PARSONS are OdiOus. and do not hurt
The grand jury If any one will read
their full report They referred 10
cases, dismissed 60 and presented 2l2
indictments. Betides the small
plumber known To have been present
ed tor tTiflrng ntglects in the city
surveyors office, or against the mayor
and ex-may0 pro tenn, it presented
some for conspiracy against trade"
where according to published state.
ment $50 per cent were sought to be
made out of our taxpayers above
actual value on bridge works. If for
about $l4 900 about $40 OOO are made
to answer, or even If it turns out
u OF to &c so bad as these published
figures would Indicate, then the
"new and dOrmantn statute was
lucky to have it's short sleep broken.
Count all known indictments, those
now published, about 40, and over
inc nthnr rting.
good showing tor the grand jury's
work and bad one for Bexsr county,
for which it was organized, aud not
as some would have it, solely vs.. the
city administration.
fit is granted that neither the
mayor, mayor pro tenn, or surveyor
did any wilful wrong, and that they
made only q mistake In law In their
cases, then was it not right to get
after a conspiracy against trade aud
other crimes. where no mistake in the
law will be pleaded. If, as is alleged,
the grand jury was an inimicsl
political body against Mayor Callag.
han. the results must have been most
gratifying to him instead of other.
wise, for do we not read this morning
about prominent republicans aud
that the popula ity of our mayor has
been largely increased since the pre-
sentiment of an indictment against
him.
Ignorance may be bliss, and two
drawing pay, for one service, may be
perfectly lawful, particularly, when
offers are made TO pay back or make
necessary corrections generally offer
ed now, at least was by the attorneys
for Mr.. MartIn.Z In their plea to
the tit jury that Ousted him) but
can the murderer of Mr. Patton bring
back to life his victim and thus vim
dicsts himself and did not the grand
jury with aid Of the city authOritie9)
| bring forth good mouse from the
same mountain, that under their
oath they were bound to explore,
| if it is found i'm Bexar county.
When orr Indicted officers have been
acquitted by petit jury, as we knew
t.e mayor would he. aud has been, by
| the council, when "nOt guilty" has
! been pronounced. aud IL guilty"
would only fasren upon the murderer
Of poor Patton, who, without warning,
was FASTENED to an untimely end by
The asSassin's hand, when nearly ev-
|
of the 2l2 indictments are dismissed
I would not belong to those who now
most persistently call our lare grand
Jury malicious political body; in
the language of one of the commits
siOners that selected them, thew had
no intention to get jury 10 frighten
any people. II even me or more per.
sons may have forgotten their Oa:h
and allowed malice to creep into de
signs instead of duty, they could dc
nothing, for it takes 8 to agree, before
the outside world is presumed to evel
learn whose case they are acting on;
any fnur could prevent al
Indictment, and to say thai
there were not four honest
names free from prejudice on that list
aud Is an insult to the community
from which they were selected. They
are i'm contempt of one judge anC
silently bear the attacks Of the enc
mics they thew have made, thew neeC
not my defence, and Judge NOonaI
has sustained them; poisoned dats o
anonymous bows will never hit thei
aim II [ considered them pollti
cal BODY would ask the seven
democrats why they tailed to see
republican chef d'9uvre and die
not prevent the five republicans, from
/, adding popularity aud strength t
! our mayor 10 the Express now tell
= us 1 don't think the morning pape
will get many thanks for that state
e menl nor for the comparison OF tn
! grand jury and it's results. TO q noun
tain and mouse. West End Is o K
at all events, it had one man on tina
jury, and for the wrong 1t is char9e'
to have done, please credit 1-9 to IL
to our suburbs only. 5.