San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-12
COUNTY CHATTER.
OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHT BY
Acute OPTIC.

OVERHEARD FOR THE LIGHT BY
ACUTE OPTIC.
Mack-Did you see that squib In
he kings "orgsn" this morning
about day work on the new court
| house?
Dire-Yes; but what do 1 care? We
commissioners know our biz and
we're running the thing anyhow. Az
Brine says the PEI pie can go to
Mack You may run the other
three but you can't run me I've been
giving you enough rope to hang even
III alderman, and you're at the end OF
it now and about ready to dangle
With selling the site and smuggling
| in teams on the excavation. L think
YOU have done moro than first rate
BesI les some fellow by your name Is
on the paw roll for bossing precinct
work. Wouldn't be surprised If 1t
wasn't
Dire-Don't talk so loud; people
might hear you. What are we here
for any how? Doing the work by the
day gives us strength and more voters
on election day. 1t takes that many
more from the other fellows. See?
Mack-Oon't care If 1t does. The
ta xpayers have lost $4,000 on YOUR
scheme. What cost us about 5000
could nave n-eu done for 81 300. AT
this rate the building complete would
cos { 40O, 600, U00, 900, 0U0 or maybe more.
DIre-Suppose it would, what do
we care? 1t amt out of our pockets.
Mack-Y0u're too tough for even a
Bexar county taxpayer, and hell
stand almost anything. Wonder If
YOU have heard that the grand jury
! is in session? There is one of them
across the way, and he Is talking to
one of your drivers on the Cellar j 10.
Dire-That driver has shOr' mem.
DRY and don't know who paid him
right now. 1t pays 'em not to know
much some times. Even Jenull don't
know, smart as he is. I'm sorry now
that I put him back to work. He
squealed | hear.
Mack--orry that you put him back
to work. Where d. come in?
Dlre-You wasn't in 1t at all. Me
| and the three Dutchmen was skiuning
that cat, you know.
Mack-,Twas q costly "skin" to the
county and the hide amt worth much
either. What Kind of job are you
doing with the concrete?
Dire-O, were putting in little
pOultice along the trenches, and hold
ing it up with planks that we bought
| from friend. They say it will; sup
port the buiIding-if it amt too
heavy. We've some voters out at the
quarries breaking rocks with hickory
nuts or something. and by spring
they'll nave enough broke TO start
one carpenter on the building. In
three or tour years we'll have enough
cracked tn build The foundation.
Mack the King [ hear Is squeal-
| ing ~Ith two thousand lung power
J because the grand jury is examining
his books.
Dire-Yes; his tail must be in a
crack. People don't GENERALLY boiler
until th4y are hurt. He must be
hurting TERRIBLY. ,
NJ ,ck-That's the way people look
att An honest book keeper isn't
afraid to show his books. Tweed
didn't want to show his books, but
the grand Jury examined them all
the same. Every body knows the re-
salt. Mr. French and other MAYORS
OF the city never objected to showing
the hooks than why should he?
Mack-The city hall will be nearly
done by that time and want to be
moving in before the city gang is for
gotten entirely.
Dire-They are drifting into obliv
ion fast. I've a relative in that crow
somewhere and I'll be worked intc
soldier buttons ii haven't forgotten
his first name. How soon we are for
gotten!
Mack-We can have our names cu
into rock like the rest of them and bt
J remembered that way.
Dire-I'm afraid we'll have to have
'em cut pretty deep or they mIghttal
out and hurt taxpayer. Our names
!. are so heavy you know.
Mack-You talk like one of then
D little things they call an alderman
4 Hereafter keep an eye on that mine
hOlen and I'll keep two eyes on yol
both There's such thing as bein!
square to even q round hole. KeeI
$ this fact until call for 1t.
: Dre-I wIll-not.
. Dire-The gang is being hurt AM
= they are squesIing hard. They ha'
been laughing at us, now we ca
O laugh at them.
Mack them now; they don
e seem to be on good terms with then
% selves and look at the grand jur
room makes them sick. In words {
the poet:
, Poor little Brine don't you cry,
=. You'll get your books back by an
:. by.