San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-26
MUNICIPAL CHATTER.

brlne-W nat are you uOlDS tueIe
now?
Claud-I am trying to fill long
felt want, yeroner.
; Brine-So 1 observe, but you re.
long in filling it.
| Claud-Yes; sometimes my teeth
get in the way aud clog the thorax
But say, let's sit down here and talk
about The actors in our little show.
Brine-Are you sure that theLIGHT
man amt around and that the bar.
tender is deaf?
| Claud-I am, because he didn't
| hear me say "those are mine" awhile
ago. First, what do you think OF
| Common?
Brine-WelI, when wisdom was
passed around he was out in the
woods looking for thorns to stick in
his own feet. Tom has little use for
reason as long as / have an eye to
| wink at him. 1 like him for the
| plumbers he has made and for the
deft way he has In twiling spoon
| True, his English comes to him by
Jerks, but he finally aborts it without
| breaking many teeth.
| Claud-And what about Weber?
| Brine-He's one of those little fel-
| low that grow slow in a dry country.
| [ sometimes think that if his legs
were knOtted they wouldn't be long
enough to reach the ground. He
would make poor neighbor to bor-
row brains from, In that case dom
think he could loan much. am
| willing to divide with him, however.
as long as he votes my way.
| Santlnknn uuhat nf
| him?
Brine-He's just a little bit quiet
when things are going his way; and
/ must say that matters have been
drifting in his direction fast You
know he is our rainmaker, the town
sprinkler and as long as he is that,
ne keeps as silent as a tongue-tied
clam with the lockjaw. When it
comes to back-scratching he's in it
| twenty.four hours in the day. 1t
would be hot lump of reciprocity
that he would lay down.
Claud-What about Guerguin?
Brine-As mayor pro tenn he was
a daisy without fragrance. He could
almost beat me drawing pay as a
mayor, and when 1t comes
to attracting aldermaDic salary
he was a double-charged loadstone.
Yes, he was fond of double pay and
got US both tangled up In grand jury
literature. We're there yet.
Claud-Tell me about HOefling.
Brine-He is fresh from the people
and on my trail so close that / can
feel him even in my dreams. His
neck is too big for my collar and L
can't trap him no way. Bill seems to
know me and am sorry he does. He
is knocking the shackles off some Of
| my slaves and I'm getting as helpless
as that bottle in your hand. He says
! am no good, and he knows. [ was
| never stuck on butcher, no way.
| Claud-HOw is that fellow Muth?
| Brine-He isn't coming around as
| thought he would. He is shy and
looks as if wanted to grind an ak on
his grindstone. OF course l do, but
don't want him to know it. He is
| drifting from me and soon [ expect to
hear him answer roll call in the Oppo-
sition ranks. But we can't trust our
| schemes to Dutchman nohow.
Ciaud Tell me about Persch, then.
Brine-He's on the fence, with a
leaning toward the people, and has
| kicked me on the shins several
| times. He's Dutch, too. I've been
| feeding him on peanuts, but
they're poor food for all elephant, and
! he knows it. He doesn't like me first
rate aud you bet I'm not reciprocal
| ing with a Blaine-like fluency. His
ward is greatly against me anyway
and of course he respects his people.
| He can 90 to-
Claud-Stop! discourse on Beck
man.
Brine-His head is too level for my
lop-sided Uranium. Iput MIN on the
finance committee to ensnare him but
he would not be trapped worth a cent
| He's been to school see and knows
one that goes over your figures L hear
I'll keep him blinded on the city hall
| botch, if he is an architect; that must
| be done at all hazards. He or New.
comb calls it the architectural
joke" and Pm losing no time believing
'em.
Claud-What's your estimate Of
| Gregory?
Brine-He's too slick an American
to be any good. I'm afraid he'll be
our receiver also. Course he does
what L tell him, but he makes faces
in doing 1t. and wouldn't care tc
take his picture on those occasions
Usually he is a good looking man, bu
while doing my bidding he is hideous
But am afraid I'll lose him; he ha!
gone to railrOadiDg.
Claud-Dissect Schreiner little.
Brine-Whenever want to smile
look at Fritz. His style of architec
with laughter. Yuo see that sign il
front of Rische's cigar store is spin
tered almost to tooth-picks. That
the reason. lie has too much in hi
belly to have much in his head A