San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-31
SHORT STOPS.

SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying.
German Day or San Antonio's
"Msrdi Gras" is the only public fete
that promises to enliven our city
during this year. The failure of the
fair left German Day as our only
resource.
/ And what is German Day? 1t is a
grand free show TO viii Oh all the
world is invited, and it will. we are
assured, eclipse anything of the kind
yet given, either in Europe or Ameri-
ca. That is saying a good deal.
Mr.. Dressell, the scenic artist, now
at work upon the designs for the
floats, asserts that no individual dis
play, given In New Orleans during
the past eighteen years can approach
in magnificence of design and rich
ness of detail the coming German
Day parade; and New Orleans has
eclipsed Rome.
"Mardi Gras"has become the great
est industry that the city of New Or
leans has; it brings to that city annu-
ally ove n million Of dollars.
1t should be the aim to make Ger
man Day a permanent fete in San
Antonio; it will bring in hun.
dreds of thousands of dollars, besides
the pleasure and 10y that it will cre-
ate. 1t will become national in its
reputation and attract to us sight
seers from all over the country.
1t is the best investment our bust
ness men can possibly make to help
out the promoters of the German Day
celebration.
The promoters of this fete are
struggling under adverse circum.
stances to secure the needed funds to
pay the actual expense of the affair.
Being q free show, to which we in
wife all the outside world, the expense
must be met by the open handed lib
erality and business sagaclty of our
business men.
They will reap the harvest that will
be gathered here from the great
crowds of people that will come to be
our guests.
Az. hra,oss ,,o, oo,,;,n tor
ward as they should in this enter
prise? 1t would seem not from two or
three instances given by the man
ayers.
That q leading mercantile house
should allow their firm name to stand
opposite q twenty five dollar subscrip-
ton would not do to publish to the
world. 1t would injure our city.
There are several subscribers on tn 9
list of this character who should be
given a chance TO make up the deficit
In the funds Of the managers. In
stead of S25. it should read $500, and
then not be considered more than
liberal with such a firm as A. B.
Frank & Co., or D. & A. Oppenheimer
or Joske Bros.
There are some dead weights upon
the prosperity of of III city; the men
who have won their princely fortunes
and business success in this city
should not be numbered among
them.
Our city government is not a per-
sonal concern, although our mayor so
regards it, and would have all his
followers take the same view of it.
1t IL the concern OF the people; they
furOish the money that pays every
d ollar of the city's expense.
Mr. Callaghan makes q great mis-
take when he imagines because he is
mayor that he is proprietor of the
city, and that public criticism of city
management is a personal attack
upon him.
1t evidences the poverty OF defence
when all discussion of city affairs is
attributed to personal spite and i'll
temper The half is not told or com.
planned of so far as our city admins.
ton is concerned.
A search Of the records of the city
council proceedings will disclose
hundreds Of resolutions passed re-
curing things to be done that have
simply been put in the mayors
pocket.
That we have q city council entire
ly subservient to the personal will of
the mayor is our greatest misfortune.
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