San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-25
SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying

What the People are Saying
The constitutional amendments to
be voted on are five in numbrr.
The election takes place on the IL tn
| of next month and the people will
F, vote at their several county precincts
The first amendment on the ticket
is as follows: Sec. 4. In all elections
by the people the vote shall be by
ballot, and the Legislature shall pro-
vide for the numbering of tickets and
make such other regulations as may
| be necessary to detect and punish,
fraud aud preserve the purity of the
| ballot-box; and the Legislature may
provide by law for the registration OF
all voters in all cities containing q
population of ten thousand inhabit-
ants or more"
The ticket should read: "For the
amendment to section four, article
six, of the constitu ton, relating to
| voting"
There is no need to discuss this
amendment; every good citizen will
vote for 1t.
The sec md amendment relates to
the school fund and appears 10 be all
right. Your ticket should read. For
the amendment to section 5, article
of the constitution of the state OF
Texas.
The third amendment reduces the
legal rate of interest to per cent and
the contract interest to 10 per cent.
Your ticket should read, for" if you
want it, and against" if you don't
want it. For the amendment to
section IL, article Is. of the state con-
stitution, to reduce interest"
The fourth amendment provides for
local option. This seems TO be an I'M
necessary amendment; it covers the
law as now in existence. Your vote
should be, "for local CONTROL" or
"against local control."
The 5th amendment on the tickets
relates to the judiciary department,
and having been prepared by able
lawyers, must be an improvement
over the present constitution. Your
ticket should read: "For the amend.
ment to article of the constitution
relating to the judiciary"
The people have to understand that
the amendments are all good enough,
but the main thing is that the first on
the ticket, relating to the election
laws, is the all important one. A full
vote of the people will settle the ques-
ton.
It so happens that there is no pro-
vision for printing tickets, hence each
voter must look out and secure his
ticket. Be careful how you take
ticket furnished at the polls by the
ring office-holders.
The good lawyer for the city
council in the contempt case, will try
to make 1t out that Bergstro ms opin-
ion is correct, and the supreme court
very much at fault, but that the coun-
Gil must bow to the mandate.
This will hardly save Bergstrom;
his prestige as a safe law adviser to
the ring will be gone.
Then, there is the other "good law
yer,n Alderman Lock wood; he be-
longs in the same boat with Berg
strom. What a pair of Blackstone's.
Another week Is gone and no official
announcement in regard to our absent
mayor. Letters are claimed to have
been received from Mrs. Flores, that
they expect to return about the 18th
OF August. Pro Tenn Mayor Schriener
expects Callaghan back in eight or
ten days. But the most reliable dis
patch is said to have been received
by one of our promin ent saloon men,
being postal card dated Eifel tower.
July 9Th, and reads: Zone thousand
feet above the earth and six millions
of people under me; greetings to my
San Antonio friends
1t Is not unpleasant to even those
who are opposed to Mr.. Callaghan's
methods of running city govern
ment, 60 know that he is enjoying
himself.
We Invite all to See.
To clear our house of all summer