San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-29

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$500.
Everyone remembers that the seat.
ing of Mr.. Hoefing was u question
pending before the city council; it was
postponed from one meeting to an
other, to await the opinion Of good
lawyer" that the mayor pro tenn had
employed to pass upon the mandate
OF the supreme court.
Just how Mr. Hoefling was seated
does not appear as matter of record.
On Saturday, previous to the last
Mondays meeting, the mayor pro
tenn sent for Mr.. Hoefiing and admin
istered the oath of office. The coun-
Gil met; Hoefiing took his seat; the
matter of his contest was not alluded
to; the opinion of the good lawyer"
was not even read.
The mayor in France, the pro tenn
mayor at home, the absent city at
torney, the city council, the whole
"kaboodle" should begin to appreci-
ate the force of the saying attributed
to Mr.. Lincoln: "You may fool all
the people part of the time, part of
the people all of the time, but you
can't fool all the people all of the
time"
Mr.. Callaghan's prolonged absence
in France, is beginning to cause
anxiety among his more humble fol-
lowers, and hangers-on. AS the
LIGHT has been the only city paper
that has kept the public advised of
the mayors movements, we venture
TO say that Mr.. Callaghan will GER
tainly return during the coming
month.
The chamionsh1p of the overW orked
street car men by Alderman Lock
wood, is a positive injury to meri-
torious cause. The Intelligent and
observant public judge the source
from which such movements spring;
the stream never rises above its
source.
There are men in our city council
W DD OuS III W Oo dDIo w by
with the laboring man; they have
known what it was to earn their
bread by honest sweat; they have
known the strain Of continuous hours
of hard toll.
The public are severe critics; they
regard Alderman Lockwood's cham
piOnship of the Overworked car men
as q fake; as emenating from no hon
est, philanthropic or humanitarian
impulse; they de not believe he
means any good towards these men
as against the street car corporations,
but that he is really working in the
interest OF the corporations, or his
own interests, or both.
The election for the constitutional
amendment takes place on the 18th OF
August; 1t will depend upon the Ia
telligent voters whether any vote is
cast
There has peen so little discussion
of the merits and dement's of these
amendments that the people hardly
know what they are voting on. If
this statement applies to the intelli-
gent masses, how must it be with a
great mass of the voters of this county
who never read a paper, who do not
understand any political question, or
belong to any political Parry, who are,
in fact, utterly ignorant Of the mean
ing of a state constitution. Let this
fact stare our intelligent citizens in
the face.
The amendments seem to be I'M.
provements upon the articles and sec
tons in the present constitution; if
necessary to save the registration sec
ton, the whole ticket might be voted
"for," to.wit:
For the Amendment to Section 4,
Article 6, of the COnstitu ton, relating
to voting.
For the Amendment to Section 5,
Article I, of the Constitution of the
State of Texas.
For the Amendment to Section II,
Article Is, of the State CONSTITUTE ton,
to reduce rate of nterest.
For Local Control.
For the Amendment to Article of
the Constitution, relating to the Judi
ciary.
Tickets have been distributed by
the state through the county officials,
which have "for" and against each
section, and requires the exercise of
enough Intelligence to scratch.
New Zine of furniture, carpets,
household gOnds, ETC., all at New
York prices. NJ. Jackson's 2l7 West