San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-04

The people of this city are not tht
servile slaves of couple of self-con
stituted political committees.
| The people, the In telligent free
voters of this city will not permit Mr..
Callaghan and Mr.. III. Terrell to tell
them how they shall vote, and for
whom they shall vote for city officers.
The attempt to foist a municipal
ticket on the people through con-
spiracy entered into between Bryan
Callaghan and H. Terrell will be
resented by every man who has any
intelligence left in his composition.
| The political dictation of Messers.
Callaghsn and Terrell is an insult to
every intelligent democrat and repub-
lican in the city.
Has it come to this pass, that both
the republican and democratic parties
have gone into bankruptcy and that
Bryan Callaghan and Fl. Terrell
have been appointed assignees?
A mass meeting of repu bllcans, as
sembled by call that embraced ev-
cry republican In the city, determined
to leave the selection of q city ticket
to the people irrespective of party
lines. In pursuance of this desermi-
nation, q mass meeting was called
and ticket partly completed, anoth-
er meeting is to be held tonight to
finish the work. Opposed to this open,
fair movement, we have the proclama-
ton of Bryan Callaghan and H.
Terrell.
Callaghan dominates himself as
mayor and II. Terrell seconds the |
motion. Callaghan is boss de mocrat; |
Terrell assumes to be boss republican. |
How do the people like the firm of
the 1.-TWO bosses?"
"Iu other words we," THAT is 1, |
little H. Terrell] "believe that the |
present city administration, which |
has inaugurated the present system |
of public improvements, should carry |
them through" To-wit: the small |
pox, the bridge deal, the city hall |
deal, the block pavement deal, etc.,
all of which are still undated.
1.-THE present system OF public Inn
provements," what is it? A city hall /
that has cost already more than con-
tracted for, and still uncompleted;
four bridges that cost twice as much
as they could have been built for,
and still upcompleted; 43 miles Of |
streets ordered to be improved at q
stated cost still uncompleted and the |
money gone; a fire alarm system |
chosen against the advice of the chief |
of the fire department, at higher |
price than the best system could be |
obtained for, and still uncompleted;
a garbage furnace for which the peo-
pie voted the money, not built yet;
whole steets of block pavement con-
tracted for year ago, and still un-
completed; the purchase Of the
waterworks still uncompleted.
These constitute the system Of I'm
provemepts. They should be desig-
mated the system of municipal fall
ures.
Today what do the people see going
on as the system of public i'm
provements? They see hundreds
of Mexicans employed by the city
to lift dirt from the streets and
bitches under the command of bosses
who are expected to vote them on
election to perpetuate "the system of
improvements
The raising of the assessment of
property six millions of dollars, be-
longs to the System Of improve
ments."
The mysterious hocus pocus In re-
gard to the $500, 900 city bonds, Ia also a
part and parcel of "the system of i'm
provements," which the voters and
taxpayers are called on to endorse by
the election of the Callaghan ticket.
The smallpox must not be ommit-
ted from the list of city improvements
that have added so much to our
prosperity at home and our reputation
abroad.
Our taxes are to be reduced to $l.10
that Is five cents less on the 500; but
the raising of the assessments to S27,-
5l0,345 will produce 1902, against
S246. 75l last year, $50, 900 more to be
taken from the pockets of the tax.
payers.