San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-13
ECHOES FROM WEST END.
H'DQ'Rs DAILY LIGHT,
WEST END. Nov. 13. 1891 .

| WI END, NV. 10, 1OJl.
| Books, mute witnesses of fair or foul
| transactions, are becoming the means of
| getting up an excitement without can
didate for the Office of alderman -at-large;
my own books are not in real good shape,
| wish the grand jury would Straighten
| them up, they are getting full of liabili-
| ties and no assets. In their examination
of public records, it is to be hoped that
| they will be thwarted no longer but that
at the end of their examination the books
will come out clean, and that no official
character has to suffer. The word
| politics should be eSchewed by
any man now holding city or
county office, and had our may
or reflected one moment, he would
have felt his ground insecure, when he
asked political antagonists, like our able
and vigorous district attorney. an avowed
republican: and our ever obliging district
clerk, reputed democrat, to be made two
of an examining committee of the city's
record These two officials were not an
tagOniStS of the mayor short year ago,
when his joint committee was strong
enough to defy both parties. 1t was re-
Gently that the papers told us that in New
York state the honest voters lived in the
rural districts. The same must be said of
BeXar county and not of its city, that has
not had any clean politics since alleged
democratic ward bosses were not ashamed
to accept money brides from republican
candidate, there is a gentleman now in
FL Paso who knows. | mean
the late Governor e. J. Davis
in order to GC.Cat regular democratic
nominee. We were anxious in a neigh
boring county tn work as best we could to
accomplish his defeat with honest votes,
while here the purchased suffrage did it's
baneful work against us. Gov. Davis was
not betrayed at that time here. his money
held the votes that it bought but the dem
Ocratic bosses of San Antonio, though its
active candidates were strictly for revenue
only. and republican candidates were not
ashamed To accept loans, on personal Sc
Curity, to remind them of duty TO one OF
their own party. At least SuCh were the
rumOrS at that time, and they were thick
enough to reach beyond the limits OF the
worse political centre of the great State of
Texas. San Antonio politics are in blight,
we want no more of them. but we are
unwilling to Rbelieve that politics are
thought OF by the gentlemen composing
the present grand jury when they are do
ing their duties under oath, which were
in part left them as legacy by y former
jury. Mr.. Callahan needs no Tindica-
ton, he stands charged with no offence,
and is not likely to be. but we do think he
should be able to better control his likes or
diSlikeS in public matters. A grand jury,
as long as it exists, is buzz saw it is not
safe to monkey with; let us hope the
present one will clear up the troubled
skies and leave no spots or stains on fret
full cOuntenanccS.
West End will rejoice when grand
iureS will be no longer charged by its
predecessors to continue its unfinished in
veStigationS, like the present one, which
must be annoying to the jury, as it is
bothersome to the cuStodianS Of the rec
OrdS. SHE'D.