San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-02
SHORT STOPS.
what the People are saying.

SHORT STOPS
what the People are Saying.
The people will talk about the
cholera; in tact this grim specter that
is marching over schristen dom, 10 as
much in the mouths Of the people as
the Clark Hogg mania was q month
ago.
Don't holler before you are hurt"
is q good motto for every intelligent
person to adopt whenever 9 panic
hits the community. Be calm and
fear not.
"Clean up" is d good thing even If
it extends only 10 n clean shave and
an outside garment. Our city SAM
tary measures are ridiculous, but
there will be q wonderful slsshing at
weeds and Overhauling of vaults.
In the meanwhile ii is pertinent to
ask. what has become of the garbage
furnaces Tor which the people voted
fifteen thousand dollars, ever so long
ago. Has the money been spent, if
not, why not, and if spent where are
the furnaces. These furnaces would
come in handy now.
The city attorney talks about shoot
ing people, if necessary to enforce the
sanitary ordinance, wnen the people
might, with more justification, talk
about taking the whole city admins
tration out and MISLEADING them for
their criminal neglect OF the clty's
sanitation tor years.
A doctor with q keen nose has
smelt out several fragrant holes; why
there are a thousand the doctor has
missed; but the medico gets on the
soft side OF the "boss" when he lauds
his imperial temper; but so tar the
'tossp has only exercised his Car
qualities over the faithful ten.
Let the medico who complains of his
pet spots step over the San Pedro at
Ter nightfall, where the music OF the
keno game, mingled with the Next
can harp, fiddle and guitar, makes
night hideous, and take lock at the
hundreds of Mexican tramps that in
fest the open dens of amusement, aud
he will find q theme more eloquent for
his scien tific nOstrils.
Weeds and the .privy vaults don't
vote on intention papers that may
explain why they are not popular
with our municipal authorities.
Better pass q shot gun ordinance and
go to work on the cholera material
inst has fiOcked to our city in antici-
patton of the approaching election.
What is being done by the U. s.
in keeping out pauper i'm
migration from Mexico; Saturday is
beggsr's day and there are hundreds
Of Mexican mendicants who ply their
vocation, just as they do in Mexican
cities, from door to door all over our
city. These people cross our border
and tramp to our city where they
find al asylum.
A carload of Cinnamon are on their
way to the Pacific to be sent back to
China because they came into our
territory in violation of our laws. Is
the Mexican pauper any better than
the Chinaman or Russian Jew?
Let not the people get the cholera
scare ga badly as TO forget that San
Antonio needs a thorough political
Our danger from cholera
is not in the woods or privy vaults
but in the disease breeding lszaroni
who find welcome here at the hands
of our political bosses.
Our resident Mexican population
can have no sympathy with the peo-
pie we have mentioned, it is their in
terest to have the paupers and tramps
cleaned out, and kept out; the sooner
the Office seekers and political bosses
are taught that they must do without
the alien tramp vote the better for
the health OF the city.
The city auditors report for the
year ending May 3lst 1892, under the
heading of health department shows
total expenditure OF $50, 59O.9S; OF
this s., 222 13, is charged TO the pest
house, which embraces the small pOx
item, the balance (S29, 1858 S5) goes to
general sanitary expenditures.
The pauper items, are burial of pau
pers 81, 7SS.00; transportation OF pau
pers, Sis 80; nursing paupers, SIS 90;
provisions tor paupers. SIPS 90; medi-
cines Tor paupers 81, lS0b0. The nurs-
t. o,1 ,1ro,isiOp hill 10 ANAL hint tb q