San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-16
SHORT STOPS.
What the eopIe are Saving.

What the People are Saying.
The attempt to make mayor out OF
one of the "faithfRl ten" is dismal fail
| ure. The present incumbent tries to imi:
| tate the lat8 boss" and so far as lack OF
appreciation of the duties of the position
; and ability to conduct the office properly
goes, he does fairly well, but after all the
boss was a more genuine despot.
The garbage furnace veto was piece Of
petty tyrauy in miniature OF the late
boss, devoid of reasons; the veto makes II
appear that the garbage furnace question
was an entirely new thing, requiring eau
ton and investigation.
Years ago the taxpayers voted $4,000
in bonds TO build two garbage furnaces;
several members of the city council had
their expenses paid to visit the north and
inspect garbage furnaces: the city admin
iStratiOn was fully posted as TO all the
methods now in use, but as none OF them
appeared to be perfect in the eyes OF the
Callag hanites, they concluded to go on in
the cid fashioned Mexican fashion dump
ing the dirt on the outskirts OF our city
In the meanwhile, the garbage fund,
was depleted to certain extent bv excur-
sions, and the balance disappeared.
A good citizen appeared to Judge
Noonan to have the city nuisance abated;
| the Judge eDjOined the Calaghan filth
bumpers, and then Callaghan got the
| dumps and told the people TO take care Of
their own garbage.
The ring was busy setting its traps to
| catch the county offices and needed the
sanitary inspectors to help pull the
strings, so it was profitable to let the dirt
| pile up in private promises
|
OF course, Judge Noonan comes in for a
| large share of the blame both from the
eX boss and the woud-be boss 1t is
| only to be regretted that the SER
vices of this ncorruptible public
| servant cannot be invoked to bring to the
| bar of public judgment these men who
| have been so reckless of public opinion, so
| Indifferent to private rights, so ObliviOuS
| 70 nuhlic duty in their conduct of the pub
| lie business.
The people have a task on hand. watch
| ing the two ends of our local machine
the city hall and the county courthouse.
The late grand jury, very incautiOuSly. 1t
would appear. called up the new court
house ghOSt-there was something that
Smelt like Limburger in the very fOunda-
tlOD. JdlldBldll ulSCONtItu HIS
nifty to make capital out of it and ap-
pointed a little smelling committee of his
own. on the plan of the democratic execu-
tive committee.
But the commissioners are all old mice
and up to all such traps and the Calag-
han smelling committee is now a thing
nfthn,SSPst. Now there is a Zig tub of
white wash relady mixed .G"f the COM
missioners will proceed to the pleasant
task of white washing themselves.
A little later on. when the "bOSS' is
somewhat more seasoned. and has con
templated the big jOe on the corner from
u county commissioners, standpoint, he
will be trusted as a white washer not
now.
II all this mess is not gotten up to
throw sand and cement and granite bOul
dpIS in the eyes OF the people, the rGal
parrot and monkey business will come off
when the commissioners attempt to deal
out the county Christmas pie to their
favOrteS without consulting Bryan. The
people are not permitted to have anything
TO say about this, so we may as well take
it in as Punch and Judy show for the
holidays.