San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-12
sHoRT-sToPs.
what the People Are Saying.

What the People Are Saying.
No one wants to see the S. A. National
Bank lose the large sum of money 1t has
advanced to the city on Mr.. Callaghan's
| notes, but there is a growing feeling
tion to the demands OF an eXtravagant
administration should be stopped.
Let Mr.. Callaghan taste some of the
adversely that is pressing hard upon
hundreds of sterling citizens, who view
with alarm the increasing demands to be
| made upon them to sustain our corporate
privileges.
As long as Mr.. Callaghan can borrow
all the money he requires TO keep up the
extravagant establishment and political
machine he has built about him, there
will be no effort to retrench or reform.
Perhaps the bank has allowed the city
| to get into its debt to such large extent
! that it's own interests demands that Mr..
Callaghan be kept going until the
| taxpayers can be knocked down and
| robbed.
But the taxpayers can organize to re -.
| slst their asSailant, and in war there is
an approved strategem which often sue
ceeds where open assault would fail-cut
| off the supplies and starve the enemy out
|
There is enough for serious contempla-
| tion in the mismanagement of our city
| affairs, and the people are not paying so
| much attention to our county matters.
| The prospect in this direction is not very
| cheerful.
| The taxpayer has some little chance to
head off the city government and control
our county commissioners court is beyond
the reach of control or check.
The new courthouse scheme will turn
out TO be a most expensive and disastrous
1 undertaking. No precaution has been
| taken to limit the cost of this job. A
| plan has been adopted that will cost the
| people at least half d million dollars be-
| fore it is DONE Every step taken so far
has been marked by extravaganza and IL
| the county succeeds in securing bidder
| for the superStructure, the fund created
| for the building will be gone before the
] roof is on the building.
Responsible builders hesitate to put in
bids for this building because there is so
| much appearance of trickery about the
l preliminarieS. The fate Of Braden and
the city hal i is too plain warning to be
disregarded.
| 1t is stated that even the material has
| not been chosen out of which this court
| house is to be built, and that bidders must
| propose the material they bid on.
|
1t is possible that the county adm mis-
| tration is contemplating the continuance
of the day labor system; il so it is time
the people were ia king hand in the dis
| cussion.
The county commissioners court should
| be composed of the very best material. 1t
SHOULD be thoroughly business body of
men. The neglect OF the people to secure
an able county administration will result
in disaster, unless changeis not made at
the first opportunity.
1t is most ridiculous situatio for this
community to be placed into be at the
mercy Of cOntending combinations of city
and county officials, who are using their
offices and resources Of the Taxpayers to
bolster up their political fortunes and en-
nance their political Importance. Let it
be remembered that the office holders are
not the people, not the masters but the
servants OF the people.
At the ballot box very valuable lesson
can be taught, that will be long remem.
, bered. The people own the Offices and
, their ballots are necessary to decide who
, shall temporarily exercise official func'