San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-21
A. Il. @. REPLIES.
To the Daily Blight:

To the Daily Eight:
Some scribbler in this mornings EX-
press, whose fullSome praise must be dis.
gushing to his employers (the socalled
ring) says: "Carpbell and Locke never
squeeled about ring but smiled, bowed
and pocketed the fees of their offices"
Neither Mr.. Campbell nor Locke were
ever counted by the ring as one of theirs,
which the gentleman ought to know,
hence this" sudden conversion sis some
thing" of his own imagination. They
have been elected to Office from term to
term on account of personal merit and
eminent fitness for their respective offices
and their great personal popularity, and
for the same reason will be re elected by
increased ma Orities. The gentleman
speaks OF the ring as myth and at
tempts to ridicule the idea of there being
such a com bination among few persons
whose number can be counted on the
fingers of your hand and whose sole OBJ
iGctis to elect themselves every two years,
to office, and such combination does
really exist and has controlled the offices
of BeXar county for the past six or eight
years. He says and repeats II time again
and again, as If he was afraid somebody
doubted it, that they are good clever fell
lows, we will grant 1t, but Is that any
valid reason why they should own in their
several rights the offices OF Bexar county,
and that they ought to be kept in Office
DerDetually because they are familiar
with the business of such office. Now
what is there about the treasurer Office,
the collectors office, the Sheritfi's office
or the clerks office, requiring time and
much study to learn them? Absolutely
nothing to any man of intelIi gence. The
assessors office requires knowledge Oval
ues to rightly carry it on but when can you
ever find Louis HUH there? Very seldom,
perhaps once a day, and does anyb body
ever go to him for information as to his
assessment? The response Is never II is
a notorious fact that every county office
Of any importance is run by deputies
and if fitness alone should be required for
election they ought to be elected next.
The ring candidate for county judge,
Callaghan, to whom he pays the highest
homage, has been mayor of San Antonio
for the past six years and has engineered
the city by his splendid financial manage
nent into bankruptcy, and there are
grave fears unless the good, honest peo-
pie will awake to consciousness OF their
danger) that he will be elected county
Judge and bring the county as the city TO
insolvency. The new court house,
which has but just risen out OF
the ground, will be completed during
the next two years, and through his man.
agement may. and probably VIII, cost
the county one million dollars. Re-
member. you taxpayers of Bexar county:
now is your time, and avail yourselves OF
1t. Wake up This is no idle warning;
If you neglect it an additional defeat will
so paralyze you that no further effort VIII
for years to come be made to redeem the
county from this ring rule. The citizens
ticket isnade up of men who are honest,
Intelligent. fully as competent as those
who have filled the offices for years past
and who have the true interest OF the
county at heart. To relieve the county
from this Callaghan domi nation requires
orga IMITATION, work and money. Let
those who have money land the richer
the more taxes) and have not the
time to spare give their money
to the committee to aid in the work,
1t is a matter Of the gravest Importance
that we should have change of officers
every few years and in no other way can
the people know exactly in what condi-
tion the offices are, whether everything
is correct; the slight examination every
quarter given by examining boards
amounts absolutely to nothing. The only
remedy is change of officers, and let US
have that now. More anon. A. b. @.