San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-05
SHORT STOPS.
what the People are Saying


What the People are Saying.
The people have spoken, In no uncer-
tain words, at the mass meeting at Mis-
zion Garden. The resolutions adopted are
plain, dignitied and to the point.
Discussion of our city affairs will only
serve to lay bare the utter unworthiness
of the present city administration.
The meeting at Mission Garden was an
assembly of quiet conservative citizens; it
was just such meeting as pressaged the
water-works snow-storm.
Realize that it is a fight between the
people and an organized political ma
chine; the people have concluded to or
ganize to defeat the machine.
The machine is run on the peoples
money, and as the Spoils are in sight, the
people recognize the necessity of organic
ing to defeat the machine at the polls.
The real property taxpayers are con-
fronted by host of voters who have been
manufactured to sustain the city admin
istration in its plans to fleece them. By
adding hundreds of names to the assess
ment rolls who appear as rendering a
nominal amount OF property. The ad-
ministration hopes to vote down the
people who really pay the taxes.
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Under the plea of inaugurating a sys-
tenn of heeued public Improvements,
Mr.. Callaghan asked the. taxpayers to
to vote him $3.50, 900 bonds for streets and
forty miles of streets were designated to
were improved. Miles of streets were
torn up in the residence portion of the
city and left in worse condition than
they were; while the trans-San Pedro
portion was we'll improved.
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This city administration has been a
borrowing concern from the start; bonds
have been issued for everything, and the
people have grown tired, alarmed, indig
nant.
He, Callaghan, wanted money to build
more school houses, and the people were
asked to vote him $4,000, which they did:
this $4,000 has been in bank ever since,
except the five or six thousand spent for
the colored shanty over the San Pedro.
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He, Callaghan, wanted to build more
bridges, and asked for 100000: the people
voted it, and the city paid three prices for
three bridges and wasted $4,000 of the
peoples money.
He, Callaghan, wanted fire alarm land
he asked the people to vote him Sos, 900
bonds for this, and they did it: the system
purchased was the most expensive and
least serviceable system in use.
He, Callaghan, wanted two garbage
furnaces; he asked the people to vote him
$4,000 bonds for this: the garbage fur
naces have never been built.
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He, Callaghap, wanted to make a
spurge and ask the people to build him
city hall; the people voted the bonds for
this too, sos, 900: and the city hall is still
unfinished and will cost over $500, 600, and
the people have to pay taxes to make
good the failure of the contractor.
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Every year, Callaghan has taken ad-
vantage Of the charter provision and is
sued $4,000 Improvement bonds, and
$4,000 sidewalk bonds, without asking
the people.
And now, he has the cheek to ask the
people to vote him S25O,OO bonds to fur
nish him surplus to pay the daily ex-
penses of his extravagant administration
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It's been bonds, bonds, bonds; unless the
people put stop to it there won't be any
thing left for the new administration to
go on but the picked bones of the honest
taxpayers. Stop it!
DIR. Hathaway,
J.BROADFOOT, M. D., Assistant.