San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-02
SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying.

the majority of the taxpayers will
sustain the financial anarchists"
who took the city tax rolls to Uncle
Monte Pho before maturity or the
political anarchists" W 40 demand q
safe con servative financial policy.
On the evening of April 10Th 5000
taxpayers will thank God that their
homes are safe.
The only evidence that the people
have that the San Antonio National
Bank holds 5000 in notes of the
city is the financial statement pub
lished, for the correctness of which
no city official dares to assume re-
sponsibility.
Should the bank make such
claim, the comptroller Of the currency
would certainly apply the law,
national banks, that pro-
vides that more than ten per cent of
the capital stock can be loaned to
any one custo mer.
Every body wants to know who was
the fortunate recipient of "a 200 90
for selling city bonds.
Possibly the next grand jury can find
out.
The addition of large number of
names to the property Taxpayers list,
of very small property owners. rang
ing from SIS to 500, whose taxes are
practically uncollectable, looks very
much like qualifying lot of voters to
help the city administration to make
bond loans. Taxpayers,
awake!
See that your neighbor votes and
do not rely solely on your neigh Dor
doing his duty while you neglect to
do your duty.
The attempt to ruin the credit of
our city by borrowing money on
bonds to pay daily expenses, must be
showed under beyond resurrection.
The voice Of those who have the
taxes to pay and upon whose credit
the proposed bonds are to be issued
should control and not manufactured
voters.
Let us main tain the credit of the
city. The best way 10 do this is to
put stop to the further issue of
bonds. II we do NOT. we will be un-
able to pay the interest I'm few
years.
1t must be desperate cause when
the newspaper advocates of the Cal
laghan bond scheme resort to calling
the honest taxpayers of our city "po.
litical anarchists" because they OPP.
pose further increase Of taxation and
further increase of bonds unless tor
needed public improvements.
1t Is certainly a humiliating sight
to see city employees going about urg
ng their acquaintsnces to vote for
he bonds, because tn cir pay depends
in the passage of the measure.
1t is supposed that these men are
engaged in the public business, and
that the people are not paying them
for electioneering for Mr.. Callagban's
political schemes.
No wonder the people are deter.
mined to to down this bond bust
ness. If city employees have time to
electioneer, their services to the city
can be dispensed with.
1t is evident that Mr.. Callaghau
has ordered his underlipgs to leg for
votes, under threat that their pro.
visions will be cut off. The Mexican
officials may not know any better, but
there are number OF intelligent men
in the city employ that ought to know
better. Every dollar necessary to
carry on the city government has
been provided for.
Mr.. Callsghan is playing for big
political stake, that is all.
With Csllaghan telling his cnums
that the main reason he wants this
$3.50, 900 surplus is that he may be
able to get out of Brack enridge's
and the city employees beg.
giDg their friends to vote the bonds
In order that they may get their pay,
We have the full measure of the
campaign.
In preparing the statement which
is to be issued to the public over Mr..
name, giving the finan-
cial situation, it would be we'll for Mr.
C!audOn to remember to put in that
old chestnut, "pay as YOU go,U and