San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-07
SBOB GREENFELLow PUNCHES
VINDICATOR.
Letters of German-American Citizen.
No, -.

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| No. %.
| To the San Antonio LIGHT:
| In an article, headed "BryanCallaghan,"
' and signed "Vindicator," in the Express
of November 6, the latter made a most
desperate attack upon the undersigned.
Mr.. Editor, |, beg pardon for repeating
/ words, which he used, and which, in my
| opplnion no gentleman ought to use In
| public print. He says, that my state
meDtS are plain, palpable, outrageous
| lies, in another place he says, that my
| criticisms of Mr.. Callaghan'S official ac-
ton decended to low vituperstion, base
| SANDER and malignant assertions, and -
well he went on this way throughout his
whole article. / expected something like
that because | and every citizen knows,
that, whenever citizen takIeS the short
! cOmmtngs of our mayor, his paid defenders
| will run to their dictionary of cuSS words
and copy every word out of it and ding
| them in the face of the inquirying citizen.
| That is all they can and will do.
| Now Mr.. indicator, nearly all OF nay
statements and facts, which you say de-
! cendS'to low vituperatiOn. base SANDER
| and malignant assertions, plain, palpable,
| outrageous lies, are taken from the grand
jurieS reports TO our Honorable District
| Judge NOOnan.
Who is telling the truth? The paid vim
dicatOrS of Mr.. Callaghan or all these re
| spectacle citizen under oath, who com
posed the grand jurieS???
That Mr.. indicator does not know
anything about the Indebtedness of our
| city is clearly demonstrated by his mis-
| statement of facts in regard Of the city
hall matter. He says: Again this slam
derer( Bob GreenfellOw)S ayS the cost OF the
city hall will be, or has BEEN S2O5. O6G. when
the fact is, that the to al cost completed
will not exceed SlS5, 900, thus we nail lie
after lie" You do, Mr.. indicator!
sum for the building of the City hall was
Sis, 900, and by right, it ought not to cost
our citizens one dollar more, but, Mr..
Nindicator says it will cost 1885,, 900, when
in fact the grand jury after investigat-
ing the city treasurer'S books, reported on
June 81, 1891 to our honorable diStI let
judge, that the warrants drawn upon
said treasurer and charged to the city
hall fund amounted 10 the sum of S205,
066.74. Who is telling the truth? The
paid VindicatOr or the book OF our city
treasurer.
What Mr.. VindicatOr says about the
bridges is nonsense. In comparing the
strength of st. Mary's and Houston street
bridges, he is trying to throw sand in the
eyes of the people. lie says the repairing
of Houston street bridge cost the city
y. l
knoW'tne reckless, GXtraVagant way city
contracts are let out, would not be as
tOnlshed II the sum was 5000 But
Mr.. indicator forgot TO tell the
people that Oh this new and cost
ly bridge nearly every TWO months one
side is closed up for repairs. That don't
cost anything. 0 no. He admits that Mr..
CalIaghan paid twice as much for st.
Mary'S sire ct bridge. refer Mr. Vindi-
Gator to the grand jury indictments in this
bridge matter.
About the mesquite block pavement
will say. that Bob Greenfelow knows
something about that contract. He knows
"a thing when he has seen it, He KIN owS
the difference of costs in round blocks and
the more expensive and superior heXagOn-
a blocks. Please see what the grand
jury had to say about this mesquite block
pavement.
Mr.. Vindicator forgot to take me up on
my other statements.
There is my statement about the $3.50
600 for street Improvements. Mr.. Cal
laghan promised to grade and macadam-
iZe 43 miles at cost Of over $500 per
mile. Where are those graded streets?
Mr.. indicator has nothing to say
about the $4,000 for garbage furnaces
he has nothing to say about the high |
handed action in the Gregory and Frasch |
matter. In the waterwOrkS question. In |
buying the fire alarm system. About the |
old volunteer fire department. About |
changing secretly our city charter, a bout ,
the grand jury matter.
Mr.. Vindtcator has nothing to say
about all these statements published by |
me. ] expect it is Of no interest to him,
but tell you, Mr.. indicator. all this is |
very interesting to the citizen and tau
payers of this city.
In closing his article, NJ. VindicatOr |
Ir.tHs 10
indictment Of our mayor by the grand |
jury for misapprOpriating of public funds. |
he is trying to miS-interpret or twist my |
statements by saying assaulted the per-
sOnal character of our mayor. No such |
thing was and is intended. A man may |
be an honest man and still may throw his |
money away in reckless and extravagant |
manner. Nobody will have to say anything |
about that. But if that man is public |
officer and SquanderS public money: the |
citizens have surely a right to talk about
and criticize. and our grand jury has the |
right, especially If they are Instructed by
the court TO do so, than they have to in |
veStigate the action of said officer, and
that is what our grand Jury did do, and |
they brought in an Indictment against |
Mr.. Callaghan, as mayor of our city, for
misrepresentation of public funds.
And now. Mr.. Editor, tn conclude,
will say. that, what | said in nv so un-
fairly criticised statements Of facts,
will repeat again, that if Mr.. Cailaghan
had acted in wise and economical way,
and in the interest of our city and people.
he surely could have executed all the city
public improN ements for half the actual
sum Of money paid for them. That he is
not the right man, to be our cONnty and
probate Judge. That he is not the right
man to handle public money and deal
with our families and handle our estate.
when we are gone, reiterate.
Yours truly, Bob GREENFELI.Ow.