San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-30

the sage remark that the office that now
| fill is worth more than the one TO which
aspire. If these remarks were made with
! a sincere purpose for my personal welfare
! would pass them unnOticed, but as
know they are made with sinister
purpose | wish to say unto this class
of statesmen that he who aspires tC
public trust and confidence, with nc
other end In view than sordid gain is
not worthy TO be trusted in the discharge
| of any public duty involving honor, trust
| and confidence. Those who thus argue
| must be poverty stricken in their con-
ception of what should induce the citizen
TO aspire to any public position of honor.
say this without hope that this small
class will be able to appreciate the senti-
| ment or the feeling with which these
words are uttered. The mouthings of
these sordd and gold measuring states
| men become ludicrOus in the extreme,
| when the memory is taxed 10 go back
only few weeks to find that these same
tri0tism Of the then mayor in resigning
higher salaried office for the lesser sala-
ried one of county judge.
Verify, verify, such consistency is the
virtue of fools.
la order, however. to calm the perturbed
minds of these laborerS in the vineyard
of their own yirtuOuS consistency, | will
leIl lutul why L dul Jut
When IL became apparent that the peO-
pie who had many times hoEored me,
claimed my services from THE state for
the nSe of my native city. the question of
the almighty dollar became a subsidiary
one to me.
am running to rescue the city govern
ment
FROM ONE MAN POWER
and to restore it to the people unsulled
by the domination of lotteries and cliqueS.
am running to re-eSta bIiSh the lost
principle in this city that officers elected
by the people are their servants and not
their masters.
l am running to put stop to the de-
'teStable practice of keeping back interest
bearing money of the people, long since
required in needed public improvements,
until the eve of an election, and then
using it as a sluSh fund with which to
corrupt the ballot.
| am running TO place the affairs of the
city upon a business basis in every de-
partment, and thus make the public well
fare paramount to all other considerations,
and to force the private interests of indi-
viduals and factions to yield and bend for
the good of the whole.
OPEN THE BOOKS.
am running so that the people can see
exactly how we stand financially. and to
this end the books must be flung wide
open. Open the books and let the people
know why it is that neither the report of
auditor or treasurer, covering a period
from March l, 1891, to May 81, 1892, makes
any statement of the accrued amount be-
longing to the sinking fund or what dis
position has been made of it, and this in
the very face of article 43 of the charter
which provides that when any bonds are
issued by the city fund shall be provided
to pay the interests and per cent per an
mum on the capital as a sinking fund shall
not be diverted or drawn for any other
purpose.
| am running to open the books for the
people to know why it is that with over
$4,000 collected in tweDty-One months,
money has had to be borrowed with which
to pay our coupon installments of inter-
est, thus bringing the city'S credit to the
very verg e of ruin.
| am running to open the books so that
the people may know why no report is
made of the floating Indebtedness of the
city, or the amount of accrued and accru
ing interest thereon. Why this indebted
ness should not have been enumerated.
classified and reported to the public pass
eS all mprehenSion.
| am running to open the books for the
public TO know whyfhe city hall and fire
department funds are kept under the
ueduluG VI OlJl nan, TlIe DepdTI-
ment Etc. Fund" 1t will be interesting
for the public to know what an 'etc fund
really is.
| am running for the purpose of abol-
iShing all SinecureS and supernumeraries
and taking the fund thus saved and put
ting it into necessary public improve
mentS.
am running in the interest of public
economy and the public welfare alone and
m hot hor ba cd
upon this people have had ample oppor
tunity to judge.
If these reasons given for my candida
cy do not satisfy the inquiring statesmen
as above mentioned. respectfully refer
| them for further information to the peo-
pie on the 18th day of February next"
He spoke briefly in Spanish to his MeXi.
can Auditors of whom there were about
| 500 or 900 presentincluding large deleRa-
| tion of FL Club Nacinal who had headed
| by the fine band of this club marched in
| to the hall at the beginning Of the meet
| ing and who had cheered Mr.. PaSchal
| and every mention of this name and his
associates on the ticket
| At the conclusion of the address which
had electrified all who heard 1t, motion
| inStructing the chairman TO appoint an
! executive committee Of seven was adopt
ed.
After passing a vote Of thanks to
| Lessee Rlsche and Manager Knight fol
| the use of the Houston street theatre, the
meeting which was the most harmonious
and respectable ever held and which will
long be memorable adjourned.
There will, however, be frequent meet
ings Of the Grand Central and Ward clubs
during the next fortnight, and their pro-
ceedings will be duly chronicled by the
LIGHT and read with deep interest by it!
thousands of subscribers.
IITTooK TROUBLE. BUT HE GoTI
| About two or three months ago pur
chased from you bottle of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, put up in Des Moines
Iowa. Such good results were obtained
from its use that / enclose one dollar anC