The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-07
A Few Election Lessons.
Every election has its lessons

of and disapprove of the way our
free schools are managed we de-
mand change" Do the school
committee and the superintend mt
"get the idea ~
2. The city marshall has been
told, In his small ma ority, that he
has been too lax in the enforcement
Of the laws. Whether the mayor
fines man or not. he should be
promptly arrested each time he
violates the law. No use to arrest
man for Loose, unhitched team,
when houses are run by the known
breakers of all laws and trsduceI, of
society. The people demand the
laws Ell forced without fear or favor
Let the marshal get the i lea.
3. The aldermen defeated in the
Fifth ward denied the right of
citizen and tan payer to be heard.
The people said, we "got the idea"
This city is for the people.
4. The city attorney goes into
office "by election with minority
vote. The lesson we hope the city
attorney will profit by-that while
he was holding his office by sap.
pointment" he hardly executed the
laws "without fear or favor" He
is not the attorney for any city Off
Ger, but the CITY ATTORNEY for the
defense of laws broken by violation,
which must he upheld for the in.
terest of the people. Please re.
member the la VS. are ma lie for the
people. All violators are against
the people, whether up stairs or
down stairs.
5. BY the election and reelection
of aldermen in the First, Second,
and Third snd Fifth wards, the peo-
pie have said: owe want intelli-
gent clean men-men we can locate
before as as we'll as after election,
in the streets as we'll as in the city
council. Men into whose hands we
could place our business.
g. The alderman defeated in the
Fourth ward has ma lie a fearless,
efficient officer. Yet be is the agent
of the most powerful, most tyrani-
cal and most oppressive monopoly
in Waco, and while in no way to
blame for his connection with that
monopoly, yet while the intelligent
people of Waco admire and approve
an outspoken man, like this alder
man, yet the people are down on
monopolies. Get the idea?
Z. While the defeated assistant
secretary was not responsible for it,
yet the people believe and know
that office has been 80 ma naged as
to cost the people too much for the
amount of labor performed. The
lesson is plainly taught that the
people expect work done for the
public for the same prices as done
for private individu ,l-no more.
There are plenty of book keepers
in Waco who do much more work
for less pay than is done in the
flee of city secretary. We hope
the city council and the newly
elected city secretary will "get the
idea
s. The city tax collector ("got
the idea'') very early in the canv ASS
by hearing certain matters in time
to explain without "aflidavits.'
The apologies and explanation were
accepted by the people, and one
more term was given "to do better
in," showing a great heart of liberal
charity as taught by the people.
8. The city treasurer reelected,
and the lessons taught. ga frien
in need is friend indeed" The
present city treasurer was a friend
to Waco when "in need" While
the defeated candidate might have
done the same things, yet he did
not. The competency or incom
potency or honesty or reliability OF
either candidate, was not ques
ton before the people, Wher
"Observer" wrote his insinuating
article and Il know not nor care
not who it was) so far as it re
hected upon the credit of either
candidate, like all anonymous
writings in our newspapers, wa:
out of taste aud the people said 30
10. Fina ly the lessons are upor
the whole most wholesome, show