San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-04

dental mayor for the time being, uses
,svery appliance of the city machine
to back his I6oss;n the head of the
ticket Commands the police force; the
treasury OF the people Is thrown open
and the patronage that belongs TO the
people Is lagishly used to promote
the Csllaghsn tickeS.
In Me-. PsschsPs office In the court
house. @ Large nuEloer or OGr most
citizens held daily meet
ings to meet by organization the Cal
laghau conspiracy. Mr.. Paschal was
called on to ee q candidate bySa large
numb Der Of our best 6itizene; Eeyiel-
ded to this call.
The details of the campaign was
left to the practical politicians; the
business men were as ready to turn
over the work OF the election TO
Thsd Smith, Joe Casisno. Ed Froboese
,nndNNat Lewis, as they are to turn
ever the juicy boxes to the profession
al jurymen.
But the people, not en- the ineide,
are likely to s1spiclon something
wrong; they remember that these
warning officials were but recently
warm friends and combined in the
struggle for county Offices, and the
jumped at the oppOr-
tunity to call their ticket the ant
ring ticket"
Nat Lewis, whose ardent tempe,a-
ment made him conspicuous, WAS
domped on As the future city marshal
II Paschal was elected. Nat came
ont in a card, that he was not and
would not, be an applicant for city
position. This ought to be sufficient
Mr.. Lewis has q large interest at
stake as q citizen and has right to
espouse the side he prefers for city
Office.
Mr.. Edward Dryer was called Oh to
preside at the great taschal meeting
at Rische's opera house. Mr.. Dryer
is q bright young lawyer, q native of
our city, and q prominent democratic
politician. He presided with great
credit over the meeting, which, in
consequence of an arrangement to
hurry through the proceedings to ac-
commodste the theatrical manage
ment, had the appearance of being
we'll cut and dried.
The people who packed the hall
were not there to split hairs, they
came to endorse Mr.. Psschal sud
cared little who presided or what cut
and dried program mad been arranged
for them.
The chairman was authorized by
the meeting TO appoint an executive
committse to run the campaign, and
he appointed Thad smith, Joe Cas-
siano, Ed. Froboese, Nat Lewis, H
D Kampmann, B F. YOakum, and
DR.. Clifford as memb ers on that CON-
mittee. This is regarded as a mis-
take, when Mr.. Dwyer had our bank
ers and merchants and business men
to draw on.
But in these sort of campaigns, one
trained political worker and practical
politician Is worth q hundred ordi.
nary business men. Mr.. Dryer might
have chosen from the Paschal men q
great committee, but after all 1t
would have been the practical men
that did the work
Messrs. Smith, Cassiano, Froboese
are all good citizens, deeply interest
ed In our city's welfare, and because
they hold public offices are not de.
barred the right to take the most
active part in bringing about the
change that all good citizens should
desire.
But in addition to this working
committe, there will be in each ward
large committee of citizens TO look
after the Psschal ticket.
Let us turn to the political side of
the campaign. Democrats and repub.
licsns favorable to the change, came
together on the common ground of
public safety and endorsed Mr..
Pascbal. The ticket was chosen re-
CARELESS of political utilization; party
rancor was laid aside and party jeal-
ousy forgotten. Not so with Mr.. CAL
laghan.
The organ of the Callagahan tick
ct, the News, has appealed daily to
the democracy to give Capt Shardein
their support in opposition to Mr..
Mr.. Pasehal because Paschsl is q
republican and Shsrdein Is . dem
ocrat. Mr.. Callaghan himself has
personally urged democrats to support
Shardein because be is democrat.