San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-05
ANOTHER STRAIGHT ANSWER.
By an Unemployed and Unpaid
Scribbler.

Scribbler.
To the Daily LIGHT:
1t would seem hardly worth
while to reply to any Of the many,
mostly bogus articles written in
and for the Express, but some Of
them being so darn absurd and
misleading, the Callaghan crowd
will perhaps be thankful to hear
about them! Had the Express any
such sharp hitters like "Short
Snapper" and "Short Stops" of the
LIGHT, who punish very severely
in every sentence they write, then
one would be somewhat afraid to
reply to anything Champaign
Hot Shot" states "Mayor Elmen-
dorf has employed scribblers and
the people pay for their writings"
"the people are paying a good
round sum for ElmendOrf election
eering literature" and many more
such buffers! Now, we Elmen-
dorf people know better who 1t is
that is paying Callaghan's election
eerers "Germans are clannish to
the extent of standing by one an
other when unjustly assailed or
maliciously maligned, but patriot
ism is an inherent virtue in every
true Germans breast, and when
his home, whether it be his native
or his adopted land, is in peril, he
stands not upon questions
OF personal sentiment but up
on the broad and loyal
principle which animates every
patriotic heart. The effort to pre-
judice the Germans OF this city
against Judge Callaghan because
for the first time in his life his OPP
ponent, Mr.. H. Elmendorf, claims
to be German, will fall" etc. Gut
gebrullt Lowe! Isn't it spicy? and
don't you know, "Mr. Hot Shot,
that just this, your sentence will
induce all good German citizens to
stand in for Elmendorf as he never
has unjustly nor maliciously as
sailed any OF them, to my knowl-
edge, and, he is as much an Amer
lean citizen although he is from
German parentage and speaks
three languages-as nearly all Ger
man Americans do-as you are
perhaps German? Indeed, there
is no "fooling" with the Germans
when they once make up their mind
to stand for their brethren in peace
or war, and | remind you of Ger
many's unity when the war cry
was spread all over the world by
the French in 1870! Who is it that
is prejudicing the Germans against
Mr., Callaghan, is it some of the
scribblers of German and American
papers? then sir, you are mis-
taken; whatever has been said
against Callaghan's administration
either through the press or on the
stump, it has been said fairly and
squarely according to the official
records Of this city, without per-
sonally abusing the Honorable
Bryan Csllaghan, whose "scrib-
blers" are not throwing a bit of
mud against Mr.. Elmendorf's adj
ministratioD, no, not a bit! CD
You say Mr.. Elmendorf claims
to be a Germantown, well,
l do declare! l always thought
he was an Irishman, French
man, African or Mexican
Beg your pardon, fellow cit
liens of the Irish, French, African
and Mexican nationality, | got so
cOnfounded with campaign "cold
shot" that l really can't tell the
difference, it seems !If"Campaign"
will give his name to the public
and set up champaign" l believe
he will get to be a better news.
paper NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.!
You also kick about the health
office clerk, Mr.. Roberts. Now,
my dear sir, tell me how many ex-
ira clerks were there employed by
Callaghan's administration &? Was
not Mr.. Bates, DR.. Oldham, Otto
Solms and Fritz Russi engaged in
same? Ask Mr.. Solms, he can tell
you, or my friend DR.. Menger, who,
it seems, is also mixing up little
in politics this time, although he
likes mixed drinks Of a good brand
just as well, l am told. Beg your
pardon, Doctor! And now, Mr..
Cold Shot, what in all the world
have you got against our fellow
citizen, Mr.. Geo. Kalteyer Are
you afraid he will also infect the
public with such nonsense of scrib-
bling as you prepare for the Ex-
press, by awarding him a contract
for cement? Are you not aware
that it is the desire OF our citizens
and its representatives, the honor.
able councilmen, to grant as much
material in the construction of the
| Sewers as nnssihla and advisable &c