San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-26
Chr 9utly eight.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1895
CONTRIBUTED SCRAPS.

ing and heated contest over the
county offices was on, there were
but about $500 voters registered in
San Antonio, but 1926 have just
been registered.
1t is incredible, that 1925 voters
failed to register last fall, when an
exciting congressional, state and
county contest was to be decided
and every body was drawn into
the vortex of the excitement.
In less than three months, the
vote Of the city has increased over
LOO votes according to the regis
tration Just closed. This is so
marvellous an increase as to be in
credible, under the circumstances.
This phenomenal increase OF
l726 votes in three months hardly
admits of any reasonable explana-
ton. Indeed, it lays in the shade
the rapid increase Of the Israelites
in Egypt
Persons, who arrived in San An
tonic subsequent to the last regis
tration, would certainly not be
qualified voters at the coming city
election. There has been a great
influx here of men seeking work on
the sewers, md these must have
registered, with the view OF claim
ing they are citizens so as to OBJ.
tain work.
With a registered vote of 1926
1t will require 54O0. to elect a city
ticket by a meagre majority, and
somebody will be left in the lurch
by being over confident Of success.
Over confidence has entailed defeat
thousands Of times, simply because
1t relaxes energy and begets care,
Iessness.
That Callaghan procession on
Thursday night, was both sugges-
tive and significant. The scarcity
OF taxpayers in the procession ad
vertised the fact that that class Of
citizens is not taking stock in Cal
laghan's election.
Not one man out OF every fifty in
that grotesque procession had the
smallest conception of the real
issues involved in the election, or
could make out his ballot without
help. Nins-tenths Of them can
neither speak nor write the Eng
lish language to save them from
the devil.
1t was mob with good lungs,
but was very short on ideas of any
size or sort. This crowd turned out
for a pelone, no doubt, and it's
apparent enthusiasm was paid for.
That procession was a warning
to the people, as it let them see
the sort and style Of voters that
have been electlng our county and
city officers for years. Were there
any representative and leading
citizens to be seen in that process.
sion? Not much.
There is an old proverb: "Tell
me your companions, and l will
tell you who you are," which aptly
applies to candidates. The persons
who support candidate show
what element OF the population is
on his side and what will come OF
his election.
1t is not a good sign to see tax
payers and rejecting and patriotic
citizens standing aloof from a can
didate. Nor Is it a good sign to
see the class OF voters represented
in thet procession, constituting the
majority OF the supporters of a
candidate. Is not such the case?
Was intelligence and patriotism
represented in that procession?
How many men in that procession
are qualified by intelligence, to
cast ballot understandingly.
That procession should fire the
zeal and arouse the energies Of the
real people OF our city. The men
in that procession are completely
under the thumb and under the
control Of the Big Six or county
ring. They are political dummies
and poems.
The real people Of San Antonio
should unite and combine to a nan
for the patriotic purpose of throt-
fling the county ring and securing
good government for their city.
The county ring, or the Big Six,
absolutely control the men who
were In the procession OF Thursday
night, and make them vote as they
tell them. Shall the real people
assist or defeat the county ring, lie
the question.
That procession should be suffi.
cient to induce real citizens to
unite heartily for the utter rout
OF the county ring.
The testimony in the Mccall
Campbell contested election case