San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-28
SHORT SNAPPERS.

our city dads are strictly in 1t.
The devil sometimes gets in his
work under the guise Of charity.
The benefit racket becomes mo-
notonous when worked too often.
Abolish some of the many as
slstants and save money.
The fire chief ought to ride a
bicycle to the fires.
Why don't the city attorney re-
port on that Brand contract?
The Good Government Club
should get a move on itself.
Let's get DIR. Lindner to organize
a Midsummer Volksfest.
When an alderman becomes dis
gusted, why not resign?
Manana, tomorrow, tomorrow,
we will settle the sewer contract.
Make the city treasurer keep an
office in the City Hall, and have
regular Office hours.
The days are getting longer
people will have nothing to do eX-
cept talk "politics."
Tomorrow" seems to be the
shibboleth Of some people around
the city hall.
Joe Devine ought to be more pol
itic than to throw stone so close
ly at the fellow on his right.
No man should be an office
holder unless he is property own.
er.
Henry Unsettled can we'll ex-
claim, "where am 1 at; and what
am / here for?"
The fellah who rides on bicycle
should not draw money for horse
feed, ought he?
The ice trust propose to raise the
price OF ice in San Antonio this
summer.
City officials must pay their taxes,
that is, if they have anything to
pay taxes on.
Those who own property must
contribute to the support OF those
who don't.
Some men are good, clever fell
lows until they hold a little office,
when they "swell up"
A reformer out OF office is very
often a different man from re-
former in office.
The laborers want to stop the
sewers, now. 1t used to be that
they wanted the work to be pushed.
The Fair committee are said to
be taking a little rest until after
the drummers' meeting.
The fee business of Thad. and
Nat. and Joe will not be interfered
with by the present Legislature.
Some of our best business men
make only ordinary public Of
ficials.
If the aldermen get to throwing
stones, several "innocents" might
get hit.
Messrs. Brand and Hindry are
still boss, and have the Council
pretty we'll bulldozed.
AS there are 30 many deserving
applicants for old man Tom
Hughes shoes the timid alderman
should move to abolish the Office.
Under the new allowance by the
State Legislature Sheriff Campbell
will lose a dollar a day on every
attached witness.
Who is "NIr. Blank" indicted by
the last grand jury? The Good
Government Club should investi-
gate.
What's the use for the people to
elect city tax collector, il he is
not allowed to attend to the duties
of the office?
The Sunday LIGHT is four weeks
old today. The infant will con-
tinue to grow if it receives the
proper advertising nourishment.
Jack Daugherty was accused Of
wanting to delay the sewer work,
but Jack wanted things to start
off right, first.
Under Callaghan people quit
paying taxes; under Elmendorf
they are breaking their necks
lodging the collector.
At last, the county convict camp
has been abolished. The Good
Government Club ought to investi.
gate this one item.
The "outs" can worry the Gins
considerably if they play theil
points properly before the next
grand jury.
To the victor belong the spoils il
good Democratic doctrine. AL
though "Our Business Admins,
tration" are not all Democrats.
Nearly all "benefit" entertain
ments work the newspaper for free
advertising, but no one has YET
suggested a benefit entertainment
for the newspaper.
II the city has the right to hold
back an employees salary for taxes
due, how about those numerous
omDlOV0s who do not own anU