San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-19
CAFES AND SLASHERS.

Mayor Elmendorf formally an
nounces that the scholastic term o
the public free schools will not bC
cut short, and that the session will
continue until the regular time in
June. This is indeed gratifying
intelligence but his honor should
evolve some measure in the mean
time to pay the teachers their
salaries.
Mr.. Bart CTowther now knows
how it is himself to be knocked
down and run over by the band
wagon. But Bart is a man who
can bide his time, knowing full
well that
Time at last sets all things even
And IL we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power
Which could evade, If uniorgven,
The patient search and vigil long.
or him who treasures up wrong"
And Bart is credited with having
a most excellent memory.
II the city must retain Mr.. Gray
until the completion Of the sewers,
what use has it for the services Of
Mr.. Pancoast? III it has any use
for Mr.. Pancoast's services, what
use has it for Mr.. Gray? Will
some alderman please explain?
Our bopored citizen. Colonel
Charles w. Odgen, doubtless real
ICES the force of the quotations,
that "politics make strange bed
fellows"-and at times Very un-
desirable ones.
Mr.. Gray's covert insinuation
against the sewer inspectors does
not of course apply to John Kuef-
ner. But as was predicted, Johns
fate appears to have served as
warning. By the way. didn't
Mayor Elmendorf promise that
Kuefner should be reinstated when
the charges against him were dis
proven and he stood vindicated?
The chargesI were disproven and
he was and has been vindicated;
but KCefner still remains an AL
sewer inspector out of job.
If San Antonio could mine and
box her climate or bottle and ship
her ozone to the blizzard-stricken
districts of the north, east and
west, we could we'll afford to drop
all such petty projects as tourist
hotels, Brownsville railways and
kindred enterprises. Inasmuch.
however, as we can neither box the
climate nor bottle the ozone, it
might be we'll to give the hotel
and the railway propositions a
little boost.
Now, il the chairman Of the
county democratic executive COM
mittee will wheel into line and
dutifully carry out his part OF the
prearranged pro gram, it is I'M
necessary to say that there will
not be the slightest obstacle or
impeachment in the way OF spring.
ing the usual "mixed ticket" at the
proper time.
Mayor Elmendorfs political
views appear to partake Of the
nature Of the newly discovered
cathode rays-the slightest con-
tact makes the most indelible i'm
preston.
Continued complaints come from
patrons of the Waterworks COM
pany Of demands for increased
rates over those conceded in the
terms OF agreement under the
existing contract. In fact, SO con.
tinuUus and general are the com.
plants as to merit attention from
the authorities in behalf OF the
consumers. This action Of, the
Waterworks company may be re-
garded as merely the prelude to a
general advance in its rates and a
declination to carry out the terms
or Its agreement to flush the
cutters and one water closet on
the premises Of each patron free Of
charge. The differences between
the water monopoly on the one
side and the city and the people
on the other, are irreconcilabl
There Is but one solution to the
question, but one remedy for the
evil, out one form Of relief-muni-
cipal ownership and operation of
the water supply plant.
1t Is unfortunte that at the last
moment Peter Maher should have
got sand in his eyes and thus
postponed a meeting with Colonel