San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-29
TWO PARTS
Is PAGES
FOR CITY COLLECTOR
Max, SlItor
SUNDAY SHORT SNAPS.
ELECTION FEBRUARY, '97.

The friends OF Joe Ryan will push
his claims for city attorney.
A bran new set of city officials
would be good for sore eyes.
A city election without Doodle is
what the good citizen wants.
Economy in the city government is
the first principle of prosperity.
There are already a half dozen
candidates who want to be recorder.
No more bond issues is one of the
issues of the coming city campaign.
The people at large want Ben Maui
ermann to run for alderman this time
II. b. Johnson is being talked of as
Republican candidate for city treas
urer.
If Judge .Boerner contests his cleo
ton it will be a burr in the Indians
stocking.
Our city dads should do something;
if only build a market house, or buy
graveyard.
The colOred voters are favorable to
the candidacy of Mark Brown, for
alderman at large.
Hans Degener would like to be city
auditor: is he willing to abide by
Republican convention nomination?
The new city charter should re-
quire every officer elected to do the
work of his office, or pay his own dep
uty.
A mugwump in politics is a mug
wump in office; he sticks like por-
GUS plaster on the back of the tax
payer.
Terrell. Texas, is no doubt a model
town; but San Antonio grows its own
flowers and makes up it's own mayor
boquets.
If the sewers are to be cut short,
it proves that there has been some
very bad figuring in the engineers de-
partment.
No man should run for alderman
who cannot devote at least three days
in the week Of his time to the duties
of the Office.
San Antonio is on trails she ca
pable Of self government or will she
turn her affairs over to the 'office-hold-
ers combine?
The city hall and court house Of
coquettign again, but Bryan, Nat and
John Campbell are not admitted to
the sacred circle.
Don Jose now wants Bryan to fire
''that dutchman' out at the poor
house, and appoint one Of his tribe;
but Bryan objects.
There are 200 candidates for alder
men, so says a local politician-out OF
this multitude the people can certainly
select a good board.
An announcement that Judge Noon
an contests his election will be
christmas gift to thousands of honest
voters in the 18th district.
We will never have better streets
until the street railroads are COMPEL
ed to keep their tracks in order ac-
cording to their contract.
Judge Boerner and Congressman
Noonan have good grounds for sue
cessful contest, and the people are ex-
pecting them to make the same.
The norther froze the marrow in
the bones of Honest Henry-what will
the weather of Feb. Sth do for the IN
acclimated candidates for mayor?
Nat and Dan are about the same
size, and when they knock at the door
of the county judge for admission no
combination lock can keep them out.
The Light wants genuine ecOnom-
ical city administration for the next
two years. No swapping between
the city hall and county court house.
LAWYER Minor has rendered an opin-
ion that sewer inspectors should be
paid out of the general fund-every
policeman ought to be sewer inspec-
tor.
Why don't Mayor Elmendof issue
warrants to the employees and officers
of the city instead Of leaving it to the
shylocks to discount their deferred
salaries.
Original Mckinley Republicans
ought to have the first say about the
pie-when the Mckinley boys are all
satisfied the crumbs can go to the
AllisOnites.
Satan has built an extra lake of
birthstone to roast the officials that
swear they didn't use any money or
make any premises to influence voters
at the last election.
Newconb, the only announced can