San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-06
SUNDAY SHORT SNAPS.

Judge Boerner will stir up the me.
nagerie tomorrow.
Too much taffy will even kill of a
tough old politician.
A man who has one good, fat office
ought to be satisfied
Elmendorf, with all his faults is bet,
ter than some of his would be oppon.
ents.
Cut down the salaries, and then lei
all the candidates run on that plat.
form.
Our Henry's personal advisors are
| trying to side track him in the race
| for mayor.
Charity and humanity should begin
| at home, and when there is anything
left, go abroad.
When Judge Boerner files his notice
OF contest there will be a ghost dance
over the San Pedro.
Denver Bill is willing to be forced"
but he is awful 'skeered" about an
nouncing in the papers.
The court house and city hall tick
ct fixers are very much worried how
to get rid of Our Henry.
In his farewell address to his gener-
IL Llr,,nnIarf Shn,l1
I have been your tamale.
Economy and retrenchment will be
better platform for a city ticket
than reform and business.
The attempt of Mayor Elmendorf's
cabinet to sidetrack him in the may
ors fight is not very kind.
The city has been worsted in its tax
suit. Everybody who has paid the 81
tax will now want it back.
The sewers are with us to stay as
long as the bonds last; we may as
well make the best of them.
The GOssiper will have something
pleasant to say to his friends at the
opera house this afternoon.
The taxpayers will be greatly en-
cOuraged by an economical admins
tration Of our city government.
The city hall holds a very unhappy
family just now-just how to fix up
combination ticket is the trouble.
The Turk may be bad fellow but
he can't beat our Chamber of Horrors
under our business mans city hall.
Talk about a rat hole absorbing wa
ter. our city government can absorb
taxes and keep dryer than a rat hole.
Christmas is coming, so is the city
election: the Prince of Peace will
knock at many door; be sure you
let him in.
The people need rest for the next
two years; don't worry them too
much with grand schemes requiring
more bonds.
The collector has collected 100000
of the 80 taxes and yet the city rat
hole is dry. Don't say our people are
not taxpayers.
The present city administration is a
Disbursements administration-how
would it do to try straight out party
administration.
We have had business administra-
ton for the past two years; do we
want any more of the same sort the
next two years?
I. B. Johnson has not yet abandon
ed the idea of running for city treas
urer; that's one Of the soft snaps he's
been looking for. .-s
Mr.. Levy will hardly desire to be
held responsible for everything said
about people by the Lantern, presum-
ably in his interest.
city treasury 100000 in the past 10
months, and still they are abused be-
cause they are delinquent.
When a man gets up in the morning
with a head that's big and tight, its
only a gentle warning that he
shouldn't stay out all night.
The Chamber of Horrors under
the city hall should be visited by our
Christian people who have so much
sympathy for the poor heather.
If Uncle Bill Hoefling really means
to prefer charges against the assistant
city auditor let him insist upon an
open trial before the city council.
Mayor Elmendorf is business man;
| the city council is a business council,
| and yet the Express wants more Of
the same sort to run our city affairs.
Those wheel of fortunes now dis
tributed over town are the rankest
robbing games ever introduced in this
city. The officers should suppress
| them.
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