San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-30
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Taylor McRea proposes
the middle of the road"
Ben -Mauermann would make d
candidate for county clerk.
The city hall has four factions and
the courthouse has four bosses.
Our business Mems club is doing
good work with very little money.
Political equality does not necessa-
rily carry with it social fraternity.
Captain Scion Stewart is among the
possible candidates for district attor-
ney.
The chances for Statesman Slayden
to distribute Bryan pie look very
slim.
The Katy will not come into san
Antonio until the free silver question
is settled.
The friends of Theodore Banks
would like to see him tackle the leg
islature again.
Emile Blum as an advertiser. both
bulls and bears the market in the way
of bargain sales.
A first class market house in San
Antonio would encourage home indus
try in truck farming.
If w. ID. Druse would tackle the
Big Chief he would have much bet
ter chance of winning.
Statesman Slayden is now dealing
in political futures and Is carrying
heavy margin against himself.
Our home made brick are at (
last knocking out the imported
Mexican article in the sewers.
Mr.. Louis HUH is out with flaming
posters announcing the fact that he
has not yet been, side tracked.
Although a lottery company has
daily drawings in this city, our Wig
liant officials don't seem to know It.
Should the German and American
voters arise with Indignation. they
will sweep the country clean.
An educational qualification and the
payment of poll-tax would help pu,
rify elections in Bexar county.
The average betting on the election
is 21a to on Mckinley although there
is little plunging in San Antonio.
n,,,. p,,c;paSS Man,. nI,h cI,o,,1I ~
clude our home newspapers in their
list of home industries that need en-
couragement.
The so called leaders of the colored
vote, who corral them for the con-
ventions. cannot control them on cleo
ton day.
The present (dicatlons for the COM
ing election il Ring VS..
less the people should decide to wake
up a little.
Alien labor is doing the majority of
the work on our sewers. Why don't
the colored men get up an Indignation
meeting against this?
"Our Henry" needs to be firm, and
not allow one of his bosom friends to
use him as stepping stone into the
mayorality office.
The plaza markets are displaying
sweet peppers and cucumbers shipped :
from st. Louis. Its no wonder we
have hard times in San Antonio. :
The foolish merchant will jump at
the chance to be humbugged by a fake
advertising scheme and then cry :.
that times are too hard te- fatronize
his home newspaper.
OF the many hundreds of aliens at
work on the sewers, how many of
them can read and write the English
language, and are there any Of them
that can produce a POLL tax receipt.
While the ringsters are making des-
perate efforts, as they claim, to con-
troll the negro and Mexican vote, they
had better-be looking a little out for
the 10000 American and German vote
in the county.
The average business man kicks a.
gainst this or that ring, pays his tax
es and growls, but you can't drag
him out to take a stand against the
rings with a yoke of oxen. Such is
the way of personal politics.
Mark Hanna would no doubt disap-
prove of the use of Mckinley and -
bart's names by a. political club
whose chief aim Seems to be to de
nounce the old fine. respectable Re-
publicans.
When the colfred men resolve to
quit being made tools of by designing
nnliticianS who uSe them to cry