San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-13
SHORT SNAPS.

Nnen bryan is away the mlce Will
play.
Mayor Elmendorf can say: Lord
deliver me from my friends!'
A big modern hotel in San Antonio
means a whole lot for our city.
City hall and county court house
schemes are being watched closely.
The next city auditor must be an ex-
pert accountant; who wants the job?
The city offices are now up for TIA
kers-who wants to be city treasurer?
A straight Republican city ticket
would run all the city rats out of their
holes.
If the Indian vote is to be counted
out where will our local combines
come in.
"a married printer declares that it
is much easier to feed press than TO
feed a family"
Captain Rigsby, we learn from the
Express, is advertising himself as well
as San Antonio.
"NeXt to a host of friends a few
good enemies are likely to be of real
service to a newspaper"
Don't waste time in scOlding your
contemporaries. The editor who Stops
is constantly in hot water"
If it takes a slush fund to elect a
city ticket-it will take slush fund
to keep the city government running.
"Any fool can start a newspaper
and any sheriff can stop one, but it
takes wise man to keep the thing
going"
The new Menger is pronounced by
an old traveller as good enough for
him-but then you know, there are
others.
Mr.. Newcomb seems to be the favor
lite of all the candidates for mayor,
as he is not yet in any of the COM
bines.
The chamber Of horrors under the
city hall should be abolished as city
institutions; it is blot upon our civil
lization.
The Light will assist the people do
the scalping act of any candidate who
Is hooSfod nv, tho piu Iniun piIipu tho
Brown Elephant.
If you are not satisfied with the Of
flee you have, the people will like to
have you resign before you become a
candidate for another.
If our Business Mems club had
watched the Light a little closer, they
would have learned about that big
hotel about a year ago.
Mayor Elmendorf's heart is too big
for his hat. That's the reason he al
lows some Of his dear friends to pull
the wool over his eyes.
Capital, unless backed by nerve
and endurance, will not 60 far toward
establishing and maintaining even
the humblest newspaper"
The question is, whether we are to
have a Doodle city campaign or an
honest straightforward fight between
tickets-the fittest survive.
The Bible-fixers should have anoth-
er amendment to the Ten Command
ments: 1.-The deadbeat will be con-
signed to everlasting hell-fire."
Judges Levy and Callaghan have
run their lightning rods up to catch
the mayoralty electricity, but the
court house is poor conductor.
Who wants to be city ASSESSOR
Don't all speak at once; its a good
place for some competent hard work
ing man, who has clerical ability.
The people have had their fingers
too badly burned pulling the chestnuts
out of the fire for chronic Office-hold-
ers. This time they want new deal.
How did the promoters of the Stor-
ming of the Alamo miss the services
of the big tamale of the San Pedro"
he would have made typical Santa
Anna.
"Our readers and our advertisers
are getting to know and like each
other. All this is very pleasant. The
acquaintance is sure TO prove mutual
ly profitable"
The man who works hard and pays
his debts is mystified how 80 many
dead beats in San Antonio can exist,
who never work, and never pretend
to pay any bills.
Give our business mems council
rest; the poor fellows have had hard
time of it for two years. A city coun-
Gil innocent Of business principles Is
the demand of the hour.
The head brew master in one of
our city breweries gets a bigger sala-
~ than Mayor Elmendorf-contingent