San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-16

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The teachers, the police, the
firemen and the host OF city en-
ployes and creditors are still long
ingly looking for that promised,
but olg-deferred pay day. "Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick, !"
and the stomach empty.
Simply in the interest of peace
good morals and sound govern
ment, how would Rev. G. @. Rose
strike the average citizen as a
suitable mayor? He is liberal,
tolerant, progressive. Will Rev.
Craig kindly second the nomina-
ton?
Dallas proposes to properly OBJ
serve the semi-centennial anniver-
sary of the admission of Texas in
to the Federal union. OF course,
that patriotic duty should have
Loyalty been undertaken by the
people OF San Antonio, the cradle
of Texas liberty and the spot upon
which so many heroic lives were
sacrificed, but perhaps the least
said about that, the better.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kentucky legislature, and favora-
bly, reported from the committee
referred to, providing for the crea-
tion of a police and firemen's fund
in the cities of the first-class. 1t
is a wise measure, and similar
action should be taken by every
state in the Union.
Among the hundreds of bids sub
mitted to the secretary OF the treas
ury for the new bond issue, the
names Of but two Texans appear as
successful bidders, j. s. Wood, OF
Vernon, who was awarded $50 of
the issue at la, and Michael Tito,
of San Antonio, who secured $3.50
Of the popular loan" on bid of
119, the highest figure submitted
by any bidders. Not single Texas
bank or financial corporation ap-
pears in the list OF successful
bidders.
The brick question has received
new impetus and will be watched
with renewed interest, now that
another competitor has appeared
on the field. AS it is currently re-
ported, believed that two or three
prominent officials are interested
in the new competitor, the final de-
nouement may result in the expos
ure ola very large sized bug.
If Mr.. Nat Lewis shall prove
bellwether TO lead other desirable
and progressive young men in San
Antonio to cast off the shackles of
prejudice and ignorance and align
themselves with the party Of ma
tiOnal aims, ideas and aspira-
tons, he will deserve well and
prove worthy Of all honor. But OF
course it should be understood that
all new. converts must modestly
consent to serve probationary
term before honored with a seat at
the head Of the banquet board.
Mayor Elmendorf and the mem.
bers Of the honorable board of
aldermen owe it to themselves and
to the people to put Mr.. Gray
through vigorous course of
sprouts. IL there has been any de-
fective work done on the sewers,
or II inferior and unfit material
has been used, Mr.. Gray should be
asked to elucidate and explain the
why's and the wherefores. That's
what he is paid for, and paid hand
somely too.
1t will be gratifying intelligence
to the scattered and demoralized
democratic hosts to learn that the
chairman Of the county executive
committee, being a rock.ribbed
democrat OF the Blue Jeans class,
is ardently in favor of drawing
party lines in the coming election,
and "making nominations from
governor to constable" So he an
nounced in 1894, but the result left
a brownish taste upon the palates
of many Of the faithful, which has
not entirely disappeared to this
day.
Mr.. Gray says that in the plans
drawn by him for the sewer sys.
tenn, it was distinctly provided
that the mains should be laid in
the center of the streets. Why
and by whose authority were
these plans changed? Upon the
demand of the San Antonio street
car company(C must all interests
be subordinated to that Unsuitable
cormorant? Is the 100000 voted
by the people to build a system
Of sanitary sewerage to be thrown
away to suit the interests or con-