San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-18
SHORT STOPS.
What The People Are Saying.

The people are somewhat puzzled
over the local political outlook. With
three tickets in the field and several
candidates running on the ragged
edge of the Australian ballot, they
hardly know what is best to do.
Now there is one consolation amidst
so much political tribulation, the hon
est unpurchasable voter has the OPP
pOrtuntiy of turning down the two
local office holders trusts now doing
business at he two public buildings.
The people are studying the situa-
ton closely and it will not be surpris-
ing if the arch conspirators are not
showed under at the ballot box.
When the city hall ticket appeared
with blanks for the offices of collec-
tor and county clerk, there was sus-
picion that there had been an under
standing between the chiefs of the
two rings.
AS time went on the situation be-
came painfully apparent to candidates
on each ticket that everything must
be sacrificed to save the two court
house candidates who are to have no
opponents on the city hall ticket.
The putting out of Republican
county ticket has completely upset
the plans of the arch cOnspirators;
TO be without opposition was pleas
ant at any cost; but to have opposi-
ton is unpleasant at any cost; hence
the extraordinary efforts to pull down
the Republican candidates. To dis
courage every man on the Republican
ticket, and get them out of the way.
has been the business of the local
politicians favoring both the other
tickets.
The Republican ticket offers RELIEF
TO n much bossed community. 1t is
not that thereare no good menrunnlng
on the city hall and court house tick
cts but because they are bound hand
and foot to help out an unholy ALI
ance that has caused the people 10
look we'll before making up their
minds.
The evils of personal politics were
never so glaringly APPARENT as In the
present local campaign. The assess
ment of candidates on each of the
ring tickets has been more bold and
extravagant than ever before. 1t
costs a years salary to buy a place
among the bosses.
Is this not open, bare faced corrup-
ton? Is it not a plain statement
that the people of BeXar county are
for sale? Is it not a notice to every
man who might have the ambition to
run for a local office that such a priv
ilege can only be had by putting up
an outrageous slush fund!
Our registration is stuffed with vO-
ters that are irresponsible-A fact
that is proven by the fact that a
large business is being done in buying
up registration certificates. Yet there
are enough good, honest, intelligent,
unimpeachable voters to send the
slush fund tickets to defeat.
Some good men have been made the
victims Of the extraordinary levy
made upon them; they have quoted
their consciences with the idea that
this is the usual and regular way
to run politics, but to these men we
say you must scar your better selves
before you can take the oath Of office.
Let the Republican ticket blaze the
way to a better order of things; it is
not as complete as it should be; it has
had a tough time coming before the
people because of the unblushing eff
forts of the ringsters to destroy it in
advance, but it is before the people,
and should be taken care of by the
people regardless of political afiiilia-
tons.
We all are aware of the effort to
combine all good citizens to rid our
state Of the state house ring; we are
all interested in putting an end to per-
sonal politics in this county and city.
Campaign slush funds may buy
some Of the voters but not all the vO-
ters by great big majority. The
people are justified in cutting their
tickets to pieces, taking the best men
And most certainly the Republican
ticket offers the voter a splendid OPP
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