The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-28
THE CITY GOVERNMENT II
YET ALIVE, AND THE
PEOPLE HOPE 1T
MAY BE
INDUCED TO Do SOMETHING.
The Victory Was Complete
The People Have Kept
The Government on
Its Feet. .
REFORMS ARE A NECESSITY EOw.
Let The work Begin and bs Kept up uatil
Il Il complsisd.

The question OF abolishing the city
government was decided very emphat-
ically last Friday. The corporation
was sustained by vote OF iS7 10 81,
giving the city a clear majority Of l06
votes. the campaign was quiet
throughout and tbe result attained was
manifest from the first. We are glad
the question came up, and that Il was
settled IN the way It has been. We be-
lIeye that the results Of the agitation
will have a salutary effect upon the adj
minlsiraiion OF city affairs. There was
and is cause for complaint; the city
government vas seriously threatened
and the people have generously sus-
tanned It, in order TO MAINTAIN such
benefits a. we have, and with the htPe
that we will speedily secure others just
as needfnl. The Eagle conlended for
the city government with this idea in
view. With due respect TO those who
had different views. II opposed the idea
Of advertising Bryan a. q back number
and placing q club In the hands Of rival
towns with which 10 brain her. That
is the way we looked at Il, and we have
been fully sustained In that view by
expressions from all the newspapers In
surrounding towns. But the agitation
Bryan has undergone is not without its
lesson. Il teaches that q great many
people In this community believe that
taxes are too high for the amount OF
good we get out Of them, and many
holding this view voted TO sustain the
corporation because they were able to
distinguish between reform and ditin-
tegeaiiou, and herein lies at the door OF
the ci'y government double obliga-
ton IN institute at once such reforms
aud improvements as may be necessary
to bring the public service up 10 the
standard Of i,s cost to the people. Com
parison has shown that our rate OF
taxation is not immoderately high, not
above an average for towns Of Bryan'I
size and Importance. II We had good
streets and sidewalks built and main
tained here, with clean alleys and open
sewers, experimenting present ofiicien'
ey in other lines Of public service, VI
doubt II ever a word would be said
atou. the esst Of the city government
II IL therefore the plain duty Of the
city cuuncil, the lAw.makinG power o.
the town, to make such changes In th'
disbursement Of the peoples money A
will give them the Improvements de
sired and justly demanded. We hav'
rock quarries a few miles south Of nj
and gravel pits only listle way north
yet We have to get along with, stumble
over and bark our shins on miserable
plank walks and crossings which hav'
TO be renewed every few months an,
are the product oflumher mills NOR
than hundred miles to the eas. ans
southeast Of us. This plan has heel
going on years and years and has cos
the town 2 lot Of money which shoul'
have bsen invested in something NOR
permanent. 80 that now there might b
something to show for Il. Il seems i'm
possible to GIT out Of the old ruts, bu
q, Is not, and We throw out these ie'
hints to the wise, hoping they wil
prove sufficient. The spirit Of opposi
ton to present methods iS by no mean
dead, ssd any further lethargy or nel
ngence on the part Ofthosein authorit
will unquestiOnably arouse I, TO actio
again.