San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-06

San Antonio's sewers, despite the
manufacture Of superior product
right here at home. But the home
producers are averse to reducing
o their labor to starvation wages in
: order to "divy up" handsome
surplus.
The administrations of President
Monroe -1S17 to 1S25-marked an
epoch In the political history of
this country, known to posterity
as the "ers of good feeling" Po-
litical serenity was the order Of
the day. President Cleveland's
administration will be remem-
bered for similar characteristics.
The bids for building the sewer
outlet will be opened by the mayor
next Monday. AS the lowest esti-
mate Of the cost is placed at $780,
1000, and as there is not exceeding
100000 of the original 100000
left, it is not exactly clear how the
hiatus will be bridged. But doubt
less, the city fathers and the pres
emit contractors or their thrifty rep
resentatives will come to a mutu-
ally satisfactory and profitable I'M
Outstanding.
The police committee might put
in profitable hour running down
some of the scandalous stories which
find credence in the neighborhood
of East street. True, it is delec.
table quarter, fostering ulcer, as
it We're, upon the body social; but If
but part Of the wretched stories
told by the depraved denizens be
true, there is an abundance of cause
to whet the official guillotine and
shave of few heads close to the
shoulders.
Like Bre'r Rabbit, District
Clerk Nat. Lewis, "Jess' amt sayin'
much" but no local Svengali has |
succeeded in putting him under the
'fuence of his hypnotic powers. |
Thea man Ewho attempts to ride
him down will do we'll to see that |
there are no tacks in the path of |
his pneumatic tubes.
With George w. Breckenridge as |
governor Of Texas, and George H.
Noonan representing the Twelfth
district in congress, San Antonio,
to quote the slang of the day,
would be strictly in it," And
he would not say but what all
Texas would be the gamer by the
substitution OF Col. Breckenridge
for the present incumbent?
The heavy influx Of visitors at
tests with more irresistible force
than any mere words of argument,
the great necessity for a commo.
dious hotel, applied with all mod
ern conveniences, where the thou
sands who annually visit the city
could receive those accommoda-
tions which the wealthy always
stand ready to literally pay for.
1t is folly to talk about inviting
the Investment of capital In manu-.
featuring and Industrial enterprises
as long as our municipal tax rate
remains the highest in the state,
with a constantly upward tenden-
cy. There Is a maximum, how
ever, which 1t has nearly reached
and beyond which 1t cannot con-
additionally go; but unfortunate.
ly, in the wisdom of those who
provided this safety-brake, it
trenches too near the confiscation
line.
The mere suggestion of the name
OF Colonel George w. Bracken-
ridge in connection with the re-
publican nomination for governor,
is a most healthy and gratifying
sign OF an improved public feeling.
While Col. Brackenridge's accept
ance Of the honor could hardly be
even remotely considered, 1t is I'M
deniably true that his candidacy
would mean the accession of thou
sands of desirable converts to the
republican organization from the
best elements OF Texas citizenship.
II Alderman Hoefling seriously
entertains mayoralty aspirations,
he should predicate his candidacy
upon a genuine platform Of re-
trenchment-not niggardly psrsi-
mony-but serious and practical
retrenchment and economy. AS
an initial step, let him introduce
an ordinance that aldermen shall
oorua wi n opf pay M tba,, do L.,