San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
Call For a Citizens
City Convention.

tonic:
At the threshold of the canvass pre-
ceeding the rapidly approaching city
election. at which shall be shosen the
s pubic servants who will administer
our city government for the enusing
two years, it will hardly be questioned
from any source that there exists a
complicated and demoralized condition
OF municipal affairs demanding ear
nest and patriotic consideration at the
hands of our taxpayers and citizens.
With bonded debt exceeding 2,000,-
600 at high interest bearing rates, APP
proximating an annual charge for in
terest and sinking fund of about $780,
600;
With outstanding issues of bonds
! now rapidly maturing for which no
sinking fund is provided, and for the
payment of which no provisions have
as yet been made;
With the city employees and school
teachers unpaid for several months
and more than 100000 of floating in
debtedness, accumulated through pro-
digal mismanagement;
With an expensive and largely cur
tail system of sewers delayed in con-
struction through several years and
demanded by neglected sanitary condi-
tions to be put into speedy and effect
i've operation;
With miles of streets upon which
thousands of dollars have been eX-
pended, becoming impossible through
Of
pairs;
With large per cent of the city's
annual revenue delinquent through
failure to enforce the provisions of the
collection of taxes.
With an extravagant, wasteful and
inefficient administration comprising
many unnecessary officeholders and
supernumeraries;
With an annual deficit and shortage
of $150,000 between the city's revenues
and expenditures in the face of
steadily increasing and already oner-
Gus rate of taxation;
With the taxpayers and property
owners discouraged from paying their
dues to the city because of the poor
and ineffective use made of public
moneys, a critical emergency has been
reached when the interests of the city
as a community and of our taxpayers
as individuals demand a thorough
. change, sweeping retrenchments and
radical but practical reforms in the
administration of our city government.
For the purpose of taking steps to
secure non-partisan and bona f1de re-
form administration which will correct
the existing evils, readjust the city's
finances and restore its menaced cred
it and good name, make needed i'm
provements of the streets and public
places. complete and make effective
the system of sewers now under con-
struction, restore and preserve the SAN
itary condition of the city, guard its
franchises and public, privileges and
make the necessary retrenchments and
reforms in the public service,
We, citizens and taxpayers, call upon
the people at large to unite with us in
this movement in behalf of the public
good. For the purpose of giving form
and organization to the cause, we as
sumo the privilege of calling a conVen-
ton of representative citizens, regard
less of political or private affiliations,
to be holden at the Beethoven hall at
S O'Clock p. m. on Tuesday, Jan. Il,
1897. at which convention shall be NOM
mated for amyor and other city ofi-
GERS such men as the judgment OF the
convention shall deem proper to exc
cute the trust committed to their
hands.
The citizens whose names are here
unto appended are requested to act
with us as delegates to the convention.
(Signed)
Frank Paschal, w. II. Young,
Hans L. Degener, Erich Menger,
G. w. Angle, Frank Marsh
i d. Strauss. F. NJ. Hicks,
Flovd McGown. Albert Hohrath,
NJ. I. Best, ii. Z. carter
i ]. RYAN. II. Clemens,
Hugo Wolff, NJ. 6. TreVlno'
w. L. Barker. j. A. McN'orhllCh
G. NJ Gordon. Albert Joske,
August Limburger, Ed. Kotula,
Paul 1fauroux, Jr., William Paysoh'
B. c. Riley, l.. >. Berg
A. Witscheski. Z. u. NAM,
A. W.Seeligson, Marshal HICKS
II I Yogler. Albert w. Bitter,
j. II. Martin, f. }. Beltel'
Pen Eyiolbassa. E. wiedenfelt,
S. L. McAdoo, q. X. SulilNah'
NJ. Friedman, j. +. onion
Rudolnh Nenger. c. G. Janin,
u p yoShor. b. NJ. Hammond,
Frank Rieden, Antonio Lopez