San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-04
GENTLE WHISPERS.

greatly lessen the ambition of certain
gentlemen to retain their grip on the
public teat, it will in no wise diminish
the determination of Senior Don Jose
Cassiano's political opponents to camp
on his trail with view of ultimately
dangling his sable tresses at their belt.
No confidence is violated in the asser-
ton that Senior Don Jose's future po-
litical path is rough and rugged, and
strewn with poisonous thorns. But
perhaps no man is more fully cognizant
of that fact than Senior Don Jose Cas-
siano himself.
Mayor Callaghan is quoted as in
earnest sympathy with the project to
erect a commodious and handsome
markethouse at some central point in
the city. His Honor can be generally
relied on to support any measure to
advancement or benefit of San Antonio.
A handsome structure, such as that
contemplated, would prove an appro-
pirate companion piece to our mag
nificent city hall, and serve to accent
uate the wisdom of the majority of
the people in selecting the man under
whose first administration our beauti-
full city hall was erected and whose am
bition is to crown his later imposing
public building.
Despite the increase supply of artes-
ian wells, water rates remain at an
abnormally high figure, a figure from
% to 50 per cent in excess of that paid
consumers in other Texas cities and
fourps Tn No nthar aifu or tnWn N
the state are citizens charged as high
water rates as in San Antonio. Why
is this? Certainly not because it costs
more to supply the water in San An
tonic. 1t is simply to maintain an oc-
topus which has thrived and fattened
on exhorbitant charges wrung from the
people until it assumes a vested right"
to continue the fat-frying process for
ever. 1t certainly looks that way.
!. The local press is never so thorough
ly appreciated as when a few public
spirited gentlemen colleague together
to work it for all it is worth in the
interest of a quasi public enterprise or
entertainment. And it may be remark
ed that some of the said public-spirit-
ed gentlemen, who never contribute
dollar toward the support of the local
press, are experts at the business.
While it is hardly probable that
many of the present adult population
of San Antonio will live to see Mayor
5Callaghan celebrate his diamond ju-
bilee," in commemoration of the sixth
eth anniversary of his reign as Lord
High Mayor, it can be safely predict
ed that many will live to see him en-
joy long and interrupted continuance
in office if his past acts and utterances
may be accepted as an index of his
future plans and policies.
Those who are shouting loudest
about the coming drill are apparently
contributing least toward making it a
success. Generally speaking, when the
wolves howl, the voices of several of
San Antonio's alleged philantrophists
are easily distinguished.
Like the sun, the Light shines for all.
Its benefcent rays are scattered broad
cast, and carry with them truth, toler-
ance and education. Motto: God
and our country; terms, so cents a
months, IS a year; invariably in adj
vance. Now is the time to subscribe"
!. The ease with which inexhaustible
beds Of pure, sweet artesian water can
be tapped, hereabouts in San Antonio,
at comparatively trifiing cost, suggests
that the water works management
should do the graceful by voluntarily
reducing rates before it is compelled to
do so. The city authorities, profiting
by the experience of the county COM
missioners, may possibly take it into
their heads to supply the citizens as
well as the city with a much more eff
ficient and eminently cheaper service.
"a hint to the WISE or something to
that effect, should be sufficient.
The Terrell-Cuney colored conting-
ent do not appear to be as hilariously
successful in their efforts to supervise
the pie counter and distribute the sue
culent and appetizing buns as they
were in running the Austin mongrel
convention. Some men require only
very short piece of rope to elevate
themselves to a position where they
justly subject themselves to a formal
charge of indecent exposure of their
persons. And the Terrell-Cuney color
ed contingent unquestionably size up
as representatives of the class.
The new morning paper project is
neither dead nor sleeping. The parties
who have the matter in charge say
they are meeting with encouraging
success, and assert their determination
to give to the people of San Antonio,
at an early date, a first class morning
paper. ...
Once upon a time several patriotic
disinterested and public spirited citi-
zens met together in San Antonio and
organized Good Government club"
The object of the organization, assum-
ing that it had an object, was never
publicly made known; and as at last
accounts the treasurer had resigned
and the membership dwindled to the
self-appointed president and secretary,
the presumption is that the great body
of reformers have passed in their
checks and silently drifted into inoccu-
Gus deseutude. Your genuine reformer