El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-08


And 10! a blooming champion
Becomes blooming chump!
L once was Princess Chimay,
With a crown upon my lead;
But now l am widow,
And my husband isn't dead.
This morning the river was one and |
one half inches higher than it was
yesterday morning.
The city council has decided that it |
will receive bids for the city printing. |
If the council is in earnest and carry |
out that proposition to the latter, |
then another promise of the new ad-
ministration will go unfulflled.
The Times does not believe in the |
practice of ask ing lis for the city print |
ing, but thinks the council should go
at it in an nbusiness-like way, and |
award the printing to a party paper at
high price, so that the city admins |
tratlon would have well paid organ
at the expense of The Taxpayers to |
defend the council in ali their acts
whether right or wrong. The Times |
makes a miStatement when it saws that |
the wide awake business man does not |
solicit competitive bids for advertising |
as well as all other kinds of printing. |
There are few advertisers in FL Pa: o |
that do not solicit competitive bids, b, |
the best advertisers always want COM
petitive bids and furthermore they |
take into consideration the circulation |
and influence of a paper in the COM
munity. Business men do not take |
into consideration that because paper
is on the side that wins in an election
nv u a IN hn 1ar CT
Der of unreadeab!e MeXicans, th at that
is the paper that has the most influence
with the public.
The HERALD will 90 before the city
council with bid to do the city print
ing. 1t makes no promises of becom-
ing the city's or anybody else's organ.
1t is not built that way. All it pro-
misses is that if given the city printing,
the largest number of citizens will see
and read any new ordinance that may
pass. As to type. the HERALD can
give them anything they ask for from
nonpariel to plea, and if they are will
ing to pay for the extra space picture
of the father of each ordinance will be
inserted. The HERALD will promise
and fulfill its promises in any legiti-
mate newspaper line, but the city
council nor any ore else in Ell Paso
cannot buy its editorial columns or
control its public tone. The city can
buy its advertising space at so much an
inch or ljne but the HERALD will not ]
become an organ.
"For unmitigated gall the Times is a
peach" said tax payer this morning.
That suggestion about the new city
council to select an organ at the ex-
pense of the tax payers. is about the
toughest boodling proposition [ ever
heard of. The idea of suggesting tn at
public printing without soliciting bids.
is simply suggestion to the city coun-
ell that they rob the tax payers to pay |
Off election scores. Now. [ do not be- '
lleve that the new council Will pay the {
attention 10 any such sugges- '
ton. They are all honorable men, and t
their only fault is that they are wrong {
They have SO far made {
several mistakes in appointments, but :
the mistakes did them more harm with
their own patty than they did with
their opponents.
The chief of police threatens to in
woke the bicycle lamp ordinance. This ,
Is great move in favor Of the dea' ers 8
in bicycle lamps and will make u de-
m nd for goods they have been unable s
to sell for some months past. A bicycle ;
lamp Is of no earthly use to any one, as |
none have teen made that are any good t
except 10 ornament wheel at night, I
smoke aud smell bad and cause the {
owner to use many Guss words. AS far t
as showing anyone a good path they /
are delus.on and snare. and the 1
sleepy driver OF an express wagon
links he has full right TO the streets {
and does not have 10 turn out for BIZ {
cycle rider, lamp or no lamp. s
Now that the chief OF police is going
to enforce the bicycle lamp ordinance. q
let him look over the ordinance Scrap :
pile and sea if there is not some old I
ordinance governing the drivers of eX- l
press wagons and burro carts. AT dull .
times in the day the drivers Of express :
wagons drive up to the different cor
ners in town and stop in any position : :
on street crossings, or probably two or =
three wagons side by SIDE, and there !
they stand blocking up the street eros
sings against pedestrians, or drivers or
riders of other vehicles. After short
nap they may start off in any direction I
without regard to the road rights Ct L
other people. The cycler must take
which way to turn out to prevent a col i.
lls:on. Regu'at the people as well
as the rider Ct the bicycle and every
thing will be forgiven, |
Hose Company No. is going to be
in that race next Thursday. Hose No.
is entirely composed of volunteers
and they are having the truck former
~ used by No. 2's, repaired and will !!
have a team for the purpose on that
day. They viii he ready for the run {
at the Shut building on San Antonio /
street and say they will bsat the No.
rs hose cart or bust trace III the eff
fort. The rivalry that is going on be- I
tween these two companies is attrac-
ting the attention of the department s
and is caus ng both companies to use I
extra exertions to beat each other to
the fires.
The readers of the HERALD and es- '