San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-22
ASKED TO RUN
FOR MAYOR.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 2O.1S9i

your own inclination, you consented at
the earnest request of the Hon. George
Paschal, to permit the use of your
name as alderman, on his ticket, and
| after having been elected by the peo-
pie, you did, at the sacrifice of your
business interests, devote much of
your valuable time to the performance
| of your duties as alderman, and by
reason of your business experience and
| training, and answering fidelity to the
| interests of the people, you won and
| enjoyed the implicit confidence of Mr..
| Paschal, and became at once his most
loyal supporter; the most trusted of
his advisers, and his most efficient as
sistant in the crusades which he inau-
gurated on behalf the people of San
| Antonio, and that at the date of his
untimely death, you were, for these
reasons, selected by your fellow cili-
zens as his natural successor.
We also recall the fact that Mr.. Pas
chal with yourself as his trusted chief
lieutenant, convinced the citizens of
San Antonio, of the overshadowing
Importance of protecting and preserv-
ing the health of this and succeeding
generations, by providing this city
with an efficient system of sewers,
and that on Mr.. Paschal's death, the
task OF commencing and prosecuting
to a successful conclusion this great
work. in which the people have so deep
an interest, devOlved upon you, and
that you have, against constant and
bitter opposition, and under great
disadvantages, carried the work on
thus far, Notwithstanding the many OBJ
stacles which have been directly or
indirectly created and interposed by
corporate interests, known to have al
ways been unfriendly to sewers, and
by those who would prefer to see their
prophecies of failure come true, at
whatever cost to the people, than to
see the system a complete success.
We know that you have thus become
more familiar than any other one of
your fellow citizens, with the history of
this important work in all it's details,
and believing it's successful completion
can be safely entrusted to you, and
dreading the possibility of it's falling
into unfriendy or incompetent hands,
we would deem it a great misfortune,if
the people should lose the benefit of
your valuable experiences and services
until the completion Of this great i'm
provement which has already cost the
city several hundred thousand dollars,
and which will be a total loss unless
the system is fully completed, so that
it can be successfully operated. We
are not in favor of swapping horses
while crossing the stream.
We appreciate the efforts you have
made in many directions to practice
needed economies in the administra-
tion of municipal affairs, the great re-
ductiOn you have secured in the cost
to the people, of the city's water sup
ply, and of electric lighting for the
streets. We also fully realize that
every dollar which you have saved the
people in these and other directions
has been a loss of just so much lille
Ultimate profit to some corporation,
and that these various corporations,
and others having designs on the peo-
pies money, fearing still further econ
Omies, will strenuOusly oppose your re-
election.
We fully appreciate the fact that
during your present administration, the
country has been experiencing a pc
riod of almost unprecedented financial
depression. affecting all classes alike,
and that from this and other causes,
a large number of our property own
ers have failed to pay their taxes, and
that you have now to contend with
an insufficient revenue, and have there
fore been unable to meet promptly all
of the city's obligations or to carry on
street and other improvements to the
extent you would have wished, but we
do not feel that we can justly hold you
responsible for the failure of the peo-
pie to pay their taxes. We also realize
that in the construction of the sewers,
the streets have been unavoidable torn
up and that public travel has to some
extent, been impeded, but we feel that
we can well afford to suffer these tenn
pOrary inconvenience, in view Of the
permanent advantages that our people
will realize from an efficient sewer sys-
TEN.
We believe that a great majority of
your fellow citizens fully appreciate
the difficulties with which you have
had to contend during your present adj
ministration, and fully realize the i'm
portance of the numerous questions
with which the next administration
will have to deal, and therefore, repos-
ing the utmost confidence in your in
tegrity and ability, and moved by an
earnest wish that the people shall have
for another mayoralty term, the bene-
fit of your experience, and intimate
knowledge of, and familiarity with,
municipal affairs, we urgently petition
| you to become a candidate for re-elec-
ton as mayor of San Antonio, at the
| election to be held Feb. s, 1897, and we
not only pledfe you our loyalty and
hearty support, but we feel that we
| are justified in assuring you that the
voters of this city will give you album
dant proof of the high esteem in which
they hold you, and Of their apprecia-
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