San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-28
TIE Daily liqht
THURSDAY. JANUARY %, 1897.
A CANDID CONFESSION.
The Express on Record-Which Shall
1t Be Judged By?

San Antonio, Jan. %, 1897.
To the Daily Light:
| have awaited with no little curios-
ity some comment upon leading edi-
torial published in the chameleon-hued
Express of the 25th, but observing
nothing in that line, at the risk of be-
ing declared officious 1 have determin-
ed to briefly review and call public at
tention to the glaring Inconsistencies
and ridiculous assumptions of the Wa
ter Works mouth-piece.
/ will premise by saying that in the
present municipal contest / am strictly
non-partisan-I feel like man with
out a party and without a candidate,
despite the multiplicity Of aspirants be-
fore the public. For each of the gen.
tIemen, individually, 1 have the most
profound respect and esteem, for each
Of the gentlemen, politically, 1 have
the most profound contempt, for nei-
Their has ever, so far as my knowledge
extends, possessed a particle of party
pride or principle which was not al
ways kept on tap, ready to be prosti-
tuted to any scheme of fusion" which
promised to advance their political
preferment or those Joined with them
in unholy alliance.
As is known to all The Express is
largely responsible for Mr.. Lewy's can
didacy. 1t sang his praises. and in
season proclaimed that he alone was
the Moses-the divinely-inspired lead
er-who was to guide the people and
rescue them from the slough of threat
ened bankruptcy into which the Ex-
press and those it stands for and rep
resents had led them. But Mr.. Lewy's
candidacy, for some reason not difficult
to understand, was not pleasing or
satisfactory to Mr.. Geo. Breckenridge,
and, 10! the string was pulled and forth
bobbed up, clothed in the raiments of
a long buried cadaver, Hon. Bryan
Callaghan. Thenceforth, the Express
had no words Of praise save for Bryan.
As a preliminary excuse or justifica-
ton for its treachery to Levy, the Ex-
press, in the editorial referred to. says:
The Express is already on record
as opposed to the policy under which
the present administration has con-
Quoted our municipal affairs and which
we must expect to be continued If the
Blmendorf ticket should be elected"
OF course il is. Is il not on record
also as opposed to every act and policy
Of the administration of the late Geo.
Paschal?
Did it not oppose with bitter and I'M
reIenting hostility the proposition to
issue bonds for the construction Of our
approaching sewer system?
Is it not on record also as opposed
to the reforms inaugurated by the late
Mayor Paschal, which eliminated in a
reduction Of Is per cent in water rates
to consumers?
Is it not also on record as opposing
with savage brutality every act Of the
late lamented Paschal which conflict
ed with the interests of Mr.. Geo. w.
Breckenridge and the Waterworks
company?
The Epress further says that
we know by experience that Judge
Cailaghan has the ability, the integri-
ty and the nerve to do what he belives
to be best for the city's interests"
Granted. But is Judge Callaghan in
failible? Is his judgment and that
of a coterie of his silk-sox conferes,
in solemn conclave assembled in a side
room Of the Menger bar, to outweigh
the combined wisdom Of the people and
the bitter lessons learned through the
hard school Of practical experience?
The Express will doubtless answer in
the Affirmative, but surely the voters
of San Antonio will not. The citizens
of San Antonio repudiated Judge CAL
laghan in no uncertain tones two years
ago. They win emphasize that YER
dict on the coming Sth of February.
The issue TO be settled on that in
wolves no question of sentiment nor
personality. 1t IS whether the tax
payers will again submit the control
Of the city government TO the hands
Of a man who at least has shown gross
extravaganza and lamentable igno-
rance and mismanagement in admins
tering the city's government. True.
his administration was marked by the
construction Of a handsome city hall.
the perfunctory and temporary i'm
provement Of a few streets and the
erection of few school houses. But
at what cost! Over $4,000 900 ex-