San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-02
TIE Daily tiq6t
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY ., 1897.
CAMPAIGN THUNDER.


Questions of personality or senti-
ment should not be permitted to. en-
fer i'm the sentiment of the pending
contest for the municipal offices. That
man who can best serve the people
and the city at large, regardless OF
his religion. his superior qualities as
"A good fellow" or his social pres
tige, should be elected, and every
candid unprejudiced man must adj
nit that of all the candidates named
Henry ElmendOrf is that man.
.
OF course, it is essential to q wise
and proper administration of the city
government that the mayor should be
sustained and supported by an INTEL
ligent and representative board of al
dermen. The gentlemen named on the
Emendorf ticket meet every require
ment.
Does it not look strange that Mr..
Levy and Judge Callaghan. who hold
official positions which yield them re-
spectiyely an annual income of from
$4,000 to 5000, should desire to give
them up in order to secure another
office the salary of which is only 3d.
GOO? There must be some other mo-
tive behind than that of pure unset
fishness or a generous desire to pa
triotically serve the people. Let cit
liens and taxpayers consider well this
action of Mr.. Levy and Judge Gala
CHAN before casting their votes for
either.
A mans religion should not be bar
TO his political preferment; and like
wise. it may be remarked, it should
not be seized upon as means to ele-
vate him to office. The sympathy
racket, and cry of persecution, will
not work with the voters of San An
tonic.
With the close of the present term
as district attorney, Mr.. Levy will
have held office in this city and county
six consecutive years during a resi-
dence covering q period of eight
years. That almost breaks the record
established by John II. Reagan and
Uncle Frank Lubbock. But they did
acquire citizenship before they asked
the people to support them for office.
Judge Calaghan's friends-and by
that is meant those who are his
friends for his many good qualities
and not because they wish to advance
their personal interests through some
political or official fayor-will best
serve him by opposing him in the
pending contest. His election as
mayor would be in the nature of a
personal calamity to himself and a
public calamity to the city. He holds
an honored and renumerative position.
His trueSt friends will bend every eff
fort not to disturb him in possession
of it.
When a man tenders you something
for nothing, beware of him. When a
man wants to resign n public office
which pays him from $4,000 to $4,000
n year to accept one the salary of
which is only $1,000 a year, beware
of him. There's "a niger in the
w0odpile" or a ''bug under the chip"
somewhere.
The Levy headquarters wear Il mar
tial air befitting the camp of n mill
tary chieftain. There is hurrying
to and fro. n rush hither and thither
by aids and cOuriers, beOkening an APP
preaching conflict which threatens
dire calamity or glorious victory. But
it is all Il four-fuSh. It's even money
Levy fails to run the race through.
IT, as Mr.. Levy charges. Judge Cal
laghan as mayor violated the law,
why did not he UIewy) as city attOr-
ney or as district attorney prosecute
him? Either Mr.. Levy made Il most
libelous statement or he has been
grossly derelict in discharging his Off
cial duties.
Mayor Eimendorf's record is before
the people. No one believes that he
is either a dishonest man or would be
guilty of a corrupt act. His admins
tEation, judged fairly and impartially
has been clean, conservative and judi
ciously administered. He has been
hampered by q lack of funds. occa-
stoned by the eKtravagance of former
administrations, which seriously Grip
pied the policy he had inaugurated.
and led TO criticisms neither merited
nor deserved. Failure to pay en-
ployes' salaries. of course. has been
one of the chief causes of complaint
hut surely he cannot be justly blamed
that the revenues were not collected
promptly. The fault should he placed
where Ii belongs-at the doors Of
those who withheld their taxes and
forced the city to SusDend cash pay
ments 1t may be added. that whatev,
or objections may be urged against
the alleged conservatism and MONACO
ton of MayOr Elmendorf. he has pro-
tected the interests of the taNDa yerS