The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-24

was spproIohgeu tS To Keep MI. hicc standing
several minutes before the audience before be-
ling able to proceed with his address, Which
the applause subsidized he said that II had been
2 ctstom in this country that when people
honor an Individual with public trust they
husc rNht To demand an accounting from
BIN a. the end OF his ste hardship, Tonight
re was prepared u rerdei tlfat account Ne
was iOUd to he aIlt To perform this ,lu'y IN
toe Waitl IN which he was born ana 10 which
he had liked all hh life, when he took churg,
o. the AFFAIRS of this ciiy h found things IN
u chaotic condition rnG IN dpbt To ths aggpu-
gate amount Of ,o0o. with $40 00G of paprr
which lad been unlaWluliy issued nut ne
took tatc of II In order 10 protect the rty's
credit Wien the hHnhs of Tits city loaned
tho ity money on It's notes they took the risk
OF losing IL, but nc saw that they were prn-
teotca. This administration has been practl
oaliy tuEinesa Administrations when we as-
sumed tho reins or government VIC put our
shoulders TO the wheel We found that unicr
The laW No could rot borrow money on The
ctty's notes, and the only thing to be done
WAS TO Issue scrip, Tor which VIC are now
eoing condemned by the opposition. IT was
the hest and Gully Thing that could be done
epd The only way to meet tho cSlgcnclcs q
the situation. II the city had million dol
lars he would stlll continue to issue scrip, us
1t was tho hest system Of bookkeeping he ever
saw, lie knew II 10 be fact that "a ner rent
ri this scrip had been taken at par, His op.
pon9ht had aaid that he had received S,50o.-
001 As . matter of fact, he lad received but
81 .69.N0t from all sources
Mr. Brashcar claimed TO no the father u
the salary system, when, rs n matter of fact,
Alderman Street year aud half ago, nd
Nosated inc salary system Rnd insls'ra upon
p..ns plaren VI M .na,ttGLrr, Witn LOU WEI
~ Nuulu HlNN pe,H ihp"He'h't W nav "uoi-
ishel the foe syetcn hence the mater wns
settu ifue nt,"'t 9unl ~ tsi''ui mn NO ~,
would run for mayor
lu the work OF paving the administration
had done all u could do and had Cotton 20
-, n "n "a .,' A. . h'i,,'llt9 " ggV""" q" ~
elntter como DC nxsa ~ pSrh,t "a u S,uons
~, tl'ha tVW,,'l,''sii'' '9 '"tn "o,'.i,'o'1"
a w ~ H. ny ,, III, ~ ~. az hp,
,'", ~. ~, w ~ a,'t ~ w gn Ga ' b
,o,i,,od ", n'i, V No. MD me tbnt a'r,ry
hn''t.u 10 WIZ l,,u1e ptih1 W"s '"u' i5
,,nln, No sngo. ~ s,nndai AZ nry NOT ~
sn,,,cd Thn snatin,, I'm ma hosr ,ca,,,.rd
III so mo ana hrfnrc mo cics, M mo oamInis
itaitfn he civ wot,l1 be on a rnsb hnsig
Tbrre wote arn,a ,,bo cbarvsd hin, with
,teurntny III. ,uthnrlty al tbe heads of do
nni,,%aptr tIo Md sitonIv insisted unon tbcn,
dnIrr their duty md nv lang as no was MAYOR
ha nt,nosnd to oonttntin 10 dn tbts else he
womb consider tbnt he was rearean. to Ms
ewnrn any
ristin q White was tba n.,t snAai,ar NJ,
said he ,rar onlv horc IL uyIFe 81 c,r,,pnn.
cy,I,,ii,y ,oik IL thaltonaad nnv ona Ia az
sert md prove thui this decentralization hh1
moi carried out every promise Il had made two
NrHl. aye aud people had better tie To tnat
which lind been ,ricd than to fv TO that which
vpA nj begt nm experiment In reference to
the strike there were two sidee ot il, I'D WAS
inclubor Of the strongest iplor organisatio
did no, believe that $40 GnS WIS too much
for man TO feed his vile aud babies on lie
had not worked FOR such vnEes since he was
Il years old
He was not labor agta'or but he believed
IN right and Justice 10 all classes He bad
suffered probably more than amy one In the
abolition of the tee system. tut n stood 1t
witkt NJ 4 GuInur and MAS sem hrN,lug for
his friends md would continue to do so 70
the last ditch
Mr. J NJ. Coleman was then introduced We
snid be wis glad 60 see the ovation that had
been gvou the man who would ho The next
mayor OF Houston. Public npmion, he said
WIS nOihng more than the consensus of
Individual opinion, and 80 was public ap-
proYal and tho expression of public sentiment
was The expression of everybody opinion,
There were people In every community who
did a whole lot of thinking, hut never ex-
pressed themselves. They were drCups TO any
community. Mayor Rice was the only mayor
that Houston ever had who had devoted his
undivided attention 10 the business interests
OF the city Mr., Rice was elected unon his
record as county commissioner When he wsa
hrsl elected commissioner ne found tho cnuif-
~ In debt placed fine roads all oyer the
county, paid cash for them and left $4,000
cnmo in us mayor he found debt Of SiGS 0ol
which had been cut down 10 about 100000. lilo
was confronted With the decision OF the SUI
prcme court changing the method OF street
Improvement. and yet he had The chGrtor so
changed as TO he able to build three miles OF
the hest pavement Houston ever had, and at
L,
with mile and half yet uuder contract
Tho opnonpnfs of Mir Rice charged him
with burdening tho people with taxation.
lioustons assessment IN round figures was
about s2L 00o, 200 II required slS0nO every
year TO provide the interest and sinkng fund
to takc care OF the public debt This WAS
about Ills of per cent on the $tOOa, or n
cents year to he paid by every citizen who
owned $i0Q0 worth OF louston pronerts. md
this look like bankruptng anybody And
for nh this the people had gotten four and
one-half miles OF street having completed md
under contract which md incrrased their !
property valuation from 10 10 20 por tent
IL the small propcrty owner who has b,t n !
$1,000 home win forcro Tho nnrchns,nr NJ
Two plugs of Horse shoe tobareo In n yoer |
In order TO save tho N cents of hon5 t,s 10
viii be able 10 INV FOR his imnrnye s'N
which has enhanced mo yame al h,si nrnnert,
M least 20 pcr cfr,t md ypt thev t,,i ~ ,hast
the issuing Of thcse bonds Il 4 eonason,Son
OF the poor mans property. peonIc en- ma
don't want The streets in9nroycd hnra3ns -
makes tbrir nronrrty MARI vslnnhla ana ~. =.
have 10 nav NOR. iaxcs on n smch rsnni Wv. =, !
these bnd hotter moys om, mo ~, p c.n' as
whero ihev hcionr cn,,,n,,, No, ,,w uou',ry;
Iis,on 10 the h,rds sing 'rhe, ~ "f, WI nnu
ness i,vlpe In n civ 49, '''' NV ""s'-
Years ano ',he ~ .o,,,, ,s,o ,,.,,-s..,.,
out any rsstretions thpown srnn a', ,h WIN,
49, s'i'"H niH"uu 'hrHi