The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08
CAMPAIGN OF EDTCAr1ov

pasving the intersections Of streets \ Az oi
utter authorized to be paved.
CAMPAIGN OF EDuCATroN
Three citizens of high cbar,oto.
proved by the league, were opnoirtod an
this board OF public works. Tbns mi - |
important point was secured of guarantees.
"s IN advance the proper spending OF the
loan II It should he authorized
A fund for disseminating information wos
no" raised a headquarters was opened
tHe maps and plans were displayed, visitors
were invited and series of committees
were intrustcd With the work of changing
the sentiment OF the people. 1t was re-
soi'eu TO keep the work out of party\popi
ucs-a qlnictlt matter, in as much MS ono
OIL the prime movers in the improvement
proposition had now become the dep,ocr,.,..
candidate for mayor. i"''N
On sanuaiy the campaign was formal.
~ opened, From that day until February
! 10 euch OF the three daily papers in the city
Ter TO inform the voters In A cun,utafiva
iashion. series of meetings began with
one heid In the court house, ut which the
Whoie subject was carefully preserved nv
stereoptcon. The flth the had water
the unkempt and unwholesome surround.
lngs OF the town We're ruthlessiy set forth
tHoulations OF the deaths from typhoid
fever and diphtheria We're presented In con
trast with what should be the proper con.
ditions under modern sanitation Plain
words were used, and this first meeting
set people TO thinking who had hitherto
been Jeering at the movement This mret
ing was followed by two meetings a week
In different sections of the city. These
district meetings were In every case so ar
ranged as TO show pictures Of the i'm,
mediate localities, as well as the general
scheme Of water filtration, sewerage i'm.
provements and park creation, The natural
han Inc al IIpNn .1.r
| phaszed. At some meetings shower of
| questions greeteS the lecturers, many OF
| them from DIRECTORS. Some of them were
amusing. One man snid that his wife had
once put lump of alum In tub OF blulng
| to clear the water and the alum had set
| the blue color in the weeks washing He
didn't want any water filtered by the aid
of alum
The women of the city have civic club,
and this organization did good work. It
| held meetings OF It's own aud carried on
| an undercurrcnt of investigation and educa
| ton. The names of men opposed TO the
movement were canvassed, and they were
! visited and argued with. Only one news
| paper and that mino: weekly, was in
| prejudiced opposition to the movement; and
| matter favorable to reform was admitte1
| to its columns only by paving advertising
| rates.
BUSINESS MEN ENLISTED.
In addition to the newspaper work the
press committee prepared an abridged edi
ton in pamphlet form of the report Of the
experts. including maps and diagrams 1t
was called THE Plain Truth About the
| Proposed improvements for Harrisburg
! BY high school boys from every voting pre-
| cnct a distribution OF these pamphlets was
made to each house. followed twice a week
by other literature bearing on the subject.
Through the committee on co,opera non
every clergyman In the city was written 20
| and many were individually called upon
| They were addressed by a competent speak
| CIR at their weekly meetings as body. ~
| physicians and attorneys, as well as TO
| every social, financial and secret organHa
| tlon in the city. Visits were made TO all
employees OF labor and in each case every
| effort was made to cause investigation ana
| study. so that the truth should DC known
| and the prejudice of ignorance dlsspated.
| The men of the campaign committee were
| all active business men, but most OF them
| gave very scant attention for mohth 70
| any private business and not one OF iheSc
| enthusiasts was ever too much engaged IN
| his own pursuits to talk, or to write or 10
| speak in favor of the proposed improve
| ments MONDAY meetings were held IN M
| dustrlal establishments at when speakers
| in many cases addressed their WORK people
shutting down operations for mat purIo5Tr,
| A statistical expert discovered that inc
| sixty citizens who had originally contributed
the fund for making the investigator D einS
' themselves less than one,SlGht hHuHtttu,ps
| of the population, paid fully one elGhln ei
all the taxes in the city Ihus the eMll
assumed a distinctly a;truistic appearance
! which went far TO answer the usual cry M M
had boen raised by tLoSe opposed TO any
| Improvement of the rich against the poor.
| During the campaign the democratic can
didate for mayor T Snt t 2Pen rsspnblcan can
didate refused to make any statement. hnh
IL was generally understood that the r.
publican 'machne was h6,y TlnH' these copd
tions changed somewhat, and both 9oullcnl
machines Instructed their "worSets en-" or
to keen hands 6 on 1T tn The Dolls But the re-
publican candidate still maintained DIS
| neutral position: . rooobnd
| On the Saturday evening preceding the
Tuesday election. great mass me neeu .a,
was held. which was addressed oy me GOV
a rabbi, an ex-State senator and GthGir ns
| Near the close of this meeting IInsi i
campaign song was sung aud the cro ROY. M hg
came entSS mus f6d turnns point Of The cam
| nairn with many of the more lhaiHeI,eutt
voters That same SATURDAY nignt a s lnS'
and clinchng argumieih1,, pt .ttThe Harrisbure
| PLAN was placed in every mouse III la
| town In it, the movement was IG oldi,,' and
by the Catholic bishop OF tns ny Eli tho
| Protestant denominations. On Su''I W.
three.fourths Of the clergymen o. l hcorino
| either preached sermons elrecttt ,,Ir "a
! mon the question or adverted stF r,,s io,S
/ II In the course of their remarks me le5 ~
Ing Methodist preacher held m S}l cbrr tS1
| men only on Sunday afternoon IN ms yhoidIy
| ~ which he presented the matter Dolby
and strongly as moral @o c0n shnw w 1s
| Given on the street at the most cent"
| point In the city.
SUCCESS AT LAST.
Now for the result. In n total OF ll'uto
votes cast upon the question of increasing
the debt. the proposition for the increase
scored majority of $500. But seven pre-,
cincts out of thirty-seven voted against tne
loan. Although the Municipal League kept
carefully out of party politics the demo
cratic mayor who openly favored me inp,
provcments was elected by n majority !"
1850. together with a republican city comp
| ,,lior and n democratic city treasurer
both officials Of known efficiency ana ~,
| tcgritv who sought reelection: anu lHtse
| RECEIVED maiorltles almost equivalent
thnt OF the mayor Voters lroppeh paIM
/ sanship and voted for measures anu MI
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