The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-30

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attorney, and urged his hearers to vote
Colonel Holts election" said he means
an increase OF 10 per cent on your city val
ues. nm Increase o. 1000 population In two
years, the bringing of new industries to
Houston and tie redemption of Houston
from the stigma that rests upon her good
name.
"People from the country won't come here
without guns. They have heard of our
municipal mlsmanagement and Of people
( being robbed and shot down on the streets.
They hear Of these things and won't come
10 Houston If they can help 1t.
When Thad Holt is elected the buns,
boodlers and booze killers will have to so
! to work Go to the polls on Tuesday and
the most splendid service you could pos
/ sibly perform for Houston
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When Mr. Archer presented to the audi
ence Mr., j. NJ Coleman the ovation that he
was accorded must have been gratifying to
him as being in the nature Of a vlniication
OF his character so ruthussly assallcd. He
PREPARED his remarks with an allusinu to
the attacl made upon his personal charlc'
t.r b. the organ o, he opposition. they
had charged him ri every crime under
The sun except vo.ag With hat crowd.
Mir. coleman lueu .u.era1 iutu tn" Issues
Of the cauplieH and ~ a stthA o. ho''
Gra saItusm ran over III Hu's4t .etH.l-
t.nu.4 OF I. r1., blowing the mla|Ah'Te
Iauu OF tl O.. Hvu Har iu.4tlF t- y. a'.4
DC Gaapp.aanoe o.. he a1yns. INC g9st,S
sInu o.. Hr a'"l tOa@h t' 'Ht ca.
r',.'., U..a he ets nal rain, uua iN-
tLifl,. ~ .... .c... line. IA .t# nee .. + IN PC
'Ao 8cut4s ia. uH.c loH o. tAt o.. ~
fnnt uuttrwls. aupWn the water com
puu. the pH,.aso OF lot Of guhes WIZ. IN
yfrl aa.i RIO. park, 4 moak y rtseIl 'U Oh
n. ,I.u.ut0r, hat ,0uld not cremate a JACK
fahhu. school hai dngs mat couid nor oe
heated, a PRESTON Of a school poaII ~ ~
yoc9fing the pelpttu ton OF m adm'hlSlrN
tlon tb1t now owed the school teachefs
three months salary, a legal dcpar'msnt
that cost the ci y SIS 600, and many Vtuet
things Of interest to the Taxpayer az on
} Which were enthusiastically received ~
/ tho audience. which was thoroughly IN
/ sympathy with the spirit Of the, occasion.
When he reached the leggi uepqiTTsu t t"Id
how they permitted MIR. sam to use some
of the furniture Of the ofhcet but naa inel
/ three clerks for him, How Mr.. Stt%a[tl
MAYOR and see that he made no mistakes,
/ how they paid Mr. Burke and Mr. hehntuy
$500 each for an opinion apiece, anu now
| trey PAID ur. braahear sod 20 tvh thc.ll
| how TO sign a set of bonds and 500 TO cover
| his expenses to Austin to ma out from
! the attorney general that he ha4 eNch
them the wrong kind OF advice IN the nut
Going back to the days when Mr.. Stewart
/ was city attorney, Mr.. Coleman calleu AZ
I tcnti0n to the amending of the city chaF ser
SO tbat Mr. stewart could get per cent for
I collecting back taxes, and ne quoleu rom
! the record to show that WITHIN TOUR guy
after the signing Of the charter lI .a,
hill by the governor Mr., stewart nleu oFer
/ 1000 tax suits as against less than my
filed by him during his term OF ofhce pc
fore. And as to that amendment Mr, Coie,
man produced the senate journal OF the
Twepty-hfth legislature showing that as
originally introduced the bill prepared 10y
Mr.. Stewart and his friends gave the city
tt ax ca ses but nat senator Burns forced
them to reduce it TO per cent before ne
would let It pass. .,.o, a., ordl.
nance passed by the city council IN le2t
forbldding any officer Of the city 20 remit
any portion of the taxes due the city or %
the fees incidental t., their collection s o 4hp
nance-ln violation of law-the city couhvi'
on January 20. 1902. compromised ana ~ e
mittod portion OF Mr. steMaE' '"Sv 81
IN order that he could settle with the cssS
without cash, and be In position 70 run
Getting down to the sorry of NJ stew toy,
arts candidacy, Mr. Coleman reclted now
the leaders Of the Stewart faction hGd
called on Colonel Holt one night ahd IN ~.
dorSed him. and the next day asheu iUp
q division of the Offices and conu9un, ,',i
OF the reign OF spoliatiou they had lnap
gurated. But Andlng that Colonel Holt
would not stand for this, these same people;
Mr.. Coleman declared went 10 stewart 'uu
called on him 10 RIM He demurred ne
cause of the condition OF MS taxes, ~
they said they could TX that lp an TEL ~,
They told him TO see II his mother ulu Lila "a
have a lot OF refunding pavement ceFua
cate coupons that he could turn IN III ~
Element of his account When ne eail In
their attention to the fact that those GOV
pons were good only for the year for Whlci
they were issued and in liquidation OF aput
ting property taxes he was informed lut
that could be nxed up, too as there Na,
, nobody on Main street who was dellhquehl
prior TO 1898 save the Stewart estate AZ.
they passed an ordinance on January ~
1902, =" continued MIR. Coleman, "proyldlhi
that those coupons nigh! be ,aaeceptsu 10
taxes delinquent prior to 1898, whelhel
on abutting property or not, or wDethe
they had mstured or not, and John stew
art on January 81, called on the city tal
collector for a statement Of his taxes an,
on January % 1t was furnished him b!
Mr.. Welsh.
: "And. mark you, that statement wa
/ made out to John Stewart. / call your at
! tention to this because the newspaper
) have not made 1t clear--the statement wa
made out 70 John s stewa,rt doo,sred
showed Mr. Stewart that he owed Sfoo
in back taxes, more than he had in s ssl
hnc0tes to liquidate, 50 Messrs, lul l
mittee. got together aud reduced m
amount TO $4,000 In violation OF the ordl
! nance OF 1897 which prohibited the remi'
! sion q any portion Of a tag indeoteunes
s 10 this city.
but this did not disturb the hnsne
committee" said Mr.. Coleman me
9 asked him II he couldn't make out 81
: for something he hsd done for. the eit
, way back yonder and for which ne ma
not been paid 20 make mp the nalsne'
! Forthwith he came MP With an account '
5 which he charged 10 per cent for collect
ting back taxes IN which appear l2s case
0 hied after the passage Of the per cen
: Garter aneadment. This aecepnt Ras