San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-13
RAIN HAMPERS
SPEAKING F Or
5TONER TICKET
Experience Acquired by
Candidates Shown in
Talks.
CROWD is SIN ALL
Repeat Promises Of Flood
Protection and Clean
City.
CROWD is SIN ALL

Confirming their remarks, more or
less, to a repetition Of the speeches
made on the preceding nights, candi-
ssdates on the Citizens ticket appeared
before q small gathering at the west
End pavilion Thursday evening. The
furry of wind and rain that swept
down on the city few minutes prior
to the time the speaking was sched-
uled to begin, drove the audience from
the open air to cover beneath the roof
of the dance hall.
Experience acquired during the pre-
ceding nights in making public talks
enabled the candidates to proiong their
speeches by saying the same things
by the use of more words. Since the
benches placed outside for the seat
ing of the gathering could not be oc-
cupied and but a limited number OF
chairs were available in the dance
hall, many of the audience were forced
to stand during the time consumed
by the speakers. :.
S. w. Scott presided and introduced
the speakers. L. B. Stoner, candi-
date for mayor, was the first
speaker.
says UppOcltiOu OCdfous
Mr.. Stoner said the opposition is
getting scared.
81 am glad to see that the best
people of San Antonio realize that vice
is making its last fight. 1t may not
be the last fight If we 80 down in
defeat-I forget-we are not going
down in defeat" he said.
Mr.. Stoner had previously said that
at the opening of the campaign he
used the word "if" in speaking OF
the outcome of the election. However,
as the campaign progressed, he had
quit using the word "if" and substi-
futed the word when" in speaking of
the things that he would do after the
election.
The speaker informed his hearers
that the members of the ticket were
not going to fight among themselves.
He reiterated his stand on flood pre-
vention and widening of the streets.
He declared that he would not grant
special favors or privileges. to any
man.
@When you are voting for this
ticket you are voting for the things
you stand for" asserted the candidate.
He repeated his remark of Monday
night, that he loved the city.
Vote the Ticket Straight.
Ed G. Koerps, candidate for COM
missioner of taxation, followed Mr..
Stoner, The time Of Mr.. Koerps'
speech was longer and the duration
of tho applause was shorter, the re-
verse Of the relation existing at the
opening Of the campaign at Beethoven
Hall.
The cause of the other candidates
on the ticket as well as his own can
didacy was espoused by Mr.. Koerps.
He stated that Herbert PEARS would
make a good fire and police commits
sioner because Mr.. PEARS had been a
captain in the army and that since
he learned how to handle soldiers at
Camp Travis he would be able to ham
die the soldiers of a municipality, fire
men and policemen.
The auditors were urged to vote
a straight ticket either one way or
another, by z. Guy LeStourgeon,
candidate for commissioner of santa
ton, parks and public property. "Cast
the ticket straight and show us which
side you stand upon, the good or the
bad element" Mr.. LeStourgeon said.
@vice is fighting hard with its back
to the well. Gambling is making its
last stand" Mr.. LeStourgeon said.
~There are two crises in San Anto-
MO, one a moral and the other a ply
steal crisis.
Mr.. Simpson Not Present.
II am not a great tooter Of Guy
LeStourgeon's horn. Some one else
will have to toot. However, / don't
think that much need be said about
me-
Herbert PEARS, candidate for COM
: missioner Of fire and police, was the
last speaker on the program. Willard
usapson, candidate for commissioner
Of streets and public improvements,
was not present. Mr.. PEARS prom
Used the voters that he would make
the present biennial cleanup campaign
an everyday affair until vice was
driven from the city.
1T Is cheaper to Paint. than not