San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-26
SAN ANTONIO HERSELF" AGAIN

Again the people OF San Antonio have
lifted themselves out of a bad, even vic
ious, situation. Again they have dealt a
blow to municipal disservice. again, u
in both cases, because San Antonio, po-
litically and consequently in other re-
spects, was relapsing into at least one
phase of the condition with which it was
afflicted for many years within the men,
DRY of the present generation.
1t was not desire to bring on such
a relapse that impelled the voters to
elect the Black administration. They
were frankly deceived by smooth-talllipg
politicians. That they were fooled then
is far less discreditable to them than to
the deceivers. But had the people of
San Antonio allowed themselves to be
msled in the recent election, the fault
would have been their own, and there
would have been little hope for efficient
government IN San Antonio or for the
material development of this city along
the lines that define its natural oppor-
tunities.
The victory of the Tobin ticket was
not, except in a narrow sense, a politi-
cal victory. 1t was, and is a victory in
broader, better sense 1t means that
the citizens of the states metropolis have
found themselves again. After brief
period of disservicc on the part of men
who promised everything and delivered
nothing, San Antonio is now to have a
business administration of its affairs
which is indispensable to the municipal
health of any people.
1t is personal and official victory, of
course. for Mr.. Tobin and his associates.
That fact is not to be minimized. Three
OF the candidates on the Peoples Ticket
have served the public for many years !;
how capably and satisfactorily, the out
come of the election attests.
But how will the outside world ap-
praise that outcome? Not so much in
personal as in institutional terms. In
Dallas: Houston, Galveston, FL Paso,
observers will say: "Well, San An
tonic has come to- again; now we'll
have to get move on ourselves" And
they will have sized up the situation &C
curately and comprehensively.
Prior to the Black administra ton, San
Antonio had an earnest of what city
can accomplish in its own interest.
The Black administration gave San An
tonic a set back But the voters had
not forgotten what had previously been
accomplished, or how it had been done
They knew that they owed nothing to
class-interest rule or to the zealotry of
fake reformers. Now, with their choice
made, they can reasonably prepare not
only for resumption, but for growth,
of the factors which were making for
municipal progress and material devel-
opment here just before the Black adj
ministration laid arresting hands upon
the city.
Not only will San Antonio have a new
confidence in herself, but the outside
world, upon which she is dependent in
various ways, cannot fail to observe that
her citizens have confirmed the progress
sive character which the city assumed
several years ago In other words, the
outside world will know that the be-
ginning of the change from an anti
quated to modern government was not
merely happen-so; that San Antonio
is neither temperamental nor sentiment
al, but is a city of stable, dependable,
progressive citizens.