San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-22
Has Enough of Politics and
Will Not Ask Re-
election.
MAY ALSO QUIT
Street Commissioner Thinks
....... Mayor Is
Cured.

That neither Mayor Black nor Street
Commissioner. William. y, Rieden will
be a candidate for reelection this
spring, was virtually admitted by the
street commissioner Thursday morn
ing. Reports that the mayor has fin
ally decided not to become candi-
date also were current at the city hall
and it is generally believed that his de-
cision is final in the matter.
"I'll tell the world. I've had enough
of politics during the. last GO days.
Commissioner Rieden said. MY
friends warned me before i went into
office what | might expect but |
didn't think it would be As bad as
this. Dirty politics is the deal which
has been handed me. No, l don't
think | am going to run"
Asked il Mayor Black had made up
his mind not TO run, the street com
missioner replied that he understood
that he has.
~The mayor, however" Commits
sioncr Rieden said, ''has not told me
so himself. my information is only
heresay, but ] believe he has given up
the idea of running"
Ricden Says He Lost Money.
In addition TO the discomforts which
have attended his incumbency. Com
missioner Rieden asserted that he has
really lost money by the deal.
Il am going out of office perhaps
$1,000 or $1,000 poorer than when l
went in" the street commissioner said:
81 would have made more money had
/ remained at my store where ] be-
long. Its donations to this and dona-
lions to that until at the end OF the
month a man has no salary left.
Even close friends of the mayor who
have held out hope that he would
eventually agree to run are understood
to have abandoned that hope thurs
day and it was reported that one
wager made by close friend of the
mayor was drawn down because
BLACK is not going to rum
1t has been known for some time
that those who would put up money
Tor campaign expenses and who sought
to bring out an administration ticket,
have been discouraging the mayor
political ambitions. They are under
stood to have come out openly ana IN
formed the mayor that his chances Tor
reelection have dwindled considerably
in the last go or 90 days and that he
could not possibly hope to win against
Sheriff John W. Tobin who is the can
didate for mayor on the Wright-Lam'
bert ticket.
Little Success Toward Ticket.
Since that time these same people
have been making frantic efforts to
form a ticket without the mayor, and
il is generally understood that they
have met with little success. listrlc'
Attorney ID. A. McAskill is said to be
the prime mover in the effoRt to form
the ticket and he even has admitted
that great difficulty has been expert
enced, 1t is easy enOugh TO get
ticket, the district attorney is SAID to
have remarked. but it is not easy to
get n ticket which would have any
show against the one already an
nounced by the Bexar county sheriff
Latest efforts are said to have cen
tered on a man who at one time was
mentioned as a possible candidate on
the Wright-Lambert ticket but VINO
was not thought to have suiflciehl
strength to win. If he were selected
now. it is generally believed. he would
stand less chance than had he run on
the Wright-Lambert ticket, as ne
might have had the support of part
of the courthouse crowd. As it now
stands. however. the courthouse Is
solidly behind Sheriff Tobin and he i
presenting formidable front which
has had a deterrent effect upon q
large number of men who otherwise
would have had political aspirations.
One of the strongest organizations
ever gathered for political fight has
been perfected by Sheriff Tobin and
! his running mates during the last twc,
weeks. Headquarters will be opened
in the Kampmann building within the
fau- Iays