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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-29
PROPOSITION No. ELEVEN
NO

Shall Section 20, Article v of the
existing charter Of the City OF
Brownsville. Texas. relating TO the
City Manager be repealed, and the
following proposition and provision
be enacted and adopted as part Of
the charter Of the City Of Browns
Vile:
The Commission shall appoint
a City Manager who shall be the
administrative head Of the NUM-
cipal government, and shall be
responsible for the efficient ad-
ministration OF all departments; he
may or may not at the time Of his
appointment be a resident Of the
City Of Brownsville, but shall i'm
mediately establish his residence
within the City upon accepting the
office. He shall hold his office 1t
the will OF the Commission.
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YES


PROPOSITION No. SEVENTEEN
Shall Section 81, Article " of the
existing charter OF the City OF
Brownsville. Texas. relating TO Of
fetal bonds, be repealed. and the
following proposition and provi-
sion be enacted and adopted as
part Of the charter OF the City OF
Brownsville:
The City Manager and the per-
son or persons exercising the duties
az City Treasurer. and City Tax
Collector, shall give official bonds
IN such sums as may be prescribed
by the Commission from time TO
time. Such bonds shall be payable
TO the City OF Brownsville, and
shall, in each instance. be condi-
toned for the faithful discharge Of
the duties OF such respective Of
fees. and for the faithful ac-
counting for all moneys. credits
and things OF value coming into
the hands OF such respective Off
GERS. Such bonds shall be pro-
cured from some regularly accred-
tied surety company authorized 70
do business under the laws OF the
State Of Texas.
The City Manager shall have the
right TO require official bonds from
other appointive officers OF the City
In such amounts and conditions as
he may deem best for the eff
cheney on the public service.
All official bonds shall be ap-
proved by the Commission and
filed and recorded with the person
exercising the duties Of City Clerk.
and all premiums on such bonds
shall be paid by the City or
Brownsville.
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YES
PROPOSITION No. THIRTEEN
NO

PROPOSITION No. THIRTEEN
Shah Section "a. Article W OF the
existing charter OF the City OF
Brownsville. Texas, relating to
Board OF City Development, Pub
lie Library, etc, be repealed and
the following propositions and pro-
visions be enacted and adopted as
a part Of the Charter OF the City
OF Brownsville:
The City Commission may n
nually appropriate moneys from the
General Fund o fthe City 10 the
aggregate amount Of not more
than five mills on each One Dol
lar valuation Of the taxable pro-
perty within the City in any one
year. for any or all Of the following
purposes, and the City Commission
shall have authority TO appoint:
i: BOARD OF CITY DEVELOP
MENT. Chamber Of Commerce. or
similar organization. devoted TO the
growth. development. improvement
and increase Of taxable values Of
said City, which may be composed
OF not less than nine members.
who shall be residents OF said CITY,
and who shall serve without COM
~pensation, and shall not be remov-
ed except for cause during the
term for which they are appointed.
The first board. II and when
appointed, after the adoption OF
this Amendment. shall be divided
into three sets OF equal number.
and draw lots: Those drawing
No. ! shall serve until December
81, 1881; those drawing No. . shall
serve until December 81, 1892. and
those drawing No. 3 shall serve I'M
I'll December 81, 1888: and each
year the City Commission may an
point members OF said Board 10
serve for three years TO fill va
cancies created by the expiration
OF the terms herein mentioned. All
vacancies caused by death, resig-
nation, and non-attendance of
more than three consecutive meet
ings. may be filled by the CITY
Commission for the unexpired
term The City Commission NAV
by Ordinance provide for general
rules and regulations controlling
said Board.
2. The establishment and main
tenance Of a municipal band or or
chestra, and the giving OF public
concerts.
3: The establishment and main
tenance OF a public library.
4: The ests olishment and main
tenance Of public hospitals.
5: The establishment and main
Scnance Of homes for orphans, in
firm persons and indigents.
8: Grants in aid OF any private
institution, organized and operat-
ing for any OF the foregoing pur-
poses, provided no public institu-
ton Of like character is then in
operation, and provided further,
that the grants In aid be expend-
ed under the direction Of the City
Commission for the public use and
benefit only.
YES NO
PROPOSITION No. FOURTEEN
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YES
PROPOSITION No. FOUR

NO. fOIh
Shall Section p, Article III OF the
existing charter OF the City OF
Brownsville, Texas, relating to
Rights Of City, be amended by
adding thereto the following pro-
position and provision. to be enact
ed and adopted as q part Of the
charter OF the City of Brownsville:
In addition TO the foregoing the
City shall have all the powers
enumerated in Article ITS Of the
Revised Civil Statutes OF Texas,
Rev. 1925. and all acts amenda-
tory thereof. and under any other
laws enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Texas, applicable to
cities Of more than five thousand
population, not in conflict with
the existing provisions OF this
Charter, and such provisions and
rights are hereby specifically ad-
opted"
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YES
NO
PROPOSITION No. SIXTEEN

PROPOSITION No. SIXTEEN
Shall Section 80, Article W OF the
existing charter of the City OF
Brownsville. Texas, relating TO
Nepotism, be repealed and the fol-
lowing proposition and provision
be enacted and adopted as a part
OF the charter Of the City OF
Brownsville:
mo person related within the
second degree by affinity. or with
in the third degree by consanguin-
ity, TO the Mayor. or any or the
Commissioners, shall be appointed
by the City Commission; nor a
person thus related to the City
Manager shall ever be appointed
by him to any office. position,
clerkship or service OF the City,"
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YES
NO
PROPOSITION No. FIVE

~ ANU. TIVE
Shall Amendment No. 4, Section
%, Article II OF the existing char
ter OF the City OF Brownsville,
Texas. relating TO Zoning be re-
pealed and the following PROPOSE
ton and provision be enacted and
adopted as q part OF the charter
OF the City OF Brownsville:
To divide the City into zones
for the regulation OF buildings
therein, and in each zone to estab-
lish building lines and to regulate
the location, height, dimensions
and material OF all buildings to be
erected, therein. with full power to
make different regulations and
building lines IN different zones.
and to regulate the purpose for
which the property IN said zones
NAV be used. and thereafter to
alter the same"
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

the City Commission OF the City
or Brownsville nc Its regular ses-
sion nc the City Hail OF tho City
or Brownsville. Texas, on the nth
day OF May. "A. i'd. 1891. and was
finally passed by q unanimous
vote or said Commission on tho
18th day OF May. "A. ID. 1891.
II. ID. RENTFRO
Mayor
Attest:
II. VAN HORN. City Secretary.
Now. therefore. !. r.. .. Rentfro.
as Mayor OF the City or Browns
ville and as directed by the above
and foregoing ordinance. do cause
said ordinance to be published In
The Brownsville Herald. R news
paper OF general circulation pub
lished III the City or Brownsville.
once N week for nc least three
weeks next before the day or said
special election: and also by caus-
ing a copy OF said ordinance Co bo
posted as a notice Of said special
election at the Central Fire Sta
ton. corner OF Tenth and Adams
Streets. named therein as the vot-
ing place OF said election. for INC
least thirty 600 fun days prior 90
the date OF said special election.
Witness our Official signature
this 18th day OF May. A. I'D. 1891.
r. u. RENTFRO
Mayor or the City on
Brownsville.
Attest:
III. VAN HORN. City Secretary.
6-1-0-l6-3t-A0A4
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YES
NO
PROPOSITION No. SIX

PROPOSITION No. SIX
Shall Section %. Article III OF
the existing charter Of the City OF
brownsville. Texas, relating Il
Initiative and Referendum, be re-
pealed and eliminated in its en-
tirety from the Charter Of the
City OF Brownsville:
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NO

PROPOSITION No. SEVEN
Shall Section "a. Article II OF the
existing charter Of the City OF
brownsville, Texas. relating to Re-
cau be repealed and eliminated in
It's entirety from the Charter OF
the City Of Brownsville:
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

fraud in elections and for the re-
count Of ballots. In case Of doubt
or fraud.
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YES

PROPOSITION No. EIGHT
Shall the existing charter OF the
City Of Brownsville. Texas. be
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PROPOSITION No. FOURTEEN
Shall Section 26. Article " Of the
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Thence along said dsgSee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-12
Guilty Silence

With due applause for its courage in exnosinp
manifold evils in law enforcement, the Wickershau
commissions silence on the outstanding example of
legal lawessness-the Mooney Billings case-can not
be justified.
The commissions argument that it did its duty
in another report by calling attention to CALIFORNIA;
unjust law preventing new trials, is evasive The
argument that it is not empowered to review state
cases is specous. The argument that because par
don plea is pending it would be improper" to COM
ment is subterfuge.
The California law is bad, and in saying SC the
Wickersham commission discharged its obligations
in its report criminal procedure But that did
not absove it from comment upon the Iawessness of
the Mooney Billings prosecutions in its legal awess-
ness report-particularly when its own experts had
prepared a 5O0-page account covering just these
points in the California case
No one asked the Wickersham commission to re-
examine witnesses or retry Mooney and Billings. It
was asked to include, with several score of other
open citations, the examples of third degree" per-
jury and other unfair practices that infested the
Mooney-BlingS trials from beginning to end
BY citing the case of the sick Denver woman, Mrs
OLaughlin, victim of the third degree and many sim
liar cases in many different states without mention
ing what happened to Mrs. Mooney Tom Mooney,
Billings, Nolan and Weinberg, the Wickersham
commission proved the hypocrisy Of its silence on the
nations test case Of legal lawlessness.
President Wilson in 1918 sent a special commits
sion to California to report on the conduct of these
trials Far from considering it an improperly" to
intervene, President Wilson asked the Governor to
save Mooney from the moose. The Wilson commits
sion's report rang with indignation at what it found
in California.
THE feeling Of disquietude aroused by the
Mooney case must be Needed" said this commits
SION For if unchecked, it impairs the faith that
our democracy protects the lowliest and even the I'M
worthy against false accusations"
The fact is not changed by Hoovers silence and
the Wickersham commissions evasion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-12
LOCALIZED Larceny

Of course the police judge who ruled that
betting on baseball pools is not gambling
was right. 1t is just plain, unadulterated
larency of the pennies of the poor.
Unfortunately that decision turns loose
these foul birds Of prey upon the most de-
fenseless portion Of our population.
In times when desperation drives many
to take chances" of winning a few dollars
in these so-called lotteries, the decision is as
vicious as it is contrary to common sense. 1t
probably would be found contrary to sound
law in other courts farther removed from
police court atmosphere.
Those who buy these tickets believe that
they are gambling. The men who sell them
know that they are not, because there is no
element of chance involved Those who buy
have no chance at all to win
For the most part the hackers of these
so-called pools take the money Of the victims
and give little or nothing in return When
"honest," they keep at least three-fifths Of all
the proceeds of the ticket sale. Among the
more larcenous, the percentage grows less.
Now the judge, listening to the legal plea
Of a lawyer who most often is found upon
his bench in his absence, sets free those
caught by the police And in other days the
police showed little interest in catching
them.
The result will be that larceny is legal
lied and that many hundreds of dupes each
day will take their difficult dimes to these
vultures in the hope of getting little money.
1t means that the forces which must care
for the needy and the unemployed must find
more dollars for charity. 1t means that the
office of the township trustee will be COM
PEELED to find much more money for the
hungry.
It means that law becomes a farce when
greed becomes arrogant enough to obtain
fne-haired determinations in legal decisions
and receives letters of marque to continue
its piracy upon the poor
The only hope is that the police will not
be discouraged, but will continue the raids
and the trials until a different legal deter
mination is reached and some way is discov-
cred to control legally the boldest of lar
cenies.
Every legitimate business in the city
must suffer if this decision is not overthrown
by one that recognizes theft in whatever
form it may appear.
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Emergency Funds


Under rather preposterous bit of legal logic the
attorney general of the state has opened the way for
payment of $4,000 for cleaning" the statehouse.
True local firms which were refused an oppor-
tunty to bid declare that this is at least $4,000 more
than would give them reasonable profit. That
much, they say, is waste.
Ironically, the payment is to be made from the
emergency" fund of the Governor, a fund which the
Governor calls "his" money to do with he peases
Just what emergency existed that was not present
when the legislature in session three or four
months ago may be obscure ITO the ordinary citizen
looking for economies in tax spending. The Cover
nors lanitor and the offices of two Democratic state
officials which gave approval, may know just what
that emergency Perhaps it had to be done in
the manner under which the contract let in order
to keep Indiana firms from putting Indiana citizens
the job.
The incident may prove worth while If it warns
the people who pay of the necessity of carefully
scrutnizng candidates for all Offices and accept no
party labels as proof of anything.
The next legislature would do we'll to abolish all
so-caled emergency funds in the hands of any official
and retain control of the purse strings as was in
tended by the Constitution.
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The Cuban Revolt

Whatever we do in regard to the Cuban revou-
ton will be wrong. That is because the treaty re-
sponsbiities of the United States to Cuba are con-
Trajectory
Under the Plat amendment agreed to guar
antee Cuba against foreign aggression and also to
preserve the liberties of the Cuban people. The
first is easy the second impossible The only way to
protect Cuans from the tyranny of local dictators
is to set up American military dictatorship which
in itself is a violation Of the Cubans' right to self
government.
In announcing that it has no present intention
of intervening with troops, the state department is
acting wisely.
But it should not stop there 1t should Withdraw
its diplomatic support from the terrorist regime of
President Machado. This action should have been
taken long ago. Machado's survival has depended
for long time on the financial aid of Wall street
and the active help of the state department. No
Cuban government can survive long without Wash
ington's approval.
Why the Hoover administration has continued to
give aid and comfort to of the most ruthless
and savage relationships of modern times is one
of the mysteries that only congressional nvesti-
cation could solve.
Whatever the answer, the time has come for the
state department to make clear to the Cuban people
that they can set up a government of their own
choosing without military diplomatic interference
from us.
Second the state department should announce
in line with the Platt amendment and the Cuban
American treaty-that it will give diplomatic recog-
milton government regardless of political party
or Wall street agreement which fails to observe the
constitutional rights of the Cuban people
Unfortunately the leader of the present revolt
ex-President Menocal, has record almost as bad as
that OF Machado. Nothing in his record or in his
latest revolutionary proclamation indicates that he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-12
Just Every Day Sense
MISERY loves company, they say. So doe
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

MISERY loves company, they say. So does the
Iva farmer And today he has plenty
Not long since, when the price of everything ex-
cept farm produce was sky high it was interesting
to listen to the dissertations of certain city men
about the farmer and his problems.
1t was said that he did not sufficiently appre-
cate the great American liberties he enjoyed that
he was a rebel and too prone to complaints. He was
urged to conserve, to lessen his acreage to raise
more pigs, to work longer hours.
1t nothing unusual to hear group of big
Conference Men" decry the of the automobile by
the farmer
HE stays in town too much" they said HE
spends too much money on picture shows and other
frivolous pastmes. Let him get down to good honest
labor and everything will be fine again"
Indeed, of all the gifts that the American farmer
has enjoyed in the past The advice of city guys has
been the most generous. They would admit unctouS-
ly that he was the backbone of the nation, but as
a general thing you know backbones just give service
and no bother at all
Any walls from the soil were holly resented and
as heatedly protested.
TODAY, however with all prices at a new low
4 lever good many men. are beginning to under
stand the farmer much better Oil men, for in
stance are in the same uncomfortable position the
son OF the soil, and for the first time are suffering
like him from overproduction and low prices
And they are raising their voices in the same
sort of S. O. S. calls that once heard only from
the hll-bily regions They, too, are engaged in the
business OF feeling sorry for themselves
Manufacturers, producers of all sorts of COM
modities, find themselves in the farmers predcament
Ihey dare not cease operations altogether They
can merely go on, the agrculturist has done for
so long producing at a loss.
1t is to be hoped that this general business slump
Will teach us a lesson We never should have for
gotten. There can be no actual prosperity unless
1t is shared by the farmer. All other kinds are in
lated. false and. IN the end. disastrous.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-The depression"
is still with us. Most every one adj
mits it. but very few have a remedy.
Samuel Crowther, a writer on
business and economic conditions,
well and favorably known to most
readers, has an interesting article
in a. late issue of the leading weekly
magazine entitled "Liquidating De-
presSions.'
Crowther in substance says: ODE
pressions do not stop themselves
they must be stopped. The best way
to stop a depression is to choke it
to death with money" This can be
done, he says, if the Federal Reserve
bank can be prevailed upon to
change its policy Of boarding gold
and keeping such a tight rein on
the borrowings of country banks.
Many rural communities are
trading wheat for farm machinery
and building material. Other COM
munities are trading cotton for
chewing gun-conf1rming Crowther's
theory that money is not available
to carry on ordinary business trans
actions.
SMALL TOWN CITIZEN.
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food was based on the fact that
the tissue of the fish contains p41os-
phoruS as does the human brain.
The great naturalist Agassiz
therefore decided that we ought to
eat more fish in order to provide
more material for building brains.
Fortunately, phosphorus is present
in so many foods that one need
not overeat fish or any other food
to get what he needs.
Iron is one mineral which occurs
in the body in relatively small
amounts, but is nevertheless highly
important to body health.
The average man needs about
one-fourth of a gram of this sub
stance a day to keep the body sup
piled fully. .One-fourth of gram
is about one-eighteen hundredth of
an ounce. That is not great deal
of iron.
One could almost get the amount
he needed by sucking a rusty nail
Nevertheless, manufacturers and
promoters of various foods have ex-
plotted iron because scientific
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obtaining that you have to find out
whether your potentially rich man
is living with his wife and whether
he has any children or bad debts
or Liberty Bonds of that issue which
is tax exempt.
Then you must calculate the first
few thousands on the basis of 4 per
cent and on up. It couldn't be done
in your head, and I doubt that it
would be polite to ask your host for
paper and pencil.
But maybe I haven't been quite
fair to Mr.. Thompson. Early in the
book, on a page I inadvertently had
skipped, an easy method is Sug-
geSted for ascertaining whether your
friends are actually rich and smart.
Speaking of such words as Climb
ers" and "snobs," MIR. Thompson
writes:
These epithets are always ready
to the hand of the slack giving, un-
couth man, who is more comfortable
in bad society than he is in good
society, and he loves to throw them
about.
You know that man? He stands
out in the commences and indie
cency of the street as you go up
to knock at the door of smart
house and shouts, 'Snobv"
OF course, I would like it fine,
but truthfulness co1npels me to adj
nit that I never met him. Whether
I like it or not, shall have to con-
tinue to seek health in good works
and deep breathing.
copyright. 1881. by The Tines
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Questions and
Answers

What was the electoral vote and
the popular vote for Hoover and
Smith in the 1928 presidential cleo
tiOns?
Hoover received 81 1892, 100 popular
votes and 444 electoral votes. Smith
received 15,016,443 popular votes
and 81 electoral votes.
How much did it cost to produce
the motion picture, ''HelPs AngeIs?"
It is said to have been the most
expensive photoplay ever made, and
cost approximately $4,000,000.
How did Sing Sing prison in New
York get its name?
It was named for the Sing Sing
creek in Chemung county, New
York. The origin of the name is
not certain. Some authorities hold
that it is an Indian term meaning
place of a stone" Others claim
it was named for John Sing Sing,
a friendly Indian.
Where is the city of Tellicherry?
It is a seaport in British India,
in the Malabar district Of Madras,
on the Madras railway, between
Cannanore and the French settle
ment of Maize.
Who was the French ambassador
To the United States in 1918 and
who holds the post now?
Jean Jules JesSerand was ambas-
sador in 1918 and Paul Claudel is
the incumbent.