The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-20


London, January 18.-The death is
announced of Sir Daniel Menu, presi-
dent of the Royal Scotch academy and
well known as a portrait painter. He
was aged Is.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
Paris, January 17.-In the chamber
of deputies, yesterday, General Cam
pelnoa, minister of war, stated that the
proposed notifications of the military
system contemplated a reduction Of
the term of service to minimum Of
three years, with a more equitable dis
tribution of the burthens of military
service. 1t was, he said, proposed to
reserve a special corps for service in
Africa. He asks for power to call out
reserves without sanction of parlia-
ment. 81. e. .... -- .&EG
AMERICAS FOOD SUPPLY.
London, January '1S.-Mr. Henry
Stafford Northcote, a member of par
lament, who recently returned from
America, addressing his constituency
at Exter, said he did not believe in a
decrease of American competition, in
the food market. 1t was idle, he said,
to talk of exhaustion of American
lands. The supply of lands for years
in the northwest will be boundless.
Referring to the trade question he
said that it was undoubted that only
very small free trade party exists in
the United States, but that it included
the philosophical, political thinkers.
The workmen of America, ne said, still
share in the delusion that protection
and high wages are synonymous. He
believed that if the United States shook
off protective trammels it would be-
come the greatest manufacturing
country in the world.
ENGLISH CONSERVATIVE LANDLORDS
AND LIBERAL TENANTS.
London, January I8.-Earl Gray
has written a letter to Mr.. Downey,
the conservative candidate for the va
cancy in the house of commons for the
North Riding of Yorkshire, declaring
that he cannot understand how all who
are interested in the land do not take
the same views as Lord Zetland, and
refuse to continue to support Glad
stone, who on every really important
occasion acts against the opinions of
all the whig leaders of the day. This
detection of a large land owner from
the liberal ranks, it is considered, win
give the election importance, especial
ly in view of the fact that number of
tenant farmers who have hitherto vot-
ed as conservatives have promised to
support Rowland, a liberal tenant
farmer candidate. An opportunity
will thus be afforded on a small scale
of Judging how the growing importance
of the land question has affected the
old division line of parties.
"A CITIZENS REFORM" is the name
the Houston Post gives to the inde-
pendent movement. The Houston
Post proposes that:
"For the time being it is demanded
as practical necessity that the repub-
licans shall pull down their flag; that
the greenbackers shall refrain from
taking the stump; that the banner of
no man, as an individual, shall be re-
garded, but that all shall consent to
put off uniforms, discard badges, dis
own leaders, and simply meet upon
common ground as citizens bent on re-
forming the government Of the state.
On such plain and safe platform as
this, all republicans, democrats, greene
hackers, independents, 'Nothingarians'
may meet promiscuously and not rec
ognize the one in his neighbor the ear
marks of hostile or unsavory creed"
The Post illustrates its position by
citing the battle of Kings Mountain of
revolutionary memory, in which the
British were whipped by the concerted
assault of the people of the surrounding
country under their selected leaders.
This is a pretty strong illustration, but
it is good as far as it is applicable.
The o. a. and his forces are the hated