The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-16
WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT.

Under the above heading the Austin
Statesman bases an article upon an excerp,
from the LIGHT regarding the failure of the
friends of COL Jones in the 10th district to
compliment Gov. Davis with their votes, in
view of the fact that the republicans of the
state gave Col. Jones their votes, over the
entire state.
Now the Statesman expresses itself virtu-
ously indignant over what it terms the Grade:
SO far as any trade" was concerned it was an
open, fair arrangement, which every one was
aware Of, partaklng of no element of dishon-
honesty or trickery. The republicans in state
convention declared in favor of independent
candidates and Col. Jones was accepted
as the leader on the state ticket while
Gov. Davis gave earnestness and sincerity to
this movement of the people by becoming an
independent candidate for congress. There
was no "trade" Mr.. Statesman, in the man.
ner in which you would have it. But in the
same article you copy, Mr.. Statesman, there
is charge of a "trade" which you dare not
deny because We can summon you as a wit
ness to prove it, to-wit: The Hancock COM
mittee traded off Ireland to save Hancock.
Now this band of thieves have not fallen out
yet. and until they do fall out honest people
will not get their rights.
Now that Hancock has been elected to
congress from this district some of the news
papers attempt to speak lightly Of the tariff
question as merely an. electioneering dodge
that is no longer profitable; we wish to say to
all such that the trouble has not yet COM
menced "A tariff for revenue only, with in
cidental protection" or free trade, is the rock
upon which they have forced the country.
The 10th district had more at stake than the
rest of the state combined, it will suffer most
in the agitation, for it is inevitable.
AND now Ben Butler is actively talked about
as the presidential candidate Of the democrats
in 1884. He would certainly be better than
Hancock, although we would not be at all
opposed to the second man on the ticket being
Hancock and southern man. Austin
Statesman.
There is nothing funny about the above
suggestion-its our John Hancock that the
Statesman is abiding to. Ben Butler may
have stolen spoons and insulted southern
ladies', and acquired the title of beast But
ler," but with all that, John Hancock is not fit
to play second fiddle to him.
TEE Irish land league as now constituted
has been endorsed at a general meeting of
land league branches at Brooklyn on the 18th.
THE adjutant general reports 800 deser-
tons from the regular army for the year end
ing June goth, and Gen. Sherman thinks that
the private soldier ought to be better paid and
desertion more severely punished to stop it.
IT SEEMS that one of the planks of the
Massachusetts, democratic platform on which
Ben Butler was elected was woman's suffrage,
but republican legislature is likely to cut the
general out of the prospect of future success by
not carrying out this democratic provision.
WHEN John Hancock and his co-democrats
attempt to bring the laboring men of this
country in competition with the poorly paid
laborer of Europe, the people will have some
thing to say about it. Every one favors the
revision of the tariff to certain extent, but
the protection feature must remain.
STATE SPECIALS.