The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-10

"wednesday, May 10. 1882.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
THE president has signed the Chinese bill.
This viii take all the wind out of democratic
electioneering on the Pacific.
THE republicans of Ellis county. Texas,
have Organized and will put candidates in the
field next election. Why not?
GALVESTON has been chosen as the place
for holding the next democratic state conven-
ton; the time has not yet been decided on.
THE Houston Post exclaims: "Bring out
the man." and then proceeds to discuss the
povernorship upon one side the fence and
down the other. We say: "Come out, your
self"
Or WASH JONES the Houston Post says:
The Post believes that Col. G. w. Jones is,
rs Senator Terrell declares, . consistent poll
t;c;.n and tue patroit. We further. believe
mat MI. tones, in the field against pro-
nounced bourbon, standing on bourbon
platform. would carry the state, except that
bourbon should be O. M. Roberts, and then
there is cause to think the issue would be
doubtful. But it has been definitely settled
that Governor Roberts will not be candidate
for reelection. and where is the man, who can
6lI the gap and keep back the tide Of oPposi-
ton! Where is the man?
We answer for the satisfaction of the Post:
"Nowhar!''
VIZ FIND The Advance, New Orleans
daily, among our recent exchanges. 1t is
successor to the Taxpayers Organ, a late
weekly got up by the Taxpayers Association
of that city, which was found inadequate to
the journalistic needs Of that body. The edi-
tor, Mr.. Stephen Gay, is writer Of conspicu-
Gus ability and an old journalist, having been
the friend and editorial associate of George
D. Prentice in the palmy days of the Louis
vile journal. He was also associated as edi-
.torial writer with Col. Seymour. proprietor OF
the late N. O. Commercial Bulletin, which
paper was established early in the thirties, and
was the leading commercial paper Of New
Orleans till the death of the Colonel in the
field during the late war. Mr.. Gay, therefore,
although unknown as journalist has been in
editorial harness all his life. The Advance
will be sure to deserve success.
ADJUST about this time Of year the unsophis-
ticated and patriotic high-priced American un-
taxed bondholder scoots upon his mission to
London, Paris and the European Long
Branches. What beautiful auxiliary to a
worthless life is the innocent look untaxed
government bond, with its 8 or 9 per cent. per
annum interest, given to help the government
comfortably into big war, and securing the
holder free passage on the road of life lux
uriously found, and probably his heir after
him. More than one-third of the national
debt has been paid off and these bonds, in a
large measure, forced from their holders, but
think of the millions upon millions of them
yet held on to with tenacious grip, and Of
the amount of idleness and luxury they bring
in this world Of toll and want. Government
and people should strain every nerve to GEL
the remainder Of the public debt paid.
The German chancellor, Bsmark, who
has had the ability to make a marvellous fame
As diplomat and statesman, has not the abil
ity to keep out of the most disgraceful wrang
les with the subjects of his nominal imperia
master. 1t is discovered that the prince is
gangrened with spite. He could eat half I
dozen outspoken journals for breakfast if TIL
age admitted of it. But his genius for diplo
macy has a far reaching faculty in his indi
vidual realm; yet he can not forbear Cutting
furious but impotent ferocity in place Of tn
voracity that might injure his digestion. Their
is no spite too mean or pitiful for the imPeria
minister to descend to. He denies the jour
nal that will not lay its opinions at his feet tn
least courtesy and most trihing information
from the government, and vents his malic
lavishly in words in the denial. He is fai
cast of the royal brute of 200 years az
adorned with the intelligence of our time an
the prudence of civilized sel6shness. He re
Gently, through the public prosecutor for tn
Berlin district, attempted to glut persona
spite upon a popular author, SPiehagen, b
seeking to suppress new most successful an
inimitable novel on the score of immortality
But the great excitement the attempt caused
German literary circles admonished the tyrar
that he had better call off his dog and abando
the hunt. II seems to make no difference i
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