The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-12
Friday, May IL 'S2.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

FROM every quarter of the state come cheer
full accounts of growing crops
The democrats are completely dazed; their
convention is called to meet on Sunday, the
10th of July.
JUDGE NooNAN has been mentioned for
conpress-the truth is, some of the lawyers
who would like to be judge are not averse to
transporting the Judge to heaven or congress.
We ARE compelled to write the Texas edi-
torial excursion to California down as fail
ure. Fifty papers IN our state should glow
with the accounts of the trip across the con-
tinent But they don't
JUDGE IRELAND in many spects would be
a great improvement over the ''old alcalde, y
and the democratic party will not dish"nor
itself in selecting him as candidate, but
Judge Ireland can be beaten by G. w. Jones.
JOHN HANCOCK will again pop up his head
among the regular candidates of the coming
Galveston convention. But he will feel the
weight of the old bourbon previously sitting
upon his PROSTATE political form, all the same
THE Express tries to drive Throckmorton
and Ireland in the same team, rather tavorlng
Throckmorton. As so-called independent
paper, the Express has less independence than
any paper in the state. 1t doesn't dare op-
pose or favor anyone.
1T must be remembered that there are other
interests besides wool to be protected in the
tenth district. At New Braunfels one of the
largest manufacturing establishments of the
south is now being built, besides there are
other manufacturing interests in contempla-
ton.
THE Express says, 'this is a pretty good
democratic district if the democrats behave
themselves" What does behavin gmean. 1t
ISM worth a cent, as democratic district
All its interests are republican. We suppose
'.behaving' means "puling the wool over the
eyes of the sheep men," for one thing.
THE course of U. S. Blair, as explained be-
sell, in pushing the Cotchet claim upon the
attention of ex-Secretary Blaine, naturally
leads US to wonder just where, in the esti-
nation of Senator Blair, the privileges ofa u.
S. Senator end and the duties of "a U. 5. Sena-
tor begin. A legal shyster as U. S. Senator
is not an engaging sight, and common respect
for the pride which, by fiction of the consti-
tuition, U. S. Senator possesses ought to
open the inquiry of what should be done with
Senator Blair under his own indictment. He
explains that what he dealt in, in his traffic
with Shipherd, was his influence with ex-
Secretary Blaine. and not his senatorial infu-
ence; but we wonder how many rows Of pins
his influence with the ex-Secretary would have
amounted to but for the other. 1t was the in
tegrity and honor of U. S. Senator, which
he held in trust that Senator Blair sold to the
sneaking and lying agent, real or pretended Of
the Peruvian back stairs company. Through
that it was he expected to earn his bad wages,
and in it, as politico-moral inquiry the pub
lie generally feel some interest. There are
others whom a seat in the U. S. Senate has
not enabled in character or exalted in name,
with whom the Blair expedient is quite too
common, and it would take large hold on
the public mind if the Senate would take
Blair up on his hobby and give him ride.
Gambling is to be suppressed in Washing
ton, also. There is bill before Congress to
effect this purpose.
The Duke of Sutherland recently had mar
row escape from drowning while boating on
the lake in front of Trentham Hall. He was
in a sail-boat by himself, when sudden squall
capsized it and threw him into the water. Be