The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-03


ton in jail and probably 200 people, a
large proportion of ladies', called on
him.
An Alarm Cry.
The suggestion that possibly Con-
gresham Wash. Jones would head an
Opposition" state ticket in Texas next
year has produced alarm in the demo-
cratic camp. There is no use deny
ing it, for, we're there no alarm felt, the
suggestion would be laughed at, and
would not be treated 50 seriously by
the leaders of the party and the press.
Every democratic paper is full Of adj
vice, all tending to the "pun6cation"
the unloading" of the party, and
predicting danger if this be not done.
Why this panic just because one
man speaks of organizing a cam
paign against the party with a
1oo, 900 majority7 We will tell you.
1t is because that party is strong in
Texas only in votes; it is because it
has been faithless to its pledges; it is
because the people are bound hand
and foot by king Caucas; it is because
the professional politician holds abso-
lutte sway; it is because old fogyism is
the head and front of the organization;
it is because it is mere machine for
grinding out Offices for the place
hunters; it is because it doesn't pro-
gress with the times, but -lags behind
in the old party ruts; it is because it is
not inviting to young men; It is be-
cause intelligence stalks abroad and
people are beginning to think for them.
selves; it is. because the young
men of Texas, and the go-ahead
element that is pouring into the state
will not tolerate slavery to party and
will not "bow down and worship" the
hackneyed old leaders whose only &C.
cupation in the past has been holding
Office, and whose dream of the future
is to Idle in the harness" at 81 a day.
We are not welded to Col. Jones,
nor to any other man, but we say that
democracy in Texas must not only
change horses, but it must unload, or
It will stick in its own ruts. -
Put good men in the lead, and let
Principle be the watchword instead of
"Pawty" and the revolution is bound
to come. Not "readjuster" revolu-
ton, based on the abomination known
as reputation, but a revolution Pro.
gress.-[Castroville Quill.
German attention has been called
by Herr Richter, through speech in
parliament, to a striking likeness be-
tween some of Bismarck's autocratic
experiments and certain favorite meas
ures of Frederick the Great. In fact,
there is discoverable a good deal of
similarity in their systems as whole.
One of Bismarck's pet notions is to es-
tablish state monopoly of the tobac-
co traffic. There is nothing new in it,
however, for Herr Richter pointed out,
and impressed it on the public mind
with considerable force, that after the
Seven Years war Frederick under
took precisely the same scheme. About
that time the coffee trade was also put
under public control, in spite of the
protests of everybody save the self
willed monarch. The great Frederick
never paid over much attention to his
ministers, so that somebody says he
reduced them TO the position of mere
clerks. The great chancellor of the
Century seeks very much
the same results, though in way a
little more in accord with the spirit of
age.
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