The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-13
EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.

EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.
BOB. LINCOLN for president in 1884.
ED. CREARY, of Austin, got left IN trade
with Hancock.
IRELAND may need those votes he loaned
Hancock.
IRELAND had better drop an or two in his
estimate of his majority.
THERE is one bright spot in the political
horizon-Tom Ochiltree.
IRELAND was willing to sacrahce all his
wife's relations to beat DAYS.
IRELAND had a nomination by reclamation,
but it didn't count at the ballet box.
THEY figure Ireland elected by 10000 ma
jority, which is all guess work.
CARLISLE of Kentucky is candidate for
speaker Of the next House.
"GoNE glimmering," the big democratic
majority in this state.
REMEMBER this is an of year in politics.
We are off ourselves.
TEXAS is no longer southern state; it is
western state in its main characteristics.
IT IS the first election We have had in many
years that the result seems to hang in doubt.
INDEPENDENTS enough to catch y. S.
senator in bad fix, in the next Legislature.
YANDELL Of the Seguin Times is our candi-
date for secretary Of State if Ireland is elected.
II turns out now that Cleveland, the New
York man, is sort of republican, So is
Ben. Butler.
Now they say it is because John Ireland is
unpopular. Ireland is the best man the bour-
bons had.
DEFEATED candidates are beginning to view
the retreating rabbit with disgust-was good
for nothing to begin with.
A MISS is not as good as mile this time.
In 1854 fair tote will land Texas beyond the
pole of southern states.
IT is two years off to Presidential contest
In TACT, IL ID tOO iOHS DctWCCu uilAhS " llahS
democratic ticket success.
NEXT springs clip of wool will not bring
within FIVE cents as much per pound as this sea-
sons crop. Put it down in your books you
Hancockites.
Gov. DAVIS and Wash Jones are accused
of partnership, but in the 10th District Jones
and Ireland combined to help Hancock out.
Put pin in this.
AND now we hear on all sides that Ireland
was unpopular, when it is fact that he is the
first man to capture nomination from the
Democracy by reclamation.
HANCOCK goes to congress over the pros
trate form of many local democratic candi-
date. Judas 1scariot was prince in compar-
ison to the Hancock managers.
Mr.. FoLGER is an ADLER and better man
than Cleveland and the people of New York
know it, but this is an off year in politics wher
the best man does not always win.
AUSTIN with its cotorie of bourbon polt
clans have captured this district San Anto
MO, the chief commercial city of the west ha
sent in its protest. That's some comfort.
BEN. BUTLER would make good demo
cratic president II would be better to fill tn
presidential chair with the old clothes of tn
republican party than to put in any of tn
bourbons.
The civil service reform of G. w. Curtis
based.upon college education and literary al
tainments; it is un-American and impract
cable; might as we'll apply the diploma te'
10 our successful business men as to our e
ficient public men. Common sense, honest
and practical knowledge should be the quail
ifications.
Jones splendid campaign has been RUNE
by the defeat OF Governor Davis in the Ior
district. Had Jones made campaign in Il
10th and openly espoused the cause Of Go
Davis. it would have been worth to him Sc
eral thousand votes and would have secure
the election of Davis-and strengthened Il
Independent cause in the future.