The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-30
EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.


LET Hancock answer Gov. Davis speech
if he can-that will be better business than
trying to squirm out of his record as a
warrior.
THE Galveston Print seems to he an Ochil-
tree organ in disguise-it hits some good licks
for the red ranger over the shoulders Of the
Galveston democracy.
Gov. Roberts has notified the governor of
Louisiana if he raises the quarantine at New
Orleans on the Ist of November, that Texas
shall be quarantined against New Orleans.
WHEN Hancock tells the public that Davis
took the salary for district judge for services
never performed, let him explain away his
back salary grab, when he took pay for SER
vices already paid for.
AN Irishman furnishes us with the follow
ing: "Vote for Hancock, free trade and impe-
rialism." As a child he remembered the
ruined factories Of his native place. British
free trade impoverished Ireland.
"IIoUsroN is to have new daily paper, to
be called the Suu."-[Galves Print.
"THE Bayou" would have been more ap-
propriate; Houston has "swamped" more
newspapers than any place of its size in the
state.
THE cage" will be eclipsed by the "Hous-
ton Sun, Poor old Dan McGary will return
to his farm no doubt. A sad wreck upon
the heartless rocks of bourbon democracy.
The "Sun" belongs to the new school, "con-
sentative democracy"
ONE OF the most significant things of the
democratic state campaign is that from abus-
ing Gov. Davis, they petered out and have fall
len back upon the charge that Wash Jones was
drunk at Austin. Great God On what a
slender thread John Ireland must swing!
THR democratic papers think it smart to
call Governor Davis Edmund l." Yes, and
he has been Edmund last, so far as a good,
brave, conscientious governor Of Texas is con-
cerned, and the people recognize the fact,
Notwithstanding the demoniacal appeals of
Jno. Ireland & Co.
FROM Dallas special in the N. O. Times
we learn that Hancock has written letter to
some one there that he is confident "now"
that he will beat Davis. John thinks that his
''barr' will do it, but he is mistaken. His
dirty ''barl" will roll harmlessly over the 10th
district.
"Let Texas send to the halls of congress
solid democratic delegation. She can do it, if
voters will support the ticket."-[ Marshall
Messenger.
That's the plainest proposition we have
seen during the campaign. And the delega-
ton won't be solid if the voters will not sup
port the ticket.
THE Houston Sun is started with democrat
ic principles as part of its capital stock-if it
fails in brains, enterprise and general superb
ority it will soon set to rise no more. The
politics Of the successful newspaper is only
the color of the tassel at the end of the tail Of
the kite, might be blue or rec, THE kite
would fly equally well.
THE Seguin Times endorses our saving that
Pfeuffer speaks "broken English for in
stance to illustrate, Pfeuffer calls Ireland
"pig statesman"--he means, of couse, that
John is "pig democrat" and he calls Bur-
CESS "pig speaker" he means, of course,
that Burgess gets off a great many ''pig
dings" in his talks. There is nothing wrong
about it. His broken English is a great deal
better than his politics.
THE East Texas News, in its exhortation.. to
vote for Ireland, says the fathers may say to
their sons "This candidate for governor was
a poor boy, an humble farmers son, and used
to drive an ox-cart." A slight mistake John
drove stage, and has all the pride and pom.
posity of his profession. Stage coaches are
played out; so are ox-carts. The man who
drives steam engine is the type for Young
America to follow.
"For the first time in life we feel like hur-
raining" for John Hancock. The sheep men
in the San Antonio district are in favor of a
tariff because they get benefit from the tariff
On WOOL, ana tney declare that they will oppose
any man who is against the tariff In the face
Of these threats, and with the danger of defeat
starsliug MIN in the face. Hancock boldly de.
nounces the tariff as a system OF legalized ex-
tortion and robbely. Aman who had::rather
be right than to be Congressman is worthy of
and support, "-[Gainsville Ban
ner. r.
WE'LL, hurrah for him until your free-trade
throat cracks open if you want to. Hancock