The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-22
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

WHEN the members of the Texas
press meet at Houston, it will compose
the most distinguished body of men in
the state.
BOB. ROBERTS, son of the O. a., is
going into the saloon business at Aus
tin, adjacent to the capitol. 1t will be y
handy to the old man,
HUCKABEE, of the Waxahachie Mir
ror, calls General Grant the National
Hog" Now, Huckey, how are we
ever going to make clean, decent,
independent democrat out of you if
you become so violent.
The Texas press is the factor of all
the great men in the state, and as the
creature can not be greater than its
creator, the members of the Texas
press outrank the socalled governors.
congressman and statesmen of Texas;
don't they
CoKE'S speech on the tariff will re-
turn him to the senate.-Henderson
Times.
If the democracy will stand up to
Coke and Coke will stand up to the
democracy it is all we ask. No dode-
ing this time, you know.
BROTHER FIELDS, of the Meridian
Blade, now and then flies up with his
old time vigor by calling republican
congressman, like Conger, "cowardly
"retches" and ''political hyenas." Its
the old coin that used to pass at
premium among democrats. We be-
lleve it is little below par now.
THE Houston Post will please put
on its spectacles when it comes to de.
eide between the LIGHT and the Ex-
press. The Express was the first to
throw mud and has deservedly gained
the sobriquet of 1.-The morning scaven.
ger" But the LIGHT can stand on its
own dignity without borrowing any of
the stupidity af the Post as a counter
felt for the genuine article.
TREASON! Treason! Worse than
treason. Just think of a democratic
paper deliberately saying that Senator
Coke is not equal to Daniel Webster,
and that the o. a. is not is not as great
as Coke! The BRENNAN Banner SAYS:
Judging from the manner in which
the friends of the two gentlemen advo-
cate their claims and fitness, the natur
al inference would be, that in all of
The great state of Texas there are only
two men who are able to represent the
state in the United States senate as
we'll as MIR. Coke, and they are himself
or Governor Roberts. Without any
desire to detraCt from the merits Of
either gentlemen, it is an undeniable
fact that there is a considerable NUM-
Der of men in the state who are their
peers, If not their superiors, in ability
and craftsmanship. Senator Coke is
not brilliant man, by any means, but
he has been a Woodworking and palms.
taking member. who has left nothing
undone for the interests of the state:
but he is in no sense a leader in the
senate-in fact, neither he nor Maxey
have distinguished themselves. Judg-
ing Governor Roberts by the past, there
is certainly nothing in his record to
warrant the conclusion that he would
more ably represent the state than the
present senator. Were the choice of
senator narrowed down to the two gen.
tlemen under consideration, we would
prefer Coke, but, as stated in the OUT
set, there Is no scarcity of senatorial
material.
1t was the Texas democratic papers
that created Senator Coke as the "mas-
slve BRAIN" etG., and now it is the
Texas democratic press that is belittle-
ing him. Such is fame.
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