The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-11-06

he has put his money where ii will do the
most good, for fact.
AT THE International Labor conference in
Paris, the following resolution was passed:
"Resolyed that the conference records It's
opinion that its principal end to be pursued is
to limit the hours OF labor and thus render sup
portable the position OF the workinRmen Of
all nations. This Is attainable in two ways,
viz: Legislation for the protection Of the
weak against competition and organization Of
workingmen who should be united and disei-
plined. II Is the duty oil workingmen TO di.
rect their efforts against unjust laws, which
render the organization Of labor impossible
so necessary to ameliorate the condition Of
the working classes"
DURING his two terms of Office Governor
Roberts did not issue thanksgiving proels-
nation, and the State to all intents End pur-
poses got along very well without them.
Governor Ireland, il is said, will follow the
usual custom Of the other Governors, and
officially proclaim day Of general thanks
giving. tits, after all. question of prece-
deaf, and the people Of Texas will enjoy their
turkey with probably as much rest II he does
or does not. But aside from any dogmatic
views on the subject, il would look better II he
followed the course of the President, and,
under the great seal Of State, set apart day
Of general observance. 1t is something in
which politics plays no part and thousands OF
good citizens will think better Of him for his
official recognition OF the universal custom.
THE Houston Age thus discourses on the
separate car question: Capitalists OF the
East own most Of the RAILROADS in Texas, be-
cause they furnished the money that paid for
building them; and they have right TO con-
troll their property, subject only to the laws
Governor Ireland has nothing to do with
regulation or arrangement Of passengers on
railroad trains. II any law Is violated the
courts are open for redress; and there can be
no occasion for the interference Of the Gov
ernor until II is found that the judgments Of
the courts can not be enforced by the ordina-
nv and usual process. 1t is not charged, we
believe, that the directors ofthe Gould roads
in Texas, who are capitalists Of the East
have any thought Of resisting the execution Of
any process Of the courts"
THE Mormon Tabernacle, a correspond
ent of the CT Paul p;opa.r pr.es soys ;s he
most wonderful whispering gallery in the
world. When everybody in it is quiet the
faintest whisper may be heard in the remotest
part Of the house. II will seat &c, 600 per-
sons. There is no means OF heating it, and
in winter the services are held in an assembly
room that will seat about 6ooo persons. The
other large edi6ce in Salt Lake Ci,y-the
temple, which was begun 80 years ago-has
cost, the Mormons say, Sic, 200, 600, and
they will require $1,000, 900 to complete it;
but Boston architect recently offered to
duplicate the structure and finish it within
two years for $500 600. Its walls are of solid
granite, 9 feet 9 inches in thickness. They
have reached a height Of about 100 feet, and
THE Fort Worth Gazette in an article on
the Texas country press, truly says: mot all
OF the country papers can be mentioned as
hrst-rate, but very, very few are beneath
the level Of mediocrity, and the poorest OF
them are not so bad but that a stronger home
support would make them better. Nearly all
are in advance Of the people for whom they
are published, and devote unrequted and un-
appreciated labor to make It appear to the
world that those people are Of better nature
than they really are. As active intelligence
spreads and becomes more generally diffused
the newspaper hack.horses will come in for
their long wages. Men whose en-
ergy is devoted largely to sustaining the an
tagonistic forces of nature do not often blend
the character Of the patron of literature with
the pioneer. But Texas is now cultivating
robust literary taste, and the 400 papers pub
lished within her confines, even now credit
able to any Of the newer States, are destined
to higher distinction and higher reward than
has yet been achieved. The church, the
school and the newspaper are the trinity OF
forces to which we must look for our future
well-being; and there is no evidence that the
last will fail in the performance OF the part as
signed it,"