The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-16
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Wednesday, April is. 1884.
SEND no instructed delegates.
MORE rain needed in the west.
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6rRATToN has not been confirmed yet.
IT SEEMS that DeGress "downed the
boys" again at Austin.
Ii THE Democrats should happen to
elect President, wouldn't the Republic
cans of Texas have quiet time?
AND now Galveston, Fort Worth and
Dallas send up split delegations. These
family quarrels in the party are dis
graceful.
CoSTEsTING delegations to the Fort
Worth convention should be severely
fired. 1t has almost passed into proverb
that the greater the kicker the greater
the sore-head.
The Marion Martin shouters bring
bushes to Governor Ireland's face by
saying that Mr.. Martin received $4,000
more votes on the same ticket than did
the Governor.
THE New York World is feeling very
badly the inactivity Of Congress. "For
four weary months" it says, ''the cease
less Niagara Of slops has floated scarcely
n chip Of real business"
A CRUSADE has been commenced
against the trashy literature Of the
"Chambermaid's Own" style, and along
with the pistol and the professional
juror the cryis that it must go.
The meeting of the Texas veterans at
Paris, which begins April 81, promises
to be very interesting, and the citizens
Of that town pledge themselves to en-
terrain most royalty all who attend.
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The Memphis Avalanche makes the
unqualified prediction that by July l
General Hancock will have scarcely
competitor in his race for the Demo-
cratic nomination to the Presidency.
The Victoria Advocate has taken an
iron clad oath that the man who wants
to announce himself to the suffering
public as candidate for office in that
paper must pay up in advance. No
cash, no notice.
The defeat of Representative Con-
verses wool tariff bill has completely
paralized the Democratic party, so far
as carrying Ohio this fall is concerned,
and the Democratic members from that
State say that every chance of victory
has been sacrificed beyond recovery.
HoN. w. II. GRAIN, Of Dewitt county,
is the most prominent man spoken of as
probable Democratic successor of Mr..
Ochiltree. The Honorable Toms fences
are In powerful bad repair all over the
District, and he will need to hump him
self to put in passable good condition be-
fore the campaign.
Ar NO time in the history of Texas in
N ha Of Mt In
eoprosperous and flourishing conditiN.
Instead of meeting depressed spring
market the cattlemen have found a
boom, and coupled with the fact that the
herds went through the winter with but
little loss and in more than average
good condition, makes the prospects fol
that trade more flattering than usual.
CANNOT the Democrats muzzle Henri
Of the Louisville Courier-Journal? Heal
him hurl these conrndrums "If the
Democratic party is not the party o
revenue reform what is it? If it il
merely society for the absorption o
Offices why not couple 1t to the sleeping
car Of the party in power and call it tn,
Republican party junior?" The sugges
tion in the second interrogatory is al
excellent one.
SEVEN years ago 20 Chicago mel
pledged themselves that they would no
drink another drop Of whisky until
Democratic President should be nomin
ated. Out of the original 20 two hav
died, five were backsliders and paid thei
penalty Of 500 each, leaving 10, VIII
have stood true to the pledge. 1t
needless to remark that it will be
cold damp day before that 10 will get al
other drink through the means of Demo
cratic Presidential success.