The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-09

from the Gatesville Advance, ia a little
wild, for so good tempered paper as II
usually is: "They have the choice Of
voting for Wash Jones and keeping
company with the negro or voting for
John Ireland and continuing in the COM
pany Of decent white people. 1t is our
opinion that the sober, right thinking
people will prefer to vote the white
mans ticket"
TnE double number Of the Blanco
News Of September was a most COM
mer,able stroke Of enterprise, and Its
write up OF the business interests OF
Blanco, city and county, and Of Hays
county was interesting and complete.
The LroiIr does not know what encour-
agement the News received for the great
work done, but Mt all events the citizens
OF that county could well afford to cir
oulate thousands OF copies Of that issue
of the News and pay full price for them.
The principle Of town pride in some
respects is at discount, and there are
many who deprecate good enterprises
because there are others neglected, for
getting that at all events they should
stand by the city and its interests. A
howl against the city will not tend to
advance languishing enterprises, while
1t depreciates the value Of business.
There should be more Of that mutual
help and encouragement in those propo-
sltions likely to advance the interests
and reputation Of the city. TO do 9TH
erwise is to take money out Of your
pocket, drive trade from tho stores,
make other markets, and leave your cap
ital tied up in way both improbable
and unmanageable.
TnE Kerens Light anxiously observes:
at is pity that a journal like the San
Antonio LIGHT should advocate the
cause Of the corrupt Republican party.
We feel that by proper treatment 1t will
be converted to the cause of the right.
The LIGHT although Republican jour
nal, seems to believe In a spirit OF per-
feet fairness in expressing its views, and
does not, like some of the Republican
papers that sprang up in the South since
the war, accuse its readers and sup
porters Of being rebels and traitors. 1t
is gratifying to every true and loyal citi-
zen Of the United States to find that the
bloody shirt issue has been eliminated
from politics, and that to-day parties
and policies are judged according to
merit, and not on account OF any party
or section that may advocate Its adop-
tion."
THE news from Maine to-day is of a
very cheering character to Republicans,
and indicates that Notwithstanding the
desperate measures resorted to by the
opposition that Mr.. Blaine has been fully
freely and enthusiastically endorsed by
the citizens Of his own State, and by the
people who know him best. The tele-
graph reports that the Republicans have
carried the State by 10000 plurality, and
elected all the Representatives to Con-
gress. The State Legislature is also
strongly Republican. The election In
Maine yesterday is the beginning Of the
series Of grand victories that Mr.. Blaine
will achieve as the votes of the North
ern States are recorded, and all the abuse
and SANDER and tattoo will have no
further effect. Mr.. Blaine was the choice
Of the people at the convention and he
Will be their choice at the polls. The
victory is complete. In 1876 the Repub-
lican majority was 1854; In 1850 1t was
only AGO. and the election of yesterday
is conceded by the Democrats by $4,000.
To SHOW that 1t takes all kinds Of peo-
pie to make world, the following from
the Liberal, published at Liberal, Mo-,
is given: Liberal is thriving village
of about 800 people, all of whom are
sober, trustworthy and industrious. 1t
is the only town of its size in the United
States without priest or preacher, sa-
loon. God. Jesus, or hell. We now have,
and have maintained from the first,
Sunday evening entertainments which
have grown to be OF such interest that
none Of our people will miss single
evening II they can help 1t. And our
Sunday Instruction school, which is the
center Of attraction; a place where all,
old and yenng meet and freely discuss
averV ana atian that oan he a,,u..aatoJ