The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-18

business Manager.
Entered at postofiice at San Antonu, 1.Aas
second-class matter.
Friday, April 10. 1884.
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ONE good result of the defeat of the
bonded whisky bill will be to reduce the
product about one-third.
LOCAL prophets are saying that Grant
and Lincoln will be the nominees of the
Republican party, respectively for Pres
ident and Vice President.
The Committee on Credentials at the
Fort Worth Republican convention
should fire all the contested delegations,
and send them back home TO fight it out.
The latest Cuban instruction has
every appearance of being practical and
to some purpose, and there may be a
brighter future in store for the island.
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A "HENcuMAN' Il q supporter of John
Ireland, while a 'publio spirited patriot"
is an adherent of Marion Martin. These
terms come from the vocabulary of the
State Democratic happy family.
IT Is predicted that the debate on the
Morrison tariff bill will occupy the at
tention of the House for the next three
weeks. 1t will end with the usual Dem
ocratio attempt at hedging on the
tariff question.
The Waco Examiner makes plea for
better support from the business men
of that city on the ground that good,
enterprising newspaper is as much
credit to city as cotton mill. and the
Examiner is eminently correct in its
conclusions.
The parties who broke into the office
of the Austin Leader Tuesday night and
"pied" and destroyed the type OF that
establishment should be made to feel the
fence cutting penalty to the fullest ex-
tent when apprehended. Their act was
vandalism Of the very worst kind.
GOVERNOR McESERY, of Louisiana,
made little bluff the other day regard
ing some requisition business, but Gov
ernor Ireland not only saw the bluff, but
seems to have raised the other Governor
out, until, flguratively speaking, his feet
have hit the ceiling, and he did it in
logical, vigorous, matter-of-fact letter
touching the law in such cases made and
provided.
SECTIONAL politics is going to have
good run in Texas pretty soon. North
Texas has already out of 10 of the state
offices, and Is kicking because Fort
Worth didn't get all the conventions.
With an issue of this kind along with
the herd law and fence cutting diff
ferences, the Democratic brethren can
not be expected to dwell together in per-
feet harmony, and what is more, they
will not do so.
ZONE YEAR ago Arthur's hopefdl can
didacy in 1884," says the Philadelphia
Times "was generally regarded as most
improbable; to-day it is more than pos
sible. He could not be nominated or
elected with the Democracy united and
hopeful as Ii was in 1876 and in 1880; but
with the reasonable expectation that
the Republicans can elect any reputable
candidate, Arthur becomes formidable
competitor for the Chicago nomination
and he is growing in strength among
the more considerable and conservativ,
Republicans of the. country"
A FLOATING Paragraph says: Soon
modore Vannerbilt's recipe for making
millions with certainty and celebrity wa
never to sign a note; William E. Dodg
would not hold any pecuniary interes
In any enterprise that was at all activ
on Sunday, and he firmly believed tina
his wealth was reward for coBscien
tiously observing the Sabbath day; tn
first John Jacob Astor's voudoo CHAR
lay in investing nothing aside from hi
regular business except the real estat,
and Alexander Il. Stewart would hay
anticipated misfortune if he had broke
only the smallest personal engagement.
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The Manhattan Illustrated Magazin
for May has been received, and like a
previous numbers, of this excellent pul
lication the last seems always the bes
Among the most attractive articles Al
the "Gunnison Country" with splend
illustrations, "Seven Conversations
Dear Jones and Baby Van RENSSELAER,
"Children In Fiction" s'Remina al
Malatestas," and great mass of inte