The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-06

some portions of the East, by reason of
the shutting down OF mills, furnaces,
etc, 1t will be seen that the people liv-
ing in this portion Of the great South
west are in a very fortunate condition,
Times are dull, comparatively, but they
are by no means as bad as they are in
the East.
Thar contest for State Senator in ILL
nois. from the Eighteenth ward of Chi
cago, between Leman and Brand, has
brought to light very bold, bad at
tempt at fraud that really discounts the
tissue ballot business, and the peculiar
ity Of o. VIII BE matter Is that the fraud
comes ipm Il few jealous Democrats,
who wee thereby endeavoring to con-
troll the election of United States Sen
ator. The rigid Investigation made ex-
ploded the scheme, and showed that
while reform had been the Democratic
war cry, it was ignored Mt the first OPP
portuhi'y..
President ARTHUR is one Of the few
men who grow in the esteem OF his
cUuntrymen, as they become acquainted
with him. His farewell message CON
talns many practical sensible points, but
he defined In IL, purely Arthur policy
in his alusion to the commercial rela-
ton with the American countries. His
idea, in brief, Is to develop the manu-
facturers, the agriculture and the com
merce Of the United States and South
America, to again restore the American
flag to the seas, and to solldify the New
world by the common bond of friendly
commercial relations. 1t is truly u
great American idea, and Mr.. Arthur
has added TO his already popular nd
mlnistration, by his advocacy of IT,
ON 1HE subject Of Thanksgiving CRATE
fulness, Walt Whitmore says: 1--WE
Americans devote an official day to 1t
every year; yet sometimes fear the
real article is almost dead or dying In
our self-sunloient Independent Republic.
Gratitude, anyhow, has never been
made half enough Of by the moralists; it
is indispensable to II complete character,
mans or woman's-the disposition to be
apprecative. thankful Edward f..
Hale adds, IAN American should be
grateful that his country and his daily
life are so much larger than the govern
ment. For the governmental of America
resides only in very small part In Wash
ington. The Washington dilution is al
most infnitesimal" While Harry Wat
terson has many reasons for giving
thanks. Among them: "That DR..
Burohard did not die II months ago.
That Mr.. Blaine did not attend the din
ner at Delmonico's. That Mr.. Cleve-
land kept his mouth measurably shut
during the canvass, That the most dis
graceful political campaign, "all hands
round" in American history is ended.
That Don Cameron is to remain in the
Senate as an awful example. That the
good old Quaker City is opening its
eyes TO the truth, laying aside the drab
and threadbare garments Of Protection
and putting on the jack-boots Of Free
Trade, with brass toes ana nails in the
heels. That the newly-elected Presi-
dent is going to be married.
"MAkE haste slowly" has been II tru-
ism as regards the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass road, which the publioa-
tion of Engineer Folks report and the
opinion of President Belknap fully show.
Every one has been DESTROYS that the
work should be commenced at once,
ignoring the very important preliminary
work which Captain Folks report shows
in detail, and which is gratifying in the
extreme because of its comprehensive
ness. So far, every move that has been
made on the proposed line has been n
practical one and is an earnest that
the proposition Is in no manner n vision
airy one or that it will be allowed to fail.
The estimate for the entire line is
: l,lj5,5G3, and, us Colonel Belknap says,
there would be no trouble after the first
80 miles is provided for. This could be
done by the subscriptions to the enter
prise, and is really the pivotal point in
the success of the enterprise, which the
business men. capitalists and property
owners of San Antonio will have to con-
slider. Everything so far has been done
decently and in order, but it remains for
this community to take hold and give
the enterprise the impetus necessary TO
start it. The survey has been made of
all the routes, and the estimates have
been given of the cost, and it only
awaits the encouragement of the very
men who are the most interested to say
whether it will succeed or not.
Is an article under the head Of "A
Southern Instance" the St. Louis
Chronicle says: "lIon. Casey Young,
| the best known of the Tennessee Con-
gressional delegation, is succeeded by
| Hon. Zach. Taylor, one of the younger
| gen Grafton Of Tennesseeans, and one
with prospects for brilliant future.
| Mr.. Taylor is a Republican, but not n
Radical. His district, the Tenth, is the
most important in the State, embracing
the city of Memphis and several of the