The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-08-12
Back Gaping.

The kind Of crow MIR. Charles A. Dana
Is called upon TO masticate is most I'M
palatable. A reference to the files of the
New York Sun of 1888, develops the fact
that on the 9th Of January Governor
Cleveland was termed a greenhorn and
an incompetent; that on the 9TH of JAN
uary his ability was seriously question
ed; that on the 9th of January he was
termed mere politician, etc. 1t looks
to us If Mr.. Dana were not going to eat
his crow. The treatment which the Sun
10 according Mr.. Cleveland at the pres
ent time is what we wild, untutored
border folks are in the habit of calling
''back-capping.-[ Chicago News.
THOSE editors who have written long
phillipics about the SANDER by the Re-
publican papers of Mr.. Cleveland and
have denounced the Rev. Ball us a colos-
sal liar, should consider the following
sentence. Mr.. John A. Creswell is the
editor of the Buffalo New York; Tele-
graph, and he appears to be quite will
ing to stand the racket. He says: "The
Telegraph wishes TO evade no RESPONSE
bility for Its Terrible Tale II was in
vestigated from this office, and, with the
exception of the letter from prominent
citizen, was written by the editor of this
paper. He trusts such work to no one.
He satisfied himself of the facts in the
Halpin case, and made sure that he
should personally be able to answer for
every line of their presentation to the
public" Possibly the tattoo on Mr..
Blaine will not be so plain as it was said
to be early in the campaign, at least
there has been quite change In the
tone Of the Democratic papers since the
tattoo on Mr.. Cleveland came to the sur
face, and all the retaliatory talk about
MIR. Blaine will come rather late, oonsid-
ering the fact that no man in public life
has ever been so vigorously assailed as
he has been in the short time since his
nomination. The Halpin matter has
settled Mr.. Cleveland. and the fact re-
mains that 1t was published in only a
rev papers, and that his own party
associates were the first to drag it into
the light of public criticism and show to
the country that in the attempt of the
Democratic party to find man who had
many virtues, they simply picked up a
man whose vices were of the very worst,
All the assertions and protests about the
Republican "smut smills" can not wash
out that stain, nor cover up the fact that
the Democratic party has made its usual
Democratic blunder.
Disgusting vulgarity Eulalia-
VI don't see what the men can find to
admire in that Miss Hanson to call her
the belle OF the springs. l think she's
just horrid." Miss Eudora-"So do /.
She Is so disgracefully vulgar" Miss
Eulalia-"l had not noticed that.n Miss
Eudora-"Oh, her vulgarity is simply
uncomfortable. What do you think The
other afternoon when we were playing
lawn tennis, she actually got in per-
spiration."
Judge-Iou say that the prisoner in
suited you. That is very serious
charge. What did he say to you, madam?
Plaintiif--He called me spring chicken.
And am not an old woman, as your
Honor can easily see. Judge-That is
not an insult. A spring chicken Is young
and tender. l should consider 1t COM
pliment rather. Plaintiff-You wouldn't
II you were In the same business as [
am. Judge-What Is that? Plaintiff
l keep boarding house.
The "Sweedish worker" of Chicago
comes out for Blaine and Logan. and
says: "After all that has happened we
hold that II is the duty Of every honor
able working man to relegate that man
Cleveland back to the obscurity which
Is 30 properly his place."