The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-10

TnE Lullng Wasp stings the San An
tonic Merchants Exchange trouble with
the following; "If the concern would
keep plenty of beer on tap and COM
plete stock of Thomas and jeremiah
on hand during the cold weather, the
members would linger longer and the
institution would not linger So"
ADVERTISEMENTS in newspaper show
just what good business men are doing,
and are the sign boards Of trade to all
who have anything to buy. Business
men who do not advertise are not up to
the spirit Of the times, not that man
cannot 10 business without advertising.
but will its aid he can do more, and the
best and the surest way to advertise is
through the columns of newspaper.
TnE Jail at Gonzales, to use the words
OF the Inquirer, ais too small and very
unsafe. The walls are cracked and bu,g-
ing out, and 1t is liable to fall and kill
the inmates" Here Is n chance for the
prison reform association. II Is bad
enough, no doubt, for the criminals con-
fined in the little jails all over the coun-
try, but when they are unsafe for the In
mates, and are liable to fall at any time,
the question naturally arises whether
they are ials or simply dead-fals.
Fan nf tho aaaraturN nI tnn
Cook county Democratic club, for al
legged completely in stuillng ballot box
in the interest of Brand, Democratic
candidate for Senator, at Chicago, looks
bad. and shows u party devotion on the
part of the man arrested that IL ex-
trcmely heroic, If tits Infamous. Since
bllndfold justice has got the matter in
hand, it may not be so bad as 1t looks,
but all the parties, II found guilty,
should find their way to the peniten-
tlary If the fact is fully established.
Tnr Waco Examiner says: "The san
Antonio LIGur doesn't very greatly
relish seeing all of its old fayorites go
out of place on the 18th Of March. Now
1t has a certain Gosling over there that
1t would see turned out with infinite
grief. However, the G. must GO" The
LIGII1, 1t is true, is friendly to Marshal
Hal l.. Gosing, because he Is not only
good, efficient officer, but because he
was new element among the Federal
oillce-hoders In Texas, and would like
to see him retain his position, but at any
event, whether the change In the admin
istration affects his position or not,
with his splendid .natural abilities
and great personal following, he
will prove no small factor in the political
field of Western Texas when the time
comes.
TnE Washington correspondent of the
New York World says that General
Dudley, who has been charged with a
desire to bring out General Logan MS n
Presidential candidate, said the other
day that none Of the Republicans that
he knew OF were disposed to talk about
Presidential candidates. at Is too
early" said he. "for any one TO be
talked about. Four years from now Is a
long ways ahead. am disposed TO give
the subject of politics rest for some
time. Our policy is TO keep quiet and
watch the Democrats. think that will
give us all the occupation we need for
some time to come. Any advantage
they may give us Will naturally affect
the question Of whom we shall nomi-
nate. II may be Logan and it may be
some one else. A man would be very
foolish to attempt prophecy now. |
am sure. however, II will be TO man who
has failed in party loyalty in the past.n
TIM Utica. New York, Herald, "goes
for" Mr.. Conkling in the following style:
at is not because of his abilities that
Mr.. Conkling's praises now linger on
Democratic lips; it is not because fanny
manly and eloquent exposition of any
principle which Democrats hold dear.
They laud him not for his loyalty to any
thing, but for his reoreancy TO the Re-
publican party. To be thus lauded is to
| be subjected to the deepest humiliation
which can overtake public man In this
country. The essence of ii Is the de-
grading estimate it implies of the mo-
/ tives which have actuated the conduct
of its subject. The Democratic party
has advertised itself as ready and eager
to pay the price 1t thought necessary &c
secure Mr.. Conkling's services ms an op.
ponent of the party through whose ia
vor he won whatever of fame he has
earned in public life. The State and the
Nation are to be spared the spectacle O
such barter"
BEFORE any statesman refuses to nc
cept the portfolio of the State Depart
ment in the next administration" adj
vises the New York Sun, ''he SHOULD
take care to study the histories of tn,
Secretaries of State of the past. Wash
ington's Secretary of State, Thomas JEFF
serson, became President, and n grea
President he was. JeilersOn's Secretar,
Of State, James Madison, became Presi
dent; so did Madison's Secretary o
State, James Monroe. Monroe's Secre