The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-02-02
snd accomplished crocodile, who is weeper
BY profession

endeavorine to make saving to the country
by the passage Of land grant forfeiture bill,
but Washington correspondent predicts that
no matter how many such bills 20 through
the House the Senate will be likely to
smother all Of them, as that body Is very
much in favor Of corporate influence. There
were I2I, 600 600 acres Of land granted to rail-
roads; 100000 acres were earned by the
roads in complying with the conditions Of the
grants, and leaving 100, 1000 GOO forfeitable to
the Government.
REPRESENTATIVE HooD, Of Indiana, has
introduced bill in the House, which provides
that no agent employer, or contractor Of any
railroad or sleeping-car company shall require
any engineer, fireman, conductor, or other
person to work on passenger or freight trains
longer than IL consecutive hours. nor any per-
son to watch switches or crossings OF act as
hagman for more than IL hours out Of a..
The penalty named is a fine Of not less than
$500, nor more than $1,000. United States
attorneys are to give special attention to this
matter, and cause offenders to be indicted and
tried in United States District courts.
"SPRAKING Of Senator-elect Payne" says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, somebody
has called attention to the fact that when he
was in Congress in 1876 his objection pre-
vented the consideration OF bill to prevent
freight determinations by the Pennsylvania
railroad in favor Of the Standard Oil company,
and secured its reference to a committee pre-
sided over by man who smothered it. Pos
sibly Mr.. Payne never had any interest in the
Standard Oil company, as some of the Dem
ocratc papers assert, but he certainly showed
his willingness in this instance to do that ra-
pacious and offensive monopoly very marked
favor"
Mr.. HENRY GEORGE, author Of progress
and Poverty" who made 1t exceedingly intel-
ssting tor Mr.. Blair's subcommittee on the
labor question last summer, recently arrived
in London and was received by a committee
Of the Land Reform Union and large gath
ering Of people. Having been escorted to a
cab he was introduced to the meeting and
briefly addressed them and said: ale saw
!" ',"' 'eeeP"on "e ieeoshi'ion vi s'eA
revolution just begun, but, perhaps, destined
to sweep The world. He hailed them as fell
low-citizens Of that great republic still to
be formed which had no political distinctions
pun, " nan "a, was ye' 'e'"neu
' "e "o''u' ine'e was one ,A''
""''" He A"u oo'.''eu mere anu III o'ne'
countries to which he would call their atten-
uon' anu 'na' was inc pecuhar conu'uon OF
should not all right minded men be working
men The Scriptures said: He that will
not work neither shall he eat, Tha, WINS the
law Of God. But BY whom were the great
and splendid house, that thew saw tenanted :
BY the workipcmeni No. By those who
did not work. That was an anomaly which
was beginning to attract attention. and il wa,
right that IL should. It v.,a good Job that
the workinpmen everywhere should think over
it. Let only the workinpmen be true to them
selves. and in their hands WAS and slvavs
must be the power. He cared no, what were
the political institutions; IL the masses had
been oppressed, If they had been despoiled of
their power, it was their own fault. The state
of things at present was thi.-those who
worked most got least, and those who worked
least got most. But In time the workinemen
would obtain their rights. II was necessary
for them to ask for any patronage or anv
charity let them ask simply for Justice. Let
them seek not merely for their own rights. but
also for the rights of those below them. and
they would conouer."
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