The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-09-22


Imagination, and the Sheriff collared
him and run him to the county Jail, but
1t is doubtful If the candidates will ever
get back the money. The moral, how
ever, is obvious.
IT Is gratifying to find among the
many expressions of doubt and indifler-
ence to the success of the proposed Gulf
ROAD, the following from the Bracket
News, which is truly appreciated. The
News says. ave are glad TO see that
many of the people Of San Antonio are
favoring the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass railaord with more substantial
backing than words of commentator.
San Antonio is our metropolis, and we
rejoice in her prosperity, and sincerely
hope that in a short time the road will
be completed and trains running to the
Gulf. The attempt that some few Of
the citizens are making to throw cold
water on the scheme and using their in
fluence against the movement is greatly
to be condemned, though in this case II
seems to have resulted only in shower
bath, and the determination to have the
road Is stronger In consequence. The
people of San Antonio have the good
wishes Of the people of this entire sec
tion for the success oftheir undertaking"
THE wrongs workingmen have been
the theme Of many songs and many
flights of eloquence, and the working
men themselves have always been loud
est in their denunciation Of the profess
sions, and the schemes of lawyers and
suborned legislators. A few weeks ago
movement was set on foot by the
workingmen Of San Antonio wherein
they were to cut loose from the old-time
party political wire workers, and place
before the people men who were OF them
and for them. After series of meet
ings the movement eliminated in NOM
mating couple Of lawyers-men good
enough, no doubt, in their profession,
but whose legal experience is Of quail
| ity that would be classed under the head
of tender and fresh. The entire pro-
ceeding would be comical If 1t did not
carry with 1t moral showing that after
all that the great American workingman
was gray OF the most positive kind
when pitted against the cunning and
fine Italian hands of few lawyers. But
the result Of the meetings has defeated
their purpose, and already they see how
ridiculous the whole thing is and these
self same workingmen are ready to bolt
the creations of their own making FOL
better and worthier men.
ALLUDING to the Fisher ulligan let
tiers just given to the country, the New
York Tribune says;
"The new publication embraces tina
very letter of October "a, 1871, which
Mr.. Blaine has for eight years been ac
cused of suppressing. AS the SUI
showed with great clearness, the oft re
lterated charge was reduced at last t,
this one letter, which was named In Null
ligan's memorandum, but which Mr.
Blaine declared was not in the packag,
received and publicly read by him. Con
tinually the Times, the Post and othe
papers have repeated that Mr.. Blain
lied, and had deliberately suppresse,
this letter. Yet now the blunderinj
rage Of the baflled accusers produces 1
from their own stock. and makes on
thing clear Eight years Mulligan ha
pressing this letter, and has known al
the time that the charge was false, be
cause he held in his possession tn
proof. Yet he has kept back that proof
and silently allowed the lie to go on, do
ing its dishonest work, and thus ha
made that lie his own, in order TO black
en- the character Of Mr.. Blaine. In tn
light of this fact, who should now b
believed: Mr.. Blaine, who told the truth