The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-21

Entered ut Posionicc Mt san Antonio. T"Nts
as second class matter
Tuesday. AbHI 81. 1885.
An impartial administration of the
law is all that any class Of citizens can
exp ect, but 1t Is what every good citizen
demands, irrespective of interests.
Properly in the Fourth ward seems
inclined to go up since the railroad
depot talk, and the only hope is that ii
may not get ont Of sight and thereby
force another location.
TnIs is Texas day at the New Orleans
fair, and had more liberal rate Of fare
been made by Texas roads, the attend
ance would have amounted to n circum
stance.
TnE building going on at present in
San Antonio. Is very fine indication
that with good crop this season, the
city will experience boom of Great
proportions this fall.
TIIE toLe of the dispatches regarding
England and Russia are very cnntradic-
tory, bu; there does not seem to he amy
doubt but what Russia IL putting on
many aggressive airs pending the ncgo-
tiatiOns.
TnE subscriptions to the San Antonio
and Aransns Pass railroad in Wilson
county, are rolling in quite comfortably,
and promises are given that the full
amount asked by the company will be
made up in short time.
The Houston papers have published
interviews with Tryon, the legislative
clerk. who was dismissed for attempted
bribery, in which he assumes an air Of
Injured innocence, but one would think
that as regards Mr.. Tyron, the least said
about the matter the better
TmE Council are In earnest in their de-
sire to improve the streets and plnzas.
with the money Mt their command. but
Alderman French is eminently correct
in his statement that unless the Council
spend the $4,000 in wise and econom.
ical manner, the city would not vote
larger sum.
A SYSTEM of street improvements Is
becoming more and more an actual
necessity for San Antonio, and the dav
OF active work cannot be postponed much
longer. The present condition of the
streets are not credit to village let
alone n city Of the importance and
wealth Of San Antonio.
THE Council committee, of which j
II. French Is chairman, reported against
the recommendation of the Board of
Health to make the river and bitches
open sewers, and in consequence these
streams will not be so polluted. The
committee has acted wisely, and the
people generally will approve their
action.
The grand jury in Chicago seem to
be ready and willing to investigate tn.
ballot box stutling which has recently
occurred in the election in that city
The whole country will look with favor
upon any proceedings that will secure
the arrest and punishment of that class
OF criminals. a pure ballot is the only
safeguard of the people.
81 AN almost tempted TO be sorry thai
We elected our President" said a West
ern member of Congress to n New YorL
Herald correspondent. IL am having +
new experience, and an unpleasant ON,
to myself of the bother of "A wretchr,
system of office hunting. am gettinl
hundreds of letters about all kinds OIL
GERS. have clerk, and he and | ar,
kept busy, day and night, wrtinl
answers, and 1t is a very mean business.
The Bandera Bugle gets of the follow
ing "shibboleths of the Texas press:
"Galveston News-Deep Water. Hous
ton lellersonian Democracy, an,
Beer. Waco EXnminer-Wa TO IN
front. San Antonio Express Cock u
doodle-dooo San Antonio Times
True Blue Democracy. san Antoni
Light--Ilo! for Railway to Aransa
Pass. Fort Worth Gazette Free Grass
Bandera Bugle-B andera a Health Re
sort. Austin Statesman-Tho rasoa
Legislators"
To-Day Is San Jacinto Day, and is tn
real independence day Of the common
wealth. 1t should be honored at u
points and by all the people. That III
tie handful OF brave and determine
men, who 40 years ago, at San Jacint,
In one dpnia i've hlow moIa 'r.yoa a ~.