The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-06

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savage state, should n religious war
against England break out, enough
friends to teach them the art OF war and
how to use modern fire arms effectively
will be found among the numerous enc
mics of the British Empire. as Is Illus
trated in the case Of Olivier Pain and
Veret, both Frenchmen, the former
sort of Prime Minister and the latter
Secretary Of War Of the False Prophet.
History plainly teaches that the Mo-
hammedans are warriors not to be des-
pissed"
"JuDGISG from present Indications
says Bradstreets, "the chance Of asylum
which has made Canada so popular with
very undesirable class OF tourists from
the United states is in fair way Of
being reduced to minimum. II ap-
pears that an extradition treaty is now
in the course of negotiation, which in
cludes in Its list OF exlraditable oiienses
forgery, embezzlement, larceny, the
counterfeiting or altering money or the
issuing of counterfeit or altered money,
obtaining money or goods under false
pretences, crimes by bankrupts against
bankruptcy laws. and frauds by bailees,
bankers, agents, factors or directors or
members of public affairs of any COM
pany which are made criminal by any
law for the time being In force. II is
announced that the Government OF the
Dominion is DESTROYS of making the
scope OF the new treaty as extended as
possible. so that whatever prospects of
immunity now exist for criminals Of
either country may be wholly removed.
Under such favorable circumstances 1t
ought not to be difficult to frame meas
ure which would render the lot of the
abscondng criminal hard one, at least
as far as North America is concerned"
A WASHINGTON correspondent gives
publicity to lot of interesting statistics
in the following: at will be gratifying
too, In view of the utter blankness ofthe
record Of this expiring Congress, to know
that 1t has drawn in salaries the snug
sum of Sl,O0O,0OO. The salaries of Sena-
tors amount to about SS00,00O, and ofthe
members OF the House S3,20O,0OO. This
is only small part of the cost of Con-
gress, however. These fellows who have
done nothing Of importance except to
draw their salaries, have paid committee
clerks. officers and messengers SGGG,000
each session for helping them not TO do
It, 1t Is curious how helpless n man be-
comes the moment he gets into public
office. In the Senate every member has
his clerk, paid at public expense. In
the House every committee has Its clerk
or two and doorkeeper and messenger.
all of whom are expected TO trot about at
the direction Of its members, to do this
or that little piece of work for them. In
every corridor Of the public buildings, at
the door Of every head Of bureau, sits an
able bodied man who is to jump at the
sound of n bell and scamper for dear life
at the call Of his master. TO do the most
triiling service during the day. and us
the hour approaches, brush his clothes
and black his boots for him. and shave
him too if he wants to be shaved. Legs
seem to be at a premium with Govern
ment officers. They pay at the Capital
MS high us SlIj0 year for n messenger
with good pair Of legs, and for chap
lalns who have spent years in theolOgi-
cal and other studies they pay 5000 a
year, The Vice President, who has less
to do than almost any other officer in the
Government service, gets beside his
5000 salary a secretary ut S22lO n year,
II messenger at SllIO year, and tele-
graph operator Mt $1,000 II year."
PRESIDENT CLEvELANp's Cabinet. us an
nounced, is made up MS follows: Thomas
+. Bayard. of Delaware. Secretary OF
State; Daniel Manning. of New York,
Secretary of the Treasury; l.. q. G. La.
mar, of Mississippi, Secretary of Interior
W. c. Endicott, of Massachusetts,, Secre-
tary of War; W. c. Whitney, of New
York, Secretary of the Navy; W. +.
Villas, OF Wisconsin, Postmaster General
and A. ii. Garland, of Arkansas, Attor.
ney General. The Cabinet MS made IN
takes out of the Senate three of the most
able Senators from the Democratic side
Mr.. Endicott is supposed to represent in
a small per cent the independent ele.
ment. The taking of two men from
New York will not add to the comfort
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