The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-17

in behavior and manners, then Texas
ought to employ persons to give instruc-
tions in good breeding and polite man
nrrs. As Gibbon remarked, every ami
NAL has his own peculiar dialect-the
dog barks, the ass brays, the wolf howls,
the lion roars. The blackguard has his
dialect and the gentleman also has his
distinguishing mode Of expressing him
self This dialect d distinguishes them in
all situations. The scenes in the Senate
lately have been dsgraceful in the ex-
IRENE. It il charitable to pr esume the
offending Senators were not sober and
therefore irresponsible.
A WRITER in the London Echo, in com
menting on the contrast between Tree
democracy and monarohical methods,
saws: "rhere was one sentence In Presi-
dent Cleyeland's address which warmed
my heart to him. II has been COM
mentcd on in one or two newspapers in
England. but will bear repetition. lie
said: Those who are selected for n
limited time to manage public affairs are
still of the people. and may do much by
their example to encourage that plain
way Of living which among their fellow
citizens aids Integrity and promotes
thrift and prosperity. Hear this, ye
kings with your tawdry crowns; ye
dukes and earls, with your tnsel cor
onets: We Lords Of the Bed-ohamber and
Gold Sticks in Waiting, with your salar-
les drawn from the hard earned wages
and slender resources Of the thrifty
poor-salaries paid to you for no service
productive of good to the public, but
only for playing the funky and the fool.
Is it not time, o patient English democ-
racy, for us to open our eyes and take
counsel of our wiser children? The
money wasted over the pomp and pa
geantry Of courts ia spent in bolstering
up the pretensions of rank and birth.
Would 1t not he better spent In feeding
the poor and teaching the ignorant?'
MR. WASHINGTON T.. CoNNOR, one OF
Mr.. Jay GOuld's New York managers,
is reported as having given the follow
ing ms his opinion regarding the cause of
the present strike on the Mo. Pacific and
leased lines of road: "1he origin of the
trouble between the railroad managers
and the employees was in the Texas
Legislature. Those Lone star Legisla-
tors have hampered the Texas Pacific to
such an extent that the corporation is
almost as poor as the traditional Jobs
turkey. know that the managers OF
the road are willing to do the fair thing
by the men If they could, but the Legis-
lators have cut the rates for freight
traffic 30 low that the road cannot make
money enough to pay decent wages and
the stockholders will not put money into
an enterprise that is running behind.
The strike spread to the other roads be-
cause the men have union and are
bound to stand by each other. When
the men strike in one section the exam.
pie is followed in other sections and SO
it spreads. | wish the men could be
made to understand that there should be
bond Of union between employer and
employc. If the business of roads war
ranted it Mr.. Gould would be perfectly
willing to pay higher wages
DANIEL MANNING-Mr. Cleveland's Re
! form Secretary of the Federal Treasury
is not without an historical reputation
although it is unsavory. While Bos
Tweed and his ring were running tn,
Legislature of New York, in the Interest
Of the ring, for all it was worth, anC
starting all sorts of corrupt jobs, Daniel
Manning was connected with the AL
bany Argus and somewhat intimat,
with Tweed. II was during this har
vest Of corruption and reign of rasoality
that Daniel Manning began to prosper
AMI grow rich. The circumstance wal
very suggestive and significant. 1t has
loud smell for man to grow rich in n
season of rampant corruption and to be
on intimate terms with the Boss rOgu,
and cOrruptionst. The record of Mr.
Manning is not in his favor as Re
ioruer' out MS party hardly dares u
question MS ute TO the rank oil II Ike
former, as to do so would amount to i'm
punghlng the inialllbillty OF Mr.. 'leve'
lana ana sowing t"'es IN the Demo
crazy The LIGHT Is curious TO kno"
Wh"t Texas reform Democratic paper
| think of Mr.. Daniel Manning as Il gilt
edged KeIormer' An avowed Reform
party slckened by the stencil oil corrup
! ton, and resolved upOn the diginfectioI