The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-07

thousand bills in Texas. Ergo, u rclriR-
orator establishment in san Antonio
could be made to prove success with
but little effort. This Is pointer from
Pointeryille.
Tur san Marcos Free Press Is very
correct In the following: "t'nitcd states
Marshal Jachman We learn viii make his
Headquarters at san Antonio The Col
oncl is domestic man, and We are
informed deprrcutes the idea Of being 50
much away from home. However, II hc
wishes to resign. We suppose he would
have no great difficulty In finding some
one willing to sacrifice himself 10y taking
the position
fl looks bad for the Galveston menu
bers of the Senate and House who. it Is
alleged. knew Of the matchmaking
scheme Of 1ryon and sampson on Floyd
regarding the buchct-shOp bill full thirty
DAYS before the denoumcnt was made,
and then they only exposed II because
| they wanted to Kill the bill If these
assertions are true. the committee clerks
| are not the only men who should have
| been dismissed.
Tur Fort Worth Gazette says The
man with the hoe does not figure numer-
ously in the cabinet. The members
thereof are alleged Democrats. honest
and capable men, and wise counsclors'
but they are not, with the exception Of
| Lamar. representatives, Of the agricul-
tural classes. Bayard and Manning are
bankers, whitney and Endicott are rep
reseniatives Of the " business interests, -
including the bondholders, and Garland
has long been the legal god whom all
railroad companies fall down and wor-
ship. No, the man with the hoe mint
there very hard
TIM telegraph says Senators Coke
and MaXey have laid before President
Cleveland their ullmatum ms regards
their right to dictate certain Federal APP
pointmenls, and If Mr. Cleveland fails to
submit to such dictation, the Texas
Senators will take the war path aud
20 for his scalp. The people
should have hand in the business, and
are likely to take n hand, and when they
do, Senators and congressman will wish
they were able to "go into their holes
and pun their holes in after them.
lIossism is not popular with the high
privatcs Of any party, and II Mr.. Cleve-
land is smart he will snub the bosses
and rely on the people for support
l'NpER the head of 1.-The Old Ways and
the New the Philadelphia Press says
Nov while it is easy enough to laugh
at the bigotry and absurdity of the old.
time teaching, there il no doubt that il
made tough lbred men and women
The child was not allowed to cry whcr
he was hurt; he was forced to shut hi'
teeth and bear it. The boys time" be
longed to his father until he was of age
he worked for him so long without
wages Nova. days it is the old father
who works for his sons, and thinks him
self fortunate If they can support them
selves at ~ The man then was mos
respected who could best do without in
dulgences; the man now is held to hav,
succeeded in the aims of life who cal
surround himself with most luxury. W.
have not only found the use of beauty
of art, OF music, of amusement and u
ease in Life, but we have made them ii
chief end. The creeping soitncss ha
changed the face Of our religion. 1t /
not the cOal-scuttle bonnet. the har,
pews, the bare walls that assist us T.
higher life on sunday as they did on
fathers, but stained glass, iuXuriou
seats, exquisite colors and mu,ic, Sen
suous qualification helps, not hinder'
the growth Of our souls. Ills, in word
the humor Of this generation to be born
to heaven on llowery beds Of ease"
Abiding to an alleged oarricaturc q
the Arkansas road in Il local paper of III
r city, the Galveston News takes occasio
! to say: The other papers will have tn
: road, or go back to the Old days of Mexi
5 can carts, They are tired Of the Sunse
= route, though it gives them conncctio
with California and all otherparts of tn
United States" The News, in the SCI
tencc above, is particularly unfair. BE
, cause san Antonio wants other railroa
enterprises, in addition to those alread
I established, is no reason that she is tire
OF them. The Sunset Ia great tho
oughiare, but business men can see III
advantage OF competition, all the sam,
z when it is Il well established fact thi
r freight charges from Galveston to Sn
e Antonio, 2GO miles, are just about I'll
n same as from New York to Galveston
!. Competition makes business the worl
+ over, and new railroad to Aransas Pa
or to Fredericksburg, is that much I,
wards the future greatness, and IL
:, swelling Of the business interests of II
n city. But San Antonio having grow
4 and controlled II large trade despite II
- ill-will and the opposition of Galvestc
# and other points. any new enterpri,
Ia like the proposed Gulf road invites a
manner of opposition and unfair crit
cism. San Antonio Is city. 1t
% proud Of the Sunset road and the Int
p national road it does not want TO (
y back to the old time Mexican cart, n,
/ does it intend TO, but Will be largest M
d the best and the most wealthy city
III the State, and beyond the extension
y two or three lines Of old roads San A
tonio IL tho only pitv that 10 n.t,,.1t.. .