The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-06

ulsOfutIlA. ! nc welfare OF HOCltly Nv
mands that drunkenness shall be checked
by the strong arm of the law. If society
regarded and treated drunkenness ns I'M
gentlcmanly, brutal and degrading, 1t
would find no countcnnncc and encour-
agement. Let this remedy be tried In
combination with the imposition Of fines
on public sois.
TtE newspapers Of Texas, with n few
exceptions. have had the courage to
handle The Nineteenth Legislaiure-as
1t deserves to be handled-without
gloves. But The matter should not stop
here. The sins Of the Nineteenth Leg
stature, both Of commission and omis-
sion, Of blackguardism aud rowdyism,
should not be condoned by the people
they richly deserve condemnation.
There is no In ok Of proper material for
able and industrious Legislators In
Texas. SO that the political exile Of the
sluggards and row dies in the Nineteenth
Legislature viii not iniurc the state in
any manner whatsoever. The people
should " sit down upon these men with
crushin effect in 1856, and the press
should remind them to do so.
MR. j. u. Bnm.MIR, Of New York,
arrived In New Orleans, n few days ago,
from Guatemala, and in mn interview
with Times-Democrat reporter, gave
the following as the situation Of affairs in
South America: "Presidcnt Barrios has
10000 well equipped regular soldiers
masscd on the frontier Of san salvador.
The infantry is armed with Remington
rifles. There are ak batteries of ariil-
lcry, three Calling guns, and three
mitraillcuses. The troops are under the
command of General Narilles, an expert
cnced soldier, and man Of fine ability.
In short time san salvador is to be in
vaded. and have no doubt about the
result. They have only Il small army
there. say about 10000 men. My impress
sion is that there will be no tight of any
consequence, as all President Barrios
needs to do is to whip San Salvador
and Nicaragua, and this he has the
means Of doing. The interference Of
| the Mexican Government will amount TO
simply nothing. President Barrios has
all his military forces intact in the
| upper portion Of Guatemala, and they
| will check any demonstration made by
| the McNicans. regard the action ei
| Mexico MS II piece Of buster. You see,
President Diaz is fearful of the results
that will follow the establishments Of n
union of the Central American States,
and is interested in doing all he can TO
prevent II; but | make the prediction
that the union will be accomplished by
the first day of the coming month of
May. This will be accomplished by the
colonial Convention, which President
Barrios has called to meet in Guatemala
on May !, for the purposes of adopting
a constitution, selecting n capital, and
electing Il President Of the Central
tra American Republic. This
convention will be composed
Of Il delegates from each State,
and they will meet, war or no war, and
accomplish the object of the meeting. !
| further predict that General BarriOs
will he President of the Republic; and
that Guatemala VIII be the capital. The
situation at present is just this con
| tinucd MIR. Blheimer: President /aldi-
var, OF san Salvador. was placed there
by General Barrlos, and has been sup
| ported by him. Unlike President 30.
| gram, of Honduras, he did not imme.
I diately fulfil his agreement TO bring his
State into the Republic. lie was some
what yacillating, owing to differences
existing between the different parties OF
his State, and, instead of casting then
aside to fulfill his agreement. he
appeared anxious to get out of it
Hence Barrios will immediate steps
to force San Salvador into subsection
Melcndez and Awhile, representatives o
President Zaldivar, left Guatemala tire,
days before did, and they said they
did not think there would be any fight
MelendeZ went to see Barrios to have M
explanation and try to adjust matters
Apparently he has succeeded, us ther,
has been no fighting there, 1t has beef
only through Barrios that Honduras AM
san Salvador have had peaceful govern
ment for the past four or five years. Ii
Costa Rloa the younger portion Of tn
population are IN favor of cOnsolida
ton"