The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-20

ceedingly nervous, and rs soon as they
begin TO be little cramped by remain
ing in one position. there will be gen.
eral stir. and no prophet is needed to
tell what will then become Of the Dem
ocratlc supremacy"
THE American Almanac for 1885,
which is edited by Mr.. A. Il. Spoflord,
the Librarian of Congress, is out 1t
computes the popular vote at the recent
Presidential election as follows: "Cleve-
land, l.0ll,0l7; Blaine. 4,S1S,33i; ST.
John, l5l ,SO7; Butler, l33, s25; scattering
and blank, 1852; total popular vote,
I00fS,0Gl, or 100 per cent Of the voters
indicated by the cencus Of 1850. Plu-
rality for Cleveland, G2,GS3. 70 arrive
at this result the Fusion vote in Iowa
and Nebraska is counted for Cleveland,
and in Michigan only 763 Greenback
votes are given to Butler. In Missouri,
all the Fusion vote Is counted for Blaine,
and in West Virginia Butler is only
credited with sos votes.
TnE proposition to issue bonds for the
purpose of building new city hall and
Jail has not generally been discussed,
possibly because almost without excep-
tion, public feeling is In favor Of II at the
present time. san Antonio needs the
improvements, and needs them badly,
and 1t Is hardly worth The while TO at
tempt TO discuss the question. II Is for
the properly owners Of the city to say
whether they will be made or not. The
effects Of the stand-still policy has been
plainly seen in the languishing condition
Of the city for the past two years, and
anything that will tend to improve this
state Of affairs looks ike 1t would be the
very thing necessary.
llERE Is what the Laredo Times says:
lit will be historical that sherman, the
capital Of the most densely populated
county in Texas, refused to entertain
the Texas veterans, after having invited
them to partake of Its hospitality, alleg-
| ing hard times MS an excuse, though the
same Sherman at the same time was
making q hillabilloo TO entertain the
stock kings; and 1t viii also become II
part Of history that Waco came TO the
rescue Of patriotism snubbed by pan
derers to pelf. A just pride should be
waco's, as she gathers the old patriots
under her hospitable wings, even as a
hen gathers her brood for in such is
there far more honor than in the clink-
Ing glasses, and footing long horns at
sherman. Waco, the patriotic and de-
serving, we salute theel"
ON the subject Of the threatened war
between Russia and England, the New
| Orleans Times Democrat says. India
is its most important vital organ in the
great body of the English dominion. It's
| industrial and commercial value is enor-
nous. lite 10000 miles of railroad and
10000 miles Of telegraph represent but
snail part Of the English capital in
| vested in the country. Its internal rev.
| cnue 10 years ago was between S2J0,0O0,-
600, and s30O,0OO,OOO, and has since in
creased largely. AS the Roman colo
MES created the splendor of Rome in the
age Of Augustus, so has India created in
great part The magnificent enormity
of London. The loss Of Ilindostan
would create such financial crash in
London IA would doom whole districts
of busy streets to desolatlon and silence.
The question with Russia is not one of
pride or jealousy, but of self.preserva-
tion. For the moment II is doubtful
whether Russia is much better prepared
to fight than England is. That in re-
spect 10 physical force she is incidentally
the superior of Great Britain is unques-
tiOnable; but in what constitutes the
military will-power ola great nation,-
money she is far weaker. The strug-
| gle will possibly be postponed until the
not very remote day when the Russian
military railroad-system will be per-
( fected In Asia, and when 1t will be as
/ easy for her to concentrate an army of
halt-a-million on the Chinese or In
dian frontier as 1t is now in the Tx
! raine.m