San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-17

The present Congress is earning the
reputation of being the most extensive
gas machine that has yet existed in the
United States.
TIE Houston Post claims a population
Of 10000 for Houston. 1t undoubtedly
has that many inhabitants-tO get in the
sweet bye and bye.
The lrrepressible George b. Loving is
to start morning paper in.El Paso.
George B. Is always to be found in the
future great" towns Of the country.
SoCoRRA. New Mexico, is to hold
county fair next fall. When will
county fair be held again in San An
tonic. As the MOhair Growers Associa-
ton is talking of holding an Argora goat
show next October, why can'ta cOmbin-
alton be made, and fair and general fine
stock show be held at the same time?
THE Union meetings in progress Will
doubtless result in great good to our
city. In union there is strength. The
powers Of darkness in naughty defiance
challenge the armles, whose weapons
are not carnal, but mighty through God,
to the pulling down Of strong-holds.'
Religion is essentially divine love.
ArronNEY-G ENEuAI A. II. GARI.,Nn. Of
President Clevelund's Cabinet, has
mapped ont his plan of action in regard
to his connection with the Pan-Electric
Telephone Company, as soon as the in
vestigation by the House is concluded.
But this plan does not contemplate his
resignation from office, and the matter
has placed the Democratic Reform Ad-
ministratiOn in a much worse condition
than that OF any Republican President.
The Democrats in the next campaign
will be very much on the defense.
IT'S pleasant to know that at least
one town in Western Texas takes an in
terest IN securing deep water at Arkansas
Pass. Corpus Christi has sent Mr.. W.
z. Caruthers, editor OF the Caller, to
Washington, to work for an approprla-
tion for Arkansas Pass. MIR. Caruthers is
an energetic and intelligent gentleman,
and is thoroughly posted on the subject
Of his mission. No better selection
could have been made. san Antonio
should voluntarily bear at least half Of
the expenses Of his trip.
--s
OF THE ways of statesmen, apple
eating is Mr. BANDS great act; Con-
gresham Springer abOund5 in yellow
roses; the silver-hared Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky. is distinguished for laughter;
our Mr. Reagan, with utter unconscious
meas, leaves behind him trail of bits Of
paper; Nr Glover, Of Missouri, has Il
way of striding down the main aisle and
across the floor, hat in hand, overCOat on
his back, with bundles OF papers pro-
truding from the pockets; MIR. Reed, Of
Maine, the Republican leader, is fond of
a LEG exercise which takes him over
among the Democrats quite frequently"
KUN Tue VII " VI IL MIL IL tplNulE
that the rnass(?) meeting at Fort Worth
that endorsed Sabine Pass rs the point
to receive the appropriation for the i'm
provement Of Texas harbOrs and rivers,
was not so much mass Of the people
as its promoters would have the people
generally to believe. 1t was q gOttes-
up, cut-and-dried affair of a a few parti-
zans, who advertised themselves as 1.-THE
people" The people Of Fort Worth are
too broad and liberal in their views to
endorse any one point for the appropri-
alton, and should they do so it would be
on the west coast, as the interests of
that city lie west, and not east of it.
"
Ell PAsO has Bureau Of immigration.
which publishes pamphlets and use all
legitimate efforts to induce immigration
by letting the world know its natural
advantages Of soil, climate and location.
Not the least induCement for q man 10
choose home is the simple fact that
the people OF the community have suf.
fieient enterprise and energy to publish
these facts. The men who emigrate are
young men of energy and enterprise
who want to live among men Of the
same spirit. Ell PasO is one of the livest
towns In the entire west, and the very
establishment of such an institution il
proof conclusive Of the kind Of men who
are the leading spirits. 1t was the same
=. class of men who made Kansas City
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver
San Francisco, and all other live, enter
prising cities of the giant West, and the
very class that San Antonio needs sc
badly.