San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-07

iniormers. The more humane Of the
manufacturers will rejoice to see the
law properly enforced, and will place
themselves in such relation to it as will
render its compelled observance by the
brutal and unfeeling Overseers and mill
owners a necessity. The effect OF the
secure to the children such education as
will fit them for Intelligent citizenship;
1t will remove one of the greatest curses
OF labor, whereby monopoly has been
enabled to grind labor and deprive of it
in large part Of the benefits of labor
saving machinery. New York hes her
law. for which her philanthropists and
humanitarians have been working and
agitating many years. Now let her in
spectors aided by the more enlightended
manufacturers, the parents or these poor
children, the school directors and teach
ers, the wOrkingmen and all good
cltizens-let all these unite in seeing
that the law is enforced and the next
generation of the sons and daughters of
the Empire state will rise up and call
the makers Of the law blessed.
THE firing OF the Chicago anarchists
upon the American flag at Chicago was
In accordance with the eternal fitness Of
things. The American flag is the en-
blem OF law, order, peace and govern
ment by the people. The foreign mis-
cresnts who fired upon it merely adver-
tised their deathless hate and unCOn-
querable hostility TO all that the old flag
represents-law, order, security and
good government. Ii was fitting that
these men should blaZOn their hatred Of
| America and American institutions In
this way. Fitting that the destructive
| tendencies Of their teachings and the
! damnable spirit of their organizations
should find vent in an insult to the flag
Of the nation under whose folds they
found refuge when hunted from the
! lands that bore them. Fitting that from
| the native hell in their own breasts
should come the fires of their lurid pas
siOns to scar the infamy of their souls
into our national consciousness. Now,
that the deed is done, let them go forth
with the brand OF Cain upon them, os-
tracsed from all society save that of
| their own devil crew, stunned Of all men
and pittied by none. Let that be their
present punishment; should their das-
tardly act be repeated, hunt them down
to the last man and hunt him from the
face Of the earth.
LET EVERY committee harness itself to
the work Of Canvassing San Antonio for
railroad subscriptions and keep pulling
until Saturday night. 1t will pay.
THE dairymen and the OleOmargarine
manufacturers are smearing each other
over with the rankest products OF both.
The hOnOrs are easy. For every pound
of dirty oleomargarine put upon the mar
ket there can be found sixteen ounces Of
butter that would Outrank any vile thing
in the way of eatables ever put on a
table. The bill taxing OleOmargarlne is
merely a bill to raise the price of butter
five cents pound, and is an imposition.
1t does not protect home industry against
foreign competition; it taxes one home
industry to kill another.
WnILETHE fate of the English cleo
lions hangs trembling in the balance,
inclining more and more to defeat of
home rule, it should not be lost sight of,
that nome rule as advocated by Glad
stone is not all there is of hope for Irish
reform from the present parliament. The
unionists are cutting very large figure
in this present election. The returns
and cablegrams and correspondence
from over the water indicate that the
conservatives have very largely surren-
dered the polls to the uniOnists. Among
these uniOnists are scores Of men COM
mitted to Irish reform, pledged to OPP
pose coercion, but who will not favor the
measures adopted by the ministry. This
condition OF things justities the assertion
so frequently made that the home rule
agitation having come to the front can
not be dismissed 10 the rear until it is
disposed of by granting substantial
measures OF relief to Ireland. The re-
turns from the election districts indicate
that the Gladstonites and the Parnelites
and the unionists combined will have a
very large working majority in the new
commons. The practical question before
that body then will be to devise such
measures Of reform in the administra-
tion OF Irish affairs as will meet the
views of the greatest number of liberals
and unite them upon some policy. This
much is already known-coerciOn is
dead, but what particular form the new
order of things will assume is not yet
determinabie.
LET every committee man be on hand
with his report at the railway meeting
called for at the courthouse this even
ing. Every citizen who feels an inter-
est in the growth and prosperity of San
Antonio should be there. Every man
who can subscribe to this extension, and
has, should come and lend his presence
and influence; everyone who has not al
ready subscribed should be on hand with
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