San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-28

| except where the roadway runs Acres
7 of our so called parks are In the same
condition. The ground il thus covered
from the action Of the direct rays Of the
sun and unhealthy eXhalatlOns follow.
| Stagnant pools Of water are found on
| south street, South Alamo, SOledad,
| LosOya and other streets. House drain
! age runs out into the streets. and there
being no sewers for carrying it of, it
! spreads itself along the CUTTERS to breed
! foul OdOrs in the air and vitiate the at
mo phere San Antonio needs, imprra-
lively needs, general system Of sewer
| age. If il ia not soon provided, the soil
/ OF this city will become impregnated
! with filth from which foul gases will
constantly arise to the detrment OF
| health. The reputation which San An
| tonic enjoys, and justly, as the health.
! lest resort for invalids on this continent
will not long survive the strain Of such
negligence AS is now apparent on the
part of those who Rre responsible for her
cleanliness and healthfulness. Public at
tentiOn has been called to these matters
until the call grows monOtOnou', but 1t
is imperative that it should be needed.
This city must have perfect system of
sewerage before ii can be ms healthy as
nature designed 1t should be. and as its
inhabitants demand that it remain.
without sewers, II is almost impossible
to prevent those evils Of which 30 many
continually complain, the standing Of
water, which has drained from sinks
and Kitchens into the streets to remain
there until the action OF the sun has dis
posed Of 1t. Let us have sewers
The late Arkansas election was good
democratic pointer. The boosted 30, 600
majority for the unwashed OF that state,
despite the republican ballot boxes
burned by armed democratic mObs,
footed up less than $1,000 There is
food for reflection and great comfort for
the future in these figures.
TnE democracy of BPxar county are
very much divided among themselves.
II Bexar county republicans had only
been united in their convention and
stood true to their principles and party,
coming before the people on their merits
with "a straight republican ticket, there
would have been good prospect of sue
cess. The republicans whom the gods
would destroy they inoculate with the
virus of personal politics and then lead
them into the confusion of fusion.
BIsHOT IRELAND, of Minnesota, comes
out very strongly In personal endorse
ment Of the republican platforms Of
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Dakota, praG.
tically pledging the support Of the Cath
Olics to the republican candidates of
these states, on the strength of their
strong high-licensC declarations. This
action of the good Catholic bishop,
whose strong temperance principles are
well known throughout the entire north
west, will create no little stir in puliti-
cal circles. 1t is perfectly in keeping
with the lifelong record of Bishop Ire
land on temperance matters, but it will
greatly intensity the hostility of the
liquor league to the republicans OF the
northwest, particularly in the states
above mentioned. This question of the
regulation of the liquor traffic is in poll
tics. All the efforts of both republicans
and democrats are unayailing to pre-
vent it, and the only question is what
will the end be, and what the sign of its
coming. SO far, the agitation of this
question has done immense injury TO the
republican party in Kansas, Iowa, Mich
igan, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Massachu-
sets and Maine, and all detection from
the republican ranks in these states can
be directly traced to the agitation Of
prohibition Legislation on the liquor
question. The forces of the distillers
and brewers are massed against the
high-license hosts every where, and, like
all great questions, this will be settled at
the ballot box. whether we will or no.
The issue will he disastrous to the re-
publican party. or this we have long
felt certain.
The Galveston News regards the can
didacy Of Hon. Joe TryOn, for county
attorney of Harris county, and Alex
Sampson, for county attorney OF Calves
ton county, as rebuke to the Nine
teenth legislature. The rebuke will be
more direct and pointed than that when
the new legislature convenes and the
temper and spirit of the new legislation
becomes apparent. The democratic
methods Ofpast years are not very favor
ably accepted by the people, and legis-
lative protest is among the coming pos
sibilIties for which the people are anX-
iOusly looking and many Of them earnest
ly working.
Virgins gets in his work tomorrow.
Unless he has made mistake and
Numbered on n ten-strike, he will prove
himself the biggest liar unhung when
the day declines without ripple to dis
turb its ordinary serenity. Virgins is a
Dominion official, an employee of the
government. His cOnspiracies against
the peace and dignity OF these United
States are just cause of complaint on the
part Of Bayard, and Sedgwick should at
once be dispatched to Ottawa to sscer-
tain how far the Dominion authorities
sanction his prOnunciamentOs against