San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-09

and put a stop to the prevailing labor
agitations.
REPRESENTATIVE CLARDY, Of Missouri,
has introduced bill into Congress regu-
lating the transportation of live stock.
The full text OF that bill would be in
terestlng reading in this section Of
country.
THE expenses Of the election for the
bonds for the sewers will be wilful
extravaganza. Any one that has any
discretion should know that the PROPOSE
tion will be defeated, and worse than
before. The promoters should be made
to pay the cost Of the election.
THERE is no change reported in the
strike on the Gould railway lines in the
Southwest. Mr.. HoXie, General Man
ager, has written the strikers q long let
ter, In which he says that the strike was
useless and unnecessary, and that at all
times the Gould system has accorded its
employees all rights possible and all free
uOm IN organization.
GAMBLING has been going on in the city
for the last TWO months, in a half-open
manner, but yesterday one house was
raided on Military Plaza, near the
Fashion Theater, and two of the prncl-
pals fined and imprisoned. The game
over across the San PEDRO could be
broken up Just as easy. 1t has been run
ming, in manner, ever since Christmas.
The Times in speaking OF the strike
Of the Studebaker employees, says they
are the men who coerced their en-
ployes into veting the Republican ticket.
II the Times had wanted to be fair, it |
would have said that the Studebakers |
denied that charge and supported their
statements by atfidavits of responsible
men, who were Democrats and Repub- |
licans.
THE Dallas Times fears that no NUM- |
cipal election will be held in that city |
this year from lack of candidates, a
very humiliating confession Of lack of |
patriotism. Rather than to have that |
enterprising little town deprived of the
luxury Of Mayor, San Antonio may be |
induced to send up one of her aspirants, |
Of whom there is good supply, although |
the election is yet year of.
THERE is certainly strong faint of |
qualification of the democratic party in |
the movement on their part to repeal |
the civil service bill. 1t was their cleo |
tion shibbolsth, and now that they are
in power to large extent through the
promise that they would follow its pro-
visions, they seek its repeal. The peo-
pie will not forget this betrayal Of trust
when their wishes are again consulted
at the polls. A party that is so insin-
cere in one thing cannot be trusted with
the important management OF govern
ment.
The Interstate commerce bill is at
tracing increased attention since the
opening Of the fight between the east
line railroads and the refrigerator COM
panies Of Chicago, in which the latter
enjoy the sympathies Of the people gen.
orally. 1t is about time that the rail-
roads were ourbes in their power to in
jure one industry in order to build up
another. Their action is based on the
fact that it take double the number Of
cars TO haul given number Of beeves
alive than it does the dressed oarcasses.
The saving Of this freight goes to the
producer and consumer, or rather to the
people generally, and it is they who are
most interested. When they once fully
understand their interest in the matter,
the demand for legislative interference
will be loud and emphatic.