San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-18


Thursday February is 1886.
President CLEVELAND found it impOs-
sible to attend the funeral Of General
Hancock. He had only short time be-
fore found time to attend a grand ball at
Baltimore.
ALONG the western Gulf coast OF Texas
sea island cotton is said to grow to per-
lection. A quantity of seed has been or
dered by the Corpus Christi merchants
for planting in that section. This is an
enterprise not to be undervalued, and it
is to be hoped that other sections along
the coast may follow the example thus
set.
TuL charge that the New ! ork papers
are working in the interest of the Bell
Telephone monopoly, does not clear the
skirts Of Mr.. Garland and Mr.. Lamar of
the faint of Pan-eleCtriC stock. 1t is
the general opinion OF the Independent
press, and that OF many Of the recog-
nized Democratic papers. that this tele-
phone business insures the return Of the
Republican party to power in ISIS.
THE attempt Of the late Ex-Governor
+. J. Davis to hold the Office of Cover
notiafter his term expired, was severely
,-,,{,;,aJ oil ov.r tho couptry Wbnt Is
the difference between the position of
Governor Davis and Aldermen Gal
lagher, Schreiner and Lockwood: The
people elected them for three years and
not for four II they want to retain
them in Office they will say so at the
polls.
GALVESTON wants the only deep water,
the Democratic convention, the only
great daily newspaper, the only whole
sale trading point, the female smuggling
match, the only great boycott, the only
original Tom Ochiltree, the only great
wharf monopoly, the only great election
frauds, end yet is not happy. To give
it room according to its size and strength,
by all means extend its limits If it takes
the entire State, with the Indian Terri
tory and New Mexico thrown in. by
no means dwarf its ambitious spirit.
The great trouble with the Times in
all its controversies with the LIGHT. is
that the Times is always worsted. 1t is
not Inud-slinging when one is pointed
out the error Of his ways, and as that is
what the LIGHT always does for the
Times, that paper says it is not "digni-
fed, courteous and argumentatiye." OF
course not, and this is why the LIGHT
says the Times is a martyr whenever 1t
gets the worst of an argument. injured
innocence" is always a popular role
when enc is not a victor.
The Republican senatorial caucus is
evidently determined TO bring Mr.. Cleve-
land and his departments to time. AS the
opponents OF civil service reform before
and after his election, he has repeatedly
said there would be no removals except
for cause. Men all over the country were
removed from office, simply upon parti-
ian grounds, but when the Senate asked
to see the charges against these officers,
they were refused by heads of depart
ments, thereby placing every man re-
moved under a cloud Of some official
derelection. 1t Is not understood that
the Senate wants to be CaptiOus IN the
matter; they only want fair deal and
want Mr.. Cleveland to show by his
works that he has been honest in his
public utterances, and the Senate is
right in that line of policy.
SEVENTEEN years ago not a shoveltul of
dirt had been thrown on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Now it
is one of the longest in the world, and
it is controlled by one Of the richest syn
dicates, controlling hundreds Of miles of
roads under other names, including the
Mexican Central Railway. 1t has its
eye now on Texas, and once within its
borders, it will never stop short Of a
coast terminus. Why would not the
route from Las Animas, Colorado,
through the Panhandle, via Colorado
City, San Angelo, to San Antonio, and
on to Arkansas Pass by way of York
town, Goliad and Rockport be
good one. When the bar Of
Arkansas Pass has 20 feet OF water
it cannot be mopolized by any one
railroad. This, is the most feasible route
by which the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe could enter this State, and the
immense cattle trade between Texas
and the great Northwest would be as
sured to 1t, and it has always been the
favorite among stookmen since 1t were
first built
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