San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-05

Iris amusing, and yet suggestive OF
something very serious, to read the
stereOtyped report OF the elections from
all the Southern states below Tennessee
and North Carolina, with the single ex-
ception Of Texas The voice OF the hun
dreds OF thousands Of cOlOred voters is
as silent as though the waters Of obliy-
| ion had passed over them. Not lisp OF
a republican vote. The general fOrmu a
Of the returns is-LOuisiana returns a
solid democratic delegation to cOOgr' IS
mississippi goes sOlidly democratic
from member of congress to constable -
Georgia Is carried solidly for tue demo
cratic candidates and so on to the end
Of the chapter. No honest man who
speaks rs he thinks believes that this
result; could be possible unless the col
ored voters were so Systematically de-
prived of their franchise rights, that the
matter has actually failed to attract
notice. There is not free ballot in
these states, say what men will TO the
contrary.
The congressional delegation from
Missouri probably remains unchanged.
but ii is as yet uncertain that Glover
has been elected. The election in the
Tenth district is also in doubt and 1t
may be that Clardy will yield his seat to
Ledergerber, the republican candidate.
The present delegation stands twelve
democrats and two republicans. There
Is no hope of any democratic gains.
The Cherokee claim in congress after
which delegate, Col. j. NJ. Bryan, has
been looking these past ten or twelve
years in Washington. will probably soon
be settled. The claim arises from the
sale OF lands to the Eastern CherOkees
which had formerly been patented to
the old CherOkees, and for which tres
pass the United States in 1916 agreed to
pay the old CherOkees One-third OF the
So 900, 900 received from the sale of the
Eastern Cherokee lands in Georgia, Ala
bama and North Carolina. OF this one
third, amounting to over 81 100000 only
about Sl,OOO,O00 has been paid. Col.
Bryan thinks he has the matter in shape
to get 1t through congress next session.
This is a very fair sample of government
treatment of Indians and yet men won
der at the troubles that arise with the
Indians, and cry out for their extermi-
nation. National injustice or official
rascality Ia at the bottom of nine-tenths
of all our Indian troubles.
MEMPHIS, from being the worst gov
erned city in the country locally, is be-
ing accepted as having in many respects
a model municipal administration. She
has no charter and can contract no debt.
She is governed by council OF eight,
chosen directly by the people. All her
public work must be paid for in spot
cash. The expenditures are made up in
detail and the estimates must be submit
ted to the legislature and the budget APP
proved before any levy can be ordered.
No railroad or other corporation can &C.
cupy the streets without paying for 1t.
In short, the city grants no privileges,
pays for all she gets and charges for all
she gives. Her sanitary progress has
been greater than that of any city in the
south, and her population and trade
have multiplied since 1850 with rapid
ity that may be regarded rs phi, nome
nal.
The COlOred brethren are 'sputing
about the number of colored Methodists
in the country. There are a heap Of
them, and according to the most re-
liable church statistics they will foot up
about 100000. divided as follows: AZ
riGan Methodist Episcopal Zion, 400, 900;
African Methodist Episcopal, 39l ,OC2;
Methodist Episcopal, 100000; colOred
MethOdists, 10000; and about $4,000
others. The colored Methodist church
is large one and it is growing
THE democrats conducted this present
thC
grOdnd that rs there was republican
senate the democratic congress could
not be held responsible for failure to re-
deem its promises made in the campaign
of 1884. This sophistry did not work
and the verdict of the people upon
that democratic house of representatives
has been rendered with no uncertain
voice. The de ocratic inoapacity OF
the last congress is the sole reason why
the people have replaced it with re-
publican one. For the same good and
sufficient reason the democratic presi-
dent elected in 1884 will give way to q
republican success sor in 1888.
The southern planters are agitating
the question of decreased cost in the
production of cotton as indispensable to
its profitable growth. Among the
changes proposed are less hoe and more
mule work; perfected machinery for
picking; spinning mills side by side with
the cotton fields. In this way it Is
argued that between the cost of produc-