San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-27

The Times should not sufish its pet
tishness to precipitate it into gross in
Justice towards the LIGHT, as was the
case yesterday, when 1t charged that
the LIGHT 'Thated" the Times. The
charge is not true. The Times is
not in the way of the LIGHT, so far as
we know, and even were it really for
midable competitor for public patron
age. the LIGHT would not "hate" it for
rivalry in business. The Times over
estimates its importance, and for that
reason, is pettish superciliOus whenever
the. LIGHT raps it over the knuCkles
even in the best humOred way imagin-
able. We assure the Times that we feel
towards 1t as "my Uncle Toby"
felt towards the fly that pest
cred his nose, when he had
caught it and in his evaporation
kindness overcome his anger, and he
turned it loose, saying, go little fly, the
world is large enough for you and l."
That is the only feeling entertained by
the LIGHT towards the Times-we say,
Ego little fly, the world is large enough
for both Of us.
That the Times damaged Bracken-
ridge is a notorious fact. 1t not only
oyerpraised Breckenridge, but it talked
OF nothing else. Its fulsome laudations
Of Breckenridge savOred Of flunkyism,
sycophancy, and Of toadyism so much
as to sicken nine men cut OF ten. The
Times overdid the laudatOry bust
ness. Major Breckenridge is clever,
kind-hearted man, but ne is not a genius.
His speech in the Galveston convention
was a magnificent fiZZle, and demon
strated that he was no orator. He has
given no evidence Of craftsmanship.
His articles on public questions were
doubtless composed by some lawyer in
Austin. "YouDg Democrat" in the
Evening Paper, charged that Judge
Sneed wrote them-they were from the
pen Of practiced writer-the earmarks
showed that-and Major Breckenridge
Is not practioed writer. Still the
Times praised him as highly as If he
was the peer of Webster and Clay, and
this struck the public as downright
sycOphancy.
The same course would damage Ire
lands prospects for the senate. Taffy
soon produces surfeit that is followed
by disgust.
The democratic platform ofTexas is a
chaos Of puerilities and generalities, but
1t contains no declaration of a well-de-
fined and distinctive policy that goes
'home to the business and bosoms of
men," 1t will not excite spark Of en-
thusiasm, nor inspire a particle Of zeal
even among democrats, and, OF course,
1t will be dead letter" to the indie
pendent minds that have been ineffably
disguised with "machine politics"
There are thousands OF democrats In
Texas who experience no pleasure from
the anticipation of a democratic victory,
because they realize that such a victory
WIN only prolong the power OF the ina
chine politicians"
The release Of Cutting fairly took the
breath out Of the nostrils of those who
howled for war with Mexico, without
taking upon themselves the trouble to
examine into the grounds for such a
war, or caring whether it was necessary
or justifiable. The American people
know what war is, and want to feel that
war Ia necessary and justifable before
they sanction it. Along the Rio Grande,
we fear there are Americans that would
at any time, be glad to see war be-
tween the United States and Mexico,
because they hope to see slice of Mex
lear territory Topped of and added to
the United States, but these men do not
reflect the views Of the American
people.