San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-09


doubt Of the real cause Of Secretary Man
ning's illness. 1t is confidently asserted
that he has never been in sympathy with
the Presidents hOllOw-hearted policy OF
a sham civil service reform and has been
greatly annoyed by 1t. 1t is also well
known that at the last Cabinet session,
just before he was stricken down, there
was an open rupture between himself
and his chief and that warm words
passed between them. 1t is now as
serted by the Philadelphia Press that at
this last Cabinet council Secretary Man
ming rendered his portfolio to the Presi-
dent, determined to no longer hold the
false position into which he was forced
by the executive policy. BE that as 1t
may, there seems to be no doubt that
should Mr.. Manning recover his health
sufficiently to do so he will not again
take his seat at the coBnCifbOard. This
fact is OminOus, taken in connection
with another, that nearly all the leading
Democratic journals of the country are
either in open hostility to the admins
tratiOn, or decidedly lukewarm in its
support. The great New York dailies,
the Sun and the World, the Enquirer.
Cincinnati, the Louisville COurier-JOur-
nal, New Orleans Times Democrat, Bos-
ton Globe, Atlanta Constitution, Angus
ia Chronicle, Galveston News, are all in
this catalogue. If one year has divided
his Cabinet and estranged the leading
journals of his party, what will three
years more do?
UNCLE DAN'L is gathering up his NOR
al cOat-tails in halo OF tine-cut glory
and preaching the penalties of bribery
and corruption with the Houston munich
pal election as his text. What's the
matter now? Has Brer Smith got the
inside lining Of that hat? Keep cool.
Dan'l did when he was in the lions den,
and Smith is stirring up the animals
lively.
CONGRESS has harked back to the orig
inal $500, 900 for public building in this
city. The committee of conference did
it.
GETTING away with aldermsRiC Doodle,
in the shape Of a consideration for fraud.
is not SO popular in Gotham as it was.
The example recently given in that city
oil an awakening public conscience may
continue to yield fruit, in other cases
not yet brought to light. Revelations
are being looked for.
On the whole the 1.-TWO Sans" have
made good thing out Of Chicago; some
thing in the neighbOrhOod of cool
1000 each for every week they have
been bOmbarding the outpOsts of sheol.
That gets away with the apostolic idea
of single-barreled wardrobe and no
spot cash in your purse.
Or the results to Ireland of Mr.. Glad
stones plans, even should they succeed,
we know nothing certainly. We only
know that these plans are fully approved
by Mr.. Parnell, and that MIR. Parnell has
astute Irish leader of this generation.
On that warrant, If no other, all Irish
Americans would rejoice to see MIR.
Gladstene's scheme gwen full and fair
trial. Late dispatches from over the
water give little assurance that he will
be able to successfully carry his meas
ures through Parliament. He seems,
however, to be much more sanguine
than his lieutenGnts; and it may be that,
as on former occasions, his hOpefulness
has more correctly read the signs Of the
times than the fears of his followers.
The "Old man eloquent" has many
hearty admirers on this side the Atlantic
who would rejoice as heartily in the
success of his measures for lreland's re-
lief as they would in their own personal
profit.
The country is full of Democratic sur
prses this spring. Toledo gave the
Ancient and Fishy" a great big sur
prise on Tuesday; elected Nasty AL
derman and carried nearly the whole
city ticket for the Republican party.
The passage Of the cremation act by
the French Deputies seems to have
caused quite a stir throughout France.
We cannot see why. No one is obliged
to be burned that does not want to, and
this is a decided improvement over the
old way, when the scorching came nolens
vOlens.
WIEN De Lesssps left Paris for Pan
anna, on the 9th ofJanuary, he said he
would be back in 60 days. He has re-
turned according TO his word; now let
him tell long-sutfering people when
his canal will be done, and let him come
to time about that and people will have
more faith in him than many of them
now have.
KALAKAUA, Of the Hawaii Islands, is
getting on civilized platform very rap
idly, he has taken to scientific lecturing.
The geologic formation of his Kingdom
is his theme, which he handles vOlcani-
cally.
The Democracy of the country are all
torn up over this conundrum-did the
Democratic party debauch New York,
or, did New York debauch the Demo-
cratic party? Guess it was mutual
debauch, boys. A regular old lise