San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-27

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Latest advices report the contemplated
removal Of Cutting to Mexican dun
geon away from the border where there
will be less likelihood Of attempted res
cue by American partissns. The indif-
ference OF this government to the rights
of its citizens abroad, once proverbial,
has at length become notorious, and no
more despicable paltroonery has been
shown by any administration than that
displayed in this Cutting outrage. The
demand having been made for the re-
lease of Mr.. Cutting on the ground that
he was an American citizen, and as such
under the protection Of his government,
that demand should have been enforced.
That 1t has not been, and that there are
no evidences that it will be, is not cred
liable to the national administration.
Mexico has simply defied the United
States to help herself. Not a very pleas
ant condition of things to reflect upon.
The return OF pauper emigrants TO the
land from whence they came, by the
New York authorities, is as it should be.
These people had no visible means OF
support, were dead broke, and were sent
here to get rid Of them. The ship own
ers who brought them over should be
mulcted In a heavy fine. America has
no hankering after foreign paupers. She
has enough of her own to look after, pro-
vide for and bury.
The excessive drouth in the northwest
counties OF the state is causing great
CONSERVATION among the settlers on the
school lands, not only on account of the
failure OF grass and crops, but for fear Of
FORGETTING their rights by reason Of fail
ure to pay their interests and INSTALL
ments to the land board. The power to
grant relief is not within the power Of
the land board under the constitution.
Gov. Ireland, in referring the matter to
the board, suggests that, until the legIs-
lature meets and some legal relief can
be afforded, the board withhold these
lands from market. AS the failure of
these settlers TO meet their payments
arises from no fault Of theirs, but by the
operation of causes entirely outside Of
their control, 1t does seem as though the
board should exercise every right of
which are seized to favor these destitute
settlers and give them an opportunity TO
retain possession OF the land which they
have settled upon in good faith. 1t Is
an extreme case and should be eXcep-
tiOnally treated.
SINCE the eviction of republicsr office
holders has become the rule, utterly re-
CARELESS of any pretext of compliance
with civil service regulations, Grover
is looming into distinctiveness as the
president of his party. The action Of
the democratic members in sustaining
his vetOes also shows that as demo-
cratic whole the party is drawing in its
lines, squeezing the mugwumps out of
the ring, and preparing to do the pOliti-
cal business OF the country as a close
corporation. For this the republicans
of the nation devOutly thank them.
CONVENTIONS may come and conven-
tions may 60 in Texas, but the wheels
Of southern prosperity seem to have
been started to go on forever. One by
one the lucrative industries Of the north
are descending into the plains of the
south, and the day is rapidly coming
when the states below the now abol-
ished Mason and Dlxon's line will no
longer travel north Of that boundary for
bread, butter and garden truck. The
butter-making possibilities of the south
are arousing interest if not concern in
the minds Of northern dairymen. The
great increase since 1884 in the number
Of southern creameries has attracted
the notice Of the northern butter and
egg conventions, and those very oily
bodies seem to feel the force Of a convci-
ton that the southern states as a great
market for northern dairy products is
being rapidly lost. There is no doubt
that the south has taken new interest
in this matter, and in her experimenting
thus far has amply demonstrated the
prOfltableness OF well regulated cream
cries. Every year sees large addition
made to the number Of southern cream
cries, and the census OF 1890 will show
very different condition of this industry
from that Of 1880, in which it appeared
that New York state alone produced
more butter than all the southern states
combined. The term new south most
aptly applies to these states in which
the new industrial conditions are most
marked.
The July number Of the Texas School
Journal reaches us from the Dallas Of
fee Of publication. The table of con-
tents is quite attractive, and its articles
on public school examinations and Sum-
mer Normal principals are unusually in
teresting. The report of the Austin
meeting is quite complete; the editorial
department contains some valuable sug-
pegtiOns and its news denartment Ia