San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-14

change in the completion OF the leglsla-
tive assembly. or the five hundred and
twenty-One returned, four hundred and
eighty were government candidates.
The importation OF MacedOnians effect
ed nothing. The riots grew almost en-
tirely out Of the attempt of these for
eigners to interfere with the elections,
ard this interference the people resent
ed The result Is clear victory for law,
order, national independence and anti
Russianism. Russia, however, has yet
TO speak concerning the result and there
Is little probability of her restraining
her oOercive hand having once stretched
1t forth. Bulgaria is doomed unless the
powers of Europe come to her rescue
and insist upon Russia maintaining the
,tipuatons of the treaty OF Berlin.
Growers cabinet does not want to
continue intact. Grover insists that il
shall. Manning, grown tired of his
company and feeling the stigma of in
competency which attaches to the adj
ministratlon as whole, has long desired
to retire and his resignation has been in
the hands Of his political chief for
many months. EndicOtt would not re-
main a week at the desk OF the war
secretary only for the insistance of the
president. Bayard and Garland are
both obnoxious to their party. The
first for his blunders, the second for
speculative proclivities in connection
with his official position.
WHEN the Smith block folly is disposed
OF will some one rise and explain, in an
understandable way, just what the
agreement between the city council OF
San Antonio and the county commits
siOners was concerning the hospital
building, furnishing and management.
II is not suppOsable case that such an
important matter, involving the outlay
Of tens of thousands OF dollars, was
entered into without definite agreement
Such contract duly signed must certain
ly be on record somewhere. The whole
matter can be easily set at rest by pub
fishing the text OF that written contract
and letting the taxpayers know the
pedigree OF this white elephant of the
San Pedro Give us the contract in
print.
ADRIAN HEWITT. OF New York. accepts
Tammany's nomination for mayor of
New York and will tackle Henry George
and the labor hosts. 1t is most fitting
that this thing should be. Tammany
represents the bourbon democracy; and
the bourbon democracy represent the
strength fthe anti-labor cause in Amer
ica. Let the fight go on. Colonel Rob-
ert lngersoll advises the republicans to
join their forces with the labor party,
endorse George and fight it out on the
labor line.
The city dads are having q circus on
the streets over that Smith property on
the corner Of Main plaza and Soledad.
After paying four prices for a little
seven by nine strip, In order to widen
the street, in tead Of cOndemning the
property and taking what they wanted,
they find themselves euChered out of
the widening and their seven by nine
cut down to five by seven. The Smiths
get $4,000 for widening their own side
walk and the council get the cursing.
What smart Aleck Of an alderman WAS
it who fathereG that job, anyhow? The
enquiry comes altogether too late now
for the council to rectify the matter.
They have done been and gone and put
their 81 200 in hole. About a healthy
majority Of them will hunt their holes
next election or signs are mighty de-
ceivlng.
The X of l.. members who desired TO
force the Richmond convention into an
immediate election of officers so that
they might go home and leave the bal
anoe OF the assembly to do the business,
failed of their intention. Measures will
be taken for the general dissemination
Of news concerning labor movements
throughout the country; general labor
bureau will be established, through
which Information will be transmitted:
a committee to study the conspiracy
laws OF each state has been created and
to this bureau will be assigned the pros
ecution OF cOnspiracies by employers
against laboringmen. All general Of
ficers Of the order will hereafter hold of
flee for two years. Master Workman
Powderly has been re elected and Fore
man Griffith. Charles Letchman, Of
Mass, is secretary. Turner, the present
secretary and treasurer, was elected
treasurer, the Offices having been divid-
ed. Powderly's nomination was the
only one, and his election by acolama.
tion. The order is putting itself in shape
for such work in the future as will COM
mend 1t to the intelligence OF the coun-
try as never before. Its action is calm,
deliberative, moderate, but very earnest
and looking to great and radical results
through wise and conservative methods =.
The sick man Of Europe appears to be
getting along much better than his doc
tors. Kaulbars wants to give the old
purgations and try phlebotomy to the
last ounce Of blood; Austria wants to ap-
ply homeopathic remedies; John Bull
retires from thee ase expressing strong
opinion Of the patients recovery II he
was only let alone.
Tuy Fpi.,..