San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-13

IL speaking of his silver speech re-
Gently. Senator Beck said Off: 81 have
argued this question with john Sher-
man and Senator Morrill, long before
some of these ever thought Of being
Presidents or Secretaries. | will sup
port the administration TO the best OF
my ability whenever ! agree with IT,.
but am not going 10 get down on NY
knees before the administration that
'tha thrift may follow fawning have
| given them the benefit Of their own
statements nd their own facts, now
let them Iefute what | have said be-
fore they begin to criticise me for say
ing it."
The Greer county matter bids far TO
loom up in large proportions. Should
| Texas gain her case the vast territory
now known as Greer COuoty. would not
only be added TO her DOMAIN. but that
strip lying between the northern end Of
the Panhandle and Kansas, Is in itself al
most a State. If she loses she really
loses nothing. as Greer county Is not
given to Texas by the maj 'ritN OF map
makers. The only bad feature about
the loss ofthe case is the decentralization
Of those who have been allowed to To-
cate Texas land certificates on the lands
of Greer county. These certificates may
result in some long and expensive lii
cations.
Mr.. REAGAN got In his work yesterday
on the money question and scored one
before the people of the country in his
clear and concise exposition Of the ques-
tion. II, is an open silver man, believ-
ing in the gradual retirement of national
| banks. as their charters expire. and that
no new charters be Issued. The ray
Indebtedness and liabilities Of the Gov
eminent on the same BASH with gold
and gold certificates; the issue Of treas
ury notes to replace the national bank
notes as they are retired, and the use Of
the surplus now in the treasury for the
| reduction of the Indebtedness of the
Government, both bonded and floating.
Mr.. Reagan has struck n popular chord
that will make him the man of the hour.
The TOady Tunes tries the thin dodge
Of getting out Of the printing OF the
City Attorneys Water-wOrks opinion,
by saying that il received nothing for
it, except for the job printing, or the
pamphlets. The job printing OF the
city rs yet belongs to the LIGHT as much
as the advertising, and the LIGHT must
he paid for it, If 1t Is paid for by the
city. If the Toady Times has carried
its tOadyism so far as to do the city
printing for nothing, allowing the LIGHT
to draw the money for it, all right. The
dodge that the job Office is q separate
institution, l. 100 thin. as ii matters
not whether the Times job office does
it, or any other job office. the city can
not pay for job printing ordered by the
city officials, but to the LIGHT office.
THE LIGHT Is in receipt of very in
teresting circular from the Wells, Fargo
& Co.'S Express Company, showing the
production and coinage of precious
metals in the United States and Mexico
for series of years. During the year
1885 the total production Of gold in the
United States was S27 300. 294, which is
800 per cent. Of the precious metal pro-
drction. The silver product was SIC
S9.939, which was Sly per cent. The
total production, including copper and
lead, WAS $50, ISL TO California leads in
the gold product, producing So, 33S,Ol5
Next comes Montana, $500, 900; Colo
RADIO, S2.653. eco; Dakota. S2,606.623. The
greatest silver consuming countries in
the world are. Japan. China and the
Strsits.an they drew their supplies dur
ing 'S5 MS follows: From London, S36, $40
729: Narcotics. 81. O67 ,220; Venice, S726,-
600; San Francisco, Sl7 ,337 900; total
$50. l099i9. rs against S55,6l7, 57S in
1884. The total silver and gold OF Mex
leo tor the fiscal year ending June 81,
1885, aggregated S25.422 1856, Of which
So. 037 $50 WAS silver and 1856 600 gold.
The aggregate production of gold and
silver for the twelve years previous was
SlS9.779,5l3. The production Of the last
year WAS greater than any of the pre-
ce, ing eleven years. The total amount
Of coinage Of which there is any record
since the conquest of Mexico aggrt gates
the enormous sum of So 256. 377,9S7.
WHEN General Grant died" observes
the Chicago News, New York fairly
hubbled with promises regarding mon
ument to his memory. 1t is true there
was some difficulty regarding the place
Of his burial among rival land sprcula-
tors, but IL WAS decided that Riverside
rArk shout be bis res ing place and the
location Of monument to his memory
that should cost not lees than 81 .0OO.0OO.
| The boom IT, real estate in that locality
began. The fame Of The upper end of
Riversids Park ia fully sTahish-d and
the character Of many OF the costly es-
tsblishments, as well as their occu-
| pants, IS no secret outside Of that city.
But New York went to work TO raise
money for that Sl.WO.0O0 monument
We do not know how large the furd 10