San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-08

True, 1T was galvanized into an apparent
life it did not possess by the mugwump
battery Of 1884, but that nerVine has
long since lost its potency, and the un-
dertakers Of the remains, such as Brick
PomerOy, the Louisville COurier-Jour-
nal, the New York Sun, etc, have ad-
vertised for an inquest and invited the
Republican party to preside.
The editor of the Desert News, Salt
Lake City, is in jail for maintaining four
wives. journalism must pay out there
better than in the States. Out here there
are many quill drivers too poor to sup
port even one The Deserte fellow should
divide up.
The disafiectiOn noted in the more
easterly sections of the Canadian Do
minion, some days since, has found for
nal expression, and in the Halifax AS
sembly the speaker has given notice OF
a motion, declaring that the financial
and commercial interests of Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick and Prince Edward
Isle. would be advanced by said prov
inces Withdrawing from the Canadian
Federation, and uniting under one Gov
eminent. they cannot do that they
will appeal to the British Parliament to
be received as an independent province
of Great Britain. These provinces are
really maratime provinces, and their In
terests are not at all Identical, neither
are they one in language, customs or re-
lIpiOn with the Province Of Quebec, to
which they are attacked for purposes OF
government.
Business for the week has been very
generally paralyZed by the blockade of
trains in Chicago, the riots in that city
and Milwaukee, and the Industrial dis
turbances there and In st. Louis, Cincin-
natl and Baltimore as well. The num-
Der of men who have taken part in the
eight-hOur movement is estimated at
about $4,000 OF these nearly One-half
have secured the eight-hOur time by
conference and concessions; some 10000
have struck without result, and 10000
have gained their demands by striking.
There Ia such an uneasiness in all indus
trial centers, and such an evident ten
dency to shut down on the part OF man
ufacturers, until the disturbances are
quieted. that there is little prospect Of
matters being materially improved at
present.
The LIGHT is patiently waiting for the
Times to cite issue and column where
in editorial reference was made to the
trouble of the Times a. rat office. To
the law and to the testimony. The
LIGHT columns are open for inspec-
ton. The Times man will point out
the paragraph or remain branded as a
wilful falsifier. Either horn of the di-
lemma it chooses.
GREECE is In furere of excitement over
the prospects of war with Turkey. Or
ders have been given to the troops to
march to the front, and the soldiers are
parading the streets of Athens singing
patriotic songs. They are everywhere
received with popular demonstrations
Of favor, and military movements are
being carried on with great activity.
The Russian minister has not departed,
and this fact may mean much or little,
but it gives color to the rumOr that Rus
STA is not unwilling to see conflict pre-
cipitated.
JUSTICE BRADLEY, of the supreme
Court of the United States, lie not among
the number of those who believe in the
infsllibility of law. In recent case of
fraud this eminent jurist delivered an
opinion which is not little remarkable.
The case is reported in late number of
the Albany, n. Y, Law journal. Con-
corning the previous conduct of the case
which came up before him for decision
the learned Judge says:
1t is insisted that the proceedings were all
conducted according to the forms of law
Very likely. Some of the most atrOcOus
frauds are committed in that way. Indeed
the greater the fraud Intended the more par
tcular the parties to 1t often are to proceed
according to the strictest forms of law.
II there has ever been a stronger
argument for a complete revision and
reversion of the existing statute law we
do not know where to look for it, These
pointed words of Judge Bradley will not
be lost sight of by those who are urging
needed reforms in our jury systems and
law proceedings in general.
Four land certificates OF 1880 acres
each are held to have been illegally
issued by the State of Texas, and the sale
of the lands has been enjoined. The
plea Of the State ia that the persons to
whom the certificates were issued were
slaves at the time of issue and so ineli-
gible to hold. The certificates were
issued for services as soldiers In the
patriot army OF Republican Texas.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS does not
take kindly to dictation; that Is, she can
not compose as well when debating as
when she handles the pen herself. Hav-
ing recently sprained her wrist, and,
being under contract to furnish certain
copy, she sits at her desk hours Of every
day with her wrist in splnts and so goes
through the motions.
The never do to-day what can be put
of until tomorrow" folks seem in the
ascendant in this generation. There is
an evident tendency to shirk duty, bust