San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-19
EDITORIAL OPINIONS

| Dallas Herald.
Texas is dependent solely upon the de-
| velopment of internal resources, and she
cannot afford to allow this development
| to stand idle for moment.
| Fort Worth Mail
The proposition is not to abolish the
homestead law altogether, but to make
| il so that man can't hide enough under
| its clothes to make him rich, while his
creditors whistle tor their just dues.
| Houston Post.
An echo of the Riel rebellion is the
the liberation of POundmaker. In this
the adage of Hudibras is reversed:
PoUndmaker fought and lives to fight
again, while Riel ran away and was
hanged.
| The Craftsman, Washington, D. C.
1t is feared in New York that when
| the railroad men fairly become used to
| working II hours day they will again
| rebel, like Oliver Twist, and want more.
Well, why not? Twelve hours is only a
compromise, and is too long for any man
| to work. Ten hours is too long for an
ordinary days work, and even eight
hours is too much If we can do with
| less.
| Fort Worth Gazette.
Is this free country? Men who con-
| slider the question an idle one had better
| take pause to consider it. If this cOun-
| try Is free only to one class. let prOCla-
nation of the fact be made. If this
country is free TO all men, then let the
rights Of all be respected. Public indif-
ference to individual rights and wrongs
is crime, and one which, soon or late,
the public must expiate.
| Chicago News.
Yale students have asked the faculty
| to name an earlier chapel hour and ar
range recitations SO as not to Interfere
| with athletic practices. Leisure is de-
sired after p. IN. except on Saturdays,
when the entire afternoon is needed
| The only Objectionable feature of college
life nowadays is the adherence to old
| time prejudices which demand few
hours of study. When that Is overcome,
our colleges will be models in every re-
spect.
| Waco Day.
"Shali the United States buy and con-
troll the railroads of the country?" is a
question beginning to be asked OCCASION
| ally by even good Democrats. Not yet.
The people need little repose before
| entering upon a political contest for
supremacy OF hundred thousand miles
of railroads; perhaps it may be wise
never to introduce such an element into
politics. For the present, we should be
satisfied to see the States grant the right
of eminent domain, or at least concur
rent Jurisdiction, to the National Gov
eminent over the right ofeyery mail line
and thus incidentally give security to
commerce and protection OF property.
| Washington Critic.
The variegated weather that General
Hazen furnishes this devoted country
can be explained, perhaps, by the varie-
| gated assortment of purchases made by
| that officer for the Signal Service. AC-
cording to Comptroller Maynard these
purchases included horses, rugs, car
pets, water-color drawings OF birds, $500
| for a Pullman car and many ether irreg-
ular investments, aggregating half q
million of dollars. A man with such a
unique collection ought to be able to
bring about as many different kinds of
weather as Virgil tells us were from
time to time let loose from the cave of
the winds, and do it, too, with the ut
most facility and dispatch.