San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-18
GOSSIP, POLITICS, NEWS, ETC.
Dished Up By One Who Has Been There.
Special Correspondence.

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Special Correspondence.
RICHMOND, TEX, Oct. 10, 1886.
Cotton Is coming In rapidly and the
dollar Of our daddies is being put in cir
culation, to the delight of the under dog
in the fight For under our democratic
mortgage system the producer only
works for the obliging landlord.
Our district court, Hon. w. II Burk
hart presiding, has just a, jUurned
There was but small docket-in fact
the smallest for many years The inves-
LEGATIONS of the grand jury rev aled n
"loOsent So" In the morals of this staid
old county, so to speak. We tuke mixed
drinks in this county, that is to say both
parties fix up ticket before the cleo
tiOn, composed of both parties and it Is
generally elected without opposition;
but always elected, and should any one
OF the "anOinted" fail to keep the rec
Ords required by law, OF fail 10 pay their
occupation tax, the year before few
votes are needed, no noise is made about
it, rs I'VE are all In the same boat, you
know" and all honest, and so the money
is all present and accounted for" when
demanded. No one cares.
Politically speaking, this county, with
as honest and competent officers as any
In the state.
Judge Burkhart is very popular and
will poll large vote.
The Hon. w. II. Grain is gaining
votes under the opposition of the
News. The Hon. William Henry re-
fused to pull out the chestnuts for the
News, and that's what's the matter.
Our united convention has not vet
been held, but will in the near future.
According to an old rule or agreement.
Waller county is entitled to the repres-
entative this year; but not withstand
ing this, OLD Fort Bend has two oandi-
dates; one Simon pure, inadulterated
democrat, all the way from Michigan,
by the way Of bloody Kansas. The be-
levers in "niggers" and whites eating
together at the same table, rule he has
adopted for himself, and the republicans
have no objection for democrats to
govern their own democratic institu-
tions in their own way, subjected only
TO the constitution; provided always
that the niger don't object.
Then there is a colOred man who rests
''under cloud" and OF no ability In the
world, who also Is In favor of breaking
the contract with Waller, provided al
ways, and upon these express condi-
tions, that he is the favorite candidate.
Then there is Jake Freeman, a rather
dark and simon pure African in Waller,
who is anxious to compel Fort Bend to
stand by former usages, upon condition
that he gets the nomination. In fact
Jake is always on hand in a convention,
either democrat, republican or mixed,
ready and willing to offer his services to
''present de people on dis OCCASION" or
any other. Jack succeeded In getting
endorsement of the fusion convention Of
Waller. This Is another name invent
ed down here instead Of democrat) and
has repudiated the Waller republicans,
and is as soreheaded as disappointed
mugwump. Also we have q candidate
in Waller, Arthur G. Tompkins, by
name. He is no white man; a true re-
publican of respectability, and Is the
only candidate in the field qualified fol
the position; l mean In the republican
crowd. OF course, no one doubts that
the democratic candidate will be q fail
representative OF true democracy, pro-
vided he "drinks."
A poor unfortunate man fell from o
dray, a few days since, and broke his
leg.
Two men undertook to knife each
| other In the classic town Of Rosenberg
night before last and succeeded sdmira-
bly,. They were both attaches OF the
Park House Saloon, and it Is charged up
to whisky. n. A. Il.