San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-02

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committed in Carrollton would have
passed comparatively unnOted, or II no.
ticed, it would have been TO apologize
for the outrage. palliate the crime and
excuse the perpetrators by trumplng up
| some false charge against the victims
and swearing by all the gods OF war that
the killing was done in self-detence. a
| great change for the better is obserya-
BILE now. Every journal of any stand
ing, and nearly every journal OF every
kind, condemns the outrage In unmls-
taxable language as II stigma upon the
State and calls for rhe punishment OF the
cold-blooded perpetrators, If by any
means known among men and courts
| they can be brought to justice. 80 lar
| there is not the slightest evidence TO
show that the colored men in the court
house provoked the assault, and the ex-
parte pleadings Of a few, no-count jour
nails does not make a perceptible ripple
in the general condemnation OF the out
rage bv the State Press. The next thing
in order is to find the assassins; try, con-
vIct and hang them. Some clue should
be obtained to some one of the hundred
by which they could be brought to JUS
tce.
How is it that strictly temperate peo-
pie. who do not patronize bars, general
" put up at hotels TO which bars are at
tached rather than at temperance houses!
We offer this as conundrum to the GU
rious.
Few men have learned the wisdom Of
silence more completely than Gladstone;
| fewer practice it as generally. what
others have said, and he has NOT said'
concerning his programme for Ireland,
would fill volume.
Embroidered stripes are the novelty
in white muslin dresses. Times have
changed since we were boys. EmDroid-
cred stripes on linen pants, rear eleya-
ton. were no novelty, and what
smartness they diffused over the whole
outside boy!
A THOROUGHLY bored nation would like
some sign of sense from Congress. Fewer
stump speeches and more craftsmanship
would fill the bill better.
CHAMBERLAIN is enyiOus of Gladstone.
Dixie has been derailed from the official
track on account of disgusting immo-
ra.ities and has joined hands win
Chamberlain to overthrow the hopes of
Ireland by defeating the only scheme OF
Home Rule that has any chance Of be-
ing adopted. Protesting to love the
cause of Irish emancipation, they delib-
erately plan to crush it out because OF
petty spirit of envy in their own little
souls. Verify, "envy's coal comes
Kissing hot from hell"
Why is the Chaplain of Congress like
the Goddess of Justice? They are both
blind.
THE Texas steer has his long horn in
Congress and is hooking his way TO a
recognition of his claims as native
who has rights. Another toss or two OF
his horns and the pleuro-pneumOnia
bureau will begin TO respect his claims,
and then we may see this quarantine
nonsense tossed out OF the Congressional
corral.
JONES follows Small's lead, and both
eschew the tobacco they have Chewed
for years.
New YORK has bloomington on the
brain, and got it bad. 1t is game, 8
Lenten game, a mixture OF pleasure
and propriety, especially concOcted for
those who don't take Lent straight, but
are troubled with the prOprieties during
the 40 days" 1t is a mild decoctiOn of
lawn tennis taken indoors, taken with a
penitential air, very edifying to those
who wear it. When Lent is over it will
retire to its native obscurity in the wilds
of onocuOus desuetude.
The Carolina negroes have horror Of
Carrollton, and 400 of them are folding
up their tents for a westward migration.
UNCLE SAM kicks as vigorously as a
Mexican male against the big subsidies
given the Pacific mail, and claims that
enormous sums have been illegally paid,
whereby the Government has been great
ly defrauded. The Cabinet has decided
to bring suit against the company for
recovery.
WILL the Houston Post file the neces-
ssry afiidavits to prove its allegation
that Glsdstone's powers have declined.
The old man eloquent is conceded by
such men as John Bright and Justin Nc
earthly to be at the very height Of his in
tellectual power, his mental faculties
showing no sign OF age or times decay.
THE recent rise on the rivers has
brought Salt Creek up a booming, and
next week will see some hundreds of
defeated candidates stemming the tide
of that classic water.
THE Houston Post has applied to &c.
ronimo for the scalp locks of those scrib.
bling braves who have been sending old
dime novel extracts from the front ant
calling them "lste dispatches from Zero
nimo's vicinity"