San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-23
ghe Daily Eight.
office No. 4 East Commerce Street.

THE Thurman Bandana is all the
rage. A cotton printing works in the
east has an order for 1000, 900 and
there will be more democrats with
Observation-Disclosures than there were
ever seen before. A clean-nose-demo-
cracy is decidedly new order of
things.
THREE times in the history of this
country have the chances of an cleo
ton been reversed by a subsequent
one and the vanquished in one con-
test become the victor in another. IN
der this rule it is Blaine's turn to beat
Cleveland.
ALMOST an entire week that this
city has been cut off from mail COM
munication with New Orleans. 1t
does seem as though little energy on
the part of mail superintendent might
have arranged some transfer of mail
to some other route, so as to have con-
tinued the service. Even the solid
south frets under the mismanagement
of the democratic head of the postal
department.
THE Dallas Times Herald is not
half so sanguine as it is saturnine
over the deep water convention at
Fort Worth. 1t says:
1.-THE Times-Herald will wager that
the deep water convention at Fort
Worth does not result in any great
benefit to the state as far as deep wa
ter..is concerned. There will be cliques,
selfish combinations Oh hand, each
working for itself and the good done
will not amount to anything. This
should be pasted in the hats of those
who like to inquire into the truthful
ness of prophecies"
Is this prophecy or wish? And
is the wish the father of the thought
thus expressed?
THE Kansas City Journal most fit
tingly observes:
"That, one seat in the Chicago con-
vention hall is allotted to Harper's
Weekly. This is one seat more than
Harper's Weekly deserves. The New
York Post also has one seat. Mr..
Curtis and Mr.. Godkin should sit side
by side to keep each other in counte-
nance"
Harper's Weekly according to it's in
fluence has done more to destroy the
work and thwart the plans of the re-
publican party, than any other jour
nal in America. Its toadying to Cleve-
land would be disgusting if it was not
SO palpably comical. The Kansas City
Journal speaks truly, it deserves no
consideration at republican hands. 1t
was only republican by sheer force of
compulsion in the early years of the
party when its southern patronage
was cut off, and has as natural lean
ing to solid south as though its home
was New Orleans instead of New
York. 1t is coming to be accepted at
its true value. and its hosting of the
democratic bandana over the republic
can stars and stripes surprises no one
and deceives no one. The day has
passed in which it could seriously in
jure the republican party. From be-
ing concealed foe it develops as an
open enemy.
THE Beeville Buzzer is congratulate
ing herself on getting the grip on
trade nolens volens, and of having
two strings to its bow, either of which
will bring trade to its doors. The Bee
says:
being only about two hundred
miles from Galveston, and at the ter
minus of an air line of railway from
there in the direction of the Rio
Grande, Beeville would be a receiving
and forwarding point of no small mag
nitude, with deep water at that port.
Being only 55 miles from Arkansas
Pass, and having first class line of
railway to that port, deep water there
would be of like benefit to Beeville as
fat Galveston. Then, again, Beeville
being connected both with Galveston
and Arkansas Pass, by rival lines, it
will be point competition in freight
rates. Matters not if Arkansas Pass
does get the advantage of Galveston
in the way of deep water, Hunting
toms ships and Huntington's railroad
will lay goods down in Beeville, via
Galveston, for as little money as Lofts
railroad and somebody else's ships
Will by way of Arkansas PassO