San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
EDITORIAL BREvITIES.


late action OF the council Of that city re-
marks as follows upon II:
1.-THE city council last night raised
the salary OF the mayor from $1,000 to
$4,000 year. That, the Age regards as
an unnecessary and mistaken increase Of
the public expense"
Perhaps Houston, like San Antonio,
has mayor who lie dear at any price.
The house committee on postofices
refused to recommend bill prohibiting
the Transmission OF lottery advertise
ments through the mails, wbereupon the
Galveston Tribune rises In Its pew and
remarks:
"The bill prohibiting transmission
through the malls OF newspapers contain
ing lottery advertisements was stran-
gisd In the house committee Oh post.
Offices yesterday, and the journals can
continue to puff church fairs without en-
dangering their OR culation."
1t has escaped notice that the Tribune
was martyr to Its fair putting.
MAYOR HEWITT, Of New York, having
determined to suppress some OF the
fancy balls which are not particularly
savory In their reputation. the Houston
Post remarks:
"Tbls will have an effect to postpone
q good many important business errands
to New York from surrounding cities"
Has Houston been depopulsted.
TBE Wharton Independent discouTses
thusly concerning the free trade journal
Of this city: "Blll Ferguson of the San
Antonio Times wants to reduce the
tariff to revenue basis. IL 1t lie fair to
reduce TO that point, why not make
horizontal reduction. When congress
does that our friend Bill will find that
the wool interests of his constituents
will be Ia a bad fix, and then the Times
and the balance of the cold philosophical
devotees Of the Star Eyed Goddess will
have to take back track" The Inde-
pendent need not wait for the horizontal
reduction to bring wool down below
1t on the free list.
The Castroville Anvil strikes out the
following spark from under Its editorial
hammer:
1.-The grand old city Of San Antonio is
getting 10 shape. She has secured the
National Editorial convention, has the
promise Of the republican convention
and is trying to get the democratic con-
vention, anu we hope she will succeed.
There 10 no better place In the state to
hold Ii, and not one where delegates
will be better treated"
The report Of the university land
agent, Williams, upon the trespasses
upon university lands in Tom Green,
Crockett, and other western counties,
shows unfsVorably for the university
funds:
HE found one. sheepman grazing
1900 head OF sheep over an area OF
100. 600 acres without owning any OF the
land, and leasing only two or three
watered sections. Most OF the 100000
acres OF university land is occupied by
nomadio sheepmeD, who herd their
Hooks around from one county to an
other so as TO dodge the state agents and
tax assessors. They have been using
these lands for free grazing for years,
and only now, when the law strikes
them, propose to lease them. The uni
versity, of course, in the meantime, 10
losing many Thousand dollars OF rev.
enue from her lands, and the evils COM
planned OF should be absted as speedily
as possible. This state needs every dol
lar OF her school and university revenues
and legal steps should be taken TO pre-
vent her educational Institutions from
being thus defrauded.
The Goliad Guard says: "San Anto-
MO wants both the democratic and re-
publican state conventions to meet
there. San Antonio Is not partizsn in
this, but has an eye to the general good
of the city and country surrounding.
That 1t would be an advantage in many
ways cannot be gainsaid, and San AntO.
MO deserves praise for her pluck"
The guard correctly represents the stu
alton.
The Cotulla Ledger does not like
tariff discussions and says:
Congress should settle the tariff
question and be done with 1t. Keeping
the people In hot water over the matter
will do more harm to the different in
dustries than any final action they will
ever take. Settle the matter and let us
be done with It,"
The Ledger will find that the end of
free trade is destruction to Industry.
Better discussion forever than free wool
In the end.