San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-22
The Daily Eight.
Office No. 4 East Commerce Street.
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE.

This is the last issue of the LIGHT
that will reach the San Antonio deep
water delegates at Denver convention,
before the converting of that body.
That convention will be the most i'm
portant ever. assembled, in its infiu-
ence upon the future of Southwest
Texas. The LIGHT has taken very
deep interest in this question and
given up much of it's valuable space
to the consideration of the great in
terests involved, and in the endeavor
to arouse the public mind to such
concerted action as will checkmate
the effort made at Galveston, and to
be made in Denver from Galveston, to
keep all north and southwest and
west Texas tributary to Galveston by
preventing the opening of any other
port on the gulf coast. San Antonio
has made every endeavor to have this
matter amicably arranged. Has been
ready to aid all Galveston's en-
deavors to secure the most liberal
government aid in opening that port
as deep as the nature Of the passage
to that harbor will admit. All has
been useless. Galveston has promised
and has not performed. She has made
propositions and refused to come to
terms by herself proposed. She is con-
sciously and for her own selfish inter-
ests endeavoring to prevent deep
seaport on the gulf coast for years to
come. if not for..all time. When her
delegates visited Arkansas Pass for the
first time, as mentioned in these col
umns at that time, they were so I'M
pressed with the feasibility of deep
water passage through Arkansas bar
that they proposed two ports and pro-
fessed readiness to meet San Anto-
Mo in a friendly adjustment of in
terests so that they and we
could go before the Denver cOnven-
vention united in our requests and so
secure the cooperation and aid of that
convention for the agreed upon meas
ures. Sober reflection has taught
these Galvestonians that it is extreme
ly dangerous to take that course
Death to them, but life to all southwest
Texas and the vast Colorado and
northwest region west of the Missouri.
Galveston must be saved, though this
vast territory with all its interests
and commercial needs perish. San
Antonio is ready for the fight. Every
man who holds credentials as dele
gate should leave this city at 2:45 p.
M, tomorrow, to take part in this
struggle for the commercial interests
of southwest Texas as involved in the
speedy opening of Aransvs Pass.
They 90 in no spirit of antagonism
or hostility to Galveston, but moved
and necessitated to move by that first
law of nature, self preservation.
The issues are made up. There can
be no compromise of San Antonio's
interests, and there is good ground to
believe that her propositions are so
fair, her reasonings so clear, her facts
so patent, that the sober judgement of
the convention will be enlisted in her
cause, and give a verdict in her favor.
All has been done that could be done
here with the men and means offer
ing for the work, and the LIGHT can
only reiterate it's oft repeated wish
that the result may be the speedy
opening of Arkansas Pass to the COM
merce of the high seas. 1t is as prac-
ticable as it is necessary, and
once accomplished assures the pros
perity of the southwest section of this
state and gives to the vast territory
northwest Of the gulf, that outlet to
the open ocean that has become to
them commercial necessity. May
San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas and
northwest Texas be thoroughly united
in this fight and may Arkansas Pass
get justice. Her friends desire no
more.
EneIand's Loss Americas Gain.
Brooklyn Times
If Sheridan's parents had remained
Of hoDan yybot NUO,11I phil Sheridan