San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-10
ghe 1aily Eight.
TUESDAY, JULY, 10,
SPARKS, SLABS AND RAPS.

Written for the LIGHT.
The duke of Marlborough's title
captured Mrs. Hammersly. His first
wife was granted divorce from him
| i'm 1887, upon the ground of infidelity
| and cruel treatment, the duke having
| choked and struck her. Still, with a
| full knowledge of these disgraceful
facts, Mrs. Hammersly was so smit-
| ten with the title of duchess as to
marry a man convicted of brutally
beating his first wife. A New York
woman would marry hottentot If he
was rich and possessed title. 1t is
sign of degeneracy to see American
women so crazy to marry some titled
brute and bankrupt. Mrs. Marshall
o. Roberts is now in England fishing
for man with title, and batting her
hook with her five millions of dollars.
Of course she will hang some worth
less, heartless, broken down roue,
who will despise her.
OF all the contemplate and loath-
some characters to be met with in the
world, the man whose sole aim and
study is the seduction of chaste
women, is entitled to the first rank in
the roll of infamy. He is fraud, a
hypocrite and a scoundrel rolled into
one mould. San Antonio is tainted
with some men of this depraved breed,
and society should shut its door
against them.
1t is heavy tax on city to be Sc
lected as the place of meeting by any
kind of order, or society, or Organiza-
ton, since such city is forced to raise
thousands of dollars to wine and dine
these self-invited guests. Before the
war, these gratuities or aims would
have been spurned as insults, now
people meet at cities that make the
largest bids. Self-respect seems to be
at low ebb. Independence and deli
cacy are fast playing out.
In 1896, the leading presidential
candidates will be distinguished base
ball players, of the hireling type. The
base ball craze is a disgrace to the
age and the people, and portentious of
degeneracy.
Bodily ponderosity is Cleveland's
| distinguishing mark, after skulking
out of the union army.
The democratic platform, con-
structed at st, Louis, knocked all the
under-pinning from under Grover
Cleveland and made his presidential
cake all dough. He is political
corpse now.
In 1884, Cleveland's majority in the
state of New York was 1904. Conk-
ling's friends abstained from voting.
Now, they will cordially support Har-
| rison. Cleveland is no stronger in New
York now than he was in 1884. Set
New York down for Harrison and
Morton, and "don't you forget it,"
| Selah.
The mayor and council appear to
think that all San Antonio requires is
a new city hall stuck on one of the
plazas. Imfrimis, the city needs new
mayor and a new council TO stop the
dry rot that has seized upon it. The
"Ring" must be showed into the back
ground, or the city will drift the way
Wards ducks went.
Several married men are openly
living in adultery, not sleeping at
home once a month, and the entire
| city knows the fact, still the grand
Jury does not indict these men. Why
does not the grand jury follow the
law?
Shyster lawyers are no better than
sneak thieves and should be sent to
the penitentiary on general principles.
How many men in San Antonio are
the chief patrons of brothels and as
signation houses? How many of them
maintain mistreSses? I have in my
minds eye one man, who is grand
| father, who hardly passes one night
in month at his home with his wife
and children, but may be found at
the house of his mistress any night.
The grand jury should put stop to
such gross contempt ofpublic decency
and morality.
The Pharisees keep up the assigna-
ton houses; they skulk in and out of
those white washed brothels and i'm
agine no one knows what they do, but
they have been "spOtted."
Why are not public officers indicted
for habitual drunkenness, when they
are known to be drunk nearly every
day? Why don't the police baul them
to the lookup?
Mills is the "old man of inc noun
tain" to his party, a first class incu-
bus. He ought to be retired from the
public service, and progressive man
put in his seat.
San Antonio, with a great big, lum-
bering city hall, and no pavements
or streets, reminds one of an Indian
buck, strutting about. in state of
nakedness, with a silk hat mounted
on his head.
San Antonio will never prosper I'M
til the grasp of the "Ring" on it's
throat ia In oSaned nv the neOnle