San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-09
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
"Thus Times Corroding Hand"-A
Pertinent Question for the Next
Con2ress-Some Notes on
Texas Matters.

Texas Matters.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5th, 1889.
Daily LIGHT.
"What will time not subduew On
the third floor of the war and navy
building, in the south wing, in the
library, the relic hunter sees the eff
fects of Times remorseless work. The
original draft of the Declaration of In
dependence, with but twelve out of
| fifty-five signatures thereto that can
be plainly read. Even John Hancock g
stalwart sign manual, so IA
miliar to students of Amer
lean history, has very nearly
faded out. Those of Lyman Hall,
George Walton, Josiah Bartlett, Will
liam Whipple, Samuel Adams, John
Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Stephen
Hopkins, William Ellory, Samuel
Hun tington are still legible, as is the
body of the instrument. All signers
of the declaration gave their full
names, only two of whom had mid
die name, as can be seen by reference
to copy.
Near by, in glass case, is the staff of
him who first drew lightning from
the clouds. A copy of codicil to
Franklin's will, with the gift in view,
runs thus: "My fine crab tree walk
ing stick, with goldhead, curiously
wrought in the form of the cap of
Liberty, give to my friend, and the
friend of mankind, General Washing
ton. If it were a sceptre, he has
merited it, and would become it,"
The Post Of Friday has the follow
ing query.
A question which the fifty-first con-
gress will have to answer Can the
title to ontested seat be perfected
by the assassination of the contest
ant ?"The Arkansas Breckenridge will
deem this too pointed, and go down
into his bootleg for his toOth-pick.
Continuing the Post moralizes-
"The reputation of the Arkansas
tooth-pick' has hurt that state for
years. Capital keeps away from re-
gionssof broils and tumult. The kill
ing of John NJ. Clayton puts the state
back ten years. The state itself
suffers for crime that goes unpublished.
Vicarious atonement with VEN
geance."
That's the way to do it, as Punch
W
wife; welcome the Yank with hos
pitable hands to bloody graves.
Future possibilities, aye probabili-
ties, fast merging into certainty.
Many repu blican mem bers of congress
are outspoken that the election COM
mittee of the next session should as
soon as it convenes investigate Clay
toms murder, and that a vAcan-
h. 8 =
Breckenridge received a certificate to
which the murdered man was en-
titled.
The Hon. Jacob Gallinger, member
from New Hampshire, said-"It is
high time that some method was de-
vised to put an end to political muir
ders in this country. In this case 1
trust the apparent efforts of the au-
thorities to detect and punish the
murderer are sincere, but the failure
to do SO in the multitudes of similar
cases in the south gives little hope in
that direction. OF course it
will be the imperative duty
Of the committee on elections
of the tifty-first congress to probe the
matter to the bottom, with a view to
promptly unseat Mr.. Breckenridge if
the facts warrant it," How the Ar
kansas B. would like to have that n.
II. member in an Arkansas bottom,
with goodly number of kindred spir-
its to make him climb lyncher's
Jacobs ladder.
The south has not had enough of
blue-coats, or their acts are foreign to
their desires.
Louis Schilling, of Texas, who
was confined in a Mexican pris-
on, is seeking indemnity through
congress. Senators Coke and Reagan
refused to present his memorial to the
senate, and Senator Spooner perform
ed that duty for him. The gallant
Phil Claiborne, of Bastrop, has writ
ten a long letter in his behalf, OF
which the following are character
istic extracts: 1.-THE sister republics
of the United States of North America
and Mexico, are strange bedfellows,
of the femini gender, are not living
in harmony, either awake or asleep, in
peace or in war, as we propose to show
on facts incontrovertible, set forth in
this communication" Where, oh!
where, is the sage of Seguin! He'll
swim the Rio Grande to get at 'em
when he reads this.
The warlike Phil expands as he
recalls the murder of Jas. H. Duval in
Mexico, of the Cedral mines: HE was
| native of Alabama and was we'll
known in Mexico mining circles
miserable ct miserable dicter-will
our government do nothing? Such
nation should be wiped out" Set 'em
up on both alleys! Did they get mis-
cradle Dick too, or was he just scor-
ing Richard in advance for refusing