San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-01
A CLEAN APPOINTMENT.

patches to the LIGHT, Will De accept
ed by the great body of republicans in
Texas as an omen of good. 1t empha-
sizes what has been reported and
semi-authoritatively asserted from
Washington concerning the intention
of the government there to break up
the little boss cliques in the southern
states and put the party in a position
for advance. Mr.. Terrells appoint
ment is directly in the line of this
policy. He has never been identified
in any way with the per-
nicious ring rule of the coun-
ty, or with the bossism OF
the state. His record is alike clean
and honorable as a man, as a polltl-
clan, and as a republican. He has
rendered good service to his party
and represents the best elements of
that party in Texas; he is openly OPP
posed to all the underhanded schem-
ing of the little bosses who have Kept
Texas in state of homage since the
party was deposed from power in the
state and deservedly enjoys the conf
dence of his fellow citizens as well as
the administration at Washington.
The correspondents of the Galveston
News both here and at Washing ton
have attempted to create feeling
against Mr.. Terrell by persistently
misrepresenting his course at Wash
ington and endeavoring to
make it appear that he
has been himself an applicant
for local office to the intent that local
applicants might be instigated to
jealousy against him. The per-
sistent rumors that Mr.. Terrell was
seeking the L. S. attorneyship of this
district are a specimen of these false
rumors circulated for purpose and
instigated by political antagonism.
The LIGHT knows most positively
that there has been no truth in any
reports of this kind. Mr.. Terrell has
never Thought of accepting office in
this state nor in the neighboring re-
public, and has been in no sense a
seeker after office. His appointment
is a lust and merited recognition OF
his services during the late campaign
and of his consistent record as re-
publican. His fitness for the office,
here in San Antonio, where his schOl-
astic training and business qualities
are well known, will not be questioned.
His social standing and acquaintance
with the outside world are ample TO
insure his proper maintenance of his
position abroad as the representative
of this government, with credit to the
nation and honor to himself. AS a
fellow citizen and as fellow repub-
! lican, the LIGHT most heartily re.
| ioices in the honor thus conferred up
| on Mr.. Terrell, and accepts it as rec
IGNITION of the claims of the non
office-seeking body of republicans in
| Texas, and no less as a recOgnitisn of
San Antonio as the republican center
| of the state.
THE present United States Attorney
for this district, Rudolph Kleburg, is
authority for the statement that Paul
Fricke has been confirmed as mar
shall. The telegraph advices from
| Washington have been silent in this
matter 50 far as these have reached
| the LIGHT and the general impression
among republicans here has been
| that the known hostility of Cooke and
| Regain had prevented his contirma-
ton, but the United States District
! Attorney says not so.
THE Express, in a very compliment
airy notice of Mr.. Terrell's appoint
ment as minister resident to Belgium,
makes a mistake as to the emolu-
ments of the office, which it places at
$l2, 900 per annum. The only $4,000
appointments are: Austro-Hungary,
China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain,
and Brazil. The Belgium Office pays
81 800. Its minister is called minister
resident, but enjoys the rank of envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipo
Tertiary.
THE refusal of the senate to con
l firm the appointment of Murat Hal
5 stead as Minister to Germany, will b'
: very unwelcome news to the press o
l the country. This recognition giver
l by President Harrison to the press il
2 his appon tments has been very graf
{ flying to the country and this action
I of the senate will no doubt be severel.
l animadverted upon. The real caus
! of the rejection is, no doubt, the bit
ter denunciation of those senator
q who refused to enter into the Payn
o investigation case some two year
It since, at which time Halstead calle'
3 them "boodler agents" and intimate,