San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-27
SOMETHING OF A DISTRICT.

pressed their disapproval OF the re-
cent appointment of marshal for the
| western district of Texas, on the
ground that the appointee Paul
Fricke, of Brennan, was not a resi-
dent of the district to which he is
assigned. To disabuse the minds
of those who are in error in this mat
ter the LIGHT herewith gives the
boundary Of the western district.
Commencing on the gulf coast of Mex
leo on the boundary line between
Calhoun and Jackson counties, it
runs northward along the east line of
the counties Calhoun, Victoria, La
vaca, ;Fayette, Washington, Burleson
and Milan; thence northwest along
the north or east lines of the coun-
ties of Burnett, Lampasas, San Saba,
Mccullough, Concho, Tom Green,
Mitchell, Scurry, Cara, Crosby,
Floyd, Swisher, Castro and Farmer,
to the territory of New Mexico; thence
south to the southeast corner of that
territory; thence west to the state
limits, along the south line of New
Mexico; thence down the Rio Grande
to its mouth; and, from there along
the gulf coast OF Mexico to the start |
ing point lear Indianola. This is the
territory included in this western dis |
trict of Texas and in this |
district Washington county is
situated, being the most eastern of
all the coun ties in the district.
AS will be seen it is district of vast |
extent and the district offers, Judge, |
attorney and marshal have no sine
cure. Courts meet twice a year at |
San Antonio, Austin, Ell Paso and |
Brownsville, and the office pays but a |
trifiing compensation for the immense |
amount of work and exhaustive travel |
required to meet its demands. Mar |
shals and attorneys of eastern dis
tricts have little idea of the labor re-
qured to cover this vast field. From |
San Antonio to Ell Paso the distance
is 633 miles; from here to Brownsville |
is not less than 300 and no rail COM
municatious for considerable part of |
that distance. 1t is not less than 200 |
miles from this city to the eastern
limit Of the district and to reach the
northwest boundary would call for
over l 200 miles travel by rail and
wagon. 1t is no SLOUGH who can cover
with any credit to himself and the |
federal service such an extent OF ter
ritory, and if some offenders against
the laws of our Uncle go unwhipped
of Justice it is not very great occasion |
for wOnderment.
THE Bandera Bugle emits the
following:
A southern republican of eminence
a white man, a native of the south, |
conversing with the Republic CORES
pendent today, said, after being |
used: at is the same cid thing over !
again. The - niger won It keep to
the rear. He will insist on coming to |
the front and demanding his share of
the spoils. AS long as he insists on
that, the south will remain solidly |
democratic. If he would only give |
way for awhile and let us run the
south we would smash it's sOlidity. |
L L
niger vote on election day, | would |
be pleased if half the negroes would |
transfer their support to the demo-
cratic party. Then / have no doubt
we could divide the white vote of the |
south.n
In popular form of government
franchise and freedom are inseper- |
able. 1t has been the mistake of
those who are afraid of negro DONNA
ton that they have not clearly under
srood the situation and endeavOred to
lead instead of drive the new citizens,
who were made such by the necessi-
ties of a war declared by the southern
democrats against the union and the
national government. Abuse and in
timidation has had its day and the
ballots of colored voters will be
counted in coming years as they have
not been in years gone by. However
unpalatable this fact may be it is
fact of which the southern politician
will do we'll to take heed. The colored
man is citizen. AS citizen he has
right to vote. 1t is the duty of the
government to see him secured that
right. A government administered
by republicans will do so.
Their Business Booming.
Probably no one thing has caused such a
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