San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-31
MIGHTY GOOD READING.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
1t must be said in Gen. Palmer's
favor that he is at least wiser than
Senator Farwell in the matter of en-
forcing the "cloture" rule against
himself.
1t is q significant fact that not 8
single newspaper has expressed q
word of sympathy for Attorney
General Miller; and yet he was never
more in need Of such attention.
Business failures continue to be re-
ported in different parts of the coun-
try, but as q rule they are small ones,
and do not indicate any pronounced
or general depression in any branch Of
trade.
The principal business of the ILL
nois politicians at present is that of
preparing con TESTED election cases for
the legislature to deal with in such q
way as to prolong and complicate the
senatorial con test.
Gen. Ben Buffers announcement
that he has retired from the criminal
pratice is equivalent, the country will
never again undertake to defend the
the Democratic party.
Comptroller Lacey is of the
opinion that there is no immediate
necessity for financial legislation;
and It is we'll that there isn's In view
of the way in which the Senate is
doing business at the present session.
There is to be another investigation
of the accounts ofState Treasurer Hem
mingway, OF Mississippi, and possibly
it will turn out that he did not alb
sorb as much, after all, as Treasurer
Woodruff, of Arkansas.
Col. Clarkson thinks that New
York is still necessary to the repub-
licans;" but 1t is good deal more SO
to the democrats, and their chances
of carrying 1t are diminishing instead
of increasing, by reason of the Cleve-
land-Hill vendetta.
The prospect for the ensuing week
In the Senate is that all the time will
be absorbed by speeches on the Fed
eral election bill, regardless of the
fact that the country has less use for
more speeches of that sort than any
thing else in the world.
1t Is generally agreed that Mr..
Cleveland's attempts at hdmor In his
recent speech were CHASTITY failures.
He exhausted his resources in that
line when he wrote those funny pen
sion vetoes which did so much to pre-
vent his reelection.
The idea of transferring the PEN
sion business to the war depar tment
is q good one. That Is where it legit-
imately belongs, and there is reason
to believe that such change would
materially promote the interests of
the soldiers and the government.
Some of Col. Bill Morrison's friends
think that he could carry all the DEM
ocratic states and several others as
the candidate of his party for presi-
dent; but the record shows that the
last time he tested his strength he
couldn't even carry one congressional
district.
Col. Watterson has been elected q
member of the democratic national
committee, which may be said to inn
ply that the republican party will
have the benfit of his halcyon and
vociferOus folly in a position where / Q
can thus make himself particularly
useful.
The general sentiment of the
country on the Bekring Sea question
Is in favor of arbitration on some fair
basis. Twenty years ago the United
States and England settled the Ala
bama trouble in this way, and that
was q much more delicate matter to
deal with than this one is.
Turner Sylvester Ball.