San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-27

sunday Sun was matter or Qecency, yet
there is bad taste left in the public
mouth.
People are anxious to get a glimpse of
the paper in the hopes of seeing certain
local celebrities written up. The courts
can enjoin the little news dealers and
even the express offices but they can't en-
join Uncle Sans p. o.
Hence the suppressed paper will con-
tinue to he read and passed about from
hand to hand.
The libel law of our state, it is con-
tended by every paper is a tyrannical act
and a blow at the liberty of the press.
find remedy through the libel
law that would be effective, and
each individual grievance could be
ventilated As it is, the suppressed
paper will be read by thousands of our
citizens and the little newsboys will be
deprived of the chance Of making few
nickels.
Uncle Sam is viTtuouS and prudish
old fellow; his mail bags are forbidden to
carry indecent literature; how does ii
uted through the poStoffice.
The MORNINGS Express, in comment
| ing upon the murderouS business in La
Sale County, says: "Engulfed in the
mesheS of libel law that prevents them
from calling things by their proper
names, the papers cannot tell all they
know about it,"
This does not apply to La Sale county:
| the men who have stained that commun-
| ity with blood and ruf1ianism have never
| thought Of the libel law. But the press,
| located in the very heart of our law abid-
ing, law enforcing 1 city .. ! has as
| no way interfered with by the libel law
|
| There is no need for newspaper to
| dive into the private affairs of individuals,
| but the public affairs. the public men, the
servants of the people, should be criti-
cised with perfect freedom. To abridge
or interfere with the liberty of the
press in this direction is to trample upon
the liberty and rights of the people.
|
If public men and public offices cannot
be criticised without subjecting the pub
lie journal and those who contribute to it,
to be beat down upon the streets, or shot
| in the railway cars, then 1t Is time
the people took hand in the mat
ter.
| 1t is not the libel law that interferes
with the press in Texas, it is the rule OF
he border ruffian and the bully.
| H.
The Express owes it TO its readers to
| discuss the public affairs of our city; let
us pluck the beam from our own eye be-
| fore calling attention to the mite in our
brothers eye.
Who objects to Puck" or THE Judge, -
| yet these great illustrated journals, con-
| tain cartoons of our public men, from the
President down to New York pot-house
| politicians.
Let us for instance, be fearless in call
| ling attention to the acts of omission as
well as commission, on the part of our city
| officials.
| They live off the peoples bounty; the
| peoples taxes. They are the peoples SER
wants. Because a saloon keeper is made
an alderman neither his business or his
character are elevated; he can gain credit
| by being faithful, honest servant of the
| people, but when he becomes an arrogant,
| Overbearing blacBguard or bulley he falls
| beneath decent recognition. The official
robe should not be one that can hide a
| rOttOn character, but cause through
which the eyes of the people can look and
see clean hand and good heart.
All honest occupations are honorable,
| but the holding of a public Office neither
| dignifes nor enlarges private calling.
|
The people of our city are fully awake
| to the reckless, don't care character of our
| city government.
in securing number of signatures to
petition in favor of making another loan,
the taxpayers. only want the opportunity
to snow it under at the ballot box.
All confidence in the present city gov
eminent as TO its management of the fl
nancial affairs is gone.
they can sweep out the city hall with a
new broom, before they put in another
dollar in the shape of bonded debt.
West End Hop.
In spite of the rain yesterday afternoon
the social hop at West End last night
was quite success, though there was
not large number present those of the
select few, enjoyed the occasion greatly.
1t was arranged by Mr. AlOnza Ellison
with the help of number of other young
men.
Dancing was kept up until one o'clock
a. m.