San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-13

you will see that you get properly re-
ceipted bill from the undersigned.
T. B. JOHNSON, Manager,
.s-3tf San Antonio LIGHT.
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PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
IBY OUR SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR.
1'Since our removal we miss the
spicy San Antonio LIGHT. 1t is re-
publican, We know, but we believe in
reading both sides. "-Mansfield Mall.
1t is compliment to the LIGHT to
be missed by democratic paper.
Texas is altogether too one sided in
politics, tor the welfare of the people.
John Law in the early days OF this
republic that destroyed finance and
shook the throne of France. "-Alva-
RADIO Bulletin.
Read up in history, Bro. Bulletin;
''this repu bile" was born July 4, l776,
aud John Laws scheme was in oper-
alton about 172O or '25.
George Clark has made q speech in
McClennsn county TO the farmers, in
which he fisyed all the hide off the
sub-treasury and removed all its
bones and left 1t to dry.
A big scare is shaking the dry bones
of the Texas democracy. Senator
Coke has unlim bered his battery and
opened fife upon the alliance with
great ponderosity and Precipitation.
The Capitolian styles the editor of
the Tyler Reporter, "vermifuge,"
Hamilton and the Reporter retaliates
by clubbing the Capitolian. the
"Austin sewer" These journalistic
amenities are neither in good taste,
nor witty and they lower dignity and
impair the usefulness of the press.
Next month forty German families
from Kansas and Nebraska will settle
in Fort Bend county, Texas. They
have already bought land. There Is
no denying the fact that German
farmers, as q rule are thrifty, frugal
and prosperous and that they are &C.
cessions 20 any county.
The mssons OF Texas will soon take
a vote for the purpose of deciding
whether the grand lodge shall remain
at Houston, or be removed to Waco,
or Fort Worth which are bidding for
o it. The probabilities are that it will
be removed from Houston and that
Waco will capture the plum.
The great majority of the Texas
papers are strongly in favor of the
principle underlying the alien land
law. Only aoout q half dozen news
papers oppose 1t and they are prob
ably doing so at the instance of tn 9
board of trade in their respective
cities.
AS San Antonio was the scene of
rotten egg.throwing in the prohibit
ton campaign of 1887, she appreciates
the rank injustice of holding an en- tire
community accountable for the con-
duct of a small squad of drunken
rOwdies. Houston is not bit more
responsible than San Antonio was in
1887, for the dirty act of few row.
dies, and the papers are very wrong
TO saddle the blame on the City of
Houston, as though its entire popula-
ton approved of the act.
Free speech is a sacred right, as
we'll as priceless boon, and it cannot
be taken away from a man by throw.
ing rotten eggs at him while he is
speaking. Every man in Houston
should spare no pains to detect and
punish the crowd of rowdies that cast
the eggs at Sam Jones. Every town
and city is afflicted with rowdies and
toughs, whom they would gladly gel
rid of, if it was possible.
Lavaca now rejolces In neat ant
10 tidy newspaper, named the Lavacaen
and is going to keep step to the stir
ripg music of progress. The Lavscaer
of the 3rd instant, states that zone
hundred families will settle in Calhoun
county, in time to grow a crop mex
year." and that thrifty farmers ar,
already pouring into its county.
announces that Port Lavaca is "iI