San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-07-15
OUR ST. LOUIS LErTEn.
A Permanent National Conventica
HalI-Improvlng the Mississippi River
Married Women As Teachers


Married Women As Teachers.
ST. LOUIS, June 90.
The Missouri State Democratic con-
veution which will meet in st. Louis {
carly next month TO nominate three
Judges Of the supreme court Will hold
its sessions in the building where
Grover Cleveland was nominated four
wears ago. This is the Exposition
building on Olive street. In 1896, it
will be offered to both the Democrats
and the Republicans for their conven-
tons. and a strong effort viii be made
to have one or both OF the Presidential
nominations come from it. The dele
gates who sweltered and got wet IN the
Chicago wicwam have not stopped
complaining yet, aud the city will
enter the contest heavily handicapped
when it again applies for one Of the
national conventions There was 10
complaint whatever of the 81, Louis ac-
commodations four years ago. The
Exposition building is 4 permanent
structure made of brick stone and iron,
in the center Of the city, and it can
seat 30, 600 people with ease. When
the Democratic convention was held
here, only one-third Of the hall space
in the building was used, and yet, more
than twenty-five thousand spectators
saw the proceedings.
The city will begin its canvass early
in 90, and judging by statements made
recently by the leaders Of both parties,
it will be successful beyond the antici-
pations OF those who do not understand
how necessary to satisfactory eonven-
ton work a good hail is
General Sherman did good thing
for st. Louis before he gave up his
house here and went to New York to
live Those who used to know him here
delight to this day in telling how he
= turned the hose on 4 water rates
ones who presented bill to him
was sprinlsling his
WINE 70 in the cool of
front lawn 7'he incident made
the afternoon. he time. and it
a good deal of fun ar oxhorbitant
called attention 20 the IN nav,
prices that house owners ban ~eer
Tor the right to keep their grass 3
IN hot weather I he high rates tn
city charged had prevailed then for q
number OF years, and nobody had ever
thought of Directing. Since the EN-
phatic protest Of General Sherman, the
rates have Teen lowered q little each
year. This year, the water rates col
lector announces another reduction,
and house owners who sprinkle their
lawns viii have to pay hereafter only
about half as much rs they wers DONG
when the irascible od general AIsee'
the nozzil of the hose at the dun
1t cost the st. Louis Merchants Ex-
change 4 good round sum to get one
word into the platform of the National
Democratic convention the other d#y.
The word was continuous. 1t dee
cribed the kind Of appropriations that
should be made for the Mississippi
river. The money was spent IN paying
she expenses of an energetic committed
Of men who knew all about the river
and its needs. They were in Chicago
Il week, and won their victory 10y never
citing the influential men of the plat
'orm committee get cut Of their sight.
Congress has always done for the river
exactly what the platform asked 1t to
do, and not thing more. Hitherto,
the platforms have suggested appro-
priations for the river in sort of per-
functory way, and Congress has apprO-
priated in the same manner. The
money was given in scraps, and the
river was benefited very little. The
lemand for the continuous appro-
priation this time viii result in putting
INTO the next river and Larbor bill al
item that viii cause millions to be
spent in deepening the channel
A great school question controversy n
is raging here. Should married
women, not dependent ON their own
exertiOns Tor support be allowed n
teach in the public schools? Some OF
the school directors believe they should
not be, ana a number Of designations
have been demanded from teachers
At the same time several school prin-
:ipals, to whom there is objection on
various scores. asre-beirg disr', nd
there is a probability that by the time
the big stone Office building on Locust
street is finished, many more Of the
teachers Whoare now watching its cree
ion interestedly viii no longer feel
any concern in the pay-rous to be
made out there Ali-of these teachers
have, OF course, many friends, and the
directors who are trying to reform the
pedagogic corps are having an unpleas-
ant time.
Col l.. \. Grant. tire Assistant Sec.
rotary OF war, has just left the city
lftera thorough examination Of Jeffer-
.on barracks lie saws that for the
army st Louis IS one Of the most import
mt strategic points in the West. and
he returns to Washington intending to
have the work pushed on the improve
ment of tic post. The appropriation
now being spent at the barracks is
$50, COO only. Col. Grant slates that
this will be supplemented at once by
4 further some of $1,000, which VIII
go in putting up buildings that are
needed at once to house tie additional
troops that are 10 lie sent here.
Cocllrell IS preparing a bill APP
propriating half a million do lars more.
and Col. Grant saws tiis VIII be passed
objection, rs all the War de
partment officials are now cooperating
in advancing the post 20 i@ading
position AMONG The forts or the
country.