San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-16

Foster promises to remove the
rain belt several degrees farther
south. The performance of that
promise would suit an area to the
| northwest and west of this city as
pat as a ducks foot suits the mud.
England is scratching her head
over this continued drain of gold
to this country and puts the price
up higher and higher but the dis
count does not prevent the expor-
tation. The turn has come.
This country does not need free
and unlimited coinage, nor free
and unlimited immigration, nor
vet would it be benefited by free
trade but free and unlimited horse
sense would be acceptable.
There are too many men in the
middle of this silver crowd for the
extremists to get good view of
each other. The middle men will
take sides some of these days and
the battle will be decided.
There must be no garbled re-
ports as to the efficiency of those
garbage furnaces made to the city
council. San Antoine is not SO hard
up for them as to take anything
that does not fill the bill.
| There have been men who have
sacrificed health and wealth for
the country, but Cleveland was
not built that way during the
late war, nor has he reconstructed
| himself since that date.
1t is by no means certain that
yellow fever has made it's appear
ance on the coast of Florida, as re-
ported, but it will not hurt the
reputation of San Antonio to keep
| on with street cleaning.
There never was time in the
| history of the banks of this city
when they had as much money in
their vaults as they have at pre-
sent, and there are thousands Of
cities in the same boat.
The office seeker in Washington
at this stage of the silver debate
gets the cold shoulder and no
promise of pie. The wise man will
wait until Grover returns and sees
how his message goes.
Less than one hundred days of
that eternal vigilance that is the
price of safety, and all danger of
either yellow fever or of cholera
will have passed for this season,
Be clean and vigilant.
1t is thought that if John Ire
land should step into the troubled
waters of the Democratic state pool
| that all the diseases Of said De-
mocracy would be healed in the
waters. Potent John.
There are times when it is order
| to violate the traditions of the
fathers. That time comes when a
wise city council sits down hard on
:. the idea Of the wastefulneSs of mu-
! nicipal government.
The happy family of the Texas
| Democracy would like few point
ers concerning the party latitude
and longitude of Charley Culber-
son. Charley himself throws no
| light on the subject.
France is in the thick of one OF
the most exciting elections that
has yet occurred in that republic
There are no lines drawn, but. the
contests are local and personal and
engender bad blood.
The Republican motto is
"AmeriCa for the Americans" The
Democratic motto is "America for
the Europeans" There is differ
ence that no patriotic citizen car
fail to recognize.
There will be no dirt thrown in
this Ohio fight this year, but il
will result in another Overwhelm
ing victory for the brilliant Repub
lican statesman who is a candidate
for reelection.
Houston is turning Galveston
into a summer suburb and water
ing place. The Bayou City has g
fair appreciation of the inevitable
destiny that waits on that old time
port of Texas.
If there is not thirty feet of water
at the wharves of half a dozer
ports on the Gulf coast of Texa'
within a short period it will not b'
for want of public meetings for it:
promotion.
: s 1t takes the common mind {
long time to understand that pro
lection does not raise prices, anC
yet the whole literature Of the pro
tective movement demonstrates