San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-19

ChdU JOChSI SluD dSSOCldJlOhs Il
will be a big thing for the city, 70
the stockholders and for the sport
in this city who love a horse tina
is a trifle previous.
Sensational reports from Wash
ington represent the Senate al
afraid of dynamiters in the gallery
and state that ne bundles are al
lowed to be carried into the gal
leries or chambers, also that de
tectives are on hand all the time
quietly patrOlling the corridors.
The Brazilian government are
not as much inclined to make
light of the insurgents as they
were, That bombardment in the
harbor of Rio was destructive, and
the forts did not do good service.
The Democratic press insists
that the war is over but they have
not yet forgiven the men who
saved the country from dismem-
berment. This is not consistent if
it is good Democracy.
Such a September week as last
week was San Antonio has no de-
sire to see again, and yet the tenn
perature here was endurable COM
pared with that reported in other
quarters of the state.
There is a great deal of talk
about the tariff robber. 1t will be
in better taste to talk thus after
the people bring in their verdict
upon the indictment that the DEM
ocrats are preparing.
The Memphis Ledger is endeav-
Oring in vain to forestall opinion
on the merits OF the Mckinley
Neal contest in Ohio. Wait until
the people render their verdict at
the polls, then talk.
The European socialists are more
wary than they were, but they are
also more open and persistent in
pushing their ideas of government
and demanding reforms of the
pOW0IS tudU De.
San Antonio has no choice as be-
tween cholera, yellow fever and
small pox. She sees no necessity
for dealing with either of them and
will bar them all out by care and
cleanliness.
This country can endure a stand
off on the Federal election bill
while Congress tackles a real good
all round bankrupt law. This is
an act of legislation that is really
needed. !
Engineering science stamps that
Ferris wheel as one of the finest
pieces of engineering skill, alike in
its conception and construction, |
that the history of e%ngineery af-
fOrds.
National receipts + running
behind expenditures at the rate of
fifty millions a year and yet the
Democratic tariff tinkerers talk of
its being a high and ruinOus tariff.
Has the Citizens Fair association
been dried up by the drouth, or
has it gone into permanent retire
1t should not grow weary
in well doing.
Yesterday was not much of a
day of rest in the Strip, albeit the
rush is Owe and the agony has not
yet had time to settle down on the
people hard.
The LIGHT is not convinced that
it is good municipal politics to
give up the idea of garbage fur
naces after one unsatisfactory ex-
pertinent.
Small pox is threatening the city
of New York. San Antonio knows
how to deal with the guest, and is
not frightened at its appearance.
Professions of religion are not
in it with a prompt payment of
the printers bills, as an evidence
of practical piety.
The heat continues and the sun
shines out OF a clear sky and Fos-
ter lies with his usual ease.
You breathe yellow fever and
you swallow cholera. This is the
difference between them.
The Jockey club of this city is in
it to win, and as nothing wins like
winning it will win.