San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-15
PUBLIC OPINION.

are sent to the Sandwich Islands?
Stevens put on airs; Blount out
did Stevens; and now Willis
double-disc0unts both his prede-
cessors in style and arrogance of
behavior. - Philadelphia Record,
Ind.
In the Wilson bill the duty on
peanuts remains as before, while
the duty on beans is increased.
This will please Virginia, but a
wild, weird, prolonged calamity
howl will come up from Mr.. Cleve-
lands fond admirers. the Boston
naugwumps. - Chicago Tribune,
Rep.
When President Cleveland urged
upon Congress a definite policy in
regard to repeating the Sherman
bill he was denounced as a dicta-
| tor. When he sends in message
less urgent in its suggestions, he is
criticised as being without a policy
Of his own. We are very much
afraid that the present administra-
ton will never please the Republic
can party.-Louisville Courier
Journal, Dem.
Mr.. John l.. Sullivan's rescue of
Mrs. John Drew from pecuniary
distress is subject for an histori-
cal painter. 1t is of greater
local and contemporeaneous
interest than "Una and the
Lion" or "Perseus and andre
mache." Never mind, John; it
was a decent, kindly deed, 1and
your remark: 1--WE are all men,
bers of the profession and must
help one another" might bear a
wider application.-Boston Adv9r-
tiser, Rep.
Dave Hill, in opening his speech
in the Senate, said he did not pro-
pose to cross the Hawaiian bridge
till he got to it, but proceeded at
once to make vigorous effort to do
so. His flOundering showed that
he would have been wise if he had
adhered to his declared purpose,
| for he gave utterance to many very
| foolish things, for which he will
no doubt repent before he loses the
few remaining hairs that adorn his
scalp.--St. Paul Globe Dem
Over in Hummelstown, Pa, a
man was legally hanged for crime
committed just seventy-nine days
! before. His name was Tennis and
he strangled a little girl to death.
His arrest, Indictment, trial and
| execution compassed a fraction
over eleven weeks. This game of
| Tennis has attracted attention as
it offers a model for the whole
country. If followed everywhere
| there would be no excuse for lynch
law whatever. There isn't, any
hOw.-NGw York Advertiser, Rep.
Master Workman Sovereign in his
address to the knights of Labor,
favOrs free coinage of gold and sill
yer, at the ratio of | to Is, the abO-
litiOn of the Presidents veto, the
establishment of the popular
initiative and referendum in legis-
latiOn, and resistance to land and
industrial monopoly, Mr.. Sow
ereign has cut out a very big
piece of work, for an organization
that has not recently been very
successful in dealing with the
limited but important problem
which called it into existence
New York World, Dem.
There is a close and striking
likeness between the antics Of Gov.
Waite, of Colorado, who proposed
last summer to wade in blood, up
to the collar of mis- horse, in his eff
fort to prevent the repeal of the
Sherman act, and the pres
ent curious performances OF
such persons as Dodge and the
proprietors of the Miller Cutlery
works of Connecticut, in their at
tempt to arouse public sentiment
against the Wilson bill. II business
depression results from prolonged
tariff uncertainties it will be large
ly due to tho tactics these favored
protectionists emplOy.-New York
Times, Mug.
The Atlanta Constitution wants
it understood that the people OF
the south are not calamity howl
ers. Neither according to the same
authority, are they bankrupt or in
debt, or suffering for the comforts
of life. The future is.full of promise.
We are glad that such an optimis-
tic spirit prevades out contempo-
rary. There are so many gloomy
people in the world whose words
carry nothing but encouragement,
that it is wonder the number o f
suicides is infinitely greater. IT,