San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-01

Wnen the NatlOnal banks tnaC
have applied for permission to re-
sumo do resume the percentage of
failures will be only about one
and One~fourth.
| All eyes are upon Washington,
and all ears are open for the voice
of her wisdom. That it may prove
to be wisdom and not folly is the
universal desire.
Will the Democratic party yield
to the wishes of the commercial
classes and give the country a
uniform bankrupt bill? 1t is
| greatly needed.
Cleveland is not likely to draw
upon the members of his cabinet
for a successor to Supreme Justice
Blatchford, unless he wants to
| shelve Carlisle.
When it comes to social distinc-
tions it is found that the color line
is as closely drawn at the west as
at the east, at the north as well as
at the south.
New enterprises are springing up
all over the state, attesting to the
general healthfulness of her bust
ness and the soundness of her
finances.
The late rains were success as
sample of what the country needs,
but they were only sample and
the job lot is expected to arrive on
time.
That Denver mob, from whom so
much was feared, seems to have
existed solely in the Imagination
of those too easily excited authori-
ties.
The Democratic party will be
called to account by the country
for it's attack upon the aged and
destitute pensioners of the nation.
France will have to gain the con-
sent of the powers before she can
get possession of the territory that
she has exacted from little Siam.
The depositors in the suspended
banks, who did not get their
money, can blame themselves for
the suspension every time.
All business center feel the hard
times, but San Antonio feels them
less than any other city on the
American footstOol.
If any one knows what Cleve-
land intends to do in the way if
recommendations to congress he
is not telling it.
The Democrats are eXcruciating-
ly anxious to fasten all the finan-
cial ills of the country on the Re-
publican party.
The weather continues warm,
but it does not wilt the prospects
of that air line from this city to
Velasco.
France will need no end of Amer
lean forage this year, war or no
war. Her own forage crops are a
failure.
The hemp crop is good, and if
hanging diminished crime there
should be drop in the vice
market.
Uncle Sam had better keep his
eye on those Nicaragua revolution
lists. They are a slippery set.
This week will settle whether
Governor Jones or HOke Smith is
running the Choctaw nation. /
Can those papers that are prOph-
esying a wet August give reason
for the hope that is in them.
The people want those strings
cut that are tied to the low priced
tickets to the Worlds fair.
The people would be infinitely
the gamer for the passage of a
short meter criminal law.
The South Carolina farmers still
swear by Tillman, but the rest of
the people swear at him.
The prosperity of this state V i'll
be measured in the future by the
weight of the pork barrel.
For the three hangings in this
state last Friday look out for nine
murders within week.
Jupiter Pluvius, who abdicated
in July, is expected to resume his
rein and rain in August.
Crisp does not incline to remove
Bland from the Craftsmanship of
the coinage committee.
Rockport is the liveliest town on
the Gulf Of Mexico, west Of the
mouth Of the BraZos.
The hope of the nation is in the
conservative clements Of all the
parties in Congress.
France has been little too quick
| ON the TRIGGER for ENGLAND in this