San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-19

not going to deliver at the demand
of Senator Vest. For its eagerness
to deliver the industries of this
country, bound hand and foot, to
the English factors the voters OF
the Nation will deliver themselves
out of its destructive hand at the
next election.
The man who plants fruit trees
in this section now, if he plants
wisely, is planting pleasure for
the fruit eater of the fu-
ture, and profit as well for those
who inherit the results of his
work.
The LIGHT congratulates the
city street department on those
"back-woods" cross walks that it
has pegged down on Alamo street.
They will be out of sight in m I'D
whenever the sprinkler passes.
Hill and Murphy are still on
deck in the National Senate and
Hornblower will not be in it the
last time any more than he was
the first. Cleveland had better re-
concile himself to the is to be.
The Democrats of Texas know
what they want to do with the
Populists and the Republicans, but
they would pay premium to the
fellow who would tell them what
to do with each other.
Those tariff amendments are
delusion and a snare. The pro-
gram is arranged to shut off all
possible chance of Republican
members of the committee pre-
senting amendments.
The moralists of the Democratic
party may ridicule the spoils' APP
petite that is developed by the
Missouri delegates in Congress,
but that appetite is the one bond
of Democratic union.
The Republican National COM
mittee decide wisely in refusing to
even talk about presidential posi-
bilities at this stage of the game.
Now is the time to bring the
state forces into line.
There is nothing in Texas for the
Republicans to split their forces
over, and they should devote their
energies to making capital out OF
the split that is in the ranks OF the
other fellows.
The issue of bonds by Secretary
Carlisle after all that the De-
mocracy has said on that subject
emphasizes the fact that Demo-
cratic promises are only made to
catch votes.
There is no certainty that either
the tariff bill or the measure for
the repeal of the state bank tax
will pass Congress and become a
law. The Senate is in the way OF
both.
Queen Victoria is the longest and
the broadcast sovereign in the civil
lied world. Longest in the duration
of her reign and broadcast in the
throne room that she requires.
Carlisle has the sympathies of
the country in his endeavor to
make bricks while Congress has
denied him the requisite clay. 1t
furnishes him water only.
There is no BLASTING and perma-
nent" agreement between the Re-
publicans in this state and any
branch of the state Democracy
This is official and it goes,
Queen Lii is not loafing around
the door stone of regret, but will
proceed to feather her nest in any
way that may please the provision
al government.
What Reagen wants is the con-
tinuation Of his salary, and the
| Job that insures that with the
least labor will be the most accep-
| table.
Those Central American repub-
lies are the political hornets nest
of this hemisphere. Mexico should
plug up the nests and fire them.
There is nothing of the old soak
about southwest Texas, but hel
fertile soil would rejoice in a gener
al and generous soaking.
1t will be a race between the
Mitchells for the fighting ground
with the odds in favor of the gov
ernOr.
This Congress is initiating the
fool farmer in the fable, who killed
the goose which laid him COLDER
eggs.
One more week and the case o
| Mitchell versus Mitchell will b,