San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-05

chief of police for South Carolina
All city marshais are to take or
ders directly from him and the
authority of the mayors of cities
over their police is suspended.
Those two-legged Mosquitoes or
the Nicaragua coast are about
as troublesome as their smaller
neighbOrs who war on everything
that has blood in it. Build that
canal and block their game.
There were ten Democrats with
too much self respect to vote for
the seating of O'Neill, and as many
more who refused to say that he
was entitled to take his seat, but
he was seated all the same.
Houston is putting on airs and
aping Dallas in the matter of a
contested election. There is moth
ing in the contest beyond the itch
that Houston has for notoriety.
She must advertise to live.
Fort Sam Houston is as much of
fixture as Government, or Digno-
witty, or Prospect Hill. All talk of
removing department headquar-
tiers is moonshine of the thinnest
kind. 1t is not thought Of.
The building and proper main
tainance of the Nicaragua canal
by strong government will be the
possible pacificator of the Central
American difficulties. 1t must be
pacification by force.
The low price at which prison
made goods are offered for sale in
Europe is leading to the holding
of an international congress on the
subject of flooding the markets
with these products.
The mistake that the Democratic
House made in unseating Joy will
be rectitied by the voters in his
district this fall, and it will have
an influence on every election held
in Missouri in 1894.
Texas does not desire her free Ia
Dor to come into contact with the
convict labor of the pens in the way
of price competition. Put these con-
Victs to work making roads and
avert that disaster.
Some Of these days the papers
that have been so previous in tell
ing what they did not know about
the Gulf Shore road will revise
their opinions and regulate their
knowledge boxes.
Build that Gulf Shore road and
you build a direct highway to the
open gulf that will greatly add to
the purchasing facilities of every
merchant in this city who buys
goods in the east.
Ell Paso Republicans show symp-
toms Of having had enough of the
fusion fOolishness in their cleo
tions. The time is coming when
a like wisdom will prevail in this
city Ii kewise.
Joy was elected to serve in con-
gress, but the Democrats unseated
him. He now goes back to his dis
trict to let the people one more
time say whether he was or was
not elected.
Laidlaw thought that it was
worth 100000 to save Russell
Sage's life, but the jury thought
that the old skinflint was only
worth $4,000. The court probably
knew best.
In that duel between the cow
boys and the Indians in the terri
tory the cowboys shoot the straight
est. Eight Indians for two cow
boys is after all not so bad an ex-
change.
Snap Shots says that mans as
piratiOns fall because they are ali
wings. This may be true in Gal.
weston, but in this country the
failure is because they have no
wings
That Gulf road project is getting
its second wind. There is no doubt
that the road will be built and no
doubt that it will be a big feeder
to the merchant trade Of this city.
Lawyer Wilson does enjoy rub
bling BreCkinridge's spinal column
backwards to see him arch his
back and spit.
Keep the streets clean, city ia
theirs, and you will receive the
thanks Of every housewife in
! town.
San Antonio seems to have been
about as we'll pleased with Secre-
tary Lamont as Dan was with her.
The mistake of Breckinridge'5
life was that he did not employ a
duenna instead of typewriter.
( San Pedro Park should be in
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