San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-10

neutrality-suspicious., but it towers
more than the circumstances usti-
fy when it rises to such hight as
to see Adlai elected president OF
this country in 1896.
After the adjournment OF the
sheepmen and the departure of
Santa Claus how would it do to
hold a home convention in the in
terest Of the establishment Of some
home manufactures.
There are two things that Kan
sas returns thanks to the late
tidal wave for; it has put a quietus
on Jerry's socks and taken the jaw
out of Mary Ellen. The last was
a great surgical operation.
The Populists in the present
Texas Legislature will not be held
responsible for any failure that
body may make to pass proper irri'
cation laws,
The war with fraud is the one
! war that seems at this present
to demand the efforts of the great
army of state and municipal
authority. The National frauds
are not so apparent as these others.
If municipal rottenness ended In
decay and death, as all rottenness
in natural growth does, then would
the great city of New York, that
modern Babylon, have long ere
| this been food for worms.
The weather clerk need not be
squeamish about sending down
the moisture, because the sheep.
men are coming. They are Texas
folks and are not hankering for
long spell Of dry weather.
There is very little anxiety over
what congress is going to do, for it
has already exhausted it's powers
of evil and has no real power of
good. 1t is already back num-
Der, very far back.
One goes and another comes.
To the Irrigationist succeeds the
sheepman, and San Antonio has a
welcome for all.
The entire country admires the
gingerly manner in which Grover
touched the Hawaiian question,
for all the world like the small
boy that has blown into the muZzle
OF loaded gun.
Cleveland continues to say more
and mean less as to civil reform
than any Of his predecessors.
Six years from date, when Texas
comes to the election Of United
States senator, it will not be a
walk over for some man whom the
governor and the Austin crowd
have agreed upon.
There is not half as much inter-
est taken in this state over the Sc
lection of her senator in the
National Senate, as over the man
who will boss the ushers, pages
and supes in the state house.
All efforts to put into the hands
Of those who will appreciate it
the means of home and fireside
instruction through the pages of
a good library should be second
ed by the people of this city.
Good county roads as we'll as
good irrigation bitches are needed
in this southwest Texas before it
will answer the end Of its creation
as the beauty spot of earth and
the desire of nations.
Adlai will have opposition in his
own party to the coveted nomina-
ton to the presidency, but this
will not be in it with the Opposi-
ton to his election that he will en-
counter from the Republicans.
Every county from here to the
Rio, and from here to Ell Paso, is in
terested in irrigation. There is
better day dawning for this drouth
distressed section, and it is not
coming hundred years hence.
AS the old year draws to close
it brings with it the satisfaction of
being the last year that the Demo-
Gratis will have any power of
destruction over this country for a
great many years to come.
This city is in great need Of some
institution in which juvenile Of
tenders can be confined and taught
to work and respect law at one and
the same time. 1t is more needed
than a new church.
Kolb must have felt bad when
he found he could not express him
self in private as to his defeat, but
had to employ notary public to
take down his cuss words. Kolb
seems to haveshad it mighty bad.
There is no immediate prospect
Of tha train rnhhar,s trnst going in