San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-08

| Will @ no political monkeylng u
interfere with the proper recep, ior
and entertainment OF that aggre
cation.
The Laxow committee and Park
hurst are at outs. This Is what
was to be expected. Parkhurst has
a hat three sizes too small for his
head, it has SO enlarged within a
year.
Denison is in he IL IS OF un-
certainty as to her fuTu.e, but the
decision as to her cotton mill will
only be delayed few more days
and then Simon will know whether
it is thumbs up or down.
Every worthy and we'll qualified
candidate for citizenship is willing
to wait until he Is real citizen be-
fore casting a ballot. American
citizenship is worth waiting that
long for.
This weather should operate to
g oil of the heats of election.
There Is not as much assurance
of success over that Arkansas Pass
bonus now as there seemed to be a
month ago. That work should
not be allowed to get frostbiten.
1t may be that the cotton des-
troyer, whose invasions from Next
CO are threatend, will prove a bles-
sing in disguise. 1t will In any
event serve to keep down the cot
ton acreage in Texas.
There are no flies on sunny Tex
as. This frost is death on the buzz
z3rs Of every variety.
Mexico does not know what Guat-
emala is going to do about that
boundary line, and Guatemala is as
much in the dark as Mexico. There
is no war probable, nor is peace
positive. Take your choice.
Pfeffer has had one OF his resolu-
tions adopted in Senate. He can
now draw his sessions salary
without any qualms OF conscience
and to the satisfaction Of his Popu-
list hackers.
The wise man who said "better
is the end of a thing than the be-
ginning" no doubt had in mind the
state and national legislatures Of
this overlawed country.
Hawaii understands the situa-
ton and is not willing that John
Bull shall control the cables that
bridge the ocean that lies between
those Islands and the American
continent.
This modern idea and practice of
copyrighting the gospel Of Christ,
as it is preached in certain sensa-
tional pulpits, would have caused
the Nazarine more tears than the
scourging Of PLATE.
There is a general consent given
in Congress to the opinion that no
financial legislation will be con-
summated this session. Tom Reed
should have been wise enough to
understand that. Allison did.
Jupiter Pluvius has been quite
generous to the central sections Of
the state, but there Is nothing in
the situation to lessen the value Of
the advice to plant hogs and
hominy.
There is very little heard about
free trade in Congress this session.
Even the Democrats know when
they have had a sufficiency, not to
say pernicious superfiuity.
The state treasury is coming
back to a cash basis, but how long
will it remain 30? This is the sea-
son Of the year sacred to in
creased collections Of revenue.
The daily newspaper is the great
detective Of the present. The po-
lice department that Is up to snuff
always stands in with the report
ers and the city staff, and it never
misses 1t by 80 doing.
Reed in attempting to act the
role of the old man and his son
who drove an ass to market will
land himself where the old man
did; attempting to please every
body he will please nobody.
1t Is time that Texas fell into
line and allowed the franchise to
citizens only. The practice Of per-
uniting aliens to vote Is one bet
ter honored in the breach than in
the observance.
One day to fight. One day to
L.,
tween for prayers, or drinks, and
then what will the harvest be-?
II it is what the business Of the
city wants, the LIGHT is In 1t too.
Troubled for Fifteen Yean.