San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-28

lars. Such a call would be useless
in this city where the local gang
have more rings than Saturn, or a
fash belle with rings on her fin
gers and bells on her toes"
The Missouri legislature will
probably make train robbing an
offence punishable with death.
That is all right, and there will be
no kick il the death comes right
along at the time of the hold up.
The real question before the leg
islature is how to have money in
the state treasury when it Is not
there. To pay out Of an empty
treasury is the great desideratum.
1t is not annexation or filibuster-
ing in Hawaii that is needed, but
the assurance of nonintervention
by foreign powers. This the Unit
ed States should assure and quit
right there.
Let the House follow the lead Of
the Senate on Nicaragua Canal
endorsement. That bill has final
ly been passed by the really unex-
pected majority of ten members.
This is good news to Americans.
Those Central Americas would
make it mighty interesting for
Diaz if they made common cause
and pooled their forces for a shy
at the big republic south of the
Rio.
There will be good chance for
these United States to get rid of
their turbulent spirits if war
should ensue between Mexico and
Guatemala. Uncle Sam could we'll
spare few thousand.
Snap Shots complains that some
people do not use their own brains.
How could they? 1t is not in the
books for the ordinary mortal to
use what nature has not endowed
him with.
Congress has not given up all
idea of monkeying with the tariff
and currency this session. There
is no reasonable hope, however,
that any thing of real benefit will
issue out of this body.
Houston is trying to console her.
self with the reflection that in an
other year she will be able to call
San Antonio's hand on registra-
ton and go it a few better. She is
not built that way.
1t was the beginning of the end
Of the cohesivness Of the knights
Of Labor, when Sovereign and the
anti-Powderly clique undermined
Powderly and put an unfit man in
his place.
Louisville eats its water with a
fork, when it eats any, and does
not walt to have it frozen. No
wonder the inhabitants take whis-
key as a steady diet when the
water is as thick as that.
Local option is disturbing the
serenity of some of the counties
in the state. Fanatics have dead
cinCh on the disturbing business,
no matter in what role they APP
pear. They are built that way.
Col. Pate will be on deck if war
is declared between Mexico and
Guatemala. That will be a race in
which all Mexico can count on be.
ing interested. The Colonel offers
his services to Diaz.
If war is declared against Guate-
mala by Mexico it is likely that
the small fry Of Central American
states will unite their forces in
order to clean out the land Of the
,Aztecs, but they can't.
The state legislature is monkey
ing with libel law. They cannot
possibly draft a worse one than
that now in existence; theresis this
much milk Of consolation in that
/ cocoanut.
This week and another one and
every citizen in the city that does
not live on the eXcitements of
politics will be happy. The sooner
that election is over the quicker
business will ste ady down.
The enlistment of volunteer regi-
ments for service in Hawaii, to aid
in maintaining Republican form
Of governm emit there, is not move,
ment that should secure the ap,
proval Of this country.
The cotton mills are coming
South. Are any Of them coming
to Texas? II so, are any of them
I coming to San Antonio? This il
! a question that the Business Mems
club Of this city should look into