San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-09
CONTRIBUTED SCRAPS.
Written for the LIGHT.

Anglomania for many years, and
is not at all suitable representa-
tive of the United States at the
court OF st. James.
The truth is, Mr.. Bayard has
been overrated, intellectually, as
much as any public man in the
United States. He was looked on
as a giant in Delaware, but then
Delaware is so small, and the
Bay ard family has controlled it so
many years, that a small brain
power goes great ways. Had
Thomas F. Bayard resided in Ohio,
or New York, he never could have
crawled out Of obsCurity.
AS secretary OF state from 1885
to 1889, Mr.. Bayard made himself
ridiculous by appointing persons
as foreign ambassadors, who were
obnoxious to the courts to which
they were accredited, and he added
nothing to his reputation by his
management Of the state depart
ment.
His recall would give great salts
faction to all true Americans; but
he will hardly be recalled, as he
suits Grover Cleveland.
1t is now stated on pretty good
authority, that Secretary Of State
Gresham is an out and out bimet-
alist, and should such be the fact.
Cleveland will give him the grand
bounce, as he conceives himself to
be bigger than his party and an
autocrat by right divine.
His babblement about honest
money" and a "safe and stable
currency" lie the veriest clap trap
ever uttered. Why does he not
define what those generalities
mean? DOgmatism, bold asser-
tions, and long words, rather than
logic and argument, constitute his
stock in trade.
He has taken to writing ponder
Gus letters, all over the Union, for
the purpose Of forcing his cuckoos
to boost his darling scheme of gold
monometalism, but he will fare as
Mrs. Darlington did, when she
attempted to sweep back the waves
of the Atlantic from her porch,
with her mop broom.
Cleveland went up like a rocket,
but he will come down like a stick.
He has sided with Wall street and
against the people.
The opposition to the sewers
seems to emanate chiefly from
those who voted against the issu e
Of sewer bonds, last August. The
people want the sewers built but
they want them properly construct
ed.
The meeting OF the drummers in
this city next month will be
great event for San Antonio.
Drummers will be here from every
state in the Union, and should
they be favorably impressed with
our city, they can and will sound
its praises most effectively. A
drummer is veritable cosmopo-
lite, he is shrewd, level headed and
good talker, and he understands
human nature and man from A.
toZ.
A cordial and hospitable well
come must be given the drummers.
Regard for the reputation OF our
city demands such welcome.
Policy dictates it. AS the drum
mers will be the guests Of our fair
city, they are entitled to the cour-
tesy, cordiality and hospitality due
to guests.
Five hundred drummers, repre-
senting all the states in the Union,
will most widely and effectively
advertise the climatic advantages
Of San Antonio, and the courtesy
and hospitality OF our people.
Drummers never beat about the
bushes when they talk, but talk to
the point, and in practical way.
Every citizen should feel il to be
his duty to contribute all that is
in his power toward rendering the
visit of the drummers here pleas.
and entertaining to them. Moss
backs should then cease to growl
and grumble.
Every citizen should see that his
premises, during the visit Of the
drummers, present a tidy and
clearly appearance. We must
"put the best foot foremost" and
make an appearance befitting the
largest city in Texas. Cleanliness
and tidiness are always attractive
prepossessing to stranger, but dir
tiness and filth repel and disgust
them, as they ought to do.
The city fathers should see to it
that our principal streets are