San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-05

their pro rata OF the taxes to sup
port the government seems to be
unconstitutional; those to grind
the poor are in full force and effect.
Rome fell when the surplusage OF
money got into the hands of few,
and America should take care that
the quotation, "history repeats it.
SELF" does not prove true in our
country.
Fort Worth Gazette: Senator
Palmer's son, who shares the
financial views of his father, pre-
diets that the coming Democratic
state convention in Illinois will
declare for free coinage, and in
Inmates that in such event he and
all who agree with him will go
over to the Republicans. II there
is any trick in politics the Palmer
family fully understands it is the
oreak-away.
Waco News: Words and phrases
may be ingeniously di storted, but
the fact remains sticking out as
solidly as knot on log, that the
real question at issue, between the
two factions OF the democratic
party, is the difference between
gold monometallism and honest BIZ
metallism. Mr.. Cleveland heads
the former faction, while the great
democratic masses belong to the
other faction.
Galveston Tribune: Nobody is
running after the democratic
nomination for president. II the
party declares for sound money
there will be big slump to popu-
lism, and if it declares for free
silver bigger slump to the re-
publican camp. 1t looks now like
OF case "Heads / lose; tails you
win" The republicans are pretty
nearly solid for sound money and
will suffer little party loss on that
platform.
Houston Post: The mysterious.
disappearance of young ladies at
different times and places of late
has been Of sufficient frequency to
suggest the utility of adopting the
duenna system Of our Spanish
neighbOrs. II the duenna is now
and then bribed to look the other
way she can at least locate the last
spot at which her young charge
was seen and with whOm-matters
Of prime moment in the subse-
quent Investigations by the police.
Eagle Pass Guide: The rising
a moDg the Cubans seems abOrtive.
Their forces have met the Spanish
troops on at least one field, and
have been defeated. This is regret
able. All good men must SYM
pathize with the Cubans. tits true
they enjoy peace under the rule of
the Spanish government, yet the
cost of this peace is the impoverish-
ment of the island; and a change
from that peace to the chaos of the
most revolution-cursed republic of
South America would be for the
betterment Of the Cubans.
Laredo News: During the few
NdSE1 SAO -aAOAO PuOIlS nave udu
an opportunity to view a pair
as glittering newspaper jackasses
as ever adorned the journalistic
halls of any city. Recognizing the
fact that the public want news and
comments on matters Of material
interest to it, we hereby give due
notice that we refuse futher to be
a companion picture for the laugh
ing public to gaze upon. AS we
have no control over the other fell
low, his "phiz" will remain on ex-
hibition as long as he wants to
hang himself out.
BRENNAN Banner: Tue Scholl
Board of New York has adopted
plans for a school-house which will
prove pronounced novelty. This
latest school structure is to be
erected in the tenement district
Of the metropolis. 1t will be pro-