San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-11

stick. He works his way into sue
cess and stands on better founda-
ton than ever before, but he is
very careful where he plants his
feet. 1t has done him good to step
on a banana peel.
The politician who through a
long and successful course Of man.
ipulating has succeeded in draw
ing the wool over the eyes Of his
fellows, is another case in point. He
has so long been behind the scenes,
pulling the wires that make the
puppets dance, that he imagines
that he owns the machinery Of pub
lie affairs. He has been 30 long
the boss of the public machine
shop, that he has forgotten by what
power of the people he was put in
place. = Instead Of serving, as he
was elected and appointed to do, he
regards the public as his servant, to
be utilized for his own personal
benefit. To him the public treas.
ury is no more or less than his own
private source ofrevenue. The pub.
lie interests ara a cloak for the
furthering Of his private concerns.
The peoples rights are so much
padding for his own feet to walk
smoothly over. He gives his Or
ders as If he was sole monarch, and
yet in secret plots as though he was
thief. Before the public he car.
ries his head as high as giraffe
and sees nothing dangerous at
his feet. He moves to the music
Of his own Importance, forgetting
that the banana peel lies right be-
fore him.
See that same politician after he
has had his lesson, after his slick
soles and that little yellow magi.
clan have had an understanding.
How insidiously and craftily he
loafs around the doorstone of his
former greatness, seeking for some
crumbs from the table that once
was spread for his special rejection.
How humbly he courts where
formerly he was paid court to.
How he cringes where formerly he
CO m manded, as a slave driver a
gang of serfs. See how he is ell
bowed from post to pillar, always
nearer and nearer the end Of the
public cribfuntil there is no place
found fo7fhim anywhere. In his
case thsfittle banana peel has got
in itsfwork. Got it in for all
TING FLOR this man has neither the
sense or the manhood to recover
lost opportunity out Of pawn. Thus
he remains fioored, and those
upon whom the heel of his ar
rogance pressed hard, thank God
for the banana peel.
The "stand thou there for I am
holier than thou" man, who gath
ers up his coat-tails in a halo Of
righteousness whenever he is
thrown into the company of the
wholesome every day kind OF a
human; the sanctified sister, who
makes it a christian duty to tear a
reputation to tatters, who will ell.
large tho slightest hole in a poor
Magdalen's garment until she
drives the four-horse coach Of her
self Righteousness through it,
these also have banana peel dis
cipline lurking around the corner
for their benefit. How loftily they
raise their heads and lift their
eyebrows when human errors are
discussed, and with what a thank
the. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES kind
OF an air they tolerate the mention
OF any peccadillo in their presence.
Some OF these people are so pious
in their own eyes that they shake
their heads at the lenient judg.
ment of Jesus and think that he
let that woman in the case down
altogether too easy. Never mind
their time is coming. Look out for
the banana peel.
Some day it will be seen that
there is a droop to those eyelids
the suggestion of a moral linn in