San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-25
PRESS OPINIONS.


Southwest Texas have been complain
ing of the heat, but this section of the
country is paradise compared with
some of the large cities of the country
where hundreds have died"
y =
Globe-Democrat: The Democrat
ic attempt to Mexicanize American la
Dor must be defeated by the defeat Of
William ]. Bryan for president"
Galveston News: when the en-
tire state house gang quit their posts
at Austin to frolic at conventions and
to canvass all Texas they make of
themselves living witnesses to the fact
that the number of office holders
should be materially reduced"
Galveston Tribune: "Ex-Minister
Phelps is another distinguished Dem
Ocrat who repudiates the Chicago
platform. Such Democrats are so nu-
merous that the surprise is when a
party leader of commanding intelli-
gence puts on the collar"
Texas Yeoman: 1T never occurred
to, the mine owners that the free and
Unlimited coinage of silver was neces-
sary until after the repeal of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman law.
They were satisfied so long as the
government took a certain amount of
their products at fabulous prices.
Now they seek to palm a fifty-three
cent dollar on the laboring and indus
trial classes. We hardly believe that
the American people will be so easily
duped, they are too intelligent. Let
sound money, protection and prospect
ty be the slogan"
Globe Democrat: about two weeks
after the election of William McKin-
ley as president of the United States
An event which may be safely set
down for the 3rd of next November
all the factories which are now shut
ting down in fear of the silver craze
will resume work, and all the rail
roads which are now reducing their
number will re-employ their men. The
shadow will last but n few months,
and then it will be lifted, and the
silver craze will be laughed at as one
of the worlds greatest mischief-mak.
ing humbugs."
FL Paso Herald: "Lincoln's sum
ming up of the tariff question is well
known. 1t was something after this
fashion: IF we buy our goods abroad
we have the goods and they have the
money; if we buy our goods at home,
we have both the money and the
goods.p An American country lad
goes Lincoln one better. Some one
had been explaining to him the differ
ence between free trade and protection
and, finally, asked him if he under
stood. ''Why, yes" he answered. it's
something like this, as l understand
it. If | have some one outside of the
family to make my shirts, / get the
shirts and they get the money; If
hire my sister to make my shirts, l
get the shirts and she gets the money,
az so we keep the money in the fam
And then you see,'" he added, IF
>et hard up, we've got the money at
+, Sne and | can borrow it from my
SKIER"
Texas Freeman: zone Of the most
insistent and persistent advocates at
this time for a fusion in Texas is
John Grant, the state chairman, who
but a few weeks ago was declaiming
from the house tops that he was for a
straight ticket. The politics which
this fellow plays causes one to laugh.
He gets whipped out of his boots at
every stage of the game and then
turns about and out-Herods Herod in
an attempt to steal the thunder of his
opponents. The next chairman of the
state executive committee is Il. III. r.
Green of the Texas Midland.
Let Grants apologists and follow
ers get into line, because the Sherman
apostle will be hustling for Green too
when he discovers that he, himself and
all his reglmee are gone ducks" =
New Orleans States: at is con-
ceded by the oldest inhabitants that
the present hot spell is about as severe
as any they have ever experienced in
this city, but they are fond of remind
ing the younger generation that New
Orleans is never visited by the waves
of extreme heat which sweep over
the crowded cities of the North and
cause the death of hundreds of people
who are unable to rest day or night.
A gentleman who has been resident
of this city for forty years or more
called the attention of the States to
the fact that in the year 1868 he visi-
ed the city of New York. and during
the first fifteen days in the month of
August, 800 people were Frustrated by
the excessive heat and of this number
500 died. When we think of this we
should refrain from grumbling be-
cause the thermometer here sometimes
gets as high as SO and 81 degrees,
while in other portions of the country