San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-23
THE SUNDAY LIGHT.
SHORT sNAPPERs.


another circular.
An intelligent audience never mis-
takes wind for brains.
Mayor Elmendorf should stick pin
in his wind-bag advisor.
August Santleben cannot beat Ed.
Froboese for treasurer
The only following of the Little
Six" are the purchasable cattle.
Even the Democratic coon is climb
ing into the Noonan band wagon.
The bucking members of the Big
Six are being whipped back into line.
1t seems now to be the Big Four
Smith, CassianO, Callaghan and Levy.
With 9 little more backbone the
Gossipper is becoming more readable.
The free silver Democrats are taking
up a collection to start a campaign
paper.
General Russ wouldn't swap Thad
for the presidency of the United
States.
Max. Sutor avows he did not drink
any salt water on that Corpus Christi
excursion.
Chairman Onion finds Bexar county
politics different from those in the
piney-woods.
1t is hard matter to find any of the
Bryan boosters who will back their
faith with cash.
Phil Shook is deserving young Re-
publican but he must have the white
vote to be elected.
Candidate John f. Lewis wants to
meet Judge caifafSaff in joiGIrt 1 4 essItes
on county affairs.
Why is "Our Henry like fiddle?
Because he allows the politicians to
play any tune on him.
The sinecures like the barnacle on
the bottom of ship will never let
go until knocked off.
Henry Umscheid is still in the mid
die of the road, but it is not yet learn
ed which team he is hitched to.
San Antonio's home industries make
a sorry showing in the advertising col
umns of the home newspapers.
Candidate Fulton knew enough to
get in out of the wet before the full
force of the storm struck him.
As the campaign approaches the
gamblers and the poor girls" across
the creek must prepare to shell out.
The San Antonio A. z. A. are lying
a little low at present. They promise
to get in the middle of the road in No
vember. # 4
The Republican, $50 called,) who
puts his money into Democratic news
papers, has no claims on the Republi-
can printer.
The men whom Charley calls ''hood-
lums," ''scoundrels," and "Comman-
chess are not the kind of cattle who
sell on election day.
West End now holds down three
chairmen, a full complement of aspir-
ing statesmen, Dr. Whitaker with his
16 votes for 81 scheme.
George Walker will bet on his judg-
ment this time and not on the SYM
pathies of his friends. He will chose
Mckinley for the winner.
Colonel Ogden ought to test his pop
ularity in San Antonio by running for
office. He might then have occasion
to say Dam the newspapers. "
1t is rumored that the big Chief"
is in Mexico arranging for a big ex-
cursion of emigrants to reach San An
tonic in time for the November cleo
ton.
The surest way for a man never to
90 to congress is for him to be con-
tinually getting in the way with his
aspirations and making himself tire
some.
All the disappointed Democratic
politicians go a-fishing at Arkansas
Pass. They can catch the deep sea
suckers if they can't catch the politi-
cal suckers.
The Big Six have got too hard a
fight on hand this year to load them
selves with any more dead weight
from the Maverick bank building, and
they seem to know it.
This is not a Democratic year in the
nation, in this congressional district,
in this senatorial district, nor in Bex-
ar county if the Republicans put out
candidates all along the line.
Poor (snS Houston Tho nnmOaratS