San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-02
CAFES AND SLASHERS.

dacy of Judge Noonsn for the
county judgeship. His most en-.
venomed enemy will concede that
Bryan Callaghan can go before the
people, with perfect confidence on
his record as county Judge for the
past three years.
"Water, water, everywhere; and
not drop to drink" The hand
some sum of 5000 can be appropri-
ated to pay Mr.. Sammy Gray for
his alleged services during the
months of March and April, yet
not a dollar is available to pay the
poor police and firemen of the city
their salaries! o, Reform! What
assinine stupidity is hidden be.
meath thy broad folds.
General George w. Russ, chair
man Of the county democratic ex.
ecutive committee, ETC., is quoted
as saying that he will not be die
tated to by Autocrat Dudley, chair
man Of the state democratic execu.
tive committee. OF course he will
not. Neither will Thad. or Joe.
Let the band play and the grand
march proceed.
A silly story is going the rounds
that Judge Noonan finds congress
sional life distasteful, and will re-
tire at the end of his term. Further,
that he will be candidate for
county judge. Barring the fact
that Judge Noonan does not find
congressional life distasteful, that
he will not retire at the end OF his
present term, and that under no
circumstances will he be a candi-
date for county judge, the story
may be accepted as absolutely
true in every essential.
II Colonel James P. Newcomb,
through the power of his virile pen,
shall succeed in abolishing the
lash in our public free schools, he
will deserve monument from the
present as we'll as future genera
tions of kids.
There is suspicious and totally
unwarranted delay in starting the
fires in the shoe factory. 1t takes
oil to lubricate the wheels of ma.
chinery, and money to purchase
oil. Subscribers should proceed to
ante without further notice, and
save reputation as well as costs of
suit at law to enforce collection.
Why don't.the democrats put up
Hon. VIM. l., Wilson as their pres
idential candidate against McKin-
ley? The country could thus be
treated to fair, stand-up fight on
the tariff question.
The army of laborers at present
engaged in pushing work on our
"grand system OF sewerage" is a.
silent but effective answer to the
carping critics who attack our pro-
gressive city administration with
their puerile shafts of SANDER.
Judge George Clark's democratic
platform was supposed to be cor
structed OF heart-of-oak timber,
but it turns out that the willy War
wick substituted the slickest of
slippery elm.
Congress can pause sufficiently
long in its mad career to pass an
iron-clad law prohibiting prize
fighting in the territories, but 1t
Indignantly refuses any interior
ence with the right Of members to
hurl inkstands, sponge bowls and
similar missiles at each other in
committee rooms. You pays your
money and waltz down the hall.
There is one way to purify local
politics, and only one-draw the
lines taut, and let each party place
ticket in the field. This will
shut out the bushwhackers and
nondescripts who trail in the wake
OF candidates and add so much to
the 6ebasemeut and demoraliza-
tion OF our general elections. Draw
party lines.
The administration and the tax
payers are to be congratulated No
demand for damages has been
made upon the city by the ex-
sewer contractors for a whole con-
secutivee week. Laus Dec.
Mexican Social Club.
Club Social Mexicans will picnic
ON Tho hon nfifI1l amanda az, Eli.