San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-29
DALLAS LETTER.
POLITICS ARE LIVELY AND OFFICE
SEEKERS NUMEROUS.
Mayor Holland Will Not Be a Candidate
For Reelection Mayor Barry Will
Probably Be Congressional
Candidate.

DALLAS, Tex, March 25.-One
OF the prettiest and the largest
designs at the funeral OF Col.
James Aiken was that furnished
by the employees of the Texas and
Pacific Express company. 1t rep
resented an open gate with the
cycle and harvested wheat. The
cycle was purple flowers while the
gate was of white lilies on a frame
work Of green smilax and fern.
Easter being so near at hand has
caused a premium to be placed on
all cut flowers. Two tiny little
rosebuds your correspondent heard
a florist tell a customer were 80
cents yesterday. 1t takes a pleth-
ORIG purse these days to make
Easter offerings in flowers. They
are so scarce just now, the most
of the cut flowers come from
Chicago, so l am told. San An
tonic might take hint, and con-
trive to supply Dallas dealers with
early blossoms. 1 am told that
there is very small margin after
paying Chicago prices and freight
on them. San Antonio could at
least, / should think, raise the car
nations and roses that we have
call for here.
AS the time draws near for the
election new candidates are heard
from. The latest to announce is
the youngest son OF the lamented
Judge Norton. Mr.. A. 3. Norton,
Jr., announces for county Judge.
Mayor Frank Holland says once
is enough for him. He declines
to be a candidate for reelection.
Ex-Mayor Bryan T. Barry has sig
nified his willingness to run for
congress. If the people do not
come to the front and register
faster than they have been doing,
the votes polled will be slim. Some
claim that it takes time to register
and that they generally leave their
certificate at home or in the office,
and when the time comes to vote
they cannot find the registration
paper. One man running for re-
election has been promising to dis.
charge little official duty for the
past two months, but cannot find
time to look after the interest for
the public till he cares for No. l or
else he is afraid by discharging his
duty, he will lose few votes.
Some OF the more pronounced
republicans are booming McKin.
ley.Allison. Others are for Reed,
with the second place blank, while
others, more polite, are mum for
the present. The mum ones are
those who will later become Office
seekers. Dallas has her share of
the latter class of politicians.
Judge Thos. F. Nash is in re-
ceipt of a letter from DR.. G. NJ.
Rosser of theTerrell Insane asylum,
in reply to communication to the
superintendent there asking to
have room made for some insane
patients now confined in the Dial.
las jail and others being cared for
at the poor farm. Superintendent
Rosser explains the overcrowded
condition OF the institution. He
says Of the five insane persons
now confined in the jail here
there is only one who can
probably be cured at all, and
that those on the poor farm, four
teen in number, have been de-
ranged so long, and are harmless,
he deems it best to give preference
to cases where there is some hope
that treatment will effect cures.
Data furnished by DR.. Rosser
shows that for the year ending No
vember l, there were 127 applicants
for admission; partients received,
siXty-seven. While realizing the
position of DR.. Rosser, and his in
ability to admit these unfortunate
people, it seems a little less than
barbarious to confine these de-
mented persons in a felon's cell in
the jail here. Some means should
be appropriated by the state for
an institution for the incurables.
Mrs. George l.. Hurley, nee Miss
Eva Shelly, of this city, is here on
visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Shelly. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hurley now reside in the City of
Mexico.
Mrs. w. s. Kirby died at the
home Of Mrs. DIR. Thurston. Mrs.
Kirby was formerly Miss Mary
Rener, teacher in the public
schools OF this city. She had many
friends here and in Fort Worth
and Austin. Her death was very
sad. She had only been married
to Mr.. Kirby a short time.
Mrs. Marvin Cullum died few
days ago. Mrs. Cullum was Mary
Leman, the youngest daughter Of
the late Capt. w. H. Lemon OF the