San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-13
SHORT SNAPS.

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county is once more organized.
1t is not chairman Clifford" an,
longer
Has Doc Clifford's watch caught VI
yet? Take it to blacksmith shop
Doc.
The Light repeatedly warned the so
called regulars that the Republicans
demanded primaries.
DR.. Fred Terrell is a nice little gen.
tleman, but he has been led into the
den of coyotes.
The Republican committee for the
fifty-one precincts in Bexar county is
now filed
There are still several boxes of eli
gars at the Light office to bet that
Bryan won't carry his own precinct.
Our friend Doc Clifford's stop watch
hasn't caught up with the standard
time yet.
The pendulum of Doc CliffOrd's stop
| watch has been transferred from his
chrOnometer to his molar jaw.
According to the faith of the police
clerk, Easton, all the Baptist and
Methodist niggers are doomed to
everlasting hell fire.
The white voters of the 18th district
will not permit Judge Noonan's name
to be dragged into the rottenness of
the mob convention.
If the Republicans will not be al
lowed to vote a straight Republican
ticket the Citizens association will
give them good substitute.
The cOlored parson tells us that
Old Satan loves darkness; that's why
the San Antonio political devils call
their mob meetings at night.
Henry Terrell is quoted by the Ex-
press as claiming to have paid for the
hall at Mission garden; did he do it
out of the Gulf Shore?
Rev. Moten, Rev. Mac Henson, Rev.
Roberts, Rev. Cushingberry, and DR..
G. ]. Starnes, viii repudiate Easton's
threat on old Judge Noonan.
The decent colored men of our city
will spew up the buzzards who at
tempt to throttle tire Republicans of
BeXar county.
A Big Six lawyer and another court
house sunflower, it is said, paid fares
for eighteen cOlOred boys ON the Ala
mo street car line, to attend the mob
The American and German Repub-
licans of San Antonio will resent
Charley Ogden's insults, in calling
them "HoodIums, Scouudrels and Co
manche Indians"
Better be defeated hOnorabFy than
to boast over disgracefur victory.
When it comes to running lively
conventions the Repubs. can lead the
old copper head Democrats
According to strict railroad, stan
dard, time Mr.. Henry Vernon did not
arrive at the mob meeting until after
nine o'clock.
The people love and homer old Judge
Noonan, but they will not submit to
being puked upon by political buzz
Yards
1t is the best thing THAT could have
happened-the row at Mission garden
it Tfas uncovered the rottenness of
the Quincy clique in this city.
Mr. Ogden repeated ''scoundrels,"
"hoodlums," ''Comanehe Indians
several times as he shook his stick
and stamped his feet at the good peo-
Pile at Mission garden.
Our mutual friend, Doctor Clifford,
can have plenty to do to explain his
own "short eomings" T. r. Johnson
needs no one to speak for him; he can
do his own apologizing.
III. A. Ellis, who was fired from the
police for shooting off his pistol at
one of our respectable German citi-
zens, was one of the loudest mouthed,
shouters in the buzzard crowd.
The combination very adroitly led
Mayor Elmendorf into their death
trap, even after failing to capture, the
public sentiment with the Indictment
scheme. ''H
General Russ must not lag behinds
he should follow suit and call his mob
convention also. He will have to
deal with Aztecs and Indians instead
of Hottentots.
The two county chairmea.. Gen. Geo.
w. Russ, the Demo-Pope silverite,
and n r. Johnson of the