San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-28

Japan has been almost drowned out
| by unprecedented rains. Better that
than wiped out over Hawaii.
| The local Baptist people open their
doors to the state delegates and ask
aid in entertaining them.
If Mrs. Luetgert is found, what will
become of the power of circumstantial
evidence?
There is another warning to the Gig
arctic kid in the insanity of Nat Q.
Henderson, Jr.
Grant scores one for his self love
and pride in refusing the office tender
ed him by Mckinley.
Lady Somerset gets the vice presi-
dency at large of the w. c. T. U.
Now let the kickers withdraw.
Pacific Union adds another eight mil
hon and more to their bid for the
property. They will get it.
Uncle Sam had better not go into
the railway ownership business yet
awhile. 1t does not pay him.
Because government ownership of
railroads does not pay this is no argu-
ment against postal savings banks.
Spain offers to Cuba a very substan-
tial measure of self government, but
it has two or three leaks.
O
Spain offers Cuba the right to i'm
pose her own tariffs, but not her own
imperial taxes.
Spain reserves to herself in Cuba the
control of the courts, and this is not
self government.
Had Spain offered Cuba only two
years since what she offers now it
would have been accepted.
Every one claims that Greater New
York fight for his own party. Some
one will get badly left.
Bryan has not been invited to speak
in Greater New York and Bryan is not
going to try.
Ohio Republicans seem reasonably
certain that they will win their state
election as they desire.
Iowa is out of the hands of the Pop
ulists and the Democrats have little or
no pretensiOns.
France and England are not smiling
at each other over in that Dahomey
country. Jealousy does it.
-O-
Great Britain has not set the day in
which she expects to see that Indian
rebellion squelched.
The destruction by land and on land
by water seems to be wide spread in
both Asia and in Europe.
-o
If the Americans are hurt in that
Weyler demonstration in Havana Sa-
gasta will pay for it.
-o-
President Mckinley is not stepping
outside the lines for the sake of aiding
in a forlorn hope in Gotham.
--o-
Woodford in Madrid knows how to
keep his mouth shut and at the same
time make diplomatic friends.
--o-
If John Bull has a shindy with France
as well as with India and Egyptian
rebels he will be busy.
-O-
That sealing conference in Wash
ington is doing it's business, but it is
quietly and with closed doors.
-O-
Kansas is coming up out of the cal
amity wilderness leaving her Populist
garments behind her.
-o-
When Tracy is asked one week hence
where he is at will he reply, Low.
here l am"
President Mckinley has done his du-
ty by the bimetallist plank of the plat
form. Now let it rest.
---O-
King cotton is dethroned and those
who find poverty in sticking to his
train had better break loose.
-O-
Where will Spain get her loan in
eight months hence TO continue the
war if it is not then ended?
--O
Can Spain depend on her European
for the cold cash to con-
tinue hopeless war?
.--O
France is friendly to the United
States, but there are fool newspapers
there as elsewhere. Sabe?
-O
The blizzard is sweeping the north
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