The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-19
VALUABLE TEST AT HAND"

Is the heading of the leader in the Waco
Examiner Of the 10th inst, under which that
paper goes on to discuss the recent congress
sonal convention in our city. 1t says:
The result will test, quite effectually, whether
there is any real sympathy among the repub-
licans with the rather sweeping and certainly
nondescript ''indepsndent movement which
the administration at Washington is said to be
so anxious to see inaugurated in Texas. The
situation in the tenth district is about as fol-
lows: Ex-Governor Davis, the ostensble
head of the republican party in the state, has
already declared himself an independent
candidate from the district He has
written his own platform, published 1t,
and declared his intention to make the
race without invoking the usual machine
method of securing nomination at the hands
of district convention. 1t is known, however,
that Davis will be very glad to have, and that
he counts upon receiving the endorsement OF
| the republicans in his district. A failure to
receive it will be a menace to his aspirations.
One wing of the 10th district republicans favor
such endorsement. This is headed by James
P. Newcomb, Of San Antonio. There is,
however, another wing of the party that hates
LAWS dS Tic uCtl uOlJ WolSi' A'' ~
also headed by San Antonio man, PoStmas-
ter Manning. This wing disturbances the
idea of an Independent candidate, even in the
person of the grand mogul of Texas republi-
cans, and aims at the nomination of straight
out candidate. thus preserving the integrity OF
party organization and at the same time get
ting rid of Davis forever. The candidate of the
Manning wing, it is understood, is District
Judge Noonan, of San Antonio. Thus, then,
the issue is defined If the republicans want
to keep their party lines intact, and If they
are ready to throw Davis overheard,
the Manning faction will triumph
in the convention. Whether Davis be en-
dorsed or not he must keep in the held or
make an inglorious withdrawal. And if Davis
is unendorsed, with Judge Noonan running as
straighout republican, the democratic nomi-
nee will have a walkover. On the other hand,
should Davis capture the endorsement withou,
serious effort, then the contest, as between him
and the democratic candidate, will grow inter
esting, for the tenth district is not an impreg-
nable stronghold of democracy. The counties
counties composing it gave, in 1880, an az
gregate majority Of 1852 votes for Roberts
A close contest would ensure doubtful result.
We shall await the outcome of the convention
with some interest, for several issues are un-
doubtedly involved. Aside from the mere
local significance of the matter, Davis defeat,
or failure to secure endorsement at San Anto-
MO, will be decided damper on Wash Jones
aspirations. The democracy has every reason
to sympathize with Manning's sturdy fight
against the disntegration of his party. Our
special dispatches, received last night will
doubtless afford the reader some idea to the
turn matters are likely to take.
Now that the Examiner has received the re-
suit we hope it is satisfied, and besides that
will discover that its information about the
manning wing" is decidedly off. The only
sympathy the little coterie in the opposition
have comes, as the Examiner suggests, from
''the democracy" Since the convention has
concluded its labors it will be hard to find
that "sturdy wing that was to fan the flame
of democratic hope in this district.
&
The gag was numerically applied by the
ma jority vote, which was obtained by the
practice of common politicians securing proxier
from counties taking no interest in the mates
and only eleven Of the twenty-six counties
of the district were representatives San Anto-
Mo Express.
The truth is, the gentlemen who were in
very insignificant minority, did the most Of
the talking and because the majority did no,
believe they were called together as a debat-
ing society but to express the will of the people
who sent them, thus decided to take prompt
action, and 60 home-there was but one ballot
taken on any one proposition, it was always
decisive, and if the individual who cried out
gag" had had any sense of propriety he
would have gracefully submitted to the fair
expression of the convention.
The assertion that 1.-THE majority vote was
obtained by the practice Of common politicians
securing proxies from counties taking interest
in the NATTER" is SO palpable lie that it
needs no REPUTATION. The only counties rep
resented by proxy were Kinney, Uvalde, Ban
dera and Kerr. The proxy from Kinney
was held by Mr.. Newcomb, Uvalde and
Bandera by Costing, (who was of the gagged
party) and Kerr was represented by Judge
Siemering. Each of these counties cast equal
votes, two each, so that Mr.. Costing cast four
votes as proxy and Judge Siemering and MIR.
Newcomb cast together four votes.
The statement that only II of the 26 coun-
ties were represented is also a lie; fourteen
)unties were represented, embracing more
than four-fifths of the district.
| Facts Worth knowing.