The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-14
Facts, Fancles and Gibberygosh.

Editor Evening Light:
have within the past fortnight looked in
upon the proceedings of three county caucuses;
and in each instance discovered that the "Old
Mashine" was working as smoothly as of
yore.
The caucus of to-day is but stereotyped
edition of those of the past-almost as much
so in the berYOnel of the members as in the
text of the proceedings. Each town (for the
country has but little concern in the matter)
has its fugelman, and its eight or ten profess
sional delegates; these assemble, fix the
shibboleth, and the slavish populace are forced
into line-not once imagining that they are
obeying the edicts Of tyrant more ruthless
than the worst of the Cesars.
In one instance young lawyer, apparently
just out of his swaddling clothes, moved that
the chairman appoint the delegates to the
Galveston convention. What whould old
Tom Jefferson say to such pseudo democrats
were he present in the flesh? True democ-
racy has been well defined as the antithesis of
''one man power" but here we find the boast
ed democracy employing the practices found
only in the despots rule.
Another young member was the son Of an
olo OlnCc ana as he was
about the most intelligent bourbon that had
ever encountered, could but reflect that from
his earliest childhood up to a very recent
date he had drawn his sustenance from the
radical crib. 1t is a very bad bird that be-
SIGNALS about the >ast bar a secret grudee
against Ireland; but so apparent is the fact
that he will receive the nomination that they
choke down their rising choler, and while re-
fusing to instruct for Ireland affect to welcome
his advancement. This leaves them free to
stab the sage of Seguin in the back atGalveston
should opportunity offer, or to assist in
swelling the vivas that hail his triumphs; or,
in other words, they hunt with the hound and
run with the hare. My vote will 90 to Ire
land, not by reason of his nomination, but in
spite of it, and such, imagine, will be the
case with good many thinking men.
am glad Colonel Newcomb has been made
postmaster at San Antonio, for heretofore a
letter literally had to run the gauntlet in pass
ing that aggregation of official chaos The
management of the pOstoffice in the first CITY
of the state should be sans rebyoarhe, as
under the new regime it will be. If was a
citizen of the Alamo City, as hope to be ere
long, | would urge the claims of two of your
worthy townsmen to political preferment-
General Young for congress and Colonel W..
L. Thompson for the state senate Epson
will be decapitated by the two-eged sword,
tariff for revenue only" unless the congress
sional district convention formuates a plat
form Of principles in direct conflict with
the state and national-a species of
political harlotry by no means rare in the rec
ord of the bastard offspring of noble mother.
Such conflict existed IN 1876 between the
national platform promulgated at St. Louis
and that of the state. Under such circum-
stances democrats ought to be allowed the
latitude allowed by the old Snowman: .You
pays your money and you takes your choice"
But such is not the case; they have but one
candidate to choose from; and, as the Roman
soldiers laid their oaths upon the golden eagle,
SO must the caucus democrat pronounce
psalms to the dog-collar. V.R.
Kemper City, Texas