San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-01
YESTERDAYS LESSONS.

The democracy Of B"Xar county met
Yesterday. They met rs democrats;
they did their work As democrats; they
mt in nomination only democrats. and,
they will depend only upon democratic
votes for the election Of their cahdI-
dates. With this democratic action re-
publioans have no just ground OF COM
plant. The convention was n c"mpr"-
mise convention. The parties to this
compromise were the democratic iu'i"n-
ists OF last year and the so-cHI.rd ring.
II WAS the democracy Of the c"uri-h"u-e
in convention. The places NOW occu-
pied by democrats were filled by re-
nominating the old incumocnts; the
places now filled by republicans were
filed by nominating democrats. The
fusion democrats of last eleCtiOl came
home to their fathers house, and for
these prodigals the fatted calf was killed
and they were received safe and sound.
There is but one thing remaining for
republicans to dO-gO and do likewise.
The promises of fusion made by certain
democrats, bv virtue Of which the flu
siOnist republicans were seducCd from
their party fealty and induced to deny
the republican voters Ofthis county re
publican nOminatiOn-these promises are
broken. The fusion republicans have no
fusion democrats to fuse with. If even
now they will return to their FORMER ale
glance, repent and do their first works
over again. reassemble the convention
and make good honest republican nOmI-
nations, there is great hope in the situa-
ton. II they refuse TO DO this, and the
republicans now in Office tsttrming
themselves stronger than tn" party, TO
sist nominations, then matters must take
their course. There is no Use Of mincing
matters. 70 this complexion must we
come or lose everything that we value
as republicans COnceding that the re.
publicans now in Office are strong
enough to carry the election by their
individual, personal weight of influence.
why refuse to strengthen the party by
coming within its pale, now that the flu
tiOnists in the democratic ranks have
broken faith with them There is no
sense in thus perpetuating division.
There has been no tine that the
straight republicans have not been
ready to support the present re-
publican Office-hOlders in new nomina-
tiOn and struggle for reelection. The
position of the LIGHT on this matter can
not be misunderstood. Personal abuse
has no effect in estranging it from the
principles and practices OF true repub-
lieanism. The LIGHT is always ready
to support the party and its nominees.
The democracy have done only what
democrats are expected to do Let
them alone as possible friends, and al
ways accept them rs political antagOn-
lists. This is the only true course for re-
publicans. The forces in the democratic
party were very nearly balanced yester-
day. Out of total vote of 40 only q
majority of % was scoved by the ring in
test vote, yet the convention did it's
work as a unit. There ia lesson here
for republicans. The same union
among ourselves and fidelity to our prin-
ciples could have organized victory for
us this fall. 1t may not be too late yet.
The democracy Of Bexar county are
not big enough to get along without Joe
CassianO. They tried it yesterday and
got left. Joe is the strength, not the
weakness, of the democracy. Where he
orders the votes of his Mexican serfs
there will they be cast. The democracy
can not cast him out if they would.
Would they dare TO cast him out if they
,ould9 Take the vote which he carries
n his vest pocket away from the demo-
ratio candidates and where would they
,e at the polls when it comes to a con-
est with the republicans