San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-19
PARTY CONSISTENCY.

it of a determination to pick quarre
with Col. DeGress Of Austin. Col. DE
Gress, personally. is not in question;
Col. DeGress politically ls. Col. DE
Gress has assumed the responsibility OF
calling the republican party from Its re-
wisdom Of that movement was seriously
questioned by the LIGHT at the time the
DeGress call was issued, and the good
faith Of the call seriously doubted upon
the sole ground of the past political
record of the man who stands sponsor
for the call. The call, however, is is
sued, and, as good republican journal,
the LIGHT falls into line and, withdraw
ing all opposition, heartily endorses the
state convention and puts its republican
ism upon record in the county conven-
ton of Bexar county.
Travis county holds n convention.
| Col. DeGress is one of the polit-
ical leaders of Travis county re-
publicans, and presumably the head
of the party there. That convention
makes nominations. 1t makes mongrel
nominations; it goes back on the very
principles upon which De Gress based
his call for a state conventions; 1t pro-
claims to the republicans OF the state
that it is not straight republican nom
ination that is desired at Waco; it makes
itself the champion OF disgruntled demo
Gratis and exposes the republican party
Of the state to the charge, oft repeated,
that the sole object at Waco ia to
cOalesce with Changers, Greenbackers,
knights of Labor, disgruntled democrats
and everything else that will bolt dem
oCratic nomination. One of the nomi-
nees of the Travis county republican
convention for state representative is
Mr.. Felix Smith, who served the demo-
Gratis of Travis county in the 18th and
10Th legislatures. He was chairman on
rules and organization in the Travis
county democratic convention this year,
and was also delegate to democratic
state, congressional and senatorial con-
ventions. He took his seat in Galveston
on the fifth of August 1856 as demo-
cratic delegate, and was nominated by
the republicans Of Travis county as their
candidate for state representative in less
than ten days thereafter. Does any
man of common sense believe
that such man can possibly
represent the principles Of the
republican party in the coming legisla-
ture. OF Mr.. Smith we have not one
word to say. He was so acceptable a
democrat that he was returned to the
legislature a second term, and, If the
LIGHT Is not misinformed, would have
been returned for a third had he con-
sented to support a certain candidate
for the United States senate before the
ensuing legislature. His nomination by
the Travis county convention means
simply ,this-the Travis county repub-
liCans have entered the political field
this fail in the interests of the demo-
cratic United States senatorial ring at
ing Paper that it is ridiculous for the
state convention to interfere with the
republicans of Travis county in the
management of their political affairs
granted; but it is not ridiculous for the
state republicans to insist that the man
who claims to call state conventions
and dominate the party, shall have clean
republican hands and pure republican
heart. The LIGHTS whole position on
this matter is that such work as was
done at Austin is not clean, square re-
publicanism; and, that Judged by the
Travis county convention, Colonel De
Gress is not sincere in calling state re-
publican convention to nominate a
straight republican ticket for the state
for, had that gentleman been as earn
estly DESTROYS for a clean republican
state nomination at Waco as he asserts,
he would have been equally DESTROYS for
a clean republican nomination for coun-
ty offices at Austin. The onus Of this
matter is put on Colonel De Gress be-
cause he has assumed to ,aot for the re-
publicans of the state as q straight out
republican, while taking part in the
nomination Of democrats to the state
legislature.
DAN MAGoNE is a very fair Ogdensburg
lawyer. AS a member Of the bar, In
fifth rate city in Northern New York,