San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-09
rHE pIspATcH SPEAKS.

day contains leader on the political
situation in Travis county which is so
applicable in nearly every sentence to
the condition Of things in Bexar county
that we reproduce 1t almost entire. The
editor of the Evening Paper assumes to
rule the utterances of the LIGHT out OF
their fOrcefulness and pertinenCe be-
cause the editor did not carpet-bag in
Texas during the Davis regime. Per-
haps the utteranCes Of the Dispatch
may meet with more consideration.
They are as follows:
Lees than one month remains before
the election takes place. and so far moth
ing has been done looking to the organ
ization Of the republican party, or max
ing canvass for the state ticket.
Apathy and Indifference on the part of
the wOuld-he leaders of the party Is
manifested. Some six weeks ago, II state
ticket was, Mt the demand OF the repub-
Leans, put in the field. Ii was the unan-
imOus expression OF the delegates to the
state convention. that thorough can
vass Of the state should be made. SO far,
the only meetings that have been held,
were addressed by our candidate for gov
ernOr, who Is working with Will
In North Texas. The state committee
and its chairman have absolutely done
nothing. Not a public meeting has been
called, not n document distributed. No
efforts To secure an organization has
been made. The men who assume to
lead the party absolutely act as if they
did not desire to see il increase in
strength The only object they seem to
have IL to use the party so rs to keep
themselves in front, that II the republic
cans should elect the next president,
they may control the offices The truth
ia, that this is the real cause whv there
Is no successful republiCau party in the
south. The spOils hunters do not want
strong party, and until the honest re-
publiCans, men who are republicans
from principle, arise and take control
Of the party, there never Will be
n successful republican Organization
in the south. The way things are man
aged in this section is disgusting to
all honest republicans. We have no can
didate for congress in this district, in
which n repnblican-ha II proper can
vas been made-COuld have been elect
ed. There is o excuse why Il democrat
of the Sayers stripe should be sent to
congress from this district, and the
only reason that he will be elected Is the
Indifference and want of management
on the part of the leaders Of the party.
We have no candidates in the field for
The Legislature, simply because the lead
eTs of the party do not want any. They
are working In the interest of democrat
iC candidates. For rea Ons best known
to themselves they seem to care more
for the success of an ultra bourbon free
trade democrat like Judge Terrell to the
senate than they do to elect republicans
10 office. The entire time OF the county
executive campaign committee seems to
be given to secure the election OF a COun-
ty ticket, made up of One-half demo-
Gratis, One-half republicans. Ii Is about
time that this should end. The vote in
this county is very Learly evenly divid-
between the republicans and democrats
and there is no reason why our state
ticket should not have good majority
this year. We now appeal to all honest
republicans to come out, organize, take
the reins in their own hands and make
An aggressive canvass on republican
principles. Let the triners and traders
in the party be sent TO the rear and let
honest and aggressive republicans be
put to the front.
We cordially commend this editorial
to the consideration of our county COM
mttee in general and to the disOrgan.
yer of the republican party in Bexar
county in particular. In the language of
the DisphtCh, LET the traders be sent
to the rear" Inundated and disgraced
as the party has been in this county by
those who claim leadership by virtue of
their years of dsOrganlzing effort, it
would seem that matters are no better in
Travis county. Is it coincidence
merely that the two men whom the
LIGHT antagOnized at the beginning Of
the campaign, on the ground of their
being republicans for personal ends, are
the men who control the republican
party in Travis and Bexar counties and,
controlling it, have relegated it to
inactivity? Such republcanism makes
Texas blush for shame.