San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-06
sImoN.PURE REPUBLlcANISm.

the several precincts Of this county Ia
directed to the attempt now being made
to switch of the party on fusion track.
The Evening Paper appears as chief en-
gineer of this job There is nothing
that savOrs of republicanism in 1t.
There Is no excuse for it in the present
situation Of affairs, unless the necessity
of electing some particular candidates
on a fusion ticket be construed as such
excuse. Whenever the republican party
of Bexar county have Joined hands with
the disaifetted democracy. and made
fusion ticket, they have been left. The
history of county elections in Bexar
county for the past ten years proves con-
clusiyely that under no circumstances
have the republicans gained anything by
surrendefing their own nominations and
uniting with their political enemies to
| place 4 ticket in the field. When the re-
| pubiCans put their last ticket in the
field, ticket nominated by regular
convention and supported by an organ
lied effort OF the party in the county,
that ticket was triumphantly elected.
When no regular organization was had
of the party in the county, and it was a
| free-fOr- all fight, a few republicans an
nOuncing themselves rs candidates, the
| number of republicans elected was as
great as when the boosted fusion was
made by which two republicans were
In
NOonan and Surveyor Locke, who have
held office term after term irrespective
OF party nominations. The records Of
the past elections show that the repub-
ican party gains nothing but perpetual
ed disorganization by fusion methods. 1t
gains nothing in the way of an inCreas-
ed number of republican candidates
elected to office; and. il it did, the LIGHT,
would still oppose fusion on the broad
ground that the temporary advantage
Of a republican elected to office by dem
OCrat votes is more than discounted by
the decentralization OF the party which
inevitably follows. The republican vO-
tiers Of BeXar county are warned against
the specious pleas for fusion, based on
false premises of better government,
which are being urged by the Evening
Paper, that pretended exponent Of re-
publicanism. The readers OF the LIGHT
are also requested to give careful atten-
tentiOn to the communication OF an old
republican which appears in this issue.
The ground taken in that article in
favor of straight political movements is
worthy OF careful study. The republic
cans Of this county have long enough
stood in the back ground, the party
demOralized, the name of republican a
reprOach, the power of its principles
self renOunced a apOlitioal factor and
judgment taken against it, claims as
party organ cation entitled to influence,
by default OF its pretended friends.
There is no question that the vast ma
iOrity of the republicans in this county
favor straight convention and
straight out ticket. Such convention
will be called and such ticket nominated,
or else there will be such defeat of the
general desire Of the rank and file of the
party as will work ruin to the future OF
the republican party in this county. The
LIGHT is piled with questions on this
subject continually. Outside of the few
who are manipulating matters for fusion,
for reasons which they best know, but
about which all may form opinions, the
prevailing sentiment is in favor Of a con-
vention and a ticket. The republican
party is such in truth only when exer-
cising its functions. The LIGHT de-
mands as the right of the party that the
republicans of the several precincts be
heard on this question of nominating a
ticket before their rights as republicans
to meet in convention, nominate repub-
lioRns for Office and work for their cleo
ton is denied them The nomination
OF republican by democratic cOnVen-
tienis not q republican nomination, and
is not so accepted by straight republi-
cans; neither is the nomination of a
democrat by a republican convention a
republican nomination. The republi-
cans of Bexar county this fall do not
propose to eat democratic pudding with
fusion sauce on account OF a republican
plum or two that there may be in the
pastry.
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