San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-10-25
A WORD IN SEASON,

upon us, and the voters OF the county
who desire good government, not only
now but in the future, must look at mat
tiers intelligently and decide as men to
whom are entrusted the grave RESPONSE
bilities OF freemen. This election Will
very largely determine whether this
county shall be given over to the hands
of one INSCRIPTIONS boss, and nomina-
tions Tor office be made in the dark
lantern way which has characterized all
irregular political proceedings here and
elsewhere; or, whether, admonished by
the open bargain and sale of Office con-
sequent upon the defeat Of regular party
nominations in the republican conven-
ton, so singing rebuke shall be ad-
ministered to personal politics as OPP
posed to party politics, that this
most corrupt and offensive per-
sonalism shall be forever after
denied recognition. In this question,
and in Its settlement the people OF this
county are all interested. To say that
good government cannot be secured and
good, faithful, efficient officers selected
to serve the people by the regular party
conventions, is to make very grave &C
cusation against all the precedents' OF
the past, and challenge all the approved
methods of the last half century. Before
this is done, we Insist that the gravity
of the situation at least demands care
full scrutiny OF the causes which have
led to this departure in Bexar county,
and the probability or imprObability OF
any good result arising from the
change.
One known evil will result, has al
ready resulted-lhe disorganization OF
the republican party, and its practical
extinction as a political factor in the
present campaign. This may be
very good democratic reason
for supporting this demOralizing
movement, because their forces re-
main intact to very large de-
gree, that party having very wisely
made Its own nominations; but it is
very poor reason why republicans
should support this Reorganization. To
argue the destruction Of the republican
party as the ground upon which to de-
mand a republican following, is the
most absurd proceeding human peryer-
sity could devise. Yet,it Is this very alb
surdity that is being consummatcd by
those who, having denied the republi
can party its legitimate nominations,
now demand that as q reward for hay-
ing accomplished this destruction Of tine
party, they shall be rewarded with rs
many offices as will satisfy them, and
the rest given to their democratic
allies.
The LIGHT will not follow this mad
attempt to enthrone the personalism of
politics above the honorable and con-
serative usages of party proceeding, in
which the voice of the people is heard
and the will of the people consulted.
Was the cry of "ring" twice rs loudly
uttered as it has been, and were
there twice as much of truth in
the allegations as we know there is
falsehood, we would prefer the Ring"
of party to the offensive, cOrrupting and
demorslizing influences of such "bOss-
ism" as has been developed during this
campaign. The corrupt use of money
has never proceeded to SO outrageous
and shameful a length as during this
campaign. The greed of men has been
made to serve its purposes in making
political combinations as never before.
and the great head center of this bar
gain and sale should be branded with
the infamy of the iniquity he has
worked. The LIGHT votes for such re-
publicans as are not involved in this
bargain for office. Outside of that it
very generally supports the candidates
of the Industrial League, because the
League is more in sympathy with the
republican state platform and ticket
than either OF the other parties.