San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-07
LOPEZ AND CAssIANo.
Another Phase of the Mexican ImbrogIio
-Cassiano's Compact to Join the
Patriots a Huge Joke, He Says.

] Another Phase of the Mexican I'm DrOglO
| -Cassiano's Compact to Join the
Patriots a Huge Joke, He Says.
Sunday night at the meeting Of the
committee OF 2Or OF the Junta PatriOti-
ca at Pierroni's hall, Mr.. Manuel Lopez,
master workman of the Mexican assem-
bly, X. of L., and who by recent events
alone, has become quite well known to
| our citizens, submitted proposition
from Mr. Jose Cass!anO to his brother
members of the committee, to the effect,
that if he, Cassiano, would surrender to
the Junta PatriOtica and would not OPP
pose them in their celebration, but
would celebrate with them at TESTS
garden, would they give him the post OF
honor in their celebration and make him
their grand marshal.
This proposition was received very in
dignantIy by the committee, and very
emphatically refused. Mr.. Lopez. while
not feeling flattered at CassianO's great
concessions to them, felt in his great lib
erality, that it was honorable to be leni-
ent,tO a vanQuished enemy like Mr. G..
had represented himself to be and pro-
posed to allow him the post of honor.
That gentleman's eyes have no doubt
been opened to new phase of the pro-
ceedings since then, however, and from
the following, stated to LIGHT reporter
Yesterday morning by Mr.. Lopez, it
seems that they believe the proposition
WAS the result Of an arch conspiracy be-
tween several of their opponents to ere
ate dissensiOn in their ranks.
After repeating the facts about the
meeting Sunday, and the manner OF
laying MIR. CassianO's proposition before
the committee, Lopez said:
"knowing that he had left the Mutu-
alista celebration and had declined to be
their marshal, | thought it was in good
faith he came to me. | was willing TO
accord the honor to him of making him
grand marshal; but subsequently |
learned that he was chiefly Instrumental
at a meeting of the Arbeiter Verein So
Ciety, The being a member of that, of
tabling the invitation we rendered that
society to join our celebration, and |
also learned that MIR. Cardenas. on the
plaza had publicly bOasted that the
scheme of Jose CassianO to cause dis
sensiOn among us was succeeding so
well. | then declined the friendship of
Jose CassianO, and will expose this latest
scheme and all others that may come
up"
The LIGHT remembering that there
are two sides TO every question, deemed
it but simple justice to obtain from Mr..
Jose Cassiano his version of the state
ment of Mr.. Manuel Lopez, that he had
sought admission to the ranks of the
Junta PatriOtica. He was interviewed,
and here is the substance of what he
said. Mr.. CassianO begun by express
ing his repugnance to, and distaste for
newspaper controversies, at all times
and under all circumstances, and by
c hn n no
statement of Mr.. Lopez as to the affair,
appeared in public print, but upon being
told by the reporter that MIR. Lopez had
stated that he had sent card to the pa
pers on the subject, Mr.. CassianO made
substantially tfte following statement:
81 and Mr.. Lopez have always been per-
sOrally upon good terms, and in the habit
OF indulging in jOcular remarks when we
happened to meet, and on last Saturday,
whilst Mr.. John Cavanaugh and myself
were standing chatting together, Mr..
Lopez came up and Joined us, and in
the course of the conversation remarked
to me that he had the power to make
me chief marshal of the contemplated
celebration at TESTS garden, and if
would unite with the Junta PatriOtica
in such celebration he would see that |
was made chief marshal on such OGGa-
sion.
Believing this remark of Mr.. Lopez
was intended as a joke, and piece of
banter and badinage, and that he felt il
was regarded in that light by me, an
swered that the matter was agreeable to
me. Mr.. Lopez then said, "if that is the
case, let us shake hands upon it," and
meaning to Garry out what | looked on
as mere joke, | shook him by the hand.
My idea was that Mr.. Lopez was merely
joking and bantering me, and that 1
would meet him in similar spirit to
carry out the joke. Mr.. Cavanaugh was
present during my conversation with
Mr.. Lopez, and heard every word of it.
As soon as Mr.. Lopez left us, told Mr..
Cavanaugh that Lopez was bat joking
and that what replied had been in the
same spirit" This report was unavoid-
ably omitted from yesterdays issue, but
our readers can fully post themselves
now.