San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-27
PRIMARIES WELL PRIMEo.


by their own reporters, there must have
been sheOl to pay from the foot of Gov
eminent hill to the Beanvillc district.
The fusiOnists were on hand with all the
forces they could muster, but they found
the straights had undermined every foot
of the ground and those who came there
bowling for fusion, with blood in their
eyes, went away MS peacefully as the
lamb of prophecy. when 1t found rest
ing place in the stomach of the lion Of
history. Feeble attempts were made in
several wards 10 stem the tide, but they
were absolutely abOrtive, and not one OF
the city precincts scored a vote against
straight nominations, while four, Nos. !,
3, 20 and % were instructed to
vote ms unit for a straight
party ticket. Three of these precincts are
heavily democratic and their influence in
the convention will be felt in favor Of
straight party nomination. The cock
pit crowd proved too much for the more
decent members of the party present,
and bolt was the result. The meeting
ut Krisch's hall was the most noisy,
irregular, ungOvernable and confused
assemblage ever convened in San
Antonio for any purpose. The hOwls Of
the molly crew which composed ii
could be heard blocks away. The hall
WAS packed to its utmost capacity and
40 inf Of
larger it grew the more bOisterous it
became. There was not the slightest re-
gard paid to order. procedure, decenCy,
usage or anything else. The democratic
county and state conventions Of this
year, which have become notorious
all over the state as rlOutOus and
ungovernable assemblies. were dOub-
" discounted by the primary
which held its meeting in
Krlsch's hail Saturday night. The
prevailing sentiment was. down with
the ring; and it being generally under
stood that the fusionist crowd was en-
gineered by the old ring bosses, they
were tacItly included In the reputation.
II was so utterly impossible 10 transact
any busincss,as business, in that precinct
meeting that any attempt to portray its
action would be utterly futile. Sitting
on the tail Of a cyclone and calling halt
would be an easy task compared to that
Of calling halt in the insanity of mad
ness which ruled that hour. A division
was the necessary result of the bedlam
and the result no man knows or ever
will know. There was not man in the
hall who had the slightest conception OF
what had been done when the chairman
adjourned the meeting. The proceedings
were disgrace even to the disgraceful
proceedings of former conventions.
The wOuld-be wits of the local press
are firing away at Manuel Lopez. the
Mexican patriot who has undertaken to
preach tn" gospel Of anti-ring politics to
his COuntrymen in this city. Lopez is
doing q needed work, and all the wit of
the small minds, who see in his OcCupa-
ton ms n CObbler an occasion of ridiCule,
will not detraCt from its Importance. If
successful in accomplishing the herCu-
lean task which he has undertaken, Mr..
Lopez will have laid the citizens of San
Antonio under greater obligations than
they will be likely to acknowledge. If
he is unsuccessful he will only verify
the wisdom of our prophets of disaster,
none Of whom have believed for mo-
ment that he would succeed. 1t will
not be safe to impute dishonest motives
or practices to Lopez until they are
capable of proof The sturdy refOrmer
of ring politics banks heavily upon his
personal honor. and will not suffer it to
be lightly Impeached. Those who know
Lopez best believe him incapable of
treachery or fraud, and his assaults upon
the Mexican citadel, SO long held as the
stronghold of ring politicians, will be
admired for its courage and devotion to
the best interests of municipal govern
ment, no matter what the result Lopez's
leather apron, like that of Roger Sher-
man, may yet become historic.
MAXEY, TERRELL and Ireland are max
ing a triangular fight for the senator
ship. Maxey seems particularly inclined
to turn his artillery against Ireland, and
in some quarters it is confidently as
serted that his friends are pledging their
support to Terrell in case it becomes
certain that Maxey cannot secure the
election. 1t is anybody's fight SO far,
and the result cannot be safely predicted
now There is but little doubt that the
legislature will see very many anti-dem-
ocratic members in it on its assembling,
and how these will vote on the sena-
torial question is enc of the unde-
termined things. Many of these anti
democratic legislators, the majority of
them doubtless, will be men elected TO
the house Of representatives on labor
Issues, and having no political aflilia-
tions with either of the dominant parties
will put their votes where they will do
the labor interests, which they repre-
sent, the most good. In the matter of
the election of a United States senator,
they would be less concerned than in
securing such labor legislation for Texas
as would meet the views of those whom
they represent. They would naturally,
then, stand ready to vote for the sena-
torial candidate whose supporters would
pledge a return in kind, by supporting
their labor bills. This complication
gives very uncertain character to the