San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-09-06
WHAT SHALL IT BE.
An Old Republican Wants Straight
Goods-No More Mule Ticket.

An Old Republican Wants Straight
Goods-No More Mule Ticket.
Editor SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
In the Evening Paper Of the 3rd inst.
appears an editorial, headed The LIGHT
and its strsightness," in which Mr..
NewcOmb takes exceptions to your hav-
ing anything TO say or do in the affairs
OF the republican party of Bexar county
because you have not resided here for
twenty-One years. This sounds very
strange and unnatural to old republicans
OF this county, coming from the source
Ii does. 1t reminds one very fOrcibly of
the expressions. carpet Dagger" and
"Scallawag," used by our democratic
friends few short years ago, and to
which Mr.. NewcOmb at that time
seriously objected. He used then Ito
argue, that the republican doctrine WAS,
that man WAS a citizen of the United
States, and entitled TO all the rights and
privileges OF citizen, in each and
every one OF the states, IN which he
might have lived long enough TO obtain
aresidence under the laws thereof That
those United States were Nation
spelled with a big IN, = and that a man
did not lose his citizenship when nov
ing to Texas, or any OF his rights, though
he might have been born and raised In
Iowa. Ii strikes an ordinary republi-
can, that the doctrines, and principals
of his party are the same in Maine and
Georgia, in Iowa and Texas, and when
an Iowa republican sees q pretended
leader of republicans in Texas, advising
and counseling his party to depart from
those principals he would be TeCreant to
his duty If he did not raise his voice
against 1t even though his residence
W I'm M
Mr.. Newcomb please tell US in what
principle of our party, in the teachings
OF what leader he finds hidden the ad-
wise, or the suggestion that under any
circumstances IL is for the best interests
of the party TO place democrats in con-
troll of the government, either
national, state or municipal. And
this is exactly what fusion
with the democracy results in, in Bexar
county. AS proof witness the result
of last county election. MIR. Newcomb
says: The republican convention al
most unanimously pronounced In favor
of state ticket" viii he give us one
reason in favor of state ticket which
cannot, with equal force, be urged in
favor Of county ticket? Or one reason
against county ticket that cannot, with
equal force, be urged against state
publicans of BeXar county have already
spoken their minds as to straight tickets
both state and county.
Mr.. Newcomb says: 1.-The independ-
ent move was republican move, not for
mere party advancement, but to secure
q good administration of our county gov
eminent" And how successful the re-
publiGans were in giving this county a
good government the Evening Paper for
the last two or three days has been, and
is still, truthfully sho wing the citizens
OF this county. But the republicans
have given Bexar county this excellent
administration through the hands of
democratic officers. Does Mr.. New
comb believe and say as republican
that we could not give them an equally
good administration through republic
can hands? If they can, and offer 1t to
the people of BeXar county, and IL is re-
fused, at whose door lies the blame? ITO
undo the good work now would be a
crime against the welfare of our people"
To whom does Mr.. n. address this SEN
tence? TO the republicans? Would
they be responsible for its undOing If
they offer to BeXar county an unexcep-
tional ticket, and our democratic allies
refuse to endorse it simply because it Is
republican, preferlng bad or even
worthless administration at demo-
cratic hands to the best, at the
hands of republicans? | for one
am heartily sick and tired of this
eternal sacrifice of principle, to what a
few self constituted conclence keepers
of our party call policy. For one have
never seen any good results to our party
grow out of it. On the contrary have
seen the republican party of Bexar
county, which ought to be the dominant
party, and when properly organized and
managed is the dominant party, broken
up, disorganiZed and in the hands of a
few disgruntled democrats made cats
paws of to pull their chestnuts out OF
the fire. Not only this, but 1t alienates
good republicans from the party. AS a
notable Instance to prove the truth OF
| this, am most creditable informed that
Mr.. Geo. Paschsl, really the only repub-
| lican elected at the last election as a re-
| suit of the independent move, has de-
| clared that he would not accept nomi-
nation from the republican party as
district attorney. Now this is the re-
| suit of the Independent or fusion move
| Continue ii for few more elections and
you will not have republican in Bexal
county. Stop 1t, make straight republi'
can nominations, and though we may
not win the first time, 1t will not be long
before we will have republicans in every
| office in Bexar county.
AN OLD REPUBLICAN,
One who was never politically anything
else.