San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-21
NoN-PoLITIcAL POLITICS.

| CraDKS aDOuuu Ike uOWl Ing Jugs IL
an ill-regulated city OH moonlight
nights. Non-political parties, so called,
are springing into existence and by
the very claim of non-political de-
monstrate that they have no more
idea of the terms they employ than
the country has need of their exist
ence. All that has to do with the
regulation and government of a nation,
or state; with the preservation of its
peace, prosperity and safety; the de-
fence of the rights of its citizens at
home and abroad; the increase of the
country's resources, and the improve
ment of morals and intelligence-all
this is political. To claim that party
seeking to gain control of national or
state government is nOn-political is to
claim that it is nonsensical. This is
equally true of those parties claiming
to be non-partisan. In all representa-
tive republican governments there
must be two or more parties. In this
country there are at this time seven,
each of whom has put forth plat
form ofprinciples and nominated can
didates for the chief magistra of the
nation upon that platform, and yet
five out of these seven declare that
they are not partisan. The very fact
that they form a party is
proof conclusive of their par
tisnn character. They are neither
non political nor non partisan.
1t may be true that they understand
little of the nature and wants of
government, but they propose to ad-
minister it if they can receive votes
enough to elect the nominees they
have put before the people. Talk with
these partisans political or non politi-
cal parties, and they will tell you that
only the democratic and republican
parties are partisan and the rest are
non partisan. The republican and
democratic parties are political and
partisan because they take opposite
views of great questions of public
character such as the tariff and the
relations of the state and national
governments to each other, so at least
will these non political partisans who
are also non partisans tell us. But
when you go into those two great par
ties which are admitted as political,
we find the same anomalous state of
affairs. We find among the republic
can party "mugwumps." Political
partisans of nothing. Republicans in
their preaching and democrats in
their practicing. Men who are Sc
cretly in love with democracy yet
ashamed of it's past record. Men who
are unwilling to surrender the glOri-
Gus legacy of their republican record
and yet are too much in love with
the anti American dogmas of de-
mocracy to stand by those who
loudly denounce such domgas.
Then we have the protective demo-
crat. AS much an anomaly, only
more respectable one every way, as
his mugwump brother. The mug
wump is the most despicable by far.
His condition arises from an ingram
disloyalty to republicanism, while
striving to shield himself under its
name from the approbrium that at
tached to the name of democrat some
years since. The democratic protec-
ZIONIST is man who is so loyal to his
party name that he is unwilling to
surrender it. Notwithstanding his
judgment, sense of right, and con-
science in matters political de-
mand that he repudiates the distinct
ly and distinctively democratic doc
trine of non-protection to American
industry. 1t is strange thing that
men of wise minds cannot see these
things. Every democrat protection
ist who has the courage of his Opin-
ions must vote against returning men
to congress who are opposed to pro-
lection; to do otherwise is to stultify
himself. To vote for a member of
| congress who will pass protective tariff
president who will veto such protec-
tive tariff bill when passed and thus
prevent its becoming law, is so mani
| testify inconsistent as to call for no
comment. My son, think on these
things.
THE Goliad Guard can't see any
sense in nation caring for its
wounded defenders. 1t says:
president Cleveland is vetoing
pension bills with steady hand.
This pension business has grown into
gigantic fraud and needs the firm
hand of an honest administration to
keep it within proper bounds"
Were it in order to pension the
traitors to nations life, Lord how
the Guard would howl for more pen
SiOnS