San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-27
ORGANIZATION NECESSARY.

Missouri, as was noted in the LIGHT
not long since, has commenced
thorough organization Of her demo-
cratic forces. This organization is to
be pushed into every school district
and voting pceciuct of the state until
every last democratic voter will be
placed and in line for the next state
contest. This has been deemed ne
cessary on account of the growing
strength CT the republican party in
that hitherto stronghold of democracy.
This precaution so timely on the part
of the democracy is not to be neglect
ed on the part of the republicans.
Michigan, Indiana, and New York, as
well as Ohio, were saved to the repub-
lican party largely through their COM
plete organization. At the banquet
given by the Michigan club of Detroit
on last Friday, and at which so many
representative republicans from all
over the country were present, this
fact of organization was made most
conspicuous. Michigan repubIi-
cans, alarmed at the depletion of
thee ranks in the campaigns of
1884 and Of 1886, made a deter
mined stand against further defec-
ton by the systematic organization OF
clubs over Inc env're STATE. Wn;le,
Zachariah Chandler was living the
forces of the republican party were
kept well together, but aztec his
death the greenbackers made in
roads upon the republican ranks ald,
grown strong, united with the DEM
| ocracy tor the couyrol of the state
which they very largely achieved
Under the efficient organization OF the
past campaign, this lost ground has
been largely regaiued, the spirit of
the party has been restored, and it's
full vote was secured at the polls.
Thus new courage has been in
fused into all its councils, ADD the
organization of Clubs all over the state,
auxiliary to the Michigan club as
centre, will hold the members to
strong party allegiance, aud perpetu-
ate republican supremacy in the
state.
This work SO efficiently performed,
and resulting so successfully in
Michigan, should be undertaken in
every state in the union. The one
need of western republicauism is
unity, hOmogeneOusness, and this can
only come by complete and system
attic organization. Texas would be
greatly the gamer for some method
OF conserving her forces, gathering
her republican voters tOgeuUec into
organized bodies, hold ng mutual
counsel and acUiug in concert Tor q
specific end. There would be no surer
method of defeating the selfish
schemes of uId-De-bOsses, in whom
the rank and file oG the party have no
confidence, aud whose undesired lead
ership always ends in defeat. 1t
would give voice TO the mind OF yhe
part y as it exists, and that Fl ee MUD
thus expressed would not DOLLY kill
those who steal the livery of the party
in which to serve their own Gods, but
it would raise up and briug iuto active
service st'Ong army of Urue lepubli-
cans who are lost to the state because
of the obnoxious character Of the lead
ersbip which has cursed the whole
party for some years past. The republic
cans W; never be so disOr%an ;zed in
the future as they have been in the
past, aud if Texas ever hopes for bet
ter things for the republican party, it
mus t undertake and successfully carry
out this work of thorough and COM
plete organization. When that work
is undertaken it will not be done Sc
cretly or ia corner for the purpose of
shaping official patronage, but openly
and with the full knowledge of all
who truly bear the party name.