San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-18
The Daily Eight.
SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1890.
THE POSTS: MISTAKE.

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goes very wide of the facts in sum
ming up its own conclusions. Tn,
LIGHT do not admit that the south
ern republicans are pretty tough
lot, whose patriotism is nil, bu
whose gall is mighty" Far, very fal
from it. The republican party of the
south, particularly in Texas as COM
ing nearer home, has as much patriot
ism to the square inch as any class OF
American citizens in existence, and
so far from having a superabundance
OF gall, it is the very lack of gall Oh
the part of Texas republicans which
has been the prime cause of their
present disability.
The LIGHT was speaking in the ar
ticle misrepresented by the Post of
the few old bosses who dominate the
party, and not of the party. The re-
publicans In Texas are not less than
100, 900 strong numerically. OF this
number at least $1,000 are white men
whose patriotism, intelligence, social
standing and business qualifica tons
will compare favorably with those OF
any citizens of any state and will GER
tainly not look to democratic cons itu-
enciess for their superiors. These
men have so little inclination to de-
scend into the mire of politics and
drive out the corruptionists who have
made federal office holding a trade,
that they have held aloof from poll
tics altogether and permitted the de-
moralizatiOn to grow until today, as
the LIGHT has again and again
said, there is really no republi-
can organization in the state. BY
this the LIGHT means that there |
is no such organization of the party as
calls forth its wisdom in the cOnven. |
tons or its voting strength at the
polls. OF the $4,000 white republic
cans in Texas there are 1850 who
have neither part nor lot in the
greedy, unseemly struggle and rush
for office which was the disgust of
and the surprise of the
whole nation. The error of thePOst is in
taking the five hundred Office hunters
and place petitioners for the party.
1t is true they assume to be the party,
and with gall that has driven the
IS, 500 out of sight, temporarily, have
to make Washington be-
lieve that they are the republican
party, and all the republican party
there is in Texas. The LIGHT has
la bored diligently to induce the real
worth OF the republican party, its
anti-office hunting thousands to
rescue the party from the deep
disgrace into which it has fall
en- as the constituency of
few republicans for office only. II is
not filled with deep disgust. 1t ac-
cepts the situation as the inevitable
outcome of democratic methods at the
time the state government was re-
turned to its hands. 1t has great
hope for the future of Texas under the
spur of republican Opposi-
ton to the moss covered abuses which
grow gray under democratic rule.
The republican party in Texas is pre-
pairing for the work of reorganization.
It has no use for the men who would
keep the party disOrganized that they
night reap the benefit Of federal pat
a very vigorous and ever
treng thening protest is being urged
against the present condition. The
I'D bosses gained hardly half n vic
DRY in the distribution OF Office.
Tew blood is coming into Texas. Re-
,ublicans are showing themselves all
yer the state, who are republicans
rom principle and not for pap. When
hese men get together they will soon
Understand each other. A new Or
of the party will be effected.
tickets in the field will be the
rider and not the exception, and Tex
s republicanism will make itself re.
pected. AS for casting it's fortunes
nth the democracy, as the Post
links probable, the LIGHT is not re-
ublican for pap but for principle.
IN questions of tariff, ballot reform,
labor, restricted immigra-
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