San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-08
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.

whether San Antonio republicans do
or do not put q municipal ticket In
the field next spring; it is matter of
vital Importance to the republican
party in Texas that San Antonio re-
publicans thoroughly organize the
county and fall into republican line.
Municipal politics, so called, have
no connection with politics proper
Neither the nomination of legislative
or congressional candidates, nor
the nominations of state officers is af-
fected one way or the other by muni-
cipal conventions. The foundation of
the politics of the state is the county
convention, AID the business of a
county convention is to nominate
county officers, see that the county is
represented in congressional and state
conventions, and maintain itself ag-
gressively for party purposes. This
has not been done in BeXar
county, and the very men who
are now clamoring for municipal
party action are the very ones
who have defeated county nOmina-
tiOns and state nominations in wears
past. DISCRIMINATION cannot organ
ize by a mere effort of will, and the
republicans OF Bexar county will find
very difficult work to effect working
organization. When a convention is
called and county ticket nominated
the work has just begun. The de-
mOralizing alliances of republicans
with democrats in the past years to
elect q mongrel ticket, representingno
political party or principle have ac-
complished their work and it will
be very hard and thankless task to
bring the party into line for efficient
work. There are few republicans
in BeXar county who have been true
to the interests of genuine and una
dulterated republicanism, and these
men have always demanded county
nomination and straight party work.
They are again in the field asking
that the county be organized, that a
thorough reorganization Of every
precinct be effected, and the
party in the county be put In
shape for an earnest and united
campaign this fall 1t will be
time enough to talk of next springs
municipal election when the fall cam.
paign is over and the ability of the
party to mainta itself in square
struggle with the democracy has
been fairly tested. The LIGHT has
ever been consistent in this matter
and its editorial columns for
the past four wears have shown no
departure from the pathOt a true
republican conduct. 1t asks for
county organization as the only
hope of repuOliCanism in the south
west; the only way of putting a
county republican ticket in the field,
and the only way OF marshaIing the
republican voters of the county 10 the
aid of the congressional and state
tickets. This matter is in the han ds
Of the county executive committee.
That committee should act at once.
If 50 disOrganiZed as not to recognize
themselves some other method
of initiating movement should
be at once begun. The thing
required before every thing else
is a thorough reorganization OF
the party in this county. Such reOr-
ganization as viii not permit its con-
troll 10y those who have heretofore |
prevented the nomination of a COum. |
ty ticket, and VINO have thus perpe- |
tuated its decentralization. There are
true republicans enough in BeXar
county. men who have never betrayed !
the party, or weakly surrendered it |
to the solicitation of office seekers, |
enough sach to organize the party |
and hold it clearly alOOt from all
fraudulent alliances. These men
should come to the front and hearth |
Iy cooperate in such an OrganiZatiO |
OF the party in this county as will |
give it character and stamp it unmis-
takably republican.
DEMOCRATIC state treasUrers have
made away with about two and
half million dollars since the solid |
south took to itself political habita-
ton and a name. Very little of this |
money was ever recovered and very !
little is ever likely TO he The late |