San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-29
MCPHERSON's REPLY
To an Editorial In the Light.


of your editorial of the Sth instant,
the writer is convinced that as an
optimist, you are without a rival in
the field of Texas journalism. You
assume with engaging frankness that
the republicans at the convention re-
Gently held in your city, testified to
their disapproval of the tyranny of
"bossism" and took new departure.
This statement is agreeable and salts
factory, upon its face, but, should not
some evidence accompany 1T to enable
those who observed the proceedings
and who failed to perceive this virtu-
GUS flight, to share your joy in The
coming of q better day.
1 confess that l may have failed to
detect these results through inatten-
ton, to the details of the proceedings,
being engaged in a vain attempt to
satisfy myself that a republican con-
vention was actually in session, or
that the party had in reality sent
representatives to that body. True,
there were many honest republicans
present, and there were men there,
who, under favorable circumstances,
might be taken or mistaken for re-
publicans, but the air was so heavily
charged with the electricity of feder-
al patronage, that they were afraid to
get within range of the Quincy motor
for fear that the concussion would be
heard at Galveston and the shock felt
in Washington.
The only indication of revolt, am
able to discover, after mature reflec.
ton, is the change in the chairman
ship of the state executive committee;
but this of itself is insufficient evil
dence upon which to predicate con-
clusion SO pregnant with hope to the
true republican heart. If the conven-
ton aimed to destroy "bossism" it's
range was altogether too short. 1t
should have commenced on Wednes.
day and continued on Thursday,
when the temporary organization was
getting in its work.
The best evidence, of the location of
the Simon pure, unadulterated
bossism, in the party, was shown
in the Harris County contest. The
dusky leader of the party, had in
vaded the Congressional Convention
at Houston short time previously,
and villified and abused the white
Republicans, who had the temerity
to disagree with him, and by inflam-
ing the negro delegates, succeeded in
declaring the white Republicans
from participating in the proceedings
of the Convention, and boasted that
he would see, that none of them went
to the State Convention.
The committee on creden tails, at
San Antonio was formed to include q
delegate who had already passed
upon the credentials, of the Harris
County delegation, under the FIRE of
Cuney's abuse, and who was conse-
quently incompetent to act in such
capacity.
This committee voted to seat both
delegations giving them equal repres-
entation.
The decision leaked out during the
night and the Galveston Ajax swore
mighty oath that the custom house
could 60 to sheol, but that no such re-
ton. The final act of the committee
before adjournment, was to reconsider
the action of the evening previous and
seat the Williams delegation. Upon
this action and the preceding out
RACES upon deeency, committed
by the head of the Galveston
custom house, the republicans (?) of
Texas, in Convention assembled,
placed the seal of their endorsement,
and in the face of the statement of
the Chairman of the committee on
credentials, that the result was reach
ed by a bare majority, and was
against his judgement of the merits.
The additional statement that he
bowed to the will of the majority is
absurd (although he may have be-
lieved it, when It is considered that
the will he referred to was the sole
and individual command of the Octo-
pus, who is slowly but surely absorb
ing the vitality of the party, and
leading his race in this state, blindly
to their political destruction.
1t may be q source Of qualification
to some of your readers, and of infor-
nation to others, that before the con-
vention had adjourned, the leader of
the delegation seated from Harris
county, was at home, IN Houston,
offering the party nominations for
county offices to democrats.
1t is humiliating but true, that re-
publicanism in Texas has to all APP
pearances succumbed to Cuneyism, but
by what legerdemain he has substi-
tuted his personality for the party, is
one of the mysteries that will forever
battle human investigation.
Yours truly, G. ]. MCPHERSON.
Half Rates on Account OF ST. Louis
Fair.
From October to October 10. 1890