San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-15
DR.. MAX URWITZ,
SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Issues the Following Address to the
Republicans of Texas.
HOUSTON, Tex, September %.
Special to the LIGHT.

dure the shame, disgrace and humiliation
brought upon republicans in Texas by the
audacity, arrogance, corruption and
treachery of the negro leaders and their
followers. They have taken forcible pos
session of our primaries and ruled our
conventions with relentless tyrrany, they
have driven many of the best and most
patriotic white republicans out of the
party ranks, they have demoralized and
disOrganized the republican party of our
state, they have laughed decency to scorn
and branded patriotism with ignominy,
they have bartered their citizenship away
in open market and sold their votes TO the
highest bidder at every election. Repub-
licaniSm in Texas has become a stigma
upon American citizenship, reproach to
our civilization and curse toour country.
Fellow Republicans, you, who appreciat-
ing the grand and lofty principles of the re-
publican party have shed your blood upon
many battle field for the suppression of
slavery upon American soil and the main
tainance of our union, and you who have
devoted the best years OF your life to the
advocacy of republicaniSm in the south,
who honor intelligence and love virtue,
who value freedom and rejoice in the du-
ties of citizenship, can you and will you
tion of the ignorant negro in Texas and
bend your head in shame and mOrtitica-
ton 10 the dictates of his corrupt and de-
graded leaders. Can you and will you SO
far forget your sacred duty to yourselves.
your children and your country as 10 sit
by silently and SubmiSSiVely and allow
the ignorant and degraded 10 turn back
the hands of our civilization, to gnaw
with venOmOuS tooth at the very heart OF
our liberty, TO pollute the purity of
American citizenship, neutralize your
suffrage by bartering away their own,
and to destroy every sentiment OF pure
and lofty patriotism, which has created
our republic and has given home 10 hui
man freedom?
Surely. there cannot be white repub-
lcan in this broad land of ours, who may
Justly lay claim TO responsibility and self
esteem. and TO a true love for his country
and fellOwmen and to- liberty and pro-
greSS. who will not assert his manhood
and join us heart and soul in the effort to
rescue republicaniSm from the negro
domination in Texas and restore the re-
publican party in our state to the dignity
and universal recognition to which IL is
entitled by the merit of its patriotic prin-
c,ples.
Fellow republicans, the time has come
TO meet the terrible and gigantic evils OF
negro domination in our state face TO face
anu array III SoIIu phdidnN dSdihsI IhS
arrogance. corruption and treachery of
The negro leaders. Let us not wait, for
two years hence the presidential cam
Daign Will be upon us, and render our
efforts vain futile. No bloody weapons
shall be ours TO combat the growing evils,
but intelligence and patriotism:
Let us reOrganiZe the republican party
in Texas on the basis that all republican
primaries shall be conducted and partici-
pated by white republicans alone and
exclusively.
Thus depriving the negro lea der of his
power of making nominations and select
ing delegates. and of delivering the Suf-
frage of his followers TO whOmSOever bids
the most. 1t will wreSt the management
of our party from the hands of the base
and degraded negro politician and entrust
it to the hands of intelligent and patriotic
white republicans who possess the respect
and esteem of their fellOwmen, and whose
influence will lend victory TO republican
principles.
We desire. however. to cmphatically
state that in excluding the cOlOred man
from republican primaries, we do not in
tend to deprive him of his right of SUI
frage or any other right of citizenship
guaranteed him by the constitution of the
United States. but that il is, on the con-
trary. our wish, and ii shall be our effort
to protect the cOlored man in his right, TO
of his base and inscriptions leaders, and
to enable him to vote intelligently and
cOnScientiOusly. and not to have his vote
sold for him by his party boss, as has been
hitherto done at almost every election.
The colOred man pursuing his avocation
in earning his livelihood for himself and
family, abStaining from political .aglta-
tion and refraining from attempting TO
assume the leadership over white repub-
licans, while trying to be Informed upon
the questions of the day. will gain more
in prosperity, in intelligence, in morality,
in true patriotism and in the esteem and
good will of his fellow men, than he can
possibly do under present circumstances.
Fellow republicans, the Republican
State convention. which met at San An
tonic on September 3, although contain
ing many intelligent and patriotic white
republicans among its delegates, was
composed for the most part OF negroes
who, devoid of the intelligence and viz
tues which should characterize a free
American citizen, came there solely, at
the dictates of their arrogant and corrupt
chiefs, to vote there at their leaders be-
hest, regardless of right and principle,
and to help these leaders in their dla-
bOlical design of gaining personal Dement'S
at the expense of the republican party.
The convention, therefore. although sail
ing under the name of republicanlSm,
was nothing but ship manned by politi-
cal pirates, bent upon an errand of evil
and mischief, and deserves the abhor-
renee and contempt Of every true repub-
lican.
The time is ripe for action and true re-
pubIicanism is aroused throughout the
state. We have, therefore, in order to
emphasize the sincerity and earnestness
of our undertaking, put out state ticket
in the field for the coming election, COM
prising candidates whose intelligence and
virtue, manly courage and lofty patriot