San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-10
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.

The democrats of New York state
are not having everything their own
, way in this campaign. It seems to
be quite the fad among them to claim
everything in sight as 8 matter OF
course and to affect to despise the re.
publican contestant. They also make
merry over Lieutenant Governor
Jones' population of their ticket and
write 1t up as q clear case Of sour
grapes, intimsting that Jones has de-
clared himself hostile to. the
ticket simply because he was not
nominated for governor. This reads
very we'll in print a thousand miles
away from home, but at home mat
tiers are not all Colour de rose. The
Lieutenant Governor in his opposition
10 the nominees of the Saratoga con-
vention plants himself squarely upon
the ground taken by Tilden in 1871,
when it was proposed to deny the
Tammany delegation representation
in the Rochester convention. on the
ground that 100000 people were not
to be given over to pillage to serve
party expediency. Mr.. Jones fortifies
himself by good democratic precedent
in his determination to aid in
the defeat of the ticket nomin-
ated at Saratoga, and that
he does not stand alone among re.
presen tative democrats in New York
in this opposition is growing more
and more apparent daily. Hon. Her
man Oelricks, member of the demo-
cratic national committee, resigns his
seat because the Saratoga convention
had indicated by its nominations
that Tsmmany was to be the ruling
spirit in state politics. This opposi-
ton to Tammany grows strong as
the weeks 60 by, and the
detection of such represen tative
democrats as Jones and DEL
rich cannot have but its influence in
the vote of the party in New
York City. If this opposition to Tam
many shall lead to any considerable
falling off of the regular democratic
vote in New York, then there is most
serious danger of the issue to the
democracy. The republican organi-
cation is very thorough, the democrats
themselves being judges. Even Tom
Campbell, the Tammany representa-
tive in congress, says that it is life
and death struggle that is being
fought in New York for the governor
ship. The republicans have got to-
gether for the first time in years, says
Campbell, while the democrats
have some bad feelings to con
tend with. The encouraging report o
the campaign in the state off
New York will greatly stimulate the
fight in Ohio and Iowa and Mass
achusetts. The word received all
along the line presages victory. The
war is being carried into the...very
citadel of the enemy, and no squarter
will be granted. The republicans
have closed up their ranks in the
states where the decisive struggle is
being fought. Divisions and dissen-
sions have died out in the face of the
common enemy. The prosperous
condition of the country and the
splendid record of the administration
at Washington give confidence in a
popular verdict for the perpetustion
of the present conditions. Thorough
o ganIzatio1, clear definition of the
issues. an honest presentation of all
the great questions, particularly COLI
aye and tariff, and an unconquerable
belief in the final triumph of republ-
can principles-thesea are the methods
depended upon to win success in the
present struggle. For the success of
these principles the,fight Is waged, in
the certaintyssJ that success at the polls
this fall means an overwhelming
victory tor the republican hosts in
November 1892.
TUE cOpuiot IaoCa Cuufopo ShoY1 III