San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-03
The LOCAL CONTEST.
An Appc al to Good Cftizcns.

Editor Daily LIGHT
The lame efforts made in series OF
articles. written by the ScribblerS of the
''OtficerS trust and published in the En-
press, having failed to produce the de-
sired effect. that of proving the nOn-eX-
iStence of political ring-it is now pro-
posed TO bring the members of the afOre-
said trust into public favor, by means of
a daily application Of the whitewaSh
brush and by eSSaying to detract from
the merits of the candidates upon the
citizens ticket. The latter venture was
doubtless PROMPTED by the conservative
attitude heretofore maintained by the
executive committee of the citizens party,
which attitude was construed as an in
dication that the latter had become utter
ly ObliViOuS to the many official short
cOmingS, that have for some time been re-
corded in the history of the principal can
didateS upon the ring ticket.
What intelligent citizen in this COM
munity is not fully convinced OF the fact,
that political freedom in San Antonio and
BeXar county had become thing of the
past, and that through the Vaccinations
of Thad Smith. Jose CassianO and Bryan
Callaghan. The manner in which
they handle and manipulate the
Mexican vote of this county
clearly demonstrates, even to the most
simple minded Individual that this cele
brated trio regard that unfortunate race
as, in ante Oellum times, a slave holder
would his slaveS-Simply born to serve
their masters. And while their descend
ants are more Jealous of their freedom,
and therefore cut loose from the political
Serfdom to which their fathers were sub
jected during the best part of their lives,
new acquisitions from across the Rio
Grande are placed In the ranks of the DO
litiCal slaves at every election. to fill out
the place of those who have been called
TO better land. land supposed to be
free from all this political peOnism. But
whilst this state of affairs prevails in the
trans San Pedro districts, the evil effects
resulting therefrOm are being gradually
wiped out by reason of the vast increase
in the number of our good and SubStan-
tial citizens that were added to our voting
population within the past two years. To
these the writer would say: Put your
shoulders to the wheels and help us put
down and out of sight, for all time TO
come, these manipulators of that monster
political machine. the wreckerS of the
structure OF liberty. The issue mainly
involved in the present contest
is as to whether the alien
voting machine and ring rule
shall be perpetrated in this county, or
whether the voice of the people, the bona
tide citizens, shall predominant and shape
the affairs of our county, so as TO invite
prosperity instead of the threatened cal
amitv OF high taxation and final bank
ruptcy.
he citizens party presents a deter
mined front in relation to the issue re-
ferred To emphasize their determination
they have placed the gentlemen, who are
found on the citizens ticket, in the field TO
battle for the cause of the true citizens.
and the achievement of the grand work
of restoring order out of the existing
chaos. The men selected to accomplish
this noble work are well known in this
county, and are the equals, in point of
ability, honesty and general QuaIifica
tions, OF any set of n en- that could be put
up against them for the respective posi-
tionS; il is not saying too much to add
that they enjoy the confidence of all law
abiding citizens. The acts of our county
government that meet with universal con-
domination, shall be touched upon in my
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