San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-05

views. At a subsequent meeting the sub
committe so appointed reported 10 the
Executive committee that they had seen
MIR. Thad. w. Smith, County Clerk of
BeXar county, and that Mr.. SmlLh had
informed them, for himself and those for
whom he spoke Whose names were not
mentioned in the report, that II the EX-
ecutlye committee would not call con-
vention of the party during the present
campaign, he and the pers ons for whom
he spoke would in substance support the
candidacy of Judge Clark, and would
recognize this committee as the official
committee of the democratic party OF this
county. This offer was neither refused
nor rejected In terms, but the committee,
after hearing the report of its sub-cOm-
mittee, resolved 10 unite with the Exec
utive committee of which Mr.. A. Y.
Walton is chairman, is calling cOnven-
tion Of the party to make nominal
tions, for local, district and representa-
tive officers, or take such other measures
as the interests of the party should re-
Quire.
This day, the action of the committee,
Just outlined, has been reversed, and
ma iority of the Ommittee has determined
to call no convention of the party during
this campaign, and has in our opinion
abandoned the trust cOntided to it by the
body to which it owes its existence.
We desire to state in our own behalf
that our own views as expressed In the
resolutions of the fourth of July conven-
ton, and the addresses that led 10 the
organization thereof have undergone no
change: and while we ardently desire the
election of Judge Clark, and have done
and will do all that we legitimately can
to secure his election, we cannot for tina
reason lose sight of the fact that the in
terests of the party now, as much as they
did in June and July last, imperatively
demand that the party should be reor-
ganiZed by the appointment of an eXecu-
tive committee through convention reg
ularly called, and that the aid and COM
fort of the party should be withheld from
the men who use them only to perpetuate
themselves In office. aud stifle the voice
of the people. Entertaining the views that
we do, and feeling that we can no long
er act in harmony with the majority OF
this committee, we have rendered you our
designations, and beg leave to assign our
own behalf the following as our reasons
for so doing:
/. That this executive committe has no
inherent power TO decline to call a con-
ventiOn of the party during the present
campaign, for the purpose OF making par
ty nominations or otherwise defining the
policy of the party. In our opinion the
power to decline to nominate candidates
for Office was not delegated to this COM
mittee, but was reserved by the demOcra-
CIV to be exercised in convention assem-
bled, as its wisdom might dictate.
2. That the convention of July in
appointing this committee intended, and
i'm our opinion in effect instructed, this
committee to call a convention during
the present campaign, either to make
nominations or to take such other meas
ureS as the interests of the party should
require.
8. That it is the duty of this COM
mittCe to call a convention, for the pur-
pose of unifying the democratic party of
the county, and rendering it an efficient
force in the politics of a state and section
in which now it possesses no influence,
and deserves none.
4. That the convention Of July APP
pointing this committee intended that
this committee should actively oppose,
and by all means in its power endPaVOr to
drive and keep out OF power, the men
who are responsible for the proceedings
of the Socalled convention OF May %, 1892,
presided over by Ed. Dwyer, Esq.
5. While we do not pretend to assert
that the action of the majority of this
committee in declining to hold cOnVen-
tiOn was the result of any bargain or un-
Outstanding with any person or persons,
we do not wish, as members of this COM
mittee, to occupy position that would
subject us to the suspicion of conforming
to the express wishes OF persons whose
political schemes we feel we were APP
pointed to thWart, and thereby sacrifice
the certain local interests of the party to
the possibility of an advantage to be de-
rived in the election of state officers.
VIM. AUBREY,
e.. H. JUDSON,
j. =. DEVINE,
G.. II. KALTEYER,
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