San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-26
TEXAS REPUsLIcANIsM.

The democratic papers of this stat,
are having a good deal to say as t.
l. what the republicans in Texas are
going to do, and republican papers
- outside the state taking their impres.
> sions from what is said in these dem.
= ocrstic prints receive very erroneous
> impression of the party In this over
= whelmingly democratic state. There
are two false ideas prevalent as 10 inc
course to be pursued by the republic
cans of the state. The first, that the
party has decided to fuse with the
third psrtyites in order to break the
solid democracy of the state; the
other. that the republicans will throw
their strength for Clark in order to
beat Hogg, rs the best way of pre-.
venting evil to the state by Hogg's
election. In connection with this lat
ter movement 1t Is declared that
Quincy has declared for Clark and will
lead his following into the Clark
camp. AS to this statement of Mr..
Cuney's intentions the LIGHT has no
direct information, but has no hest
fancy in pronouncing 1t false on gen.
eral principles. The Galveston col.
lector is too shrewd politician and
too good republican to make such q |
declaration on the eve of state |
convention of his party, and is too
we'll aware of the consequences of his
act TO indorse a democrat standin on
platform every way opposed to the
National platform of the republicans,
and which as q member of the ma
tional committee, Mr.. Quincy is bound
to support. Even we're this not so,
Mr.. Quincy is not the repu blican party
in Texas, neither is he authorized to
say what the party will or will not
do. That is the province of the party
in state convention Assem- bled and
until that convention does meet it is
itle to say what its action may be.
To the LIGHT it is certain that the re.
publicans OF the state cannot con-
sIstently endorse any candidate now
before the people, for in doing so they
endorse the platform upon which that
candidate stands, and to do this in |
the case of any Of the three platforms
now before the voters of the state Is
rank party inconsistency. AS to the
necessity of killing off Hogg in the
interests of the state, that can be as
well done by the election of q repub-
lican governor as by the election of
either Nugent or Clark. fit is said
that neither of these will SUE
port republican candidate for the
good OF Texas, it is In order to reply,
why should republicans sacrifice
themselves to save the state from
evils that an irresponsible democracy
have brought upon 1t? This state is
overwhelmingly democratic, and the
people who suffer the most from
democratic misrule are democrats, be-
cause there are more of them. 1t is
the mission of the republican party
to save the state and the nation from
the evils of democratic misrule as far
as practicable, but it is not the BUSH
ness of repu blicsns to save democrats
from the evils of democratic folly, at
the expense of republican oppor-
tunity, and for the purpose OF per-
petuating democratic government. I
The opportunity of the republican
party in Texas has come, and If 1t is
wise it will not a band the field for
the doubtful good of electing All anti
republican governor who will not
have any more use for the republicans
after he is elected than Hogg now
has.