San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-19
TEXAS DEMOCRACY.
1t is Split up the Back and Down
the Middie-Two Parties, Two
Full Tickets With No Names
DupIicafed

The great democratic convention Tor
the state of Texas has been held. and as a
result there are now two full fiedged dem. =.
ocratic parties in the field. besides that Of
their step brother. the third party. From
the opening hour of the convention until
its close there waS no thought of harmO-
nv. The HOgg program precluded this,
and as a result the Clark wing of the state
democracy was forced to withdraw and
set up business for themselves. The split
having occurred the subsequent proceed
ingS OF the original convention managers.
the HOgg leaders, were such as to drive
the divisional wedge TO its head. The
result is seen in the tickets put out, which
are radically different. separate candi-
dldateS being named for every office 1t
would not be- hard TO predict with whom
the victory would rest did not the en-
trance Of the the third party into the
arena render il doubtful. Without this
contingency HOgg would sweep the state,
but as the votes cast for the third party
candidate are just so many votes taken
from Hogg the result i uncertain.
In excluding all delegates who had no
Hogg collar from the convention hall on
Wednesday morning. the HOgg party was
guilty of a high-handed outrage, and it
reacted upon themselves. In the declara-
tiOns of their platform they still farther
increased the enmity of the Straight-out
u6nOCIdFy VI the SIdlt, anu maui VI
themselves spectacle for men and mon
keys to gaze at. The document is in
tended TO catch votes and not as a declarss
alton of principles. being foreign in tenn
per and spirit and policy to the de-
claratiOnS Of the national democratic
platform.
The HOgg candidates referred to allow
their names to 90 before the Clark con-
vention, and may find themselves shut
-. in rho Frba ~ 70 bnuSa arnIVh
are evidently determined to stand or fall
together.
The action of Dallas in boiling the
HOgg platform gives great announcement
to Clark'S friends and it is the general
opinion that there will be material defec-
tion from the Hogg ranks when the votes
come in.
The silver plank of the Hogg platform
is a plank of stumbling and a stick of OF
Tense to the honest money crowd of the
state. The exception taken to the plank
was that it is in conflict with the national
platform.
There will be no end of county conven-
tiOnS and democratic mass meetings held
to determine how the counties will stand
in this fight. 1t will be a house divided
against itself to the end of the chapter
This disagreement in state matters
will divide the party in county
matters and the end will be
the end of rampant democracy
in Texas. This is foreshadowed in Seth
Shepard'S declaration that he would &C
home and see his people, telling them
that he ecu not stand upon platform
hostile to the national democracy, mol
support its candidates. Hogg has made
strong bid for the third party vote AND
for the whole alliance vote in the plat
form laid down, and Nugent will need tC
keep his forces well in hand in order t
prevent stampede.
Both parties agree that the big demo
cratic majOrities are of the past. Thi
in itself is something to be thankful for
There is little in the situation &c
encourage a republican beyond this, 70
the party is not in condition to take ad
vantage OF its opportunities. The fgh
is democratic one pure and simple ant
the republicans are not in it No matte
who wins, HOgg or Clark it will not aiC
republicanSm in Texas. The first re
presents irreS pOnSible democracy, with
strong leaning TO mob rule; the seCOn
represents the old cOnfederacy with it
organized and historical hatred of a.
things that SAVIOR of Oublcanisn.
The convention is over. The one wa
killed and that is more than wa
looked for under the circumstance.
The tickets are given elsewhere in thi
issue of the LIGHT and the votes alOn
will decided which are of other will b
successful. The next two months and
half will see red hot times 10 Texa
politics.