San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-21
EVERYBODY Happy.
So Says Chairman Armstrong of
Tarrant County.


FORT WORTH TEX, SEPT. l6 TIL
Repu olican state Convention is over
The party called the lily white repuO
licaDs are all happy; the Clark mel
are highly pleased, the Hogg factor
claims that this settles the question
The repu blicsn party of the past is
now quietly laid away i'm the shrouG
OF democracy, after having been fol-
years held down and smothered by
the dark hsbilimeuts of colored dc
tstion. They have finally succum bed
to the inevitable and joined the ranks
of true democracy, thus forever doom
| ing their chances to pose as the rep
resentstives of republicsDisn In
Texas. The republican party is no
longer controlled by Quincy. or repre-
| sen ted by q majority OF the colored
race There will be some colored men
who. will still remain with the
repu blicans and loyalty support our
standard bearer, Col. A. J. Houston,
who most positively represents the
only organized repn blican party of
Texas. Many colored voters now see
where true republicsnism rests, and
this question Of franchise seems clear
ly settled. No "bugsboo" can pre-
vail that the lily white movement is
an aim at the disfranchisement of the
colored voter"
The intelligent citizen will be hard.
ly able to harmonizs repu blicanism
and democracy. Their politics. plat
forms and practices are 80 different
that the query naturally is: "Could a
democrat conscient iously vote for
Clark and Hsrrison?" And with the
same prOpriety "Can a republican
vote for Harrison and Clark" The
lines are set; republicanism il one
thing, democracy another. If the
black and tan conven ton represents
republicsnism, then the word repub-
llcan Is only the insignia of what was
once party true to the prin ciples of
what they protested.
The minister who compromise with
sin, saying to the devil, "Good Sa an,
give me two converts and l will fur
nish you two victims to enliven Lne
Goals and stir up the smoldering en-
bers," is not the kind of minister to
60 out in the highways and call in
the wanderers. And so the democrats
who would support Harrison and
Hogg is an unexplainable mystery. It
is sincerely to be hoped that all the
loyal supporters of repubIicanism
will rally to the support of Houston
and show where the real republicans |
of Texas stand
Can we have political respect for
the disgusting to all parties. and are
Of trust in any party and untrue to
every principle?
The so.called lily whites are repub- |
Leans who may differ from you, out |
you can truly call them men; they are |
not mice nor monkeys. If the colored |
man cannot lind home in the repub |
lican party in Texas, his place Is in |
the democratic party. There are only
two parties, absolutely only two
great political organizations in this |
We do not propose to discuss |
the relative merits of Clark and Hogg; |
neither of them represent our policies |
or our principles. They are democrats;
we are repu blicans as far as our rela. |
tons to them are politically involved |
We do not respect straight out and |
out political enemy that we can al
ways find on the same ground, but |
W hen we find men in the deep councils /
Of National struggles advocating one
principle and then in q few weeks |
find them changing to other views
and evidenciDg that change of heart |
by action, then we are at liberty to |
challenge their sincerity and place |
them as "mongrels" aud unworthy |
'mugwumps." Very Respectfully,
ELMON ARMSTRONG |
Chairman of Republican Executive |
Committee of Tarrant County, Tex.
Tobacco Culture in Louis ana
At recent meeting of the North |