San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-04
CHARM AN GILLESPIE's.
Address to The Republicans of
Texas.
Enpm Woman To- nok A

Address to The Republicans OF
Texas.
FORT WORTH Tex, Oct, 4,
To the Republicans of Texas
An earnest appeal to all who be-
lieve in republican principles to
stand firm by their colors and to sup
port Republican candidates:
The party that has heretofore held
the balance Of power In republican
conventions and controlled their &C.
tons, and get elections violated all
faith to republican doctrines and
suages by acting and voting with the
opposition, have by a majority vote of
their last convention thrown aside all
disguise apd openly and avowedly
allied themselves with the most vio-
lent and aggressive wing of opposition;
those who are the embodiment of
everything antagonistic to republic
canism and enthusiastically Endorsed
the leader of q party which has urged
before the voters Of the state that one
of the strongest claims he has upon
them for their suffrages lies in the
fact that he was an active and sue
cessful confederate officer and led the
mob of democrats in their charge up
on the state house thatresulted in the
ejectlnent Of the only repu blican gov
ernor Texas ever had, and by force OF
arms drove the balance of the repub.
lican state officials from the offices
they were legally entitled to hold and
inflicting upon them bayonet and
other wound marks of which they are
carrying to this day as an evidence of
the devilish malignity that was in
f1icted by tt Q minions of the leader
and legal adviser whOis now receiving
the fond adulations and loud plaudits
of degenerate republicans; or the ma
jority which controlled the action of
the so. called republican state conven-
ton recently held in Fort Worth.
All genuine repu blicans, many of
whom were present at the above con-
vention and were disappointed at its
results, have discovered that many of
us have long known that the policy
OF the leaders of this republican ma.
jority, has been to minimize rs far as
possible the party vote in order to
retain the leadership and control the
federal patronage of the state, the re-
suit of which policy has been that the
republican vote has constantly dimin.
ished while republican Immigration
has steadily increased, and the party
Itself has fallen into disrepute among
those who have heretofore acted with
it and who have been active workers
in its behalf under other and more
conditions. But the mask
is now torn of and they stand reveal
ed to the people of the state in the
same light that has shown them to
many of us who are acquainted
with and thoroughly Disguised at the
action of the party machinery of what
Is now known to be O defunct republi-
can party in this state. ~ {
To the reorganized republican party,
of Texas, which includes all men Will
are in sympathy with the nation}
tickets, we have only to urge tn,
to your colors, encourage in evC
state and county tickets and ole
old party of progress and princle 9
fidelity to the law by voting fo1ne
only publican state ticket bdre
our people and upholding an adfir
W ulCu udS udu III ouH |
in the history of our country. FLe6
every honest republican join pos
with us in :our effort to rejuyhate
our party; throw aside all pettEeai,,
Ousies and selfish aims andletp al
work together for the common ooo.
The broken condition of the emo
cratic party speaks to US ~ PLAIN
terms and plainly admonishdus 70 =
prepare to take proper :ad image +
of its weakness by perfectinghr or a
,s.:strengthening q nnes 2
and encouraging the faint earted !,
that In the near future we Hy see N
the fulfiillment of the propHy tnat =
has been made of republfn gov
ernor, elected by the RI upilcan
vote.
"Swing in, ye gates Of the flute. swing
outward, we gates of the 81.
The day star of hope is now sing, tne
white peaks have signal at Iast
G. w. hLEsPIE.
Chairman Republican ste Execu-
tive committee ~
l.. P. GooDELL, 'cre tsry.