San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-14
The POLITICAL POT.
THE TANfaBE rTIGnR AND TssEI
C0UlsIasOUsE BAD0ER Are
dsIGHr IN IL.
A StNrt But q Lively Rastle To be
F''Ssght, - VIA" Will Succeed
P+schas? a :oHt ruserSy Over
aau Eglect ,on Bet

III N6e u1uIhClpdI CaSilpdIgH hldI - NO"
on interest int >iheS and the various
plO's thickenso To speak until they have
incrusJations shat some of The mO$t skill
sui politicians have been unable to lift IiD
and ascertain the component parts be-
n ath. Hence one of til" greatest. puzzles }
them is the draine in the rate afd num-
Der in IEe local registration OF voters.
Zone half OF the aime allowed hp law for
registration has elapsed and yet not near =
sly one half OF those who registered in the
county campaign have came up and had
themselves enroEed on the registrar
list.
Speculation j. rife as to the reas0T for
the decline. Many believe that as re-
giStratiOn was a new lhing at the previ-
Uus election tat the Voters all luTued
out and the full nnnber Was reCnrdrd
tbereat aud now that the novelty Of The
thing having worn oil hat they are aga
theLic. 1t is also commended that there is
more interest la u general than u pure
loea election and hence the ehcrSS in The
county registration over that 0f the city.
Ii is also claimed by those who seem 20
be pOs ted that before the registration is
closed that the number will reach If not
exceed that recorded al the recent elecli ~.
The decline SEEMS u he prineIp ally
among the Germans and the English
speaking portion Of The eiIy'S pUpuIace
The mem berS III the Latin aces aud eS-
pecialiy The jewellers Of the Tra;IS-San
Pedro diSlfdct are registering in
the same pror ortiOn as they did
before. 10 catch up with them the
Americans Will have 10 hustle, and
the Truton Il have To g,G d move on
themselves. The AZIpc II way ahead. "A
word to the wise .hJuld be sufficient aud
the tip should be AIKEN before il Is ever
laStingly TOO lare. Unless you register
you can not vote SO don't neg 'ecL to regis.
ter and then afterwards make kick
The skilful manipulatOrs of the safronhu-
ed vote are going I'd bring out it's full
strength aud the native sutfraIh han can
rely on that fact If he d0esn register
himself and lets his vote be killed by il
it will be his own fault.
If the rate and number of registration
at this election does not suddenly and
rapidly increase but remains at tie pres
ent ratio until the registrars books close
was ranked at the close OF regis
tration in the pr, ceding campaign,
the first and most populOus city in Texas
but she will rate and rank as a. third rate
town with Dallas, Galveston. Houston,
Fort Worth and possibly Waco anead of
her. She has not yet reached the 5000
mark.
MEETINGS AND CAUCUssEs.
While the work of registration drags
YEARLY along there is no dimnution or
abatement in the matter of holding meet
ingS and caucusSeS. All factions feel
called on to hire half and the work of
capturing these meetings from the fellows
who call them progresses to to the eXulta-
ton OF the captors and the chagrin of the
captured.
There is no stunt to the flow of beer or
oraIOry. While The voters are undivided
on the subject of the beverage, the
speakers are divided as to the candi-
dates advocated and their language is
heard on the walls OF Babel. Any one who
had doubt of the cosmopolitan charac-
ter of San Antonio would have it despell-
ed by attending one third of the me ct
ings which are being held during single
week in this political campaign. English,
German, Spanish. French, Polish and
pot-pOuri of broken China is heard rat.
thing louder than the glasses OF the at
tenders at the various meetings.
The next meeting which will engroSs
public interest is that which is called by
the republicans and which will be held
Saturday, January IA, at thu Mission
Harden. Speculation Is rife as to what
will be the result OF the deliberations
which will take p ace there. Many be.
lieye that the meeting viii end the
Honorable GeorAe Paschal'S candidacy
for mayor, while there are Other who
believe that Colonel James P. NewcUmb
will be the nominee for the mavurship.
Another meeting was to have been held
by the working men having for its object
the nomination of Mr.. Joe Beckmann
which was contemplated on Monday night
by Mr.. Manuel Lopez and his followers
when their meeting was captured by the
followers of Mr.. Paschal, but Mr.. Beck
mann has announced his intention of run-
ming for alderman at-laTge not for mayor,
and the breach has thus been closed.
The cancus which proposed Mr.. Arnaud
for mayor have asked that gentleman to
accept the nomination but he has asked
for time to CONSIDER the Question and
probably will after mature reflection con-
clude TO decline 1t for nomina, lion for the
position OF alderman which he has held
heretofore. 1t is understood that Mr..
Darius Quasso, who has also been mention
ed as candidate for the mayoraIty, would
prefer to accept nomination for the
aldermanshi p of his ward. If these prog
noSticatiOnS be correct then there will be
but two Richmonds in the field for mayor
and only two tickets put forward although
there may be several independent candi-
dates for some of the minor executive
offices. With but the two headed by
Paschal and Shardein respectively in the
| field, the former would be apt to prove
the strongest from the fact that IL re-
| ceiveS the support of the business element
and commercial interests Of the city be-
SIDES dividing the support that the ad-
min'SiratiOn ticket has among the other
| elements. In fact it will unite all OF the
elements antagonistfc to the administra-
| ton, but should third ticket be put in
the field, the placing of it there would
| strengthen instead of weaken the chances
! OF he administration ticket.
While the campaign will be a short
one, II being but mouth from now un ii
the election comes off. iG promises TO be
] one of the liveliest ever Witnessed here.