San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-10-06

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great body OF the wealth and iDtelli
geRce of the state deliberately bolt thei
life long political faith and boldly eS
pouse the cause OF the opposite side.
The Picayune, an old Democratic sheet
heads the account Of the meeting witt
such startling lines as Rally OF New Re
publicanS, Great Convention Called by
Sugar Planters" Come Out UneQuivo
caiIy for the Grand Old Party" Nv. S
Par kerson'S Speech Makes the Widest
Enthusiasm" 'Ex, Naval Officer Kerno'
chan and James Wilkinson also Glory in
Their New Political Garments"
The hundred vice presidents who graced
the stage were composed of the cream oil
Louisiana business men and ariStOcracy.
In short, RepubliCaniSm has become the
fashion in Louisiana and we may expect
10 see that state completely revolution
lied.
This was all brought about by the free
trade raid made be the Democratic party
in power in Congress and in the White
House upon LouiSiana'S great staple
sugar. The planters of Louisiana prefer
the Republicans and. Protection to Dem
ocracV and ruin.
The condition of the Louisiana planters
is so alike that of our sheep growers and
cattle growers, and the station so aptly
fits the 12uh district that few quotations
will be good reading for our readers.
Mr.. Edward w. Pugh opened the meet
ing and delivered a carefully prepared
address, full OF the SOundest reasons for
the new departure in party politics. Are
we to close our eyeS?' he asked. and keep
ourselves In sentimentalty ard await the
doom that will come to US. We have al
ways marched in the ranks of the De-
mOcracy, but we can do it no longer. The
policy OF the party is changed. and it be-
hOoves us no longer to support it. In the
Republican party protection is a princi-
pie. That party will not allow us to be
destroyed. The road of Democracy leads
TO destruction"
Mr.. Kernochan, ex-naval officer under
Cleveland, was called TO the chair. He
said:
Gentlemen, have been all my life I'M
i'll lately, a Democrat, but at the same
time. prOtectiODiSt per Sc and on princi-
pie, for all American industries. but |
could at that time act consistently as |
did, because the Democratic platform at
with incidental protection. Samuel Ran
dali was alive then and he and his thirty
I'VE adherent protection Democrats gave
US the last hope that there was protec-
t1on plank yet to stand on, therefore.
thought it best for all of our interests to
act as did at that time. Today we meet
a gain in this hall and this same question
confronts us: Is 1t best for us to remain
in the Democratic party any longer, or
r.. nrnSnrUltinn ol
legiance to the national Republican party,
whose watchword is protection"
| will tell You why we should all be pro-
and they cannot call our rea
sons selfish or avariciouS. When any
thing is made in this country the money
paid for it is kept here to support our own
American wage. earnerS. When any
thing is imported the money goes abroad
to support foreign wage earners in for
eign countries. Let us be in faver ofrun-
ming America for Americans, and let this
be out battle cry"
Gentleman, In my opinion, the time for
trimming" is past. If we send, without
a struggle six Democrats to Congress
from Louisiana this fall, our doom Is seal
good to send Protection DenScrats-they
will only be "curiosttles;" they will
amount to nothing. We must come out
straight and nominate our candidates on
the National Republican ticket, and do
our level best to elect them, and If we sue
coed In electing them and carry our dis
tilcts for protection, our future is safe. |
am in favor Of this course, and l shall
follow it, and call on all OF you to do
likewise. and assert your manhood to our
former Democratic friends, who seem to
h m Oinp6 wp wOuld SkiSs tho hand
that smote us"
Mr.. Kernochan has fifty dubbed the
Protection Democrats. He says it will
not do any good to send them to Congress,
they will only be 'curiosities." Wouldn't
our Gus be a dandy in the way Of a curl
osity?
Gen. w J. Behan, an old Democratic
war horse was made permanent chairman;
he said:
For more than quarter OF a century Of
loyal devotion we have stood fearleSsly
riSking our fortune and our lives to de-
fend and maintain the principles of the
Democratic party. Through all these
years of trials and viccisSitudes we fought
with a courage and fOrttude that brought
to us the admiration OF friend and foe
alike.
In separating myself from the Demo-
cratic party am only obeying the doc
trlne of preservation"
James Wilkinson, prominent In Louisi-
ana politics heretofore as a Democratic
header was called on and made an able
address; he said on opening: That in
the north a man can change his political
opinion and party allegiance without be-
IN nSiIoroi uninn Voluntarily infn
disgrace, while here in the south he is
considered as having performed a shame
full act II his convictions undergo evolu-
ton. Even the great Grover Cleveland
and it was one of his first official acts
selected a Republican for secretary OF
state, a Republican, too, gentlemen, said
the speaker, who had not even had
tirnn 70 Shnd his nnliIical faaGh