San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-09
THE LILLY WHITES"
What Has Been Achieved Through
a senseless SYNONYM.

The contention that broke out IN the
Republican party, which gave rise to the
LILLY Whites" began at HouStos, and
was brought into the State convention
that assembled In San Antonio in 1890.
The Republican League club, No. 12, had
been the m oSt active in securing the con-
vention for San Antonio. They pro-
posed to entertain the delegates and had
invited the CO. operation of cOloped Repub.
licans. At the last hour these colored
men drew out and left the burden of the
convention on the hands Of the club.
The San Antonio Express fDemocratic(
promoted the trouble that had broken
out by reason of the split in the county.
The great bulk of the white Republicans
remained firm and the League club bore
the brunt of the abuse, the Express CALI
ed the white Republicans Lilly Whites"
and the others Ebony Blacks Lilly
White" became universal, and the white
Republicans were driven together for
self protection, resulting in state split,
and the placing of Republican ticket
in the field at the last election, nominal
ed by a convention composed entirely of
| white Republicans.
There has been one thing very notice.
oOAO az ShO Shoi aSNOl dhu pil IL Vi tue
Democratic press in discussions
in regard to the Republican par
ty. Since the LILLY Whites" sprang
into existence, we hear nothing more of
the "black and tan" the Niger parLv.''
| and similar designations intended to bring
the Republicans into diSrepute socially
| as well as politically. There certainly
has been a gain, moral gain favorable
to the Republican party. 1t was certain.
| lV a nrnpnpHinu tho ~
Republicans, who opposed the Lilly
Whites" to denounce white Republicans
! because they chose to organize TO them
! selves. In fact in the estimation OF some
white men and some cOlOred men, ii was
| a crime against the party for white men
| to organize Republican club: a white
! Republican shou d not dare TO even draw
the social line; this distinction was re-
served to Democrats.
| The nonsense is fast moving out of the
way. The white Republicans will find
their best interests to lie e the direction
Z indicated by the separation OF the coors
] as far as practicable. The coIored Re
pCblicans will discover their true destiny
| in separate organization; power, infu-
! enee, respect will come TO them when
| they have demonstrated their ability to
organize politically without the eternal
| nursing of the white tnahr
The worst enemy of the colored man is
the blathersklte who gets on to the plat
form ana bawlS out equal rights to ALL"
who praises and soft-Soaps the coIored
brother,-who desires it understood that
he is ready and willing to eat, sleep
and dance in the same set with
the colored man,-this same bIath-
erskIte has no hesitancy in using
bribery to corrupt the colOred man to
sustain him in his nefarious plans, to use
the Republican party to forward his own
selfish ends
The best and only trueway is for men
to be honest. Tell the truth and avoid
hypocrisy. The Republican party em.
braces all men who believe In and vote
for it's policies and sustain its platform,
no matter how they organize, or what
race or color they may belong to.
JAS. p. NEWCONIB.