San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-28
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Judge N00nan mas lOSt ground III
the outside counties of the dis
, trict, the reverse is the truth,
The vote from every county in
the west will show gain for
Judge Noonan over that Of two
years ago.
\ letter just received from one
of the most inaccessible cOun,
ties, where no speaker has spo-
ken, and no effort has been made
in Judge Noonan's behalf by the
NOonan campaign committee,
states that Judge Noonan will
increase his vote, and that his
friends are thoroughly organized
to take care of every box in the
county.
From counties nearer at hand
the information from reliable
men is to the effect that Judge
NOOnan will increase his vote
and in some counties reverse
the majority given against him,
making a difference of at least
one thousand votes in his favor.
Judge NOonan's friends in this
county need feel no uneasiness
about other counties in the dis
trict; their only care should be
to stand firm and deliver their
fire straight into the face of the
Let every energy be used
to increase the vote, as an evil
dence of our confidence in the
man and the cause he represents.
There are dark rumors of Sc
cret plots to defeat Judge Noe
nan, and no doubt that some
such thing has been Matching,
but no plot or conspiracy can
thwart the honest citizen in his
purpose. There may be some
Juggling going on in the camps
of our local ticket combines, but
if these gentlemen know what
is healthy for them they will not
attempt to cut the Judge from
their tickets.
1t is to be hoped that no sub
ject, foreign to the vital issue, be-
fore the people, will be injected
into the canvass. Our citizens
are more interested today in the
success of Judge Noonan than
they were two years ago. We are
on the very threshold of success
in the nation; sound money and
protection are assured in the cleo
ton of Mckinley.
Has Judge Noonan changed?
Is he not the same sincere, hon
est, faithful friend of the people
that he was two years ago? Have
the issues changed upon which
he was elected? Not one bit; on
the contrary Judge NOOnan is
the same man, the people voted
for two years ago; we have the
same grievance we had two
years ago; we have the same
voters we had two years ago, and
the result will be the same.
There has been and no doubt
is still being used against Judge
NOOnan an argument foreign to
the ideas and sentiment of the
people of this country; plainly,
it is one based on religious preju-
dice. That any number of our pa
triotic, sensible citizens would
permit themselves to be influence
ed in this contest upon such
grounds is almost beyond belief
but is it well for every good
man to be on his guard. We have
lived too long in this community
to have religion injected into our
political contests, and the man
who does so should be stunned
by the voter.
Let nothing be done to break
up the friendly feeling that has
ever prevailed among our people
in spite of all differences upon pO-
litical issues. The time has not
come, and may it never come
when our people will be arraign-
ed against each other upon relig-
iOus issues. The broad mantel
of charity for the faults of 9th.
ers, liberation for the opinions
of others, should prevail in our
midst.
Every good citizen should raj
ly to the standard of sound mon