San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-27
A CHEAP SELL OUT.

country sffords no parallel to the
sell out of the Populists at st.
Louis. With the positive assur-
ance that Bryan would not accept
their nomination save upon their
acceptance of the Chicago plat
form, the Populists resolve that
they will nominate no one save
upon their own platform, and then
60 whooping for Bryan and Tom
Watson. Sewall is turned down
as running mate for Bryan, but
Bryan himself is::.chosen with a
blsre of trumpets that shakes the
foundations of the big Bridge
City. What does this fool move
ment mean? There can be but
one meaning to it, il meaning at
all 1t has. 1t means that the Bry-
ante Populists will simply ignore
the nomination of Watson and 60
with all their might and main for
Bryan and Sewall. Tom Watson
Is to be sacrificed on the altar OF
Democratic free silver success. 1t
was only too apparent in the Chi
eago convention that the Demo-
Gratis feared to nominate a south
ern man for second place, and
now this folly is repeated
in the Popullst convention. This
war upon the south, this declara-
ton that no southern candidate
need apply in either the Demo.
cratic or the Populist ranks for
national recognition, was salved
over at st. Louis by the nomina-
tlon of Watson, but the after work
Of that convention shows that the
nomination of Watson was only .
sop to the snti-Brisnites Of the
south. The Populists Of the north
will not vote for Watson and will
shake their own nominee for that
of the Chicago convention. 1t will
be interesting to follow out the
conclusions of this extraordinary
movement to its end. That q
palpable sell out of this kind is
not going down smoothly In the
south Is certain. Texas has not
defiled her garments with this at
tempt to besmirch the southern
wing of the party. Not only this,
the Populists Of Texas were self
respecting enough to stand aloof
aud have neither part nor matter
In a conspiracy by which the
actual existence of the Populist
party is put in pawn for the sue
cess of the Democratic ticket nom-
mated at Chicago. Texas will not aid
to any material extent in putting
such monstrosity before the peo-
pie of the country. Texas Is quite
likely to remember that Bryan
slipped away from home and dur
ing the eventful hours Of Saturday,
when the Texas leaders were try
ing to find out from him by wire
lust what he would do, could not
be found. 1t was game that was
marked by more trlckery and
small cunning than Is becoming
the man who poses as the noblest
of all the Democratic Romans.
Texas comes to a realization Of
how it has been played on her in
no amiable mood. The leaders of
the party in the state will not sub.
NIT tamely to be thus trampled
under foot and laughed at all over
the country. With them Populism
means more than a tail to that
Democratic kite which they repu-
dated long since. Texas will not
further the ends OF a party that
has outswore the traditional
ARMY in Flanders" in abusing
them. They will not consent to be
the hewers of wood and drawers Of
water for those who call them only
"grasshopper spawn" The end is
not yet.
The real policy, that is the truly
,,,;sn ,oolioxy ~ tho ToyaS pnnu1iats