San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-01
VS.. HURRAH.
Who Is Who?

The meeting of Dr. Cliffords COM
mittee seems to have had but two OBJ
jects in view, towit: To assume that
it is the only republican authority in
BeXar county, and to get up McKin-
ley-Hobard club.
The idea that the Doctor is the SUI
preme dictator iof Bexar county re-
publicans presents to our view a rep
etition of past experiences, to-wit: A
partnership between the so-called reg
ular committees of the Republicans
and Democrats to put another Big 6
ticket upon the people. The Clifford
committee have made no effort to or
ganize the Republicans of the county
or to hold a convention that would
admit of a fair expression of the SEN
timent of the party; no attempt has
been made to call delegate conven-
ton or to organize in the precincts.
A fair, open, daylight county conven-
ton would end the reign of the Gu
neyites.
The club suggestion is only blind
to keep the attention of the people
away from the conspiracy to turn
the party over to the Big g combine.
Now, the question is, who is who?
Quincy, Clifford, Terrell & Co. were
turned out AT ST. Louis, branded as
guilty of corruption and fraud. Their
organization was acknowledged to be
regular, but their conduct at the Aus
tin convention was considered suffi-
cient cause to bounce them from the
national organization. Now, who is
ha N 1aIn1n ttnn
err had an opportunity to present their
claims for recognition, but shared the
same fate allotted to similar organ
izations in Louisiana and South Caro-
lima. We were all sent back home to
fight out our own redemption. Most
certainly the Quincy faction cannot
claim that the national organization
recognize them as the proper authori-
ty to run the Republican party of
Texas.
Now, who is who, as between the
Clifford faction and the Mission gar
den people. The seating of Grant
and the recognition of his convention,
puts the Mission garden people in the
saddle as the regulars. The Mission
garden delegation was voted at the
Grant convention. Messrs. Clifford,
Terrell & Co. went out with Quincy at
Austin, and they were turned down
at st. Louis.
Now, assuming that we are all Re
publicans, let us drop questions of
precedence and authority and appeal
to the people who are the source of
all authority to organize the party
upon proper lines and decent meth
DDS. Let us leave it to the people to
decide what they want done and not
to the dictum of a committee who
assume all the authority. Let coun-
ty convention be called, and every
precinct in the county called upon to
participate. Let us have no more So
called mass conventions, at which a
paid mob obey Instructions, and the
county chairman practices the arbi-
trary rulings of Boss Quincy and re-
fuses to put a motion for a division of
the house, to determine a vote. 1t is
this kind of Republicanism that the
people are tired of, and are in revolt
against,
No mass meeting can properly rep
resent the wishes of the Republicans
of county of over 10000 people.
There must be discipline in the
ranks. Men who claim to he Repub-
licans at conventions, or mass meet
ings, must be Republicans at the
polls.
Upon a decent basis, by fair con-
cessions, and honorable understand
ing the party can be brought to the
poll in November as a unit, and this
should be the aim of every friend of
Maj. Mckinley. 1t is possible to make
the party respectable and it should be
done. This is the aim of the McGre-
gor wing of the party.
JAMES u NEWC0NR