San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-03
/ cUNEYs SPEECH AT DALLAS.
He Vents His Usual Spleen Upon His
Opponents, But Especially on
Grant and Grosvenor.

1 Grdut anu GTOSNeuOr.
The ovation given the negro leader,
n. w. Quincy, at Dallas on the 25th of
July, and his speech on the occasion
deserves some attention. Quincy had
arrived in Dallas from Hot Springs,
where he had been soaking himself
since the st. Louis convention. He
was welcomed at the depot by. the ne
gro politicians of the northern part of
the state, and at night given a public
ovation. He made quite a long
speech, for Quincy, as his usual haran-
que consists of a mess of impudent
egotism which his Democratic admir-
ers of the Texas press has exulted
with oratory and craftsmanship. In
this speech the fellow actually at
tempted to talk about finances and
politics; but the following extracts
contain his choicest expressions:
Il suppose you have all heard of
Wright Quincy and his passing away at
st. Louis. You have heard, too, of
the the 300 political affidavits and the
perjury that was committed in the
name of the lowly Nazarine at that
convention. Those kind of creatures
land he fairly Missed the words) can't
destroy Quincy. They don't get $780,
100000 backed up by prospective
president with which to ravish and,
destroy their people. The battle is
on, the lines are drawn, and John
Grant or Wright Quincy will go I'M
der. If General Grosvenor was ever
commander of a brigade may the
Lord deliver us from his privates. If
he gets to congress from his district
in Ohio he may consider himself
lucky. A al s5e,M
Wright Quincy asks no quarter.
Wright Quincy wants no quarter.
He doesn't have to defend his record
or his good name in Texas. There
is a combination in Texas, and it is
right here in Dallas, too, to throttle
your liberties. am for sound money;
am for protection, that protection as
Garfield wisely said will end in free
trade. That's why I am a Republi-
can. I am not Lily White, because
they are political orphans 1 have
fought them for twelve years and l
am not letting up the war now. 1
am for sound money, because l be-
lieve we must have substantial basis
upon which to build anything. What
shall be the basis? is the question we
must answer. We say gold Other
people say silver. We want a solid
foundation for our business. We
can't legislate value into a thing that
has no value. You can't make 80
cents worth dollar"
The speaker revertd to his own fight
and his words grew acrimonious
again. 81 was turned out at st. Louis
by perjury" he went on. 81 made
John Grant two years ago and this is
the way he has treated me-like an
migrate. l saved him from the ven
geance of his political enemies and
this is the way he has rewarded my
services. l stake all my political
prestige on the convention to be held
at Fort Worth on September g." he
shouted, and the Black and Tans rails
ed the roof. ''The man who has
promised offices to every one whom
he could induce to support him in his
efforts against me can't control the
Republican party of Texas. He can't
play st. Louis politics in this state.
We are pretty good stockers ourselves.
John Grant is not going to win. He's
beaten now. My friends, Paris, the
handsome son Of king of Troy, car
ried off the beautiful Helen and
brought on his people a seven years
war. Troy fell through a deception.
They built huge horse, filed it with
Greeks and were slick enough to have
their enemies to pull it inside the
city's walls. While Troy slept these
Grecian soldiers inside the decoy
horse unlocked the gates of the city,
letting in the army of the outside.
Troy was destroyed. Don't let them
use the Lily Whites for a. Troyan
horse ON you. Don't be deceived by
any subterfuges. Meet me at Fort
Worth in the ides of September and
We'll have right and the majority to
rule in Republican councils of Texas"
With the prospect of such a mess at
Fort Worth it would be wisdom for
all white Republicans to keep out and
let Grant and Quincy fight to a finish
before they take hand. 1t is high
time that Quincy was set aside; his ig-
norance and insolence is his chief
qualification.
Grant may deserve all that Quincy
says Of him, but his insolence is an in
suit to every white Republican in the
state who has any manhood about
him. He has drawn the color line
and homes to down Grant upon this