San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-20
HOUSTON REPUBLICANS
Preparing For the State Convention, and
Will Nominate Full City Ticket


cisl AT the meeting Of the Gen.
trail Republican club, a large
amount OF routine work was done.
A committee was appointed to
arrange for the reception OF dele
gates to the republican convention,
which meets here next month.
After adjournment those present
formed a conference and decided to
thoroughly organize the party in
this city. 1t was the opinion that
the republicans now hold the
balance of power owing to the
factional fight in the democratic
party.
A city executive committee was
organized as follows: Lock Nc
Daniel, chairman; l.. G. Sherman,
First ward; j. w. Fallon, Second
ward; Sam T. SwInford, Third
ward; F. w. Fox, Fourth ward ; A.
j. Blauvelt, Fifth ward; Eugene
Morse, Sixth ward.
L hO iSabulO VI Viz oN0hiuS was
the speech OF Hon. H. F. Mac
Gregor, who said:
81 hope l may be able to point a
moral as an addendum to the ex-
cellent speech just preceding me,
and the moral is embraced In the
word-organization.
"If the republican party is to
make new conquest OF the south
by capturing the hearts and minds
of the people, as 1t seems to be in q
fair way to do, it must do 80 by
placing itself in a position to give
force and effect to its principles
and policies, by making its influ-
ence felt at the polls for good gov
eminent. This signing for forty
acres and q mule or Federal
office, will never accomplish much
for the party.
ga party cannot stand still; it
must go forward, or it will fall
backward. With life out of the or
ganization, it is but a carcass to
sustain the political buzzards, and
God knows, the party in Texas has
been dead so long that the odor of
the organization and the buzzards
living off it smell to heaven 1t
is our duty to inject new life into
the skeleton, bury the rotten pOr-
ton and drive all the buZzards to
the poor, dying democratic party.
at Is true this club has accom-
plished great deal. Originating
in burst OF republican enthusiasm
in 1888, it gave its influence to cor
recting the evils then existing in
the party organization, and from
the issue thus made has grown the
reform movement throughout the
state that has spread over the south
and is now being felt IN the ma
tional organization. 1t was club
No. l, OF the state league, and the
latter has since grown to be a
splendid political organization.
These results but emphasize what
often comes from apparent insig-
nificant beginnings, and that the
persistent efforts of few accom-
plish great reforms in the end. The
work thus started has grown to be
a power in itself, beyond any inn
mediate scope Of this club, and
while we shall watch and assist in
its progress, our immediate work
should be to make che republican
party a great local influence.
"This can only be accomplished
by having every precinct organ
lied, with a compact working
force, to gather up the fragments
of the democratic party and blend
them with the reform organization
of the republican party into an eff
fective political force that will
eventually result in the success Of
republican politics. Until victory
is achieved, we can use our influ-
ence and accomplish great good
in securing the nomination Of
better officers. The democratic
party is now a minority party in
this state, its candidates being
elected only by plurality vote.
Thirty-two republican congress
men were elected from white dis.
tricts at the last election, one Of
them from Texas, overcoming a
natural democratic majority Of
700 votes. The situation is ripe to
bring about great results for the
republican party, in the south
particularly, and 1 hope that this
club will take some action to bring
about the perfect truth of the
league campaign cry OF 'Organiza-