San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-24
SIMPLY A SUGGESTION.
How Republican Harmony And Unity
Could Be Easily Secured.
no THE Ta,t..

How Republican Harmony And Unit
Could Be Easily Secured.
To The Daily Light:
In the breezy columns of "Sunda.
Snort Snaps" published in the Light
appeared the following paragraph:
1t would be wise policy in Presi
dent Mckinley if he were TO sit upoI
both the Big G.pretenders of Texas IL
making appointments"
| 1t is a lamentable fact, that the fac
| tional quarrels and discussions between
Mr.. Green and DR.. Grant, and their re-
spective followers and henchmen, have
done more to impair the usefulness and
retard the growth of the Republican
party in Texas than all other influences
combined. Is there no plan or method
by which the personal grievances and
ambitions real or imaginary, of these
gentlemen, can be adjusted and salts
| fed? l think there is and the method
is very simple, if only the gentlemen
| named are patriotic enough to subor-
dinate selfish considerations to the
general good of the Republican party
and the spread of Republican princi-
pies. There are thousands and tens
of thousands of the flower of Texas
citizenship who, ignoring the past pre-
JUDGES and disguised with the ruinous
and personal rule of Democratic adj
ministration, would gladly unite with
the Republican party and sustain and
support Republican principles and
measures, if only harmony prevailed
among the leaders and men of known
honor, responsibility and integrity, men
who would work for principle instead
of patronage, were entrusted with the
management and direction of the par
tvs affairs.
1 am neither partisan of DR.. Grant
nor of Mr.. Green. l assume, however,
that each are honorable gentlemen,
loyal to the Republican party and its
principles, without selfish motive or in
terest, and place the spread of Repub-
lican principles and the success of it's
policies above and beyond any person.
al consideration.
So assuming, l suggest, in order that
Republican harmony and order and
peace and unity may be brought about,
that both Mr.. Green and DR.. Grant ten
der their designations az cnairmen of
the respective state committees. Then
let the committees be reorganized upon
a fair, just and satisfactory basis, with
a man like Dennis N. O'Connor as
chairman and that would do
more to vitalize the Republican party
in Texas and draw to it desirable and
worthy recruits from the best elements
of the DWemocratic factions than al
most any other step that possibly
could be taken.
l know that Mr. O'Connor neither
seeks nor desires the position. He is
Republican-frOm principle-not for
public pie. Though the most liberal
contributor to every fund, from nation
al to precinct, to extend the usefulness
of the Republican party and promote
the success of its representatives, he
has never himself, been an aspirant for
office and consistently declined all Of
fers of political preferment. But l
believe and know that he is too pat
riotic a citizen and too profoundly in
terested in the success and welfare of
his party to decline to serve in any
position where his efforts and services
ing peace and harmony, and conse-
quent victory, to the fractional and di-
vided host of Republicans in Texas.
Exempt DR.. Grant and Mr.. Green:
enter Dennis NJ. O'Connor, ring down
the curtain upon unseemly anddisgrace-
full scene of Republican dissention and
factiOnal strife. H.