San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-02
REPUBLICAN UNITY.
DR.. w. G.. Robinson Relentlessly Op
posed to Republican Harmony.


As DIR. w. G. Robinson virtually en-
tiers a plea in confession 20 the facts
heretofore set forth in the communica-
tiop written by me and published in
the Light i'm its issue of November a
and November %, it would be as well,
perhaps to let the controversy cease.
But there are few statements in DR..
6obinson's labored efforts TO which
| desire to call attention, even at the
expense of submitting myself TO the
charge of ''verbocity.'
My declaration, bthat am not pol
itic;an in any sense of the term, was
neyer an aspirant for office and never
expect to be-" appears to excite the as
tonishment and stagger the credulity
of DR.. Robinson. l am not surprised.
Pan tisans and spoilsmen rarely reach
that elevated plane of political patriot
ism where they can disassociate poll
tics from pelf and pie and success from
spells. Nevertheless. there are tens
of thousands of loyal Republicans in
Texas who can assure DR.. Robinson
tEbt al Dlsiu YAH Dt llOHNNis hCSt
and consistent party man without be-
ing an incorporate, intolleraDt and
fanatical partisan; that he can give
patriotic allegiance to Republican
principles without yielding slavish and
servile obedience to party bosses.
There are truths that as yet DO not APP
pears to have entered DIR. Robinson's
miEd.
DR.. Robinson, while boasting with
apparent pride that he is partisan,
| charges me with bestowing fulsome
adulation upon Green and bowling a
| TRADE of partisan venom against Dr.
| Grant DR.. Robinson. in this. certain
| ly does me an injustice. The only
basis for such a charge rests upOn my
ltterance that,
''As to the merits of the respective
gentlemen, have nothing to say be-
You'd expressing the belief that a COM
parison of records, either as citizens or
| rs members of the Republican party,
| between DIR. Grant and Hon. Il. III. II.
Green, will not in any manner rebound
to the discredit Of Mr.. Green"
III this, where does DIR. Robinson dis
cover "fulsome adulation" of the one,
or partisan venom" against the 9th
or? DR.. Robinson appears to be af
| flicIed with violent case of political
strabismus and views matters through
n bow-legged glass. In other words,
he enormously assumes everything to
We Granted, when the reverse is true.
| DIR. Robinson charges me with desir-
ing a reorganization of the state eXecu-
| tive committee. but says l submit no
plan by which it can be consummated.
True; but where there's will, there
n way" | submitted the suggestion,
ii is true without Offering any plan or
method by which it could be brought
about, preferring, if the suggestion
met with favor to leave the details to
future discussion and deliberation,
confident that a satisfactory basis OF
settlement could be reached 10y mutual
concessions and compromise. But
DIR. Robinson, like his political patron
saint, DIR. John Grant, is opposed to
all forms of compromise. With him,
as with the thrifty son of Esculapins,
il is rule or ruin DR.. Robinson
| says: Il do not believe in compro-
pise. without mutual concessions, how
| Mise" OF course not. But without
compromise, without mutual conces-
sion, how is political autonomy and
party organization to be preserved and
maintained?
| DR.. Robinson further says, that if
he thought, as l evidently do. that
| Dir. Green had just claim to the chair
manship would not pull him down for
a compromise candidate, but would
have the courage of my convictions
and fight for him to the bitter end"
Therein DIR. Robinson and [ differ.
| With me it is a question of measures,
not men. With DIR. Robinson, it is a
question of men, not measures. AS to
Mr.. Green's claims" TO the chairman
ship. l have no comment to make be-
yOn0 the expression of the unquestion-
ed fact that he was the highest author
| ity competent to act, that he has never
resigned the trust, and that he, and
he alone, is recognized as the chairman
of the state executive committee by
the national executive committee, by
the president, by the Republicans of
Texas and by the national leaders of
the party generally. With that en-
doi sement and recognition, surely Mr..
| Green's ''claim" must have some stable
| foundation. As to the claim of DR..
Grant, it scarcely reaches the dignity
of ridicule; certainly merits no serious
consideration. Based upon The action
of the revolutionary and irresponsible
mob of seceders and self appointed
committeeman" subservient to the
orders of the chief boss, ii had its be-
ginning and ending with-Dr. John
Grant.
But conceding Mr.. Green's right and
title to the office, believe bis future
usefulness to the party is seriously i'm
paired as chairman of the state execu
tive committee, by reason of the fac
tional dissensiOns. and hence | think |
that, as a loyal Republican, having |
the good of his party at hearth should |