San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-19

so void of constructive legislation that
they dare not 60 before the court of
last resort, the supreme court of man
kind, the court of public opinion.
Though the machine failed to work
as desired it was not completely dis
| mantled, so the remnants of the would
be "steam roller" held a meeting in
the basement of a certain church and
formulated what is called The Citi-
zens Ticket" "The Ministerial ALI
| ance" picked three out Of the five
candidates; the executive committee OF
certain secret, oath-bound organiza-
| ton chose the other two. After con-
| siderable discussion it was decided
that owing to the result Of the sher-
iff's race In the last county election
the ministerial endorsement Of the
! citizens ticket should be withheld from
I the press and the public in general
1t was further agreed that the sup
port of the Ku Klux Khan should be
kept q secret but the membership be-
came so elated over the confidence
reposed in their selection that they
| donated a full page advertisement in
one Of their organs. "The American
Forum" thus did the origin of the
~Citizens Ticket" dawn on the peo'
pie of San Antonio.
Promise the impossible.
The so-called Citizens ticket auto
matically assumed the mantle of wan
ton extravaganza worn by the Black
administration and to discard it, they
are vainly trying to lead the peoples
thoughts along other channels, and
have chosen for their subject "Im'
morality in San Antonio" But II
is strange that the records of the
police department or the sheriff's Of
flee does not bear evidence to Hn-
gle renOrt made by these reformers
of conditions they now allege are ex-
listing. The true reformer, the true
Christian gentleman will not wait for
some mighty crusade to call him ia
action. The world is full of wrong
and one does not have TO be can
didate for public office to discover II.
The social evil, the hobby OF the Citi-
zens tickets, is as old as society it.
self. Misrepresentation itself-goes
not back to a time when statues. con-
fessed human. or professedly divine,
were capable of controlling the fierce
fires that blaze within the blood
when all consuming love was cold
reasons humble slave and passion
Welded blind obedience unto precept
And when the handpicked candidates
on the Citizens ticket say they will
Danish all evil from San Antonio
deep down in their hearts they know
they are promising the impossible.
The candidate for police and fire
z..-.;..;ooor =. lovpobipg long dis.
lance attacks at the "scarlet women
of San Antonio. The writers of this
letter, in pursuit of their business
are in the city ut various times, late
and early and have never been &C
costed or have we noticed the class
of women Mr.. PEARS refers to; md
if there is an underworld in San An
tonic we are of the opinion that one
must be of the elect before he can
discover such, if it exists.
Keep Church Out.
The writers of this letter, men and
women, are nearly all church mem
bers; we believe the church is the
gate of spiritual welfare; but We also
believe there is no: place in politics
| for the church, and when the church
regardless of the denomination, at
tempts to dictate the civil policies Of
any community it is establishing .
precedent for strife, disorder ant
bloodshed.
The Citizens ticket is the protegt
of the Ministerial Alliance and of an
oath-bound secret organization there
fore it is only natural if elected the
policies of those two organizations
will be q dominating factor in the
city's government. One has only to
refer to the records of other cities
where similar combinations are in
control to see such condition pre-
vailing.
1t is regretable that clergymen,
whose duty is the salvation of souls,
should forsake the footsteps Of Christ
for the highway of political prefer
ment; should array sect against sect,
race against race should foment dis
cord in the community instead of
throwing oil on the troubled waters ;
should instruct from their pulpits who
and who not to vote for.
The writers of this letter make
these statements as facts and do so
from a high sense of duty to our fell
low citizens, in hope that they will
profit thereby, and by the use of the
sacred ballot, on Monday, repudiate,
once and forever, the element that
would bring religious and racial strife
to San Antonio: repudiate for all
time the repeated attempts of certain
churches to dominate the body poll
tic; repudiate the candidates on the
Citizens ticket because they are con-
nected with an organization that
made the state of Louisiana a byword
for the nation; repudiate them be-
cause there is nothing in their past
emitting them TO the management of
the peoples affairs; repudiate them
if you want the Catholics and Prot
estants of San Antonio to live in
peace. and harmony and continue
building the city in the future as they
have done in the past.
Wave Of Fanaticism.
The writers of this letter are not
seeking political notoriety, much less
any controversy, but facts are facts
and we would be false to the tradi-
tons of our native San Antonio and
its people if we were to let the pri-
maries pass by without making pub
lie the result of two weeks investi-
cation as it were, as to the issues in
the present campaign.
We are proud of our city with its
ancient landmarks; its churches and
charitable institutions, Protestant and
Catholic they are the monuments OF
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