San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-13
ROSS NOMINATED.
THE FIELD AGAINST ROSS AND THE
FIELD DISTANCED


FIELD DISTANCED
In the First Heat-Ross Everywhere and
the Rest Nowhere.
The deadlock generally expected In
the democratic convention of yesterday,
did not occur. The convention came TO
order 10 minutes before the time to
hear an appeal on behalf of the Confed-
crate home. At $3.50 o'clock the COM
mittee on credentials made their major
ity and minority reports, which were
read, motion to vote for majority report
without reading being defeated.
A bitter controversy arose over the
Cook county delegation, the minority re-
port favoring the delegates of the regu-
lar convention held according to origi-
nal notice, and the majority report
favoring the delegates of the boiling
convention held two weeks later.
The original convention wa charac-
teriZed as an Alliance convention and
not democratic one, and on this ques-
ton arose the contest. 1t was praoti-
cally matter Of the exclusion of ALI
ance and Knights OF Labor men from
the democratic party in Texas. The
cussiOn, and while the vote tabling the
minority report was in progress. The
matter finally reached a conclusion and
the Alliance and Knights of Labor men
were given to understand, by a vote Of
sol to 1855, that the democracy of Texas
had no use for them. The majority re-
port was then adopted by an oyerwhelm.
ing vote.
The report Of the committee on per.
maDent organization and order of pro-
ceedure came up and was adopted after
an Intellectual effort to bury the two
third rule. This elected II. M. Wynne
chairman Of the convention and William
Lambert secretary.
The committee on platform and reso-
lutions presented their report. Ineffect-
ual attempts were made to amend SEQ
tion Of the platform. and it was finally
adopted as follows:
GALVESTON, August IL. 1886.
To Hon. r. NJ. Wynne, President of the DEM
ocratic Convention of Texas:
The democratic party of Texas hereby de-
clare the following platform of principles:
l. We, the democrats of Texas, express oar
hearty satisfaction with the administration of
our distinguished president, Hon. Grover
Cleveland, and testify our confidence in his
ability, purity and integrity.
2. We pledge ourselves that the current
public expenditures shall be confined within
the current revenue.
3. We recommend the submission to popu-
lar vote of an appropriate amendment to the
judiciary article of our constitution, so as to
secure the efficient and prompt administra
ton of law.
We favor the best system of education
for the white and colored children in separate
common schools, which may be provided by
liberal and without excessive taxation. We
believe that the education of children is Il mat
ter of state right and duty, and that the con-
of ha Tuft Stotp hag ,.i,,ht
prOpriate money TO its aid. We congratulate
the people of Texas upon the successful es-
tablishmcnt of II state university, and we rec
Ommend the enactment of legislation to
move the same as far as possible from all pc.
litical influence and that its properties and
revenue shall be strictly guarded, increased
and fOstered, so far as IL can be done without
taxation upon the people.
We believe that the true policy of the
state with respect to her public lands, is to
provide for their sale in tracts of reasonable
size, with reference to their quality and use,
ut fair prices and upon long credit, to bOnafde
settlers for homestead purposes. We favor
such Il classification of school, university d
asylum lands as may permit the unconditional
leasing, for short terms, of the lands only fit
for grazing, and that the remainder may be
leased temporarily and entirely, subject 10 the
right of the state to sell to actual and, bOnatde
settlers, and TO these ends we favor tie enact
ments of laws to compel the removal of tres
pasSerS and free grassers from the public lands
and to force the payment of rent for their use,
and to fix absolute rental prices of the lands
to be leased. There should be such legislation
as will make it practicable to enforce all laws
intended to prevent the illegal use of the
school or other public lands of the state.
q. We pledge ourselves to encourage and
foster ali works of internal improvements and
the development of the manufacturing inter
csts OF the state.
Z. We denounce unlawful interference or
injury to corporate property, and corporate
rights as equally intolerable as is such inter
ference, with or injury to the rights of citi-
and W Ia
ton of the democratic party 10 control and
subordinate all public corporations to the
general good, we pledge ourselves to enact
and enforce all laws that may be necessary to
protect their property from every danger,
from whatever source the same may come.
g. The democratic party looks with appre-
hension upon the fact that foreign railway
corporations have acquired control of the rail
ways of Texas, in violation of the provisions
of the constitution, and protest against the
methods by which they are being operated
We pledge ourselves to pass laws to correct
abuses and prevent unjust determinations, to
compel all railways doing business i'm the state
to maintain an Office in the state, in compl-
ance with section 3, article 10 of the constitu-
ton; and we pledge ourselves to secure by
law the right of the state to inspect all books
belonging or appertaning to the organization,
operation and business of the railways of
Texas. We protest against the consolidation
of parallel and competing lines in the state,
and pledge ourselves that the laws shall be
passed and enforced to correct this evil. We
pledge ourselves to pass general laws forfeit
ing to the state all lands heretofore granted
to railway corporations, where such corpora
tons have failed TO comply with the terms of
their charters or have failed i'm good faith to
ALLEVIATE their lands within the period fixed by
law.
9. We believe that stockholders in private
corporations should be held liable to pay the
debts of the corporation to amount due on
their stock and an additional amount equal to
the stock owned by them, and that the legis-
lature shall regulate and fix the terms upon
which private corporations may do business
in this state, and that laws shall be passed
laws of this state from buying or leasing the
public lands of this state or any of the school,
university or asylum lands.
10. We believe that the existing law of our
borers by lien should be comprehensive and
efficient to the end that the real laborer NAV
be thoroughly protected.
III We declare that all state convicts should
be confined within the walls of the peniten.
tiary, and that it is the duty of the legislature
to provide ,Penitentiaries sufficient for this
purpose. We are in favor of reform school
or house of correction for minors and females
convicted OF offenses, to the end that they may
be separated from adult convicts of the state
IL. We do not believe that the views of any
citizen upen the question of local option
should interfere with his standing in the dem
be one in which every democrat may indulge
bis own views without affecting hts democ-
racy.
IL. The democrats OF Texas declare that 1t is
the duty OF the general government to pro-
tect and defend the humblest American citi
zen against the unlawful acts of any and all
nations, and that decisive action in demand
ing Indemnity for the past and existing griev-
ances, and security in the future will meet
with the unqualified support of the democ-
racy of Texas.
lSigne6 L. J. STOREY, Chairman.
+. TODD, Secretary.