San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-01
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas
april 18th, 1892.
ITO the Republicans of the state: We pre-.
sent for your serious consideration and De
! Lucrative judgment the following statements
in ustiticat ION of the course we nave marked
Que ana the new departure we have taken in
convention called together as repre-
sentative body of the white republicans OF
of Texas, and we appeal to you 10 give us your
aid in an attempt TO rescue the republican
party in our state from It's present degraded
and hopeless condition.
Assembled as we are. free from all hope
of political reward with only patriotic de-
cree to further the advancement OF our state
aud the success OF republican principles, we
believe that IN order 10 secure the dressings OF
free and honest government, the contention
of well balanced political parties is necessary,
ana lat this may be attained i'll our state by
placing the republican party on an equal
fOoting WITH its national oppOue Mt, the demo-
cratic party. After years OF trial ana defeat
If humiliation and despair in attempting to
keep the republican party organized by the
methods left us as a legacy OF reconstruction
times we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely failing under the management ana
control of few men whose only obJect seems
to he TO advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal Ofhces ana
the distribution of federal pat onage, until
the party conventions amount 10 nothing out
the assembling of federal officials and their
personal followers, and after each such con-
vention the party dissOlving into an unor-
gained and unreliable mass who have neither
head nor foot, aim nor object TO JUSTIFY lts
further existence. commanding nelther
strength nor respect.
In proof of this statement we have only 10
point TO the scenes enacted al the late con-
VentiOn at the city of Austin. where every
semblance of shame was thrown aside and
the boosted civil service regulations OF the
government were trampled under loot IN the
unseemly scramble of federal appolntees 10
secure their own prominence and represent
atives of the party at the national conven-
ton.
We feel justified in assuming that the re-
publican party of Texas has no organization,
such as is recognized as requisite to constr.
tute a political arty; that ii has degenerated
into an unorganized mob, where bl-annual
gatherings have wrought disgrace and des-
pair 70 our patriotic people who hold 10 the
tenets of the republican party. Therefore
the necessity has arisen for the organization
of the republican party OF Texas, independent
of its past history and upon the furtner re
cOgnitiOn of the fact that only upon the in
teiligence and manhood of the white Ameri
can citizens can any party in this country
hope for growth and success.
We call upon the white republicans OF the
st ate and those in sympathy with the princl-
Piles and policies of the republican party TO
come to our aid and give us their assistance
in buildir up republicanism in Texas. ear
alter year for the psst twenty yeara we have
witnessed the republican party standing stlll
or gradually falling off in sire ogth. and this
in face of TIE fact OF the great CROWN OF our
and nOtwi thstanding the further fact that
the material and business interests OF our
great state demands the aid OF the republican
party in their development. This condition
of things can only be attributed 10 one cause:
The republican party has fallen below par as
a political organization in Texas. commanding
nett the respect nor the confidence of the
intelligent masses of the people. 1t Is to
rescue our party from this condition and to
build il up on a basis of intelligence and
respectablity that this new departure ie
taken. We call upon the white republicans OF
the state to organize and come to the support
or our standard bearer in the coming state
election.
Resolved, That we declare our adherence to
the principles of the republican party and
commend the national administration in
carrying out with success that great Ameri-
can principle of protection to American la5or
and American products, the fostering OF
home Industries aud the provision by fair in
ternatIonsl reciprocity of market for our
farm products we believe to be the true
American doctrine.
Resolved, That we condemn the federal
election bill as an unnecessary and impolitic
measure and express the hope that the ma
tional repub lican party will make no further
insistance upon its adoption. i
Resolved, That in the future organiza-
ton of the republican party in Texas
state executive committee shall have
charge of all matters touching representa-
ton in conventions. Signed Henry Cline,
chairman; James p. Newcomb, A. Norton,
G. W. Gillespie A. Metzler, A. j. Houston,
A. L Dornall, U. G. White, H. 7. Shields. b.
Martin. John A. Harris, John b. Schultz,
Til omas Brien, H. F. McGregor.