San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-02
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TEAAS hEPU BBlCAN PLAItO hM-
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas,
april 18th, 1892.
ITO the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent for your serious consideration ana de-
Lucrative judgment the following statements
in usti fcatlon of the course we nave marked
Que ana the new departure we have taken in
a convention called together as a repre-
sentative body of the white repubhcans or
OF Texas, and we appeal to you 10 give us your
aid Ia 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
and the success OF republics principles, we
believe that IN order 70 secure the blessings or
free and honest government, the contention
of well balanced political parties ls necessary,
and that this may be attained in our state by
placing the republican party on an equal
footing with its national oppOnC mt, the demo-
cratic party. After years of trial and defeat
of humiliation and despair in attempting TO
keep the republican party organized by the
methods left us MS legacy of reconstruction
times. we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely failing under the management and
control of few men whose only object seems
to he TO advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal Offices and
the distribution of federal pat oDage, until
the party conventions amount TO nothing but
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, VINO nave nelther
further existence. commanding nelther
strength nor respect.
In proof of this statement we have only to
point to the scenes enacted at the late con- |
Vention at the city of Austin, where every |
semblaDce OF shame was thrown aside and
the boosted civil service regulations or the
government were trampled under foot in the
unseemIy scramble of federal appointees TO
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 consti. |
tute political arty; that 1t has degenerated
into an unorganiZed mob, where bi-annual
gatherings have wrought disgrace and des-
pair TO our patriotic people who hold to 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 further re- |
cognition of the fact that only upon the in- |
telligence and manhood OF the white 'Amer1' |
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. |
pies and policies of the republican party to |
come to OR aid and give us their assistance |
in bulldog up republicanism in Texas. Year |
after year for the psst twent, years we have
witness ed the republican party standing still |
or gradually falling off in strength. and this /
in face of TIE fact of the great growth or our /
and Notwithstanding the further fact that /
tue material and business interests or 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 |
political organization in Texas. commanding
neither the respect nor the conhdenc or the
intelligent masses of the people. 1t Is to
rescue our party from this condition and to |
build it up ON a basis of intelligence and
respectablity that this new departure lie
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 laTor
and American products, the fostering OF |
home industries and the provision by fair in |
ternatlonal 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 impolttic
measure and express the hope that the ma
tiOnal repu blican party will make no further
insistance upon its adoption.
Resolved, That in the future organiza-
ton of the republican party in Texas
and till another state convention is held, the
state executive committee shall have
charge of all matters touching representa- |
tion in conventions. (SignedI Henry Cline, |
chairman; James z. Newcomb, A. B. Norton, |
A. Dornall q. G. White, II. z. Shields. E. |
NJ Martin. Johr A. Harris, John B. Schultz, |
Th omss Brien, H. F. McGregor.