San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-14
HARRIsON's ADMINISTRATIONS.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

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TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. q.
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas,
april 18th, 1892.
10 the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent for your serious consideration and de-
Lucrative judgment the following statements
incat onofI go urse we have marke ed
| Que ana the new departure we have tax. II IN
a convention calleo together as repre-
sentative body OF the white republicans or
OF Texas, and we appeal TO you 10 give us your
aid III al attempt to rescue the republican
paI ty in our state from It's present degraded
and nOpe.ess condluOn.
Assem- bled as we are, free from all hope
of political reward. with only patriotic oe-
cree TO further the advancement of our state
and the success OF republican principles, we
believe that III order 10 secure the blessings Oh
free ana honest government, the contention
OF well balanced political parties ID necessary,
ana that this may be attained IN our state Dy
placing the republican party on an equal
footing with its national opponent, the demo-
cratic party. After years OF trial ana de1eat
OF numillation anu despair IN attempting 10
keep the republican party organized by the
methods left us MS legacy OF reconstruction
times we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely failing unuer the management ana
control OF few men whose only OBJECT seems
TO ne 10 advance their own amDitlon and
gain in thesecurement OF federal ofhces ana
the distribution OF federal patronage, 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 alssolvlng INTO an unof-
ganized and unrenabe mass, VINO nave nelther
! mead nor loot, aim nor object TO justify It's
| further existence, commanding neither
strength nor respect.
| In nroOf of this statement we have only to
point to the scenes enacted at the late COLI
yention AT the city OF Austin, where every
semblance OF shame was thrown aside ana
| the boosted civil service regulations OF the
| government we're trampled under loot IN the
1 Ela .Nff nhn
| secure their own prominence ana represent
atives OF the party at the national conven-
| ton. 49,
publican party OF Texas has no organization,
| such as is recognized as requisite TO constr
tute political Larty; that IL has degenerated
into an unorganized mob, where pi-annual
gatherings have wrought dlsgrace ana ues-
! 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 Iexas, independent
| of its past history and upon the further re.
cognitiOn OF the TACT that only upon the H.
| teillgence and manhood of the white Amerl'
| can citizens can any party IN thls country
| hone for growth and success.
| We call upon the white republicans OF the
| state and those in sympathy with the prlncl-
pies and p0ncies OF the republican party 10
come TO oar AID and give us their assistance
| in building up repubiicanism in Texas. Year
al ter ear for the psst twenty years we nave
witnessed the republican party standing sun
or gradually falling OFT in strength, ana tnls
| in face of TIE ract of the great growth OF our
| state in population from republican states,
| and Notwithstanding the further TACT that
the material and business interests OF our
| great state demands the aid or the republican
| party in their development. Tnls condltlon
| of things can only be attributed 10 one cause
The republican party has fallen below par as
! a political organization inTeXas, commanding
| neither the respect nor the conhoeLce OF the
| Intelligent masses of the people. 1t is to
rescue our party from this condition and TO
| build il up ON basis of intelligence ana
| respectability that this new departure IL
| taken. We call upon the white repuDncahs OF
| the state to organize and come to the support
| OF our standard bearer in the coming state
election.
| the principles of the republican party and
| commend the national administration in
carrying out with success that great Amerl-
can pr ncple of protection to American laoor
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 unne cessary and impohuc
measure and express the hope that the ma
| tional republican party Will make no turther
insistance upon its adoption.
Resolved, That in the future organiza-
ton of the republican party in Texas
and till another state convention is neld, the
state executive committee shall have
| charge of all matters touching representa-
tion in conventions. LSignedl Henry Cline,
chairman; James Z. Newcomb, A. b: Norton,
| G. W. Gillespie, A. MetZler, A. j. Houston,
/ A. L. Dornall, u. G.. White, H. z. Shields, e.
M. Martin, john A. Harris, John b. schultz,
Thomas Brien, II. F. McGregor.