San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-23
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
inst itcat,on of the course we nave marked
Que and the new departure we have take n in
a convention called together as repre-
sentative body of the white republicans of
of Texas, and we appeal to you TO give us your
aid ia an attempt to rescue the republican
party in our state from its 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 republican principles, we
believe that IN order 10 secure the blessings OF
free and honest government, the contention
of well balanced political parties is necessary,
ano tn Al this may be attained, In our state by
placing the republican party on an equal
footing with its national epponent, 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 as legacy of reconstruction
times. we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely failing under the management and
control of a few men whose only object seems
to be 10 advance their own ambition and
gain in the securemeDt OF federal offices and
the distribution of federal patr 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, who have neither
head nor foot, aim nor object to justify its
further existence. commanding neither
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
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 appointees TO
secure their own prominence ana represent
atives OF the party at the national conven- |
tiOn.
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 IL 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 Ameri. |
can citizens can any party in this country |
hope for growth and success.
We call upon the white republicans of the |
state and those in sympathy WITH the princi. |
pies and policies OF the republican party to |
come to oar aid and give us their assistance |
in bulldog up republicanism in Texas. Year |
after year for the psst twent, years we have |
witnessed the republican party standing still |
or gradually falling off in strength, and this /
in face of TIE fact of the great growth of our /
state in population from republican states,
and Notwithstanding the further fact that |
the material ana business interests OF our Il
great state demands the aid OF the republican L
party in their development. This condition /
of things can only be attributed TO one cause: ]
The republican party has fallen below par as /
political organization Texas commanding |
neither the respect nor the confidence of the |
intelligent masses of the people. 1t Is to L
rescue our party from this condition and to !
build il up on basis of intelligence and |
responsibility that this new departure is /
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 la or /
and American products, the fostering OF |
home industries and the provision by fair in
ternatIonal reciprocity Of a 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 impolitic
measure and express the hope that the ma
tiOnal republican party will make no further
insistance upon its adoption.
Resolved. That in the future organiZa-
tion 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-
ton in conventions. [Signedl Henry Cline,
chairman; James Z. Newcomb, A. B Norton,
6. W. Gillespie, A. MeIzler, A. J. Houston,
A. l.. Dornall, U. G. White, II. =. Shields. K. |
N Martin. JOhP A. Harris, John b. Schultz,
TE Omas Brien, H. F. McGregOr.