San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-15
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Adopted at the eonwention held at Dallas
april 18th, 1892.
40 the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent for your serious consideration and de-
Lucrative judgmentthe following statements
inst tcat on of the course we nave marked
que ana the new departure we have TAXI n in
a convention called together aS repre-
sentative body of the white republicans of
of Texas, and we appeal to you 10 give US your
aid III AL attempt 20 rescue the republican
Darty in our stale from It's present degraded
end hopeless condition.
Assem- ed as We are, free from all hope
a. political reward with only Il patriotic de-
cree TO further the advancement Ot our state
aud the success Of republican, principles, we
believe that N order ~ secure the blessings OF
free ana honest government. the contention
Of well balanced political parties is necessary,
and that this may be attained i'll Our state by
placing the republican party on ali equal
footing VITO its national oppone NJ, the demo-
cratic party. Alter years OF trial and defeat
If humiliation ana despair IN attempting 10
keen the republican party organized by the
methods left us as legacy of reconstruction
times, we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely falling under the management ana
contu0l of a lew men whose only Obiecf seems
10 lie 60 advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal offices and
the distribution of federal pat, onage, until
the party conventions amount TO nothing but
the assembling of federal officials and their
personal followers, and after each such con-
ventiOH the party dlssolving into an unor-
gdniZed and unreliable mass, VINO nave nelther
further existence. commanding neither
strength DGr respect.
In proof of this statement we have only to
p0iut TO the scenes enacted at the late con-
vention at the city of Austin, where every
sembauoe of shame was thrown aside ana
the boosted civil service regulations of the
government were tramped under loot in the
unseemly ieramble OF federal appOlntees 10
secure their own prominence ana 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 it has degenerated
into an unorganized mob, where bi-annuai
gatherings have wrought disgrace and des-
pair 10 our patriotic people who hold to the
tenets OF the republican party. Therefore
the necessity has arisen for the organization
of the republican parts OF Texas, independent
of its past history and upon the further re-
cOgnitiOn of the fact that only upon the IN
teligence and manhood of the white Ameri.
can citizens can any party in this country
hope for growth and success.
We call upon the white repub bic ans OF the
st4te and those in sympathy with the princi.
pies and policies OF the republican party TO
come to o IT aid and give us their assistance
n huildit up Tepublicanism in Texas. Year
alter year for the psst tweut years we have
witnessed the republican party standing still
or gradually falling off in sire ugth, aud this
in face of tie tact of the great growth OF our
state in population from republican states
and Notwithstanding 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 70 one cause:
The repub lean party has fallen below par as
q political organization in Texas commanding
neither he respect nor the comic ence of the
intelligent masses of the people. 1t is to
rescue our party from this cOnditiCn and TO
build il up ON basis Of intelligence and
respectabity that this new departure l.
taken. We call upon the white republicans of
The state to OrgR niZe 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 nor
and American products, the fostering OF
home Industries aud the provision by fair in.
ternatlonRl 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 unnf 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-
ton of the republican party in Texas
state executive committee shall have
charge of all matters touching representa-
lion in conventions tSiRned Henry Cline,
chairman: James Z. Newcomb, A. Norton,
G. W. Gillespie, A. MeIZler, A. J. Houston.
A. L Dornall. q G. White. H. p Shields r..
v Martin. John A. Harris, John b. schultz,
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