San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-26
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,
ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION
hElD AT FORT WORTH.
SEPT 18Th. 1892,

I'VE. the repub leans of the state of Texas
in convention asse mbled, pointing with JUS
pride TO tue record of our party, declare oul
| allegiance to its principles as expressed il
| the national platform adopted at Minneap-
| oils.
We heartily approve the action of the ma
tional convention in the denomination OF
President Harrison, whose pure, able and
patriotic administration of affairs has def1ed
Arrangement even at the hands of democracy.
and we pleoge him ano his colleague on the
national ticket, Whitelaw Reid, the solid vote
of the party in Texas.
we arraign the present administration of
Texas because:
First 1t has arrayed labor against capital
class prejudice.
Second-It has in effect confiscated proper.
ty and practic ally denied to the owners there.
OF the right to be heard in the courts.
Third-lt has by intolerance, prescription
and Incorporate expression driven much cap
ital out Of Texas and prevented the coming OF
much more and thereby raised the rate of in
terest and increased the burdens of all except
the money lenders.
Fourth-It has unsettled land titles and de-
preciated taxable values.
Fifth-It has robbed the laboring men of
Texas by driving out capital; our industrial
enterprises have been paralyZed and the
value of labor d Unfinished.
SiXth-It has attacked the decision of
courts and tried TO bring into contempt IT,
very citadel of liberty. our judiciary.
Seventh-lt has discouraged immigration,
merely retarulng agricuIturai ueselopnent
anu tnus ropDing tue larnier ny INCREASING
values and the state by restraining produc-
ton.
EiRntn-ii uas preNenteu the vi SaniLaIlon
and upbuihlng OF new INDUSTRIES that would
have employed large capital, gwen profitable
employ ent 10 many iaporers anu ihcredseu
the value of farm products.
Nlnth-lI nus favored nepotlsuI anu pros
Ltuteo sacred trust, the apPolntNe power
for personal eLds,
Ientn-II MAS selnsnIy anu coTruPtly useu
the power entrusted by the people as means
10 perpeIudte us e8Istepce III olhce'
Eleventh-lts ignorance of the constitution.
as evidenced by the approval ana attempted
entorc. ment or the alien land law, the usury
law, the railway commission law ana other
laws has been just cause OF complaint, ana
imposed vexatlons ana burdens ahke on the
Twelfth-It has for selfish purposes de
prlVed the puhnc treasury or large moneys
that should nave been placed there 10 the
bounty on sugar due Texas from the federal
government.
ThiIteenth-For selfish if not corrupt
purpose il has invaded and begun to destroy
the common heritage OF the children OF Texas
the sacred school fund, pequeathed IN trust
to them by their fore fathers.
fourteentn-By unwlse leelslatlon. oy
regard OF sacred rights, it has paralyzed,
farm values and by false promises lmpossl-
bic of fluff lment, has caused strife and dis
Satisfaction among the masses.
fi1teenth-Its future policy, as outlined in
the Houston platform. gives no promise or
hope of any relief fro n the evils complained
of, but rather coptrms the belief that they
will be increased and intensified If it receives
endorsement in November, and we therefore
urge upon the people of Texas the imperative
necessity of placing the seal OF their utter
condemnation upon the present administra-
ton.
The Republican party demands:
First-Pertect equality before the law,
equal rights to all and special privileges to
none.
Second-Weare opposed to all sumptuary
laws and believe in the largest individual
liberty consistent with good government
Third-We favor the regulation of railway
corporations under such restrictions as will
insure equal justice to the railways as well as
the people.
Fourth--We condemn all forms of COM
munism and state social Sun, and view with
alarm the existing war in this state upon
property
Fifth-Our sympsthies are most cordial y
tA III ala in Z hai OF.