San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-19
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

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TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas,
april 18th, 1872.
To the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent for your serious consideration and de-
Lucrative judgment the following statements
incat.onofL :, 90 urse we have marked
Que ana the new departure we have TAXI Ill
u convention called together as repre-
sentative body OF the white repuDhcahs OF
OF Texas, and we appeal 10 you 10 give US your
aid IN an attempt TO rescue the republican
marty in our STATE from It's present degraded
and hopeless cOndlUOn. -,
Assembled as We are, free from all nope
of poIiticai reward with only patriotic de-
cree 10 further the advancement OF our STATE
and The success OF republican principles, we
bel eve that ~ order 10 secure tue dressings ol
free ana honest government, the contention
ot well balanced political parties is necessary,
ana that this may be attained Ill our state Dy
placing the republican party on an equal
fooIing Win its national opponent, the aelho-
cratic party. Alter years OF trial and de1eat
of numilalion ana despair Ill attempting 10
keep the republican party organized Dy the
methods lett US as legacy OF recOnstructlon
times we have witnessed the party gradually
hut surely failing under the management ana
control OF q lew men whose only OBJECT seems
TO lie 10 advance their own amoltlon anu
gain in the securement OF federal Ohces ana
the distribution OF federal patronage, untll
the marry conventions amount TO nothing but
the assembling or federal olhclals ana their
personal followers, and after each such con-
VenIlOn the party uIssOIVlng lhto al unoI-
panlZed and unreliable mass, WHO nave neither
head nor loot, ann nor object TO JUSTIFY lis
further existence, commanding neither
strength nor respect.
In proof OF this statement we have only 10
poiut to the scenes enacted at the late COIL
yentlon al the city OF Austin, where every
sembance OF shame was thrown ASIDE anu
the boosted civil service regulations OF the
taialftn nd
nnseenIy scramble OF federal appOlntees 10
secure their own prominence anu represent
aIives OF the party al the nauohal cohFen-
ton. -
publican party OF Texas has no organization,
such as is recognized as requisite 10 conetl-
tute u political Larty; that IL has uegenerateu
into an unorganIzed MOB, where D-ahhual
gatherings have wrought disgrace and ues-
pair TO our patriotic people who bold TO the
tenets OF the republican party. therefore
the necessity has arisen Tor the organization
of the republican party OF Texas, Independent
OF its past history and upon the further re-
cOgnition OF the TACT that only upon the IN
teinPhnce and manhood of the white Amerl'
can citizens can any party IN TINS country
hone Tor grow ID and success.
We call upon the white repuDllcans OF the
state and those in sympathy with the prlncl'
pies and poncies oil the republican party TO
come to OR ala and give us theIr aesislSllce
IN building up repu bIicanism IN Texas. year
after ear tor the psst twenty years we nave
witnessed the republican party stanolnE sun
or gradually falling OFT in strength, ana inns
in face OF TIE TACT of the great growth OF our
state in population from republican states,
and nOtwi Outstanding the further tact mat
| the material and business interests OF our
| great state demands the aid or the republican
! party in their development. Ihls condltloh
| of things can only be attributed 10 one cause:
! The republican party has fallen below par as
| political organization inIeXas, commanding
neither the pect nor the contdeLce OF the
| intelligent masses of the people. III is 10
rescue our party from this condition and to
| build il up Oh q basis OF intelligence ana
responsibility that this new departure IL
taken. We call upon the white repuolcahs OF
the state to organize and come to the support
| OF 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
carving out with success that great Amerl-
can principle OF protection to American laOor
and American products, the fostering OF
home Industries and the provision by talr ln-
| ternatonal reciprocity OF market for our
| farm products we believe TO be the true
| American doctrine.
| Resolved, That we condemn the tederal
election bill as an unne cessary and impOlltlc
measure and express the hope that the ma
tional repu Dican party Will make no turther
| insistance upon its adoption.
| Resolved, That in the future organisa-
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-
ton in conventions. [Signed Henry Cline,
| chaIrman; James L. Newcomb, A. Is. Norton,
| G. W. Gillespie, A. Metzler, A. j. Houston,
! A. L, Dornall, U. G. White, H. z. Shields, K.
| NJ. Martin, John A. Harris, John Is. schultz,
Thomas Brien, II. F. McGregor.