San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-15
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

lEAAS bLIJAN GLdlFOhm.
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas
april 18th, 1892.
To the Republicans of the state: We pre-
| sent for your serious consideration and de-
Lucrative Judgment the following statements
III st lhcat. on of the course we nave marked
Que ana the new departure we have taken in
convention called together as repre-
| sentative body of the white republicans of
| of Texas, and we appeal to you 10 give us your
aid ia an attempt to rescue the republican
| party in our state from It's 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,
| and that this may be attained in our state by
placing the republican party on an equal
| footing with its national opponent, 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 TO advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal offices and
the distribution of federal patronage, 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 dissoving into an unOr-
ganized and unreliable mass, who have neither
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 foot in the
unSeemly !cramOle OF federal appolnteeS 10
secure their own prominence and represent
atives of the party at the national conyen-
tiOn.
Co. A,I i,, hat +bn
publican party of Texas has no organization,
such as is recognized as requisite to consti-
tute Il political arty; that it 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.
cOgntiOn 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 princl. |
pies and policies of the republican party to
come to oar aid and give us their assistance |
in building up republicanism in Texas. Year |
after year for the psst twent, years we have
witnesssd 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
great state demands the aid OF the republican
party in their development. Thls condition
of things can only be attributed 10 one cause |
The republican party has fallen below par as
political organization in Texas commanding
neither the respect nor the confidence of the |
intelligent masses of the people. 1t is to |
rescue our party from this condition and to
build it up on a basis of intelligence and
responsibility that this new departure lie |
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 on: with success that great Ameri |
can principle of protection to American la Dor |
and American products, the fostering of /
home industries and the provision by fair in i
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 impOlitic Il
measure and express the hope that the ma
tional republican party will make no further i
insistance upon its adoption.
Resolved. That in the future organiZa-
ton of the republican party in Texas
and till another state convention is held, the i
state executive committee shall have
charge of all matters touching representa-
chairman; James p. Newcomb, A. B. Norton,
A. l. Dornall, Q. G. White, Fl. 2. Shields. K.
NJ. Martin. JOhp A. Harris, John B. Schultz,
Th omas Brien, II. F. McGregor.