San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-24
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
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-
libjratiVe judgment the following statements
inst ificat.On of the course we have marked
Que and the new departure we have tax IN
a convention called together as repre-
sentative body of the white republicans or
of Texas, and we appeal to you 10 give us your
aid in an attempt TO rescue the republican
paI ty in our state from Its present degraded
and hopeless condition.
Assemble as we are, free from all hope
of political reward with only patrlOtlc ce-
cree TO further the advancement OF our state
and the success Of epubllcan principles, We
bel eve that IN order 10 secure the blessings OF
free and honest government, the contention
of well balanced political parties is necessary,
and h At this may be attained in our state Dy
placing the republican party on an equal
footing with its national oppont nj, the demo
cratic party. Alter years OF trial ana defeat
of humiliation and despair in attempting 10
keep the republican party organized by the
methods left us hs legacy OF recOnstructl0n
times we have witnessed the party gradually
but surely failing under the management ana
control of few men whose only object seems
TO be to advance their own ambition ard
gain in the securement of federal Ofhces ana
the distribution of federal pat onage, until
the party conventions amount to nothing put
the assembling of federal officials and their
personal followers, and after each such con-
vention the party dlssOlvinP into an unor-
canned ana uDftIlhDlt mass, WuO nave HS'iutt
| head nor loot, aim nor object 10 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
sembance OF shame WAS thrown aside and
the boosted civil service regulations OF the
government were trampled under foot in the
| unseemy scramble of federal appOlntees 10
secure their own prominence and represent
| atiyes 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 recognize d us requisite to constr.
| tute political arty; that il has degenerated
into an unOrganiZed mob, where bi-annua
| 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 repu blcanS OF the
| state and those in sympathy with the prlncl-
pies and policies of the republican party to
come tOOlr aid and give us their assistance
| in buildiT 8 up republicanism in Texas. Year
| alter year for the psst twentr 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 nOtwl thStAnQlrR the turtner 1dCt tndt
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 10 one cause:
| The repub lean party has fallen below par as
| a political organization inTeXas. commanding
neither ne respect nor the conftelc e of the
| intelligent maSsee of the people. 1t is to
| rescue our party from this condition and to
build II up on basis of inJeligenc and
| respectability that this new departure is
| taken. We call upon the white republicans of
| the state to org auiZe 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 admin stratiOn in
| carrying on: 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
| ternatIOna reciprocity of a market fer our
| farm products we believe to be the true
American doctrine.
Resolved, That we condemn the federal
| election bill as an uDnt cessary and impOlitic
measure and express the hope that the ma
| insstance upon its adoption.
| Resolved That in the future organiZa-
| 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-
| lion in conventions LSignedI Henry Cline,
| chairman; James 7. NewcOmb, A. o Norton,
| G. W. Gillespie, A. MetZler, A. j. Houston,
| A. L. DOruull. L. G. White. H. 2. Shields. E..
VI Martin. JOhP A. Harris, John b. schultz,
| Tt Omas Brien, Fl. F. McGregor.