San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-01
HARRIsON'S ADMINISTRATIONS.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adop,ed at the invention held 1t Dallas,
april 18th, 1892.
TO the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent for your serious consideration and de-
libirative Judgment the following statements
in ecuurse we nave marked
oue and the new departure we have TAKEN IN
a convention called together as u repre-
sentative body OF The MnIle repuDncans,Ot
| OF Texas aud we appeal 10 yun 10 gave US , our
aid Al AL aLtempL 10 rescue Inc fepuDucah
mn, ~ IN our STATE from lLe present uegraueu
aud nope .eSs condition.
as,.uIbled ms we are, free from all hope
of polItlcaI reward with oniy patrlotlc ne
cree, 10 turther The advancement .or our stale
aud Inc SUCCESS oI republican, principles, we
b.i eve, that al order ~ secure theDlessihgs Oh
Tree ana DOnest government, tne coplention
OF well balau ced ponIicaI parties ID necessary
ana that Inls may be attained III our stale ny
placing Tue republican party on al equal
ioullug win its national oppouent, Inc Demo
cratic party. After years VI trlai altu ueleat
at numlhallun anu despair i'll attempting TO
keep the republican party organized py the
INGENIOUS letL ue as legacy OF recohsG uellon
tunes, we nave witnessed the party gradually
mn surely railing under the manaRenleht anu
routroi Oh a lew men whose only oD1ect seems
10 ue 20 advance their own amultioh anu
gain in The securemeDt OF fSdera1 Omces auu
the Distribution OF leueral pau onase, u tt
| me parry conventions amount 10 nOlnlng Dut
| th. assembling OF federal O1hclals ana tnelr
DersonaI followers, and afUr each such con
veullon the party olssolvlng INTO an unor-
ganIZed and Unreliable mass, VINO nave neiIper
! mead nor loot aim nor object TO Justfy lts
further existence, commanding neither
strength nor respect. - II, -
IN I,rnof OF TINS statement we have only to
| noinf 10 Inc SCENES enacted at the laIe con-
venDon AL The ci,y OF Austin, where every
! selnblauce OF shame was thrown ASIDE anu
< 1 ne boasted civil service regulations Vi tne
government were trampled under loot IN tDe
|
| secure their own prominence ana represent
| atiyes or the party at the natlonal conSeh-
| tion. - .,.o. .ho -.
| publicau party vf Texas mas no organlZatlon'
| such as is recognized as requisite 10 constl,
tute u political n rty; that IL has degenerated
into ali unorganlzed moo, wnepe D. Ia naai
gatherings have wrought disgrace ana ues-
pair 10 our patriotic people VINO BOln 10 tne
tenets or the republican party. InereIore
the necessity has arisen Tor the organization
OF the republican party OF Texas, independent
of IFS mast history and upon The further re-
cOuniIIon OF the TACT that only upon the ln-
teiIIgence and<manhOOd of The white Amerl'
can citizens can any party IN thls country
hope Tor growth and success.
Ne call upon the white republicans or the
state and those in sympathy with the primer
MES and pencies of the republican party 10
come to oar ala and give US their asslstHnce
IN building up repubiicanism III Iexas. eur
al ter year for the psst twenty years we nave
witnessed the republican party stanolnE sun
or gradually falling of in strength, ana tnls
in lace OF ire TACT of the great growth OF our
state in population from rtpuohcan s'ates,
and Notwithstanding the further tact tnat
the material and business interests OF our
great state demands the aid OF the republican
party in their development Tnls condltlon
OF things can only be attributed 10 one cause:
The republican party has fallen below par as
a political organization in Texas, commanding
neither Inc rec pecJ nor the connoeuce OF the
intelligent masses OF the people; III Is 10
rescue our party from this condition and 10
build il up ON basis of intelligence and
responsibility tnat this new departure IL
taken. We call upon the white republicans or
the state to orr anlZe 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 ana
commend the national administration IN
CARRYING out with success that great Ameri-
can principle of protection to American laoor
and American products, the fostering OF
home industries and the provision by talr IN
ternatlonsl reciprocity of market Tor our
farm products we believe TO be the true
American doctrine. ..,.,
election bill as an unnG cessary ana lmpoltlc
measure and express the hope that tine ma
tional republican party Will make no 1urther
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
stale executive committee shall nave
charge of all matters touching representa-
ton in conventions, tSignedl Henry cline,
chairman; James Z. Newcomb, A. b: Norton,
G. W, Gillespie, A. MstZler, A. j. Houston,
A L. Dornall, u. G. White, H. 7. Shields, X.
NJ. Martin John A. Harris, John Il. schultz,
Thomas Brien, H. F. McGregOr.