San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-22
TEXAS REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

TEXAS REpl T
Adopted at the convention held at Dallas,
april 18th, 1922.
40 the Republicans of the state: We pre-
sent forsyouf serious consideration and de-
Lucrative Judgment the following STATEMENTS
in nj cat .on of the course we nave marked
one ana the new departure we have take n in
a convention called together as repre-
sentative body of the white repubheaAs'of
of Texas, and we,appea1 10 you 10 give us your
aid IA an attempt 10 rescue fhe republican
na,ty in our state from It's present degraded
and hopeless cOndltlon.
Assembled as we are, free from all hope
of noIitical reward with only patriotic de-
cree 10 further the. advancement OF our state
and The success Of republican principles, we
believe that IN order 10 secure tne dressings Oh
free and honest government, tbs contentloh
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. Alter years OF trial ana oeIeat
of humiliation and despair in attempting to
keep the republican party organized by the
methods left us as legacy or reconstruction
times, we have witnessed the party grauuaily
but surely failing under the management ana
control of few men whose only object seems
to be TO advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal Offices and
the party conventions amount to nothing but
the assembling of federal officials and their
personaI followers, and after each sueh con-
ventiOn the party dlssolving into an lnor-
head nor foot, aim NOR object TO JUSTIFY It's
further existence. commanding neitAer
strength nor respect.
In proof of this statement we have only TO
point to Inc scenes enacted at the late con-
yention at the city of Austin, where every
semblanoe of shame was thrown aside and
the boosted civil service regulations OF the
government were trampled under foot IN the
unseemly erambe of federal appointees 10
secure their own prominence and represent
atives of the party at the national conven-
ton.
pubIcan party sf Texas has no organization,
such as is recognized as requisite 10 CONSTR
tute a political arty; that IL has degenerated
into an unorganized mob, where bi-annual
gatherings have wrought disgrace and des-
pair 10 our patriotic people who hold to the
tenets of the republican party. Therefore
the necessity has arisen for the organlzatlon
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
teiligence 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 or the
state and those in sympathy with the prlnel'
pies and policies OF the republican party 10
come to oar aid and give us their assistance
in buildipg up republicansm in Texas. Year
alter year for the psst twent' 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 Notwithstanding the further fact that
the material and business interests OF our
great state demands the aid or the republican
party in their development. This condition
of things can only be attributed TO one cause:
The republican party has fallen below par as
a political organization inTeXas. commanding
neither he respect nor the confidence or the
intelligent masses of the people. 1t is to
rescue our party from this condition ana 10
build it up ON basis of intelligence and
responsibility that this new departure is
taken We call up0n the white republicans of
the state to org aniZe 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 out with success that great Amert-
can principle of protection to American LABOR
and American products, the fostering or
home industries and the provision by fair in
ternatIonal reciprocity of a 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
measure and express the hope that the ma
tional republican party will make no further
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
state executive committee shall have
charge of all matters touching representa-
ton in conventions tSignedl Henry Cline,
chairman; James L. Newcomb, A. b Norton,
G. w. Gillespie, A. Metzler, A. j. Houston,
A. L. Dornall, U. G. White, H. p. Shields: e.
NJ. Martin, John A. Harris, John B. Schultz,
Thomas Brien HI. 4. McGregOr