San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-27

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 lticat on of the course we nave marked
Que and the new departure we have taxi in
sentative body of the white republicans of
of Texas, and we appeal to you TO give US your
aid II al attempt to rescue the republican
party in our state from its 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
bel eve that IN order 10 secure the blessings OF
Tree and honest government, the contention
of well balanced political parties is necessary,
ana 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 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 he TO advance their own ambition and
gain in the securement of federal Offices and
the distribution of federal patti oDage, until
the party conventions amount to nothing but
the assembl LIZ Of federal officials and their
personal followers, and after each such con-
Vention the party oIssolvinR into an unOr-
ganiBed and unreliable mass, who have neither
head nor foot. aim mar object TO 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
semblance of shame was thrown aside and
the boosted civil service regulations OF the
government were trampled under foot in the
unseemly scramble of federal appontees 10
secure their own prominence and represent
atives 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 recognized as requisite to eonsti-
tute 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 organization
of the republican party of Texas, independent
of it's past history and upon the further re-
cOgnito ion of the fact that only upon the iD-
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 |
st tie and those in sympathy with the princi- |
pies and policies OF the republican party to |
come to oar aid and give us their assistance |
in building up republicanism in Texas Year
alter year for the psst twe0t. yeara 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 republic states.
and notwithstanding the further fact that |
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 TO one cause:
The republican party has fallen below par as |
a political organization in Texas commanding
neither : he respect nor the confidence of the |
intelligen! masses of the people 1t is to |
rescue our party from this condition and to
build it up ON a basis of intelligence and /
respectability that this new departure is |
taken. We call upon the white republicans of |
the state to organize and come to the support |
O. 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 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 for our
farm products we believe to be the true
American doctrine.
Resolved That we condemn the federal |
election bill as an unnt cessary and impolitic |
measure and express the hope that the ma |
tional republca party will make no further /
insistance upon its adoption.
Resolved, That in the future organza- |
ton of the republican party in Texas 1
and till another state convention is held, the |!
state executive committee shall have /
charge of all matters touching representa-
tion in conventions [Signed Henry Cline, |
chairman; James 7. Newcomb, A. B. Norton, |
G. W. Gillespie, A. Netzler, A. ]. Houston, /
A. L. Dorna1l, Q G. White, H. p. Shields. K. |
NJ Martin. john A. Harris, John B. Schultz, |
Thomas Brien, H. F. McGregOr.