San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-25

Kerr county, Juls. Real, A. w.
McKillip, G. G. Vaughn.
Kinney county, G. w. STANDARD,
Phil Palmer.
Bracket county, s. +, Couch.
Gillespie county, Judge Cooley.
Bandera county, w. G. Robin
son.
The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent or
ganization and platform reported,
recommending the temporary or
ganization be made permanent.
Basis of representation, l vote for
every 200 votes east in last national
election.
THE PLATFORM.
The Republican party of the
Twelfth Congressional district
in convention assembled &C
knowledges anew ito allegiance
to the principles of the Re-
publican party as announced in
National convention, it Cherishes
the memory of those who preserved
the Union and points with just
pride to the illustrious leaders
who shaped the era of our coun-
try's greatest prosperity and made
it the leading nation of the earth.
Never falteriDg, we again de-
mand that protective tariff shall
be levied without discrimination
on all imports, the like Of which
are or can be largely produced in
this country sufficient in amount
to preserve to Americas markets
and to insure to our laborers just
and fair compensation for their toll
and that all articles that cannot be
largely produced or manufactured
here be admitted free of duty.
We demand free and unlimited
coinage of American silver into
dollars worth 100 cents each.
We demand that stringent laws
be enacted by Congress for the re-
striction Of immigration to the end
that communists, socialists and
anarchists be excluded from the
United States.
We favor liberal legislation in
behalf Of labor that it may be pro-
tected from oppression by the
greed and dominance Of exagger-
ated wealth and that it be given
fair share OF the joint products
and wealth Of capital and labor.
We denounce our senators and
representatives in Congress for
having betrayed and misrepresent-
ed the people in demanding free
trade and voting for free wool,
while the representatives from
other states fought for and secured
protection for the raw and manu-.
featured products of their respec-
tive states.
We ask of the next Congress of
the United States as a measure of
justice, that wool be restored to the
protected list of American products
inasmuch as the destruction Of
this industry will make a waste of
a large area of this state heretofore
utilized for grazing purposes, and
that in consequence of the protect
ed legislation large number Of
our citizens have heretofore en-
gagged in the industry of sheep
raising, investing millions of dol
lars of capital, which will be swept
away by free trade, causing ruin
and disaster to thousands of indi-
viduals and great loss to our bust
ness and wealth.
We protest against the tariff act,
repeating the specific duties on cat
tie and horses and the substitute
ing thereof a 2026 ad valorem duty
as injurious to our great stock
raising interests and an incentive
to fraud and equivalent to free
trade.
That our people have relied here
tofore upon false promises and
have suffered great injury at the
hands of our National Congress.
That the placing of hides on the
free list was a great injury to our
cattle interests, without adequate
returns, and we ask that the former
duty on hides be restored.
Finally, we heartily welcome all
voters who desire to best serve
their nation, state and county to
the Republican ranks, the only
National party since 1860.
The report was adopted unani-
mously by a rising vote.
No order of business being re-
ported, the. chair announced the
convention ready to hear motions.
Calls were made for C. w. Og-
den.
The chairman announced the