The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-13

| NOllNtHt lluh, NtiNNc'o'' iN-N',
Aug. 5.-(Specal)-Th platform COM
mittee will submit the following report:
PREAMBLE.
| We demand change of administration
| in Texas for the reasons that during the
| twenty-three years in which the demo-
| cratic party has had control of the state
| it has squandercd our magnificent pub
| lie domain in donations to corporations
and sales at nominal prices to syndcates
| and land grabbers, and has thrown every
| impeachment in the way of actual settlers,
and it has multiplied officers, wasted the
| public revenues, increased our state debt
and raised our taxes to the point APP
preaching confiscation. 1t has increased
| the expense of state government from
| S1,00O.000 per anum to more than ST.
100000 per annum. BY its maladmnis-
tration of the public funds it has, in open
| violation of the constitution. reduced our
| public free schools from six to three
months session per annum; at the same
| time it has invaded our permanent school
| fund so that the same will be ultimately
| eXtinguished instead of remaining as II
| perpetual benefit to posterity, as designed
| by our fathers.
| Though needlessly multiplying courts
| it has failed to enforce the laws by re-
| fusing to repeal senseless technicalities
in our criminal procedure. 1t has rem
| dered necessary, reversals of judgments
| of convictions against notorious criminals
| to such an extent that our courts of final
| resort have been subjected to gross
| abuse and the administration of our laws
| has been brought into such contempt as
| to incite mobs to deeds of violence, to
| the shame and disgrace of our state.
| We denounce the present adminlstra-
| ton in this state as being purely personal
and dominated by ring rule, as evidenced
| by the payment of eXtravngant and I'M
| necessary fees to its henchmen and its
refusal TO buy bonds except through
| favorite brokers. This administration,
like its predecessor. claims the right of
| being its own successor, and, like them,
| will claim the right to pass the office FOR
| governor to ''the next i'll line unless the
| citizens of Texas show by their votes that
the office of governor belongs to the peo-
pie and not to the official family. long
| lease of power tends to corruption, and is
| subversive OF economy and efficient gov
| eminent. and we believe that the best
interests of Texas demand n change of
administration and an inspection of the
books. We submit the following decla-
ration of principles of the peoples party
of Texas in convention assembled at
Galveston. TeX this August ), 1896:
~,r,oIr por 1T1cS
We indorse the principles of the peo-
| pies party. as set forth in our national
platform adopted ut st. Louis, July -
| 1896. Amen.
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hence we demand that only thG improve
| menus ana the amount 4c'u"ii9 p"iu W
the state upon school lahds DC SUBJECT 10
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NO non-reSideht oWmershlp Vi lahu
should be allowed III leNas'
Corporations should nor pe alloWeu 10
own more land thah they actually use
III the pursuit OF their pusiieSs'
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Tree schools Tor SIX months IN the year,
as PROVIDED tor III the constitution, Tor
az chlldreh between tIe ages or . ana
Is years, ana that each race shall nave
ITS own trustees, TO he elected by the
people, ana control ITS own schools.
we demand the adoption OF n uniform
series OF teNt DOCKS Tor ihe use OF pun
nc schools TO he furhished at cost by
the state.
we demand an amendment TO our
state CONSTITUTION autnorlzlng the loanlng
or our Puplc scnool luhns not a., otherwlse