The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-06
THE PLATFORM.


Galveston, Texas August 5.-Thc plat
| form committee will submit the follow
ing report:
| PREAMBLE-We demand change of
| administration in Texas for the reasons
| that during the twenty-three years IN
which the democratic party has had con-
troll of this State 1t has squandcred our
magnificent public domain In donations to
corporations aud sales at nominal prices
TO syndicates and land robbers and has
thrown every tmpedlment n the way of
actual settlers and 1t has multiplied Of
ficos, wasted the public revenues, IN
creased our State debt and raised our
taxes TO the point approaching confisch-
ton. II has Increased the expenses or
state government from one mtll on dol
lars per sannum TO more than four mutton
dollars per annum. BY Us ma.ddmlnislra-
tons Of the ruh!ic funds, !. has in open
violation of the constitution reduced our
public free schools from SIN 10 threo
months per annunl and at the same lime
1T has invaded our permanent school fuld
t.nSuished instead OF remaining as per
petuul benefit to postcrity as designed by
our fathers. Though necdlessly mu'Iry-
ing courts II has failed TO enforce tnc
laws by refusing TO repeal senseless teen.
nicalities in our crim.na. procedure anu
I has rendered necessary reNersdls VI
judemcnis of convictions against notorl-
Gus criminals TO such an extent mat our
courts of final resort have pecn snhlecl-
ed to gross abuse and the aInl'nistraton
of our laws has been brought INTO Shcn
& contempt as to lnclte mons TO deeds OF
violence TO the SHINE ana disgrace of our
state. We dcnounce the present Iim ms
tration I'm this State "a being personal
and dominated by ring rule a. eVuenceu
by such acts as tho payment of extrava-
CANT and unne cessary Toes 10 ls heHvn
men and its refusal to buy bonds e>cept
through fayorlte brokers. This aJmnis-
tradicn like rs predecessor claims me
right of icing it's own successor, ana Ike
them viii claim the right 10 pass the OF
flee of governor 10 the next In line W.
less the citizens OF Texas show by ther
votes that the office of governor pelonES !
to the Eaop,e and not 10 the ofnctl IAN
NY A long ,case of power tends 10 cor,
ruption and Is, subVers.Ye OF economy anu !
efficient government and we believe lhat
the best interests OF TeNdS ut'tsuu "
change Of Administered on ana an ulsiev
ton OF the hooks. We submit the tonoW- |
ing declaration OF principle of tae poo |
nles party of Texas I'M convention assem- |
hlcd al Galveston. Texas, this August D. |
1896 A.,
NATIONAL. PoLlTICs-We indorse tht
principles of the peoples party as SCI
forth in our National platform, adop'e'
at ST. Louis. July -, 1896. Amen
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM,
LANp-Thc peoples party. favors ~
State legislation that tends TO lncrs lii as
number OF home owners ana that VII a51
sist In the settling Of our unoccupleu lenp,
Hence W. demand that only the lmpIY'.
ments and the amount actually ,phu "
the State upon school lands be supIect u"
taxation No nonresident alien ownersnH
OF land should be allowed n Texas ~
porat ions SHOULD not he allowed 70 UNI
more land than they actually use III the
prosecution OF their business. ...,o.o,
TANATlON-Wc favcr a consttu.,on'
amendment exempting $50 OF persons
property from taxation In lieu OF the ex-