REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS 
 The First 50 Years

SAN ANTONIO, September 3-5

Officers: Chairman pro tempore, R. B. Hawley, of Galveston; permanent, Sam J. Wright, of Lamar. Secretary, D. C. Kolp, of Wichita.

Nominees for State Offices: Governor, Webster Flanagan, of Rusk; Lieutenant-Governor, William K. Makemson, of Williamson; Attorney-General, J. P. Hague, of El Paso; Comptroller, William Westhoff, of De Witt; Treasurer, John B. Schmitz of Denton; Commissioner of the General Land Office, James K. McDowell, of Childress; Superintendent of Public Instruction, M. Lindner, of Bexar.

Committee on Platform and Resolutions: R. B. Renfro, chairman; A. J. Evans, Marion Mullen, R. E. Conine, N. Buchanan, A. J. Rosenthal, F. P. Clark, W. H. McCasner, W. C. Singleton, Jr., H. A. David, L. B. Fish, R. H. Earnest, G. L. Sebrecht, B. Sinclair, J. S. Jenkins R. M. Grubbs, J. W. Cook, J. L. McCall, John T. Haines, F. W. Miner, L. W. Madarasz, R. B. Hawley, John M. McDonald, A. J. Houston, E. Emanuel, A. L. Menard, J. L. Woodward, A. W. Calhoun, G. F. Wattson, B. F. Hickey, Frank Graham, A. Richards.

PLATFORM

[1] We, the Republicans of Texas, in convention assembled, reaffirm our adherence to the principles of the Republican party as expressed through its platforms, as adopted in National conventions, and through its policy in the administration of our government.

[2] We indorse and renew our assurances of entire confidence in the administration of President Harrison.

[3] We commend the Republican party for its adherence to the policy of protection and heartily favor in that connection the extension of the foreign commerce of our country by reciprocity treaties with American states. To this end we also favor the encouragement by subsidy or otherwise of lines of ocean transportation with said Ameri can states.

[4] We indorse the financial policy of the government as admin istered by the Republican party in its maintenance of National banks, in its management of currency and increased issue of silver money, and express our confidence in its meeting every exigency of public requirements in maintaining a balance of currency that will in every way comply with the wants of the country.

[5] That in a government of the people where the rights of the minority are as sacred as the rights of the majority, as Republicans we emphasize our approval of the present relations of the different departments of the government and adhere to the principles and policy born with the government itself, of keeping separate our Federal ju diciary as far from the immediate influence of elective methods as practicable, and maintaining the constitutional provisions of making the terms of office for life, and the recent assault made by the Demo cratic party on this chief bulwark and surety of justice to the whole people endangers our liberties and the entire theory of our government.

[6J The maintenance of free institutions depends upon free and fair elections and honest returns thereof. No lover of liberty should op pose the enactment of any law tending to protect the sanctity of the ballot box. We, therefore, unhesitatingly favor the Australian ballot system and all other proper means that will render our elections a free and honest expression of the will of the people of our entire country.

[7] The Republican party is unalterably opposed to every species of class legislation. It knows no class. It believes in manhood suffrage, and the enjoyment of the people of every right guaranteed by our National and State constitution.

[8] We recognize the right of the State to control corporations and regulate transportation companies within this State, and we favor the enactment of such laws by the legislature, and their enforcement through the courts as will prevent unjust discrimination or extortion on the part of the public carriers as against the interest of the people of Texas. We are opposed, as being contrary to the theory and genius of our government, to clothe with legislative and judicial powers a railway commission, and oppose an amendment to article 10, section 2, of the constitution.

[9] We favor the reservation of the public domain for actual set tlers only and a broad, comprehensive legislative policy that will in vite immigration to the State under assurance of absolute peace and security.

[10] That we demand the maintenance of free public schools for the full limited time guaranteed by the State constitution, and we denounce as palpable hypocrisy the promises of the Democratic party in regard to free schools. We demand, therefore, an adequate appro priation by the legislature to carry into effect the constitutional guar antee for a free school term of six months or more annually. We further demand a uniform system of textbooks to be printed under the direction of the State printing board, and furnished at cost.

[11] We commend to the people of Texas the establishing of a home for the disabled and invalid Texas soldiers of the late war, with those enlisted by the Republic, and their maintenance at the expense of the State.

State Executive Committee: Lock McDaniel, of Grimes, chair man; 1st Senatorial district, William Smith, of Jefferson; 2. Webster Flanagan, of Rusk; 3. H. H. Jones, of Harrison; 4. J. A. Fore, of Camp; 5. J. M. Norton, of Marion; 6. blank; 7. J. G. Stewart, of Henderson; 8. Alex White, of Anderson; 9. A. Richards, of Houston; 10. J. H. Washington, of Colorado; 11. A. J. Johnson, of Colorado; 12. blank; 13. J. G. Shermack, of Fayette ; 14. L. S. Miller, of Robertson ; 15. blank ; 16. J. C. Bigger, of Dallas ; 17. Tom Anderson, of Collin ; 18. blank ; 19. G. W. Gillespie, of Tarrant; 20. and 21. blank; 22. Nathan Patten, of McLennan; 23. J. P. Osterhout, of Bell; 24. blank; 25. Herman Seele, of Comal ; 26. L. S. Hollowell, of Goliad ; 27. R. B. Renfro, of Cameron ; 28. W. S. Messmer, of Bexar ; 29. W. M. McManus, of Callahan; 30. J. F. Parker, of Bosque; 31. A. W. Calhoun, of Bowie.