Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-21
A DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM


 The CITIZEN has been perusing tht
 Democratic press of the Territory for the
 purpose of detecting the drift of the sen
 timent of that party as represented by
 leading organs in order to determine
 what kind of platform can be framed up
 on which all csln stand and work har-
 moniously upon local and national ques. tions.
 We have come to the conclusion that 1t will be a somewhat mixed up affair | Based upon the utterances of the Dem Ocratic press we offer the following sug- gestions for the action of the coming Democratic convention:
 Resolved, That the COW boys give only sweet milk.
 Resolved, That there Is not and has not been any lawlessness in Cochise county.
 Resolved, That there has been law. lessness in Cochist county and that the carps are responsible for 1t, because they would not allow the innocent cow boys to indulge in their accustomed pasttimes of shooting innocent people in Tombstone as well as elsewhere.
 Resolved, That McMenomy, M. R. Peel, Morgan Earp, t. al-, shot them selves, therefore the sheriff of Cochise county was under no obligations to at iSmpt to secure the arrest of their mur- lerers.
 Resolved, That the Earps are Repub- licans, therefore the Republican party Is responsible for all they, their sisters. lheir cousins and their aunts and every body else has done.
 Resolved. That no mention be made m this platform of the escape of the much abused cut throat and robber Zurn Hunt.
 Resolved, That weregret the enforced absence of Frank Stilwell, Curley Bill. /. Hunt from this convention and lrink to them in silence.
 Resolved, That the ignorant, lazy masses have no rights which grinding nOnOpolies are bound to respect.
 Resolved, That the people should be protected om the eXtortlons of grind ,ng monopolies and the Democratic party pledges its desperate endeavors 5efOre-but not 8fteT-electiOn to this .nd.
 Resolved, That the general govern nent should interfere and put stop to 1 Chinese immigration.
 Resolved, That the interference of | 1he general government with the Chi | nese question is an unwarrantable in- | -erference with the rights of a sovreign | State.
 Res lved, That the Governor should | nave ci!en the requi sition for the Earps | Q Sheriff BehaD, so that he might have lad the pleasure of averaging the death ,f his dear friend Frank Stilwell
 Resolved, That the GOvernor did | right ih granting the requisition for the Earp party to Sheriff Paul.
 Resolved. That, m view of the request f the Board of Supervisors and District Attorney of Pima county, the Governor ;ould not have done otherwise than grant the acquisition to Sheriff Paul
 Resolved, That if Sheriff Paul brings he prisoners back all safe the County Board and District Attorney are respon. ,ible, but If he fails, the Governor and he whole d-n Republican party are selah.
 Resolved, That there are no questions if pabllc interest upon which this party .annot take both sides. Resolved, That this party will promise O do anything to secure a vote.
 Resolved, That the Tucson Star IS the ( eading organ of the Arizona Democracy. md has contributed more to the clear .lucidation of the well-knOwn Demo. ratio views, as plainly enuncisted in his Outspoken platform, than any other Democratic paper in tue Territory. Resolved, That the Tombstone Epi- ay.l a | md 1t Is chiefly commended on account f its ability to hold enthusiastic and i argely attended indignation meetings ( Il alone by itself. This IS but brief outline of the views which, when clothed with the usual yer , iage, will make q platform in perfect onsOnance with opinions and views ex- | ressed by the several Democratic or ans in this territory.