Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-09-25
Rep. blican County Platform

c and adherence te the national Rt Y pub ican party, recognizing the hi; R torlcal fact that Tn the administra X ton of the affairs of the governmer [. for the pas! twenty four years, b s our party. the United States has ac
 quiied q degrec nf prosperity that i } unparalleled in the history of an, other nation in the world, thi success being achieved frcn ' the time when lhe national Rtpub
 lican party first secured control 0
 the government, and after cur gov
 ernment had been bankruplec
 through the imbeciIity, corruption
 nd reasonable practices of ths
 Democratic party.
 We charge the Democratic party
 with iuhde.ily lo the best interests oi
 he people and the cou;try. m tiiai
 it seeks to destroy our laboring and
 manu featuring interests through it's
 teachings of the doc,Iiue Of free 1 trade.
 By the same perniciuus advocacy
 of free trade the Democratic party
 seeks to lower the standard of Amer
 ican labor, compelling our mechan-
 lcs and artisans to compete with the
 paaper labor of overCrrwded for
 eign countries.
 Therefore, We, the Republicans of
 Maricoaa county, in Convention as-
 mbled do most heartily endorse
 the platform of the Natior al Repub,
 lican party, as adopted at Chicago 1 June 4th, 1884
 Furthermore: Recognizing the fact that the affairs of our county have been very badly managed under the control of tue Democratic party, we hereby as- serl the tacts set forth in the follow- ing preamble, and ask that every candid and honest voter yer fy the same by an examination of our county's finances as kept by the Democratic party.
 WHEREAS, The Democratic party has had control of the affairs of Maricopa county for the past four years, during which time the assess ed valuation of the taxable property has increased over 227 per cent in the county, yet he rate Of taxation has decreased enly 30 per cent, and the total amount of taxes as now collected has more than treblcd Tn the past four years.
 Yet notwithstanding this enormous taxation the county has been ana ble to redeem Hfs ifs pledges of ndcbtedness for current expenses since January, 1884, thus mak- ing it necessary that nearly the amount of taxes to be collected the present year will be necessary to liquidate the incurred indebtedness of the last fiscal year.
 Reso2ved, That VIC demand such legislation as will secure the collection of taxes by the Coun> ty Treasurer for the rate he now receives for handling the money, thus saving to the taxpayer the five per cent. which goes to the Sheriff.
 That for the general information of the taxpayers of the county we demand that the Board of Super 1 viscrs shall publish quarterly item ized statements of all the receipts and expenditures Of the county; and | it is further
 Resotved. That the chief interests ! of th.s county are suffering and business is in state of stagnatinn for want of in- creased facilities of transportation to carry the productions of the coun> ty to profitable market We there> fore demand that our representatives in the Territorial Legislature use every honorable mems, consistent with the welfare of the county, to secure the earliest possible construc> ton of railroad that shall relieve us of this depression in business and develop and promote our farm ing and mining interests
 That the Republicans of Marico- pa county are opposed to any legis- lation that will or may tend to the of water rights where by any monopoly may be created to the detFiment or oppression of our farming or mining interests.
 That we emphatically advocate the improvement of our highways, the bridging of our canals and rivers ard the advancement of any other public improvement deemed neces> sary.
 That we are in favor of legislative enac mcnt in reasonable aid of our Territorial Fair Association, bes lIeving that by il our industrial pur> suits may be g eatly promoted.
 That the interests of the Territory requires, and sound financial poli- cy demands, that the Territory make immediate provision for the Terri- torlal insane. in an institution with> in the borders of Arizona, where those unfortunates can be humanely and econom ically cared for under the jurisdiction of our own Territo- rial Legislature.
 That we advise our Legislators to consider the matter of making our Territorial prison self sustaining and that they will urge the legi>la>