Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-09-11

abC lSt SO!utltne, EEicD NrS Teau pl Dr. N iario'', chairman of the cotn~ i.,i,iee, aS f.liows:-
 PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS.
 The Republicans pf MaricopA
 county, K.'zans, reaflirni thei; fcalt
 and adherence io ihe naiionaI Re-
 pub icnn party, recognizing he hiss
 tnrlcal favt that m tic administin- ton of ihe affairs Uf ilie government i for the past twenty four Jsars, hy our party. the United States has Rc>
 quIred degree of prosperity th is ] unpareilt.ifd q ip he Ei-tuIy of .ny
 other na'icn in the wcrld, this
 success being rc.iieye,i from ;be ;lm. SEen ibc nalInral R pub !icau rarty nlsst secured coutso: If sie g,.veILuieni. and aiirr eur gpv> crnment hAsI been bankrupird ! through tie iiuI'scility. corruption
 and reasonable practices of the Dem macratic party.
 'ie charge the Democratic party,
 with iG6de, ity to the best interests Of ;ne people and the country, ID that
 il sceks to destroy our laboring and
 manufacturing interests through it's
 teachings of the doctrine of free
 trade.
 By the game peTniciou. advocacy
 of free trade ,hc Democratic party serks to lower the standard of Amer icAn labor, compelling our mechan ics and artisans to compete with the p1nper labor of overc roWded for eign countries.
 Therefore. we, the Republicans of MaricOpa county, in Convention as- semblcd do most heartily endorse ;he plsi form of ihe Nationai Rrpub~ lIcSn party, as adopted nt Chicago June An. 1884
 Furthermore: Recognizing the fact that the affairs ef eur cnunty have been very badly managed under the control Of , the Democratic party, We hereby as- seri The fac's sel forth in the follow ing preamble, and ask that every candid and honest voter ver,fy the same by au examination of OuI couniy's nnnnces as kept by the Democratic party.
 WHEREAS, The Democratic party bas had control of the affairs of MarIcspa county for he past four years. during which time the assess ed valuation of me taxsble property las Increased over 227 per cent in the county, yet he rate of taxation has decreased only 30 per cent, and tue total amount of taxes as now collected has more th2ne trebled ln
 tte past four years.
 Yet notwithstanding this enormous taxation the county las beet una
 bio to> redeem its pledges Of indebtedness fer current expenses since January, 1884. thus mak> Ing it necessary that nearly tie smeuet Of taxes to be collected ,he present yeAr 'wni he nee ssary io
 !iqni;.sae the incurred indebtedness
 oI the lasl fiscal year.
 Reso'Ued, That we demand such legislalioo as will secure the collection of taxes by the Coun- ty Treasurer for the rate he now rec ives for handling the money. thus saving 10 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 visors shall publish quarterly item ized statements of all tho receipts and expenditures of the county; and it is further
 ResofTed, That the chief interests of Ihis county are suffering and hnsincss is in a sta,e of stagnalion for wunt 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 honor ble meiBs, consistent wiilI the welfare of the county, to secure the earliest possible construc> ton of 6 railroad that shall relieve us of this depression in business and develop and promote our farm ing ard mining interests
 That he Republicans of Marico- ps county arc opposed to any legis> lsiion lba' will CT may tend to the consolidation of water rights where by any monopoly may be created to the detrimrnt or oppression of our farming or mining interests.
 T!lst we emphatically advocate the improvement of our highways, the bridging of our canals aud rivers an the advancement of any other pubic improvement d. emcd neceS> sarY.
 That we are in favor of legislative enac mont in reasonable aid of our Territorial Fair Association, be> 1 lleving that by il our industrial pur> suits may bs greatly promoted.
 That the interests of tue Territory ! requires, and sound financial poli- l cy demands. that the Territory make immediate provision for the Terri 1 tOrlal insane. in an institution with> i in the borders of Arizona, where 1 those unfortunntes can be humanely l and econom icall, cared for under | the jurisdiction of our own Territo- |