Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-09-25
Desnocr.tIc County 4.1atgScln

tY h convention assembled rene 2
 our pledge and allegiance to the car
 ,.inAl doctrines and traditions O
 Democracy as exemplified and illus trated by the teachings and acts ol
 l,ng he vf Dem. raiie statesm. |
 and patriots and enur ciated in tho platform framed by the natonal
 Democratic convention in Jul S84 We arraign the Republican party
 for it's lntideliiy to the trusts con
 fided to it. For it's parlisanship,
 corruption and X ravaganee In the
 admin stratiun of ih. affairs of the
 government
 It has overi i,len ihe corsti' utio,
 and li.ws. It has fisle7ed apiial in
 difect oppos ton to ai'l at Inc eA~
 pense Of ihe rights of I,,bor It has ~howcred beacfiis upon monopolles
 and corporations. IL has made the
 rich iiehor auI the poor poorer.
 Wnh lavish hand it has bestowed
 the heritage of the people, fublic lande, upon arrogant railroad cotpo- rations. and when these corporations f&iied to iulfiil their promises and contracts il has Iefu ed 10 return these lands to the pub ic domain It has been the guardian angel of dishonest officials. It has warded uff the upraised arm f the law an allowed them to go free, U harmed and unscathed. It has levied forced
 contributions upon office-hc 'ders for
 the purpose of maintaining party supremacy. It has used money to
 purchase votes and corru pt elections
 IL has bowed in sYc, phaucy to the
 monarchies of Europe and has fail ed to proteci the honor of American citizenship abroad. IL has wasted the public funds ill corrupt appro- priati )ns, II has expended untold millions upon our navy, yet it is a wreck, q sham and a by word of ridiculc. IL is the prni onnccti friend of Cbiuese inn grafton and its attendant evils. It has denied | the Territories the right to be gov erned by their own citizens, but has placed in offices of honor and profit in those Territories decayed politi> ! Cal henchmen and party backs who 1 have no interests in couimon with | the people whom they govern. And l at last, drunk with purchased power | and rotten with corruption, it ha-
 placed in nomiLa. ion for Presitleni of the UniteA Sta;es man whose
 wenty years of public life has bcer passed in self aggrand gem ent, partisan and sectional strife, in sub 1 serviency to powerful corporations and whose only claim t4 the suffr ges of the people is that he has been unfaIthful to them.
 We congratulate the people O. 1 Maricopa county upon our steady 1 growth, improvements and prosper | fly under local Democratic admin istration, the reduction of the county lebt, the incaease of schools and IL, inst, fearless and impartial admIn> istration of the laws.
 Firs'-We therefore resolve thai our best interest lies in 8 goo locsl county government ard that the county offices should be economically with view to the interests of every section alike.
 Secor d-Thtt corporations should be forced to pay a just tax upon their corporate property.
 ThirG- That in the nominatIone for county offices the claims of all sections of the county should be con sidered and'that an equal disiribu ton as near as possible should be made of those offices.
 Prepe ty both real and personal in Naricopa Co.,, is rapidly increasing in yslue and we believe that al classes and kinds of said property should be assessed at fair equal and just valuation, thereby reducing the rate of taxation and we demand that county officials make he county assessments in such manner and use their best endeavors to have tht rate of taxation decreased. We de- mand of the congress of the United States early consideration of the question of returning so~called rail- road lands of Arizona to the public domain so that they can be occupied under the preemptian and homestead laws of the United States, and we that in the Salt river valley .hese railroad lands have obtained value by being brought under sys tenn of irrigation at the cost of the actual settlers, who ] have expended in these svsten.s oi labor and money four-fo!d more than the government value of [ he lands. We desire that the ac. ual settlers by preemption and home ,tead location shall reap the btnefi of these expenditures winch has been imposed upon us by the with lolding of the alternate sections from entry We trust hat tho next will relieve us in the pres nises and enable us by the entry or hese lands 10 form compact settle nent to enable us ta reap great ad yantages in this territory in the of our produces, in the of roads, canals etc, lad every matter of public economy. We request our delegates in ihe