The Daily Tombstone., 1886-11-09
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES
Adopted by the Republican Ter ritorial Convention Held in Tucson september
 2Cth, 1886.

government which have elevated our n' ton to it's present rxnlted pusiiIon.
 We renew our featy to that party which preserved Us as q nation, established equal ity before the law, built up all the great industries which have added wealth to cur excEequcr and honor to the American name, and maintained the national suprem- acy on land and sea.
 Nc point with pride to the record of tEe Re Ill:an party, party which se!zsd tbe government when the nalicn was in lne tLroes of political dissolution, which restored the national authority and reruill with herculcan energy the national crcdi.. We noiut with pride to the lact that the Re publican party upon it's accession to power received the government Oi the nation m distracted condition, toI py dissensions and , nrey to conspiryces and factions, that al 1 lhr end of D Y, ars IL turned over the soT crnment tu iis Democratic successors with the "old flag still there," not a star dilnned nor a stripe erased, with the Union restored ard financial cIcdis unimpairsd. an over lowIny treasury and tue public credit } higher than shat Of any nation on earth, 
 lre nationa! eacutcheon untarnished and he American nalnc the synon!m oi patriotic . virtue.
 We condemn the administration Of Grover Cleveland as being lnlse To it's piGdges, and hvpucfItical in its dealings. It has Iaied 10 keep its sacred pledge of ciVIl service re- form, and upon which the President =ecusc cd lis election; it has been false 10 It's .riunds, | it, enemies, and false To Itself; 1t has d,s . sraced tre Gaiiusal nsme by Inc ch~rsclel II uI it's appoin,ics in tho ei islema,ic Serr ce, and has disturbed the lrientlJ iel>ti0rs . heretofore existing betWeeh Inc Chite7 - States and several lorsiga gorerhmsEts. | notably with Mexico, cur sitter republic. !. It has appo.alsd fncn ts oniee for political suU,rrYieAcy ahd rc,n51sd worthy ofhcl'l'
 whose r-, ords huNe s&ed lustiu uron Ike
 sorcrnmeat thsy SO faithfully sUlY'd Il
 has .p.ul:cd tkr pail ioti, ieciiHS q; tAr pso
 elr by it's acIion on the kcn, ,Ion laws Snd
 by it's systematic efforts 10 b-htte the . pair utic services uf uur fCid CTS aEd SCR P .ncn; II hss shown au utter disrn gard ler the
 aants vi he people and by its ynriila;ins
 and cew=:d d:y tolic1 has faird |" preIiGe
 those lXwt whicE lhs uaner;al voice oi Inc ptoI le dtmnhdS.
 laAl while trs Deiaocratic PlAtfsrm of 0 1854, lauegd Ihe Ioldiere hhd saIiers oi inc lals WAT, usd whiie said Democratic FattJ . prof. ssrd !s appreciate these fatrlstit ser m ,ic.s las DsIaocr&lic PrcsiGvnL elected uF- Q on sAIu piAi. orrA. tue tU Democratic dupIc- 70 Ity, has p-I,itehuy laO-rct ;o huIllfy in Y" 2rtire Inc pail Isli, theories advanced in
 .aI0 P.Ati*rm.
 ., Nc 4Ieu tr. srr. our earnest protest ISainht to ..e rcz,o, al Of Enion sold'rs and rernI~ 1o oIc :,rrhhlIc"rs from office simply 10 nakt m room, i.r pAltisan civilians and ex xron cdcr
 attI.
 H" We lierc in d judcieus tariff law tha will ar.ke pletccI ths lnh- Ter and the man Y ui:.rl, Ter; prolccti-n |" the American volcI 's ,rult Ion to lkc American Iax-ra!cr; pro is tccIion To American con,mulcG aud shiI
 bu,ld ng, and last, but not least, protection
 to AlarIIcan [ zsI:> al hume or abro>d, oI
 Ihv algh seas ui in any IoIcisr laHd.
 Rcsoled, That LII citizens pf the Cmitet
 statvs-a.e political cuIels aLd equally rn
 titled to lhc protecIioh of its laws; tka' Vt l., gre unalterahy opposed f. the immigration N CT all persons net n rymratiy with our ill
 stitutiuns and ihimcal is eur pelitra ,! stem.
 il. Resolved, That the dignity of lstor bh"u!' -. be maintatu,d ard ILat the immigratiun q -- CoolicS tp cuieptte with tac intellisen
 white latorcrs ol our land is dcgI adins t
 their manhood and klot upon the ciyilizA
 ton of the age. We therefore dcmand t1 - repeal O. the Burlng. mo Treaty. D. Resolved, That the action of tine presen
 administration upon lkc silver question | al destructive of one ol the grc;.tcst industrie
 uf the land; and thu attitude Pf the Preei
 dent in hrs grov.lling sub' erviemcy t9 th ell dicta,es Of Wal street, ;s dis;racclu c"rl
 mentaiy upon Democratic indel leLdcnc
 and exccu.iv Ci-nily.
 'S Resolved, That VIC condemn in unmea'
 ured terms the actton of the Democrat
 congress in refusing to ad.sil Dakota as
 state; that such action is p plata violation
 of the spirit and letter Of the constitution E. aR outrage upon constiiu iunai freedom aI n" .ubvslsivc uI the rishls uf the rr rple. nS' Resolved, TEql w. are ip favor of care lin full .nd iudicicpe inyestigUtln of the rubli "' iaNd sIslcln, 10 tiic chd lhil M,tNdI setter ri may bc protected in their rights, spuyiou
 land grants expnssd and honcst kUl..ers 0
 titles may be defended in their efforts l.
 improve The public d"maiG.
 = Resolved, That we arc ID fFyer 9f pen .iuns to all s.idisrs Nho have fought if tn arIpirs Of our country, whether in the Mex
 icap war or for the Union.
 Resolved, That We are in f:,yor of iVereas
 ms the as-oriaie justices of the icrriiorJ. tn Resolved, That the sweeping removal c
 the judges Of trrrtrry by rrcS.G dent C.cvc
 land was all :busc of power, violation c r. law, and ]" disg" Seiui 'Ae: cise Q Paliljc' power.
 Resolved, That General Hliys. eltill,' to our war!atst gratitude ana respect fo E- his sterling efforts to buhdpct the Apachrs
 and the magl,iii, cDt sUcccrs of his aIduup
 campaign is Uu; the result of that ca;r
 judgment aud rilrlary skill whclr arr . characters ic of the true soldier; irat Capt
 Llwton, L.cut. GatcHutd ahd their galian re- command, through wEusr GntiIing effort