Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-24
nMPgaIGCAN PLaTrOR ns

REPs ffi.sCAN PLATFORM
the Republican party of The Ter.
rlr"ry of Arizona announces its firm
Adiereuc3 TO the principles Of the Re
publican party Of the nation, which
have been so triumphaGtly vindieated
in preserving the Union and in pro.
UOiiBg the welfare and prosperity of
the people of the Uuilel States OF
| America.
As Republicans We express cur
admiration of the high personal char
scisr of President Harrison in his al
ministration N of the affairs of the nation,
and We congratulate Republicans gen
| orally upon the success of an admins
| tfstioD of tie sffIirs Of the people
which has so signslly promoted the
prosperity of the country at home and
abroad. and which has secured for il
tie profound respect of the nations of
| the world.
The Republican party, founded
| upon the largest liberty of the citizen,
Iaust insist thai The elective franchise
| entrusted b the electors in every State
| shall he regarded with the sanctiiy
| that the ConstI ution. with its amend-
ments, imposes. aud it unhesiiatingly
sfiiFms the d C;IlLe hat the votes of
the electors ia Congressional elections
| IN all the -ta'es shall under proper
| Congressiorsl al l. eIslaiiou BE- freely cast
and honestly canuted.
Congress III it, wisdom has arisen
TO the financial demands # the country
and has provided a system Of coinage
of silver 70 meet the bresant financial
emergencies Of Gbe people. and we must
| insist, as a party. that an enlarged
financial and Industrial prosperity
shall further be secured by the free
coinage Of silver.
8 The goserniDg power of the peo-
pie under Territorial restrictions is
| limited and unsatisfactory. The growth
of the Territory of Arizona its wealth
| and resources. a. well as The necessi
ties Of oar eitiz=ns. require the early
recognition OF oar Territory as a State,
and we assert It to be the duty of the
Republican party of Arizona to exert
all its activity zni energy in promoting
the early admission Of the Territory
into the sistFrhood of States.
6. The history Of the Mormon church
in the United States means an ecclesi.
~ tical control that has ever been ag-
gressiye. exacting and tyrannicsl and
hose boast has ever been that the
Mormon church and people do not and
will not assimilate with the people Of
oGr country; whose dominating tenet Is
polygamy; whose doctrine is 10 segre-
gate Its people from all others in their
affairs; who vote as one man under the
dic.ation of it's priesthood aud only
for those who can be used for its base
purposes; that as people they sre un-
American ond disloyel, and that for
less reasons than these the Chinese
have been refused citizenship and sre
excluded from our country; that the
Mormon element IN our midst is con.
stantly increasing; that the evil Of
their lives is a blot upon the good
name and fair fame of our Territory,
and that il we allow this vice to con
tinus we can hope to harvest from it
only evil; and. therefore,
We. the Republicans of Arizona, in
convention assembled, 90 hereby de
mand Of Congress that before it ad-
lonrus it shall pass the bVli now pend
ing before it, Known as an Act for the
"Purification Of Elections is Arizona
] T. We urge upon Congress the i'm
mediate necessity of remedial legisia-
ton toward relieving the settlers upon
the public domain in this Territory
from the detrimental effects Of the
operation of the provisions Of the Arid
Land bill Of October 2. 1888
s That the travel and traffic of our
pope in the Territory demand the
attention and favorable sction of Con-
gress IN facilitating legislative aid for
the construction Of north and sonth
railroad. So that onr growing agricnl
tural and mining interests shall have
those advantages of transportation
nmensuTate with our ever Increasing
ard active industries.
| 8. The bulwark of American liberties
Is oar free school sys'em, and The Re-
publican party. resiiug as il does upon
The broad Intelligence of the people,
demands iheir careful, and judieious
supervision. aud rsqniTss liberal leg;s
lation for the promOtisn a"a conduct
of our Territorial school system.
10. Taxation for Territorial. county
and municipal purpa 6 shonld not be
predicated upou principle + furnish
ing a living for public officials who
seek Office. but shru'd be restricted
absolutely 10 just compensation for
acruaI services rendered, aud We sin
cereiy depTecate aud sl'G!l resist the
growing tendency Of our Ten ri;oty TO
increase the burdens II tie taxpayers
beyond the aesaai Becessi'y q pro-
viding for a fair remuneration for
honest and efficient pab.ic servants.
and we believe il to be the da;T Of the
Republican party to address itself
sortkwiih to iifnisis.isg taxation b.
cnt.irc of ALI mead. .ass officss and 70.