Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-10-02
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

]. The Republican party of the Ter.
ritory of Arizona announces Its firm
zdherencs to the principles Of the Re
publican party OF the nation, which
have been 30 iriumpbantiy vindteated
IN preserving the Union and IN pro-
mOtiDg the welfare and prosperity Of
the people Of the United States Of
America.
2 AZ Republicans we express our
admiration of the high personal char
scTer of President narri on IN his ad
niEistratiun Of the affairs of the nation
AID We congratulate Republicans gen
orally upon the success of an admid dis-
tratIun of the sffairs Cf the people
which has so sigDaliy promoted the
prosperity of the country at homa and
abroad. and which has secured for il
the profound respect OF the nsiinns of
the world.
The Republican party. founded
upon the largest liberty Of the citizen,
must insist that the elective franchise
entrusted to the electors In every State
shall be regarded with the sanetiiy
that the Constitution. with il. amend
ments, imposes, and IL unhesitAtiBgly
affirns the doctrine that the votes of
the electors in Congressional al elections
in all the States shall under proper
Congressional legislation be freely cast
and honestly counted.
l. Congress in its wisdom has arisen
to the financial demands Of the country
and has provided a system Of coinage
Of silver to meet the present fnsncial
emergencies of the people. and we m ust
insist, as q party. that an enlarged
financial and industrial prosperity
shall further be secured by the free
coinage of silver.
5 The governing power of tbe poo
ple under Territorial rest ictiors is
limited aud unsatisfactory. The growth
Of the Territory of Ariz"us its geslfh
and resources. as well a. The necessi
ties If our citizens. require the early
recognition Of CDR Territory as State.
and we assert IT to be the duty of the
Republican party OF Arizona to exert
all It's activity and energy in promoting
the serly admission of the Territory
into the sisterhood of States.
6. The history Of the Mormon church
iu the United States means an ecclesi.
asticsl control that has ever beeu ag-
gressive, exacting and tyrHnbical and
! whose boas: has ever baen that the
Mormon church and people do not and
will not sssIniiate with the peop'e OF
our country whose dominating tenet Is
| polygamy; whose doctrine j. TO segre-
gate Its people from all Others 10 their
Affairs; who vote as "ue man under the
dIc.stion of its priesthood aud only
| for those who can he u-ed fpr itr base
! purposes; that as a people they are un-
American ond disloyai. and that for
less reasons than these the Chinese
have been refused citiEADship and are
excluded from our eonsfry; that the
Mormon element in our mid Is con
stantly increasing; that the evil Of
their lives is q blot upnn the good
name and fair fame of our Territory.
and that il we allow this vice ." con-
tinue We can hope 20 harvest from il
| only evil; aud, therefore,
We. the Republicans Of Arizoua. IN
convention assembled. d" hereby da
mand Of Congress that hefore IL nd-
Journs IL shall pass the bili now l,eDd
ing before it. known as an Act for the
"Pnrifcstion Of Elections 10 ARIZONA T"
Z. We urge upon Congress the i'm.
mediate necessity OF remedial legisla-
! tian t,vsrd relieving the settlers upon