Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-25
REPUaIICAN PLATFORM.

/ ritoTy of Arizona announces its firm
| aiherencn 10 the principles Of the Re
publican party Of the nation. which
| have been go triuDphantly vindicated
an preserving the Union and IN pro-
/ noting the welfare and prosperity OF
the people of the United States of
( America.
2 As Republicans we express our
elimination Of the high personal char
| acter of President Harri-on in his ad
J ministration of the affairs of the nation,
and we congratulate Republicans gen
orally upon the success of an admidis-
;Taticn Of the ffairs cf the people
which has so signally promoted the
| prosperity of the country at home aud
| abroad, and which bas secured for il
! tie profound respect Of the nations Of
the world.
3. The Republican party. founded
upon the largest liberty of the citizen,
| must insist that the elective franchise
entrusted % the electors in every State
| shall be regarded With the sanctity
that the CoGsii uiion. with its amend
ments, imposes, aud il uphesitatingly
affirms tie 4 ciTiue 'bst the votes of
the electors iD Congress. ion Il elections
iu all the States shsll under proper
Congressional !, gislatinn be freely cast
and honestly counted.
4 Congress in its vision has arisen
to the financial demands Of the country
and has provided a system of coinage
of silver to meet the present financial
emergencies Of the people. aud we must
insist, as q party. that an enlarged
financial and Industrial prosperity
shall further be secured by the free
coinage Of silver.
i The goserniug power of the peo-
pie under Territorial rest lotions is
limited aud Unsatisfactory. lhegrowth
of the Territory Of Arizona. its wealth
and resources. as well as The pecessi-
ties of onr citizens. require the early
recognition of oar Territory as a State,
aud we asser; it to be the duty of the
Republican party of Arizona to exert
all its activity and energy IN promoting
the early admission of the Territory
into the sIsirrhood of States.
g. The history of the Mormon church
, 10 the United States means an ecclesi-
~. tical control that has ever been ag-
gressiye, exacting and 'tyrannical and
whose boast has ever been that the
! Mormon church aud people do not and
will not assimilate With the people oi
our country; whose dominating tenet Is
: polygEmy; 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 are IN.
American oDd disloyal, and that for
I l., Al
: have been refused citizenship and are
: excluded from our country; that the
Mormon element in our midst is con
stauily increasing; that the evil oi
! their lives is a blot upon the good
{ name and fair fame Of our Territory
and that If we allow this vice to con
iinue we can hope TO harvest from il
only evil and. therefore,
We. the Republicans of Arizona, il
' convention assembled, do hereby de
mand Of Congress that before 1t ad
IouTns it shall pass the bill now pend
a ing before it. known as an Act for the
j. "Purification Of Elections 10 Arizona.
< Z. We urge upon Congress the i'm
. mediate necessity of remedial legisia-
< tiou toward relieving the settlers upon
= the public domain IN this Territory
I from the detrimental effects OF the
: operation of the provisions of the Arid
/, ! Land bill Of October 2. 1888
|. 8 That the travel aud traffic Of oui
| p -opie 10 the Territory demand the
attention and fave rabie action of Con-
gress IN facilitating legislative aid foI
the con,trueiiou of a north and sonth
railroad. 50 that our growing agrieul
tural and mining interests shall have
| those advantages Of transportation
= commensurate with our ever increasing
Y and active industries
p g. The bulwark of American liberties
e Is our free school system. aud the Re.
: publican party. resting as II does upon
{ the broad Intelligence Of the people
E demands their careful and judicious
D supervision. and requires libersl legis
! laiion for the promotian aud conduct
/ of our Territorial school system.
10. Taxation for Territorial county
and municipal pGrpo es shonid not be
: predicated npon principle # furnish
! ing a living for public officials who
: seek Office. but should he restricted
: absolutely to a just compensation fol
( acrual services rendered. ard We sin
e cerely deprecaie and shall resist the
e growing tendency Of orr Territory &c
increase the burdens of tlse taxpayer
beyond the aetual necessity Of pro-
7 vidiBg for a fair remuneration foi
honest and efficient pnbiic servants
, and we believe il to be the duty Of ths
: Repnblican party to address i,sel
] fcrthvilh to 5imipishiug taxation bi
cutting of all needless Offices and re