Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-23
rERRrroRIAL REPrnIIcAN rIcErr.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

| l. The Republican party of the Ter
/ ritoTy Of Arizona announces its firm
adLerencs to the principles of the Re
/ publican party Of the nation, which
have been so triumphantly vindicated
in preserving the Union and in pro-
noting the welfare and prosperity OF
the people Of the United States Of
/ i merica.
2. As Republicans we express our
admiration Of the high personal char.
scter of President Harrison in his ad
ministration Of the affairs of the nation,
and we congratulate Republicans gen.
1 orally upon the success Of an adminis.
trstion of the affairs Of the people
which has so signally promoted the
| prosperity Of the country at home and
abroad, and which has secured for il
the profound respect of the nations of
| the world.
| 8. The Republican party, founded
| upon the largest liberty of the citizen,
| Z ust insist that the elective franchise
| entrusted 10 the electors in every State
4 shall be regarded with the sauctity
that the Cons;i ution, with its amend
meuts, imposes, aud il unhesitatingly
affrms the dociriBe that the votes Of
the electors in Congressional elections
| in all the States shall un5er proper
| Congressional J, gislatiOu be freely cast
/ aud honestly counted.
| 4. 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 financial
emergencies Of she 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.
5 The governing power of the peo-
pie under Territorial restrictions is
limited and unsatisfactory. The growth
of the Territory Of Arizona, its wealth
and resources. as well as the Decessi.
ties of our citizens. require the early
recognition Of Our Territory as State,
and we assert 1t 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 sisteThoOd of States.
g. The history Of the Mormon church
10 the United States means au ecclesi-
astical control that has ever been ag-
gressiye. exacting aud tyrannical and
| hose boast has ever been that the
| Mormon church and people do not aud
will not assimilate with the people of
our country; whose dominating tenet Is
! polygamy; whose doctrine is to segre-
gate its people from all others in their
affairs; who vote as one man under the
dic.ation Of its priesthood and only
for those who can be used for its base
purposes; that as people they are IN
| American ond disloyal, and that for
less reasons than these the Chinese
have been refused citizenship and are
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 if We allow this vice to con-
tinue we can hope to harvest from it
only evil; and, therefore,
We. the Republicans of Arizona, in
convention assembled. do hereby Dc
mand Of Congress that before it ad.
lourus it shall pass the bill now pend
ing before it. known as an Act for the
"Purification Of Elections 10 Arizona :"
Z. We urge upon Congress the i'm
mediate necessity of remedial legisla-
tioD 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
people in the Territory demand the
attention and favorable action of Con
gress in facilitating legislative aid for
the construction Of north aud south
railroad, so that our growing agricul-
/ tural and mining interests shall have
! those advantages of transportation
commensurate with our ever increasing
ard active industries.
| .. The bulwGrk of American liberties
is our free school system, AID the Re
publican party, resting hs IT does upon
| the broad intelligence Of the people,
demands tbeir careful and iudicious
supervision. and reqHires liberal legis
of our Territorial school system.
| 10. Taxation for Territorial. county
and municipal pnrpo es should not be
predicated upon a principle Il furnish
ing living for pnblie officials who
seek Office. but shouId be restricted
absolutely to just compensation for
actual services rendered. and We sin
eerely deprecaie and shall resist the
growing tendency of oRr Territory to
increase the burdens II the tax payers
beyond the actual necessity Of pro-
viding for fair remuneration for
honest and efficient pnblie servants.
and We believe il to be the duty Of the
Republican party to address itself
| forthwith to diminishing taxation BY