Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-09-06
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
ADOPTED BY THE TERRITORIAL
 CONVENTION.
Some Ringing Declarations Which
 Will Win.


 herence to the principles of the Repub
 lican party of the Nation, which hav
 been so triumphantly vinaicated in pre-
 serving the Union, and in promotin.
 the welfare and prosperity of the peopl
 of the United States of America.
 ?. As Republicans we express ou
 admiration of the high personal charac
 ter of President Harrison in his admin | istration of the affairs of the nation, anC
 we congratulate Republicans general. upon the success of an administration
 of the affairs of the people which has sC signally promoted the prosperity of the country at home and abroad, and which
 has secured for it the profound respect of the nations of the world.
 3. The Republican party, founded
 upon the largest liberty of the citizen must insist that tue elective franchise entrusted to the electors in every State shall be regarded with the sanctity that the Constitution, with it's amend ments, imposes, and it unhesitatingly affirms the doctrine that the votes of the electors in Congressional elections in all the States shall under proper Congress sional legislation be freely cast and hon estly counted.
 4. Congress in its wisdom has arisen to the financial demands of the country and has provided system of coinage of silver to meet the present financial emergencies of the people, and we must insist as party. that an enlarged imam cial an industrial prosperity shall fur ther be secured by the free coinage of silver.
 ). The government power of the pesple under Territorial restrictions is limited and unsatisfactory. The growth of the Territory of Arizona, its wealth and resources, as we'll as the necessities of our citizens require the early recogni- tien of our Territory as a state, and we insist it 10 be the duty of the Republi- can party of Arizona to exert all it's activity and energy in promoting the early admission of the Territory into the slstsrhood of states.
 6.-The history of the Mormen church in the United States means an ecclesiast- ical control that has ever been aggressive exacting and tyrannical and whose boast has ever been that the Mormon church and people do not and will not assimi- late with the people of of our country; whose dominating tenet is polygamy; whose doctrine is to segregate it's people from all others in their affairs; who vote as one man under the dictation of its priesthood and only for those who can be used for its base purposes: that as people they are un American and dis loyal, 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 constantly increasing; that the evil of their lives is blot upon the good nameand fair fame of our terri tory, and that if We allow thls vice to continue we can hope to harvest from it only evil; and, therefore;
 We the Republicans of Arizona in Convention assembled, do hereby de- mand of Congress that before it ad- journs it shall pass the bill now pending before it, known as an Act for the "Pu- rifcations of Elections in Arizona"
 '. We urge upon Congress immediate necessity of remedial legislation toward relieving the settlers upon the public domain in this Territory from the detri- mental effects of the operation of the provisions of the Arid Land bill of Oct. 2, 1888.
 8. 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 and South Railroad, so that our growing agrlcul- tural and mining interests shall have those advantages of transportation com mensurate with our ever-increasing and active industries.
 9. The bulwark of American liberties is our free school system, and the Re- publican party, resting as it does upon the broad intelligence of the people, de- mands their careful and ju6icious super vision, and requires liberal Legislation for the promotion and conduct of our Territorial school system.
 10. Taxation for Territorial, county and municipal purposes should not be predicated upon a principle of furnish ing living for public officials who seek office, but should be restricted absolute ly to a just compensation for actual services rendered, and We sincerely de- preciate and shall resist the growing tendency of our Territory to increase the burdens of the taxpayers beyond the actual necessity of providing for a fair remuneration for earnest and eff cient public servants, and, We believe it to be the duty of the Republican party to address itself forthwith to diminish ing taxation by cutting off all needless offices and reducing public expenditures to the lowest point consistent with an honest and efficient administration of the laws.
 Il. The principles of Republicanism require the party to foster and encourage every industry which tends to give vi- tality and prosperity to the whole Ter ritory, by wise, judici us legislation, whereby the interests of labor and capi- tai shall be equally protected.
 F. The dedication which have arisen in this Territory in the accounts of the Democratic officials appointed to office under Democratic rule should inspire the people of the Territory with the