Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-09-03

the Constitution, with its amendments, imposes, and It uuhestatiugy atiirms the doctrine that the votes os the electors in congTessionsi elections m all the states shaii, under proper congressional legisla-
 tonbe freely cast and honestly counted.
 i, Congress 10 its wisdom has arisen 10 the Financial demands ol the country and has provided system of coinage of silver 10 meet the pSesen; financial emergencies oi the people. and we must insist, as party, that an enlarged finan- olal and industrial prosperity shall further be secured by the Tree coinage of silver
 The governing rower oi the peo- pie under territorial restrictions is Inn ited and unsatisfactory. The growth of the territory oi Arizona, it's wealth and resources, as well as the necessities ot our citizens require the early recognition of our territory as state, and we assert II to be the duty of the republican party of Arizona to exert all Rs activity and energy m promoting tbe early admission Of the territory into the sislerhood of states.
 0 The history of the Mormon church Tn the United States means an ecclesiastical control that has ever been aggressive, exacting and tyrannicai, and whose boast Ii has ever been that the Mormon church and people Go not and will not assimilate with the people of our country; whose dominating tenet IS polygamy; whose doctrine IS to segre- gate Us people from all others in their affatFS, who vote as one man under tho dictation Of lls priesthood, and only for those who can be used for Us base pur- poses; that as a people they are un- American and disioysi, and that for less reasons than these the ChInete have been refused citizenship and are excluded from cur country; that the Mormon ele- msDt n our midst IS constantly increas- ing; that the evll Of their lives IS blot upon the good name and tair fame Of our territory, and that fl we allow this vice to continue we can hope to harvest from 1t only evil and, therefore, we, the
 
 ssembled, do hereby demand of con gress that before II adjonrus It shall pass the bill now pending before it, known as an act for the "Purihcatien ot Elec- tions m Arizona
 '. We urge upon congress the im- mediate necessity of remedial legislation toward relieving tse settlers upon the public dcmain in this territory from the detrimental effects of the operation of the prev Sions oi the arid land bill oi October 2, 1888.
 s That the travel ana traffic of our people iu the territory demand the at tention and favorable ac,ion of congress in facilitating legislative aid for the con | struction of north and south railroad, so that our growing agricultural and mining interests shall have those adyan- tsges of transportation commensurate with our ever increasing and active in- dustrieS.
 9. The buiwaTk of our American liberties Is our free school system, and the republican party, resting as II does upon the broad intelligence of the peo- pie, demands their careful and malicious supervision, and requires hbersl legisla- | tion for the promotion and conduct of l our territorial school system.
 10. Taxation for territorial, county and municipal purposes should not be predicsed upon a principle oi furnish | ing living for public officials who seek I ofice, but should be restEicted abse- lutely to a just compensation Tor actual | services rendered, and we sincerely | deprecste and shall resist the growing I tendency of our territory to incre. SC the | burdens of the taxpayers beyond the | actual necessity of providing for a fair fer honest and efficienl l public servants, and we believe II to be | the duty Of the republican party 10 ad- dress Itself forthwith to diminishing tax ation by cutting of ali needless offices and reducing public expenditures to the | lowest point consistent with an honest | and efficient administration oi the laws.
 II. The principles of republlcanism require the party 10 lester and encourage | every industry which tends 10 give vital- i;y and prosperity 10 the ~hoIe territory, by wise, judicious legislation, whereby the interests Of labor and capital shall be equally protected,
 Iz The deialcations which have | arisen n the territory m the accounts of democratic officials appointed to off, c under democratic rule should inspire he people o' the territory with the gray est caution in again lnlruSti0g the power of government 10 officials elected or appointed by the democratic party or Is rulers, and We duect tbe attention oi he taxpayers and tie people al large to be dehcu of SS, 700 ID the scCount Of De demCCTstic cumnIiSSl nerS of the ter | orlal prison; io lhe large and unad- usted balance due the teuItory from he late Secretary BsyaEd, in the admins ration oi his office, and to the appalling deficiency m tue accounts of Fred W smith, late receiver ot tke United States land ottlce. at Tucson, and to the erious injuries and endorsements re- u,ting therefrom to the settlers on our public lands.
 B. We as party place ouI eandi- iates before the electors Of the territory f Arizona with the fullest behei in heir integrity. and h their capacity tp 'eTform the duties of the offices for which they have been respectively nom la.ed, and we invoke a far and lmpar- ia! judgment from The people upon he principles enunCiated by the arty, and noI only pledge the s,ty but the candidates as we'll 10 ersisteni effort m successfully establish 'g the principles herein set foith.
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