The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1890-09-20
The Republican Platform.


dicate9 representing the Union, and in
promoting the welfare and prosperity
of the people of the United States of
America.
2. As Republicans we express our
admiration. of. the high personal
character. ef' President Harrison in
his administration Of the affairs of the
nation, and we congratulate Repub-
hcans generally upon the success of
an administration of the affairs of the
people which has so signally promoted
the prosperity of the country at home
and abyead, and which has secured for
it the profound respect of the nations
of the world.
8. 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 sane
tity that the Constitution, with its
amendments, imposes, and it unhesIta-
tingly affirms the doctrine that the
votes of the electors in Congressional
elections in all the States shall under
proper Congressional legislation be
freely cast and honestly counted.
4. Congress in its wisdom has
arisen, to the financial demands of the
county and has provided system of
coinsge of silver to meet the present
financial emergencies of the people,
and we most insist, as a party, that
an. enlarged financial an industrial
prosperity shall further be secured by
the free coinage of silver.
f. The governing power of the
people under Territorial restrictions is
limited and unsatisfactory. The
growth of the Territory of Arizona, its
wealth. and resources, as well as the
necessities Of our citizens require the
early recognition of our Territory as
q State, and we assert 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 sisterhood of States.
6. The history of the Mormon
church in the United States means an
ecclesiastical control that has ever
been aggressive, sxacting and tyranni-
cal and whose boast has ever been that
the Mormon church and people do not
and will not asSinilate with the people
of our country; who dominating tenet
Is pelogamy; whose doctrine is to ag-
gregate its people from all others III
their affairs; who vote as one man un-
der the dictation of It's priesthood and
only for those who can be used for its
base purposes. that as a people they
are un-American and 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 constantly increasing; that the evil
of their lives is blot upon the good
name aud 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 de-
mand of Congress that before it ad-
jonrns it shall pass the bill now pend
ing before it, known as an Act for the
Qualifications of Elections in Arizona.
Z We urge upon Congress the i'm
mediate ne ,essity of remedial legisla-
tionf toward relieving the settlers upon
the public domain in the Territory
from the detrimental effects of the
operation of the provisionsof the Arid
Land bill of October 2, 1883.
8. That the travel and traffic o!
our people in the Territory demand
the attention and favorable action of
Congress in facilitating Legislative aid
for the construction of North and
South railroad, so that our growing
agricultural and mining interests shall
have those advantages of transporta-
ton commensurate with our ever
increasing and active industries.
9. The bulwark of America liberties
is our free school system, and Repub-
lican party, resting as it does upon
the broad intelligence of the people,
demands the careful and iudicious
supervision, ard inquiries leberal legis-
Iation for the promotion and conduct
of our Territorial school system.
10. Taxation for Territorial, county
and municipal purposes should not be
predicated upon principle of furnish
ing living for pubic officials who
seek office, but should be restricted
absolutely to just compensation for
actual services rendered, and We sin
cerely deprecate aud shall resist the
growing tendency of our Territory to
increase the burdens of the taxpayers
beyond the actual necessity of pro-
vidIng for a fair remuneration for
honest and efficient public servants,
and, we believe it to be the duty of
the Republican party to address itself
forthwith to diminishing taxation by
cutting off all needless Offices and re-
ducing public expenditure to the
lowest point consisted with an honest
and efficient administration of the
laws.
IL. The principles of Republicanism
require the party to foster and encour
age every industry which tends to give
vitality and nrosneritv tn the whnle