Tombstone epitaph., 1892-10-23
KEPIBLICAN TERRITORIAL PLATFORM.

The Republican party of the Territory of Arizona, Tn Territorial convention as ,embled m the City of Prescott, present 10 their fellow citizens the following state ,nent of the ienets oi their poiitical faith, and ask from the voters of Arizona a careful consideration of the same:
 We endorse the platform adopted by the Republican x ,tional Convention of 1892, al Minneapolis, as the highest ex- pres.ion of those principles of govern ment, that through the rule of the Re publican party have made the Uniled States the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth.
 We endorse the present National ad- mInIsiratIon anu urge its continuance in power, for the reason that In it's success IS the only assurance Of the maintenance of that pol .cy that has made the United otates the leading nation of the earth. We endorse the present Territorial ad | minlstrarIon as pure. economical and progressive, and Call the attention of the lI;lzens of Anzona 10 the benefits which will accrue 10 the Territory by the sue cess attending the rounding of our Ter utorial indebtedness under the wise pro- | visions of the Wolfiey Funding Act. We favor the free and unlimited coin | ige of silver as being demanded by the oe | interests of our nation-
 We point with pride to the genera close observance of all laws, both Fed eral and Territorial, and challenge . comparison with any state in the Union and we earnestly urge ihe admission oi Arizona into full statehood.
 We charge the leaders of the Demo cratic party of Arizona with dehasing the honest labor of the Territory by ar raylng against it the competition of convIcIed criminals "a cUm- petition that placed the cell of the .1!oE agains, the hone of wiie and children the whip of the taskmaker agalnst the dignity of men laboring tor love of home and hear. .hstone-by passing during the last legislature, m which body out of 2 total of thirty-six members the Demo cratic party had tweniy-seven, a law authorizing the leasing of the convict labor of the Territorial Prison, and ws ask from every laboring man compari- son between ihIs action Of the Democrat ic Legislature and the action of the Re. publican Governor Tn vetoing the meas. | ure.
 Recognizing that no factor in the future development of the west can be so poteit as better and cheaper railroad transportation, and realizing from the history of the past, the growing danger to the public welfare of the enormous power of railways and telegraph lines, we believe and urge as pubic necessity that the ownership of all railroad and telegraph lines be vested in the general government, and pledge ourselves as Re- publicans to labor to the accomplish ment of that end.
 Large bodies of land in this Territory are held by various corporations, under congressional land grants, on xLIch no taxes are paid owing to their not being surveyed and psien'ed. We pledge our representa i've 10 urge upon Congress immediate action to have their grants and other vnsUIveyed land surveyed, and thus increase the taxable property by many thousands of dollars. We urge upon Congress the ceding to the differ en, States and Territories of all arid land, TOW held by the Federal Govern rnent