Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-10-22
Republican Platform.

The Republican p, rty Of the Territory of Ari- ZOna, iu Territorial convention assembled in ths city of Prescott, prese to their fellow cit- zens the following stateme nt of t e tene O t cir political faith, and ask from the Tvterr of Arizona a eiul cOrsideratIOn of the same: We endorse the. pla,f, I'm adopted b7 the Be publican National convention of 1892, at Min nea OIis, as the highest expr ssiCn of tbOse principles of government, that trough the rule of the Repub lc Iarty have Ina g UnIted States the greatest and most prosperous Ma ion on earth,
 We enGO ss the pres; mt NatiOlsl admins tration end urge its continuance Tn power, for the reason that Tn its success IS the ly as surance of the main en6nca of that policy that has made the United states the leading Nation of the earth.
 We endorse the present territorial adIaiuis- tration as plre, econ micsl and progressive ana call the att"utcn of the citizens of Arizona to the benefits s h h will aJ rue to the terri tory by the success attending the refunding of our territOri l iudebfe ness under the wIse pre- visions of the W, ifoy tunding act
 We favor the fr-e and unlim ted coinage of silver as being demanded by the be interests of cur NrtiOn.
 We point with p idle the gener. clos, ob- seTvsnce. of ail laws, both federal ard terrJ- torlal, and cha lengs a cOmpari on with any state Tn the union. ard We earnestly urge the admission of Arizona intO full statehood.
 We charge tho e4ders Of tee D.alos tic party of Arizona with uehssing the hOcest ls- bOr of the. ervItOry by array ing aga'n-t it the competition of convicted criminals a cOmpe- tition tlat plsced ths cell of the felon against the home or vile and thlidren, the wnIp of the raskmaster against th dignity of men labO ing for love of home d hearthstOne-by passing durir 2 the l st lsgislatare-in which body out of total of thir y-six members the Democratic party had twsnty seven laS authorizing the leasing of the convict labor of the Territorial prison, and We ask from every labOrIng nan a compaFislOn between this action of the Demo oratc legislature and the action of the ! epub- ican governor Tn Vetoing the measure,
 Recognizing that no factor in the future de ve,Opment of the west can be so potent as bet ter and cheaper railroad transportation, and realizing from the history of the past the grow ing danger to the pub ic welfare of the erOu- nous power of railroad and telegraph lines, we believe and urge 9s public necessity th-t the ownership of all railroad and telegraph lines, be vested in the general government and pledge our; elves as Republicans to labor to the accomplishment of that end.
 Large bodies of laud in this territlr ry are held by various corpora ions, under congressional land grants no which no taxes are paid owing to their not being rveyed and patented. We. pledye our representa- i've to urge upon 0 ngress immediate action to have their grants and theIr uDsur7eyed land surveyed, and thus in crease tho taxable property by many thousands of dollars. We urge upon congress the cedipg to differthent states and territories of all arid lands now held by the federal government,