The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Endorsed By All Who Realize the Tn.
 terests of the Country.

Endorsed By All Who Realize the In-
 terests of the Country.
 We, the Republicans of the terrri- tory of Arizona, in convention assem- bled, hereby renew our allegiance to the ,imc-houored principles of the Republican party as propounded by its founders. and hereby pledge our united support to the maintenance of those principles. ,a's
 And we hereby declare that the uu- restricted control of the government by the Democratic party has been . record of unparalled incapacity and disaster, They have ruthlessly sacri- feed indispensable revenue. They have entailed an unnecessary deficit, and have borrowed money for ordinary expenses, piling up the public debt iu times of peace. They have forced an adversed balance of trade and re versed all the measures and results of successful Republican Legislation. Therefore, be it -
 Resolved, That every consideration of public safety demands that the gov ernment shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown them. selves incapable to conduct it, and and that it shall be restored to the party which for thirty years adminis- tered it with unparalleled success.
 That we believe the first and most important question before the people is the tariff. We believe that the policy of protecting American indus tries is the foundation and bulwark of American development and prosperity. And we demand such an equitable tarff upon foreign imports which come into competition with American products as will not only furnish ade- quate revenue for the necessary ex- penses of the government, but will protect American labor and American wagec. We favor the restoration of a tariff on wool, as we'll as upon the in,- portions of foreign cattle, equal to that existing under the Mckinley law.
 Resolved, That protection and reciprocity are twin measures of Re- publican policy. And we allege that Democratic rule has struck down both. and we demand that 10th must be restored. We demand protection for what we produce and reciprocity agreements of mutual interest, which gain open markets for us in return for open markets for others. Protection builds up domestic industries and trade, and secures for own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up our trade with foreign nations and finds an outle. for our surplus.
 Resolved, That we endorse the national Republican platform as enun- ciated at St. Louis without any reser- vatiou whatever. While we are be- lievers in bi-metalism, we believe that that the Republican party is the only true friend of silver, and will legislate in such manner as will be favorable to the coinage of silver without dis turbing the business interests of the country. We regard the silver plank in the national Democratic platform as simply subterfuge, invented to con- fuse the people and divert their atten. tion from the true issues before them in this campaign, which is legislation upon the tariff question. ., . ..
 Resolved. That it is the sense of this convention that Arizona ought to be admitted to statehood, as it would be of great benefit to our common wealth; and we demand our admission to he sisterhood of states, in this union, without further equivocation or delay. ........
 Resolved, That we indorse the course of our delegate te congress, Hon. N. 0. Murphy, and we believe that the people of Arizoua have been we'll and ably represented by him. His labors have always been in the interests of his constituents.