Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-09-21
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
The Aggregated AggIomeration of Words Made 10 do Duty for
 the Occasion.

The following is the text of the platform adopted by the democrats i. yesterday:
 Be it resolved, by the democratic party of Havapai county, in conven- ton assembled, that the following principles are adopted as the plat form of the democratic party of Yavapai county:
 We reatfirIn our allegiance to the national democratic platform adopt ed at Chicago in 1896, and so ably championed by the Hon. William J. Bryan, the democratic standard bearer for President.
 We most emphatically condemn the attitude of the republican party on the money question, and favor the immediate restoration Of silver IS standard money and its coinage at all hints Of the United States on an equality with gold at the legal ratio of Is to 1, without wa.l..g for the consent of any otr rer aT3-1. The exclusion of Ar .s r. .n the sisterhoOd Of states, w t.eaoC ee as the result of reput ..s" Isrule and an injustice to the .ts of the people of the territory, E,.~ad largely upon the opposition oI r. 1epubll- can party to the free coInage of silver. --..---.-
 We pledge ourselves in support of an honest, economical aduinistra- ton of territorial and county af- fairs, and We charge the present re- publican administration with acts and practices tending to discredit the people of this territory and preventing their just and proper recognition ia Congress. la support of these charges, we cite the gross mismanagemenr of the territorial penitentiary and the iniquitous so- called prison contract labor law; the funding of nearly S300,0O0 of illegal raIlrCad bonds and saddling them upon the tax payers of this county, over the protest Of our board of supervisors, without waiting for a judicial determination as to their validity, and while the issue as to whether they were valid was and IS joined ID court; this act of the Me Cord administration we denounce as a gigantic robbery perpetrated upon the people of this county without warrant and contrary to law. We denOunes the funding of accounts and so called demands by the pres ent administration whereby political favorities and friends of the admin istration have been enabled to rob the treasury of our territory by foisting illegal bills upon the tax payers-bills and so-called demands which were hawked around legis- latures of Arizona and ignored and denounced by legislative action.
 We are in favor of abolishing the board of control and the territorial board of equalization. These boards are composed of plant tools of the executive. We are in favor of elect ing the members of all territorial boards by a direct vote of the people.
 We demand the repeal of the law, which by requiring the governor to countersign all warrants enables him to prevent tte payment of just claims, and we also demand the enactment of law the object of which shall be to prevent the goE- ernor from removing his sppOintees except for just cause, to the end that territorial officers shall no lon ger be political tools.
 We declare ourselves in favor of extending the permanent blessings of our form of government and of our protection to the island peoples recently freed from the horrors of Spanish tyranny through the hero ism of our army and navy, and the retention of the Philippines and Porto Rico by the United States.
 To the brave heroes who, under the leadership of the gallant Capt. O'Neill, so oravely responded to their eountry's call, Ee give al honor and respect, and sL 3ur sympathy to the relstive ff trnse :. who died that our fla sIould be maintained. The Rough .ers of Arizona who fell on Cubae oil we remember with gratitude and ad- miration. The heroism they dis played will live as long as free in stitutions endure.
 We heartily endorse the Sunexa- tion of Hawaii, and favor tho inne- diate construction of the Nicaraguan canal by this government.
 We earnestly request that a thor ough investigation be made of the gross mismanagement of the cam paign in Cuba, and the hospital facilities furnished our brave boys in the late war with Spain; not for getting the inhuman treatment and lack of proper supplies furnished the volunteer troops now quartered at Fort Whipple, who were com pelled while in the service of the United States to ask assistance at the hands of the people; and that those who are responsible for such mismanagement be punished as the enormitv of the crime deserves. To the declaration of principles herein contained, we pledge our un- qualified support, and invite the cooperation of all citizens. Irre- spective of former party affiliations.