Arizona republican., 1902-09-17
THE PLATFORM.

HE FLA
 "The republians of Maricopa county, in convention assembled. pledge their continued adhesion to the tried and proved principles of the republican party. and with qualification recall it's splendid achievements of near a half century.
 We are proud to proclaim our mem- bersship of that party which has brought our nation to that position in the worlds affairs, that to say, any where over the extent of the globe, 1T am an American" is a mans proudest boast.
 Against arecord of nearly fifty years of accomplishment. of which not only the party, but the whole nation Is proud. and at which the world is amaz- ed, cur opponents have to offer only that which is embodied in the one word obstruction.
 We depiore and with the people of the nation grieve over the assassination of another president. one who. Lincoln like led our country in a war that em- phasized our command of the western hemisphere. William Mckinley was a man raised by Providence for a great purpose and a great occasion. His spotless life. his wisdom. his high abil- ities will endure in the bronze of our halls of fame forever more. As that hero, leader, fell, another stepped to the front and seized the standard and in the end our hope was realized. and another great leader. Theodore Roose- welt appeared. We know we have an American upon whom Americans can safely depend in all emergencies. Ability, integrity, energy are in the saddle and the three are in him per sonified. From the furthermost cor ner of the land, we send him greeting and heartiest expression of good will and support.
 We are aware of the menace to the prosperity of our country of the ex- istence of uncontrolled corporate az gregations of capital under the form of trusts
 Tt is conceded by all familiar with these trusts and their methods, that they are fostered and promoted by loose, fictitious capitalization exemp- tion from any stockholders liability with unlimited powers, territorial and eXtra-territOrial, without restraint in the exercise of these powers. and with out accounta bility to any tribunal or the requirement. of the slightest guar antee to the public of honesty or good faith, with untrammeled license to water stock and float bonds for debts not honestly incurred.
 We call attention to the corporation laws of Arizona, as an example of the facilities thus afforded; enacted fifteen years ago by a democratic legislature. perpetuated by democratic legislatures ever since, and finally embodied in the revision of the code by commission two-thirds of which was democratic, and enacted by the last legislature, which was overwhelmingly democratic. after first having been divested of the last shred of protection to the public.
 We therefore instruct our represen- tiVes in the next legislative assembly, to use their best efforts to repeal our present corporation laws and enact those that shall contain provisions to secure the honor and good faith of in corporators and the protection of the public against arrogant power and licensed fraud.
 We congratulate the people of this county that upon the recommendation of republican president a republi- can congress has inaugurated a gov ernmental policy of the construction or reservoirs for the storage of water for the reclamation of our arid lands, and we pledge our candidates to the adop- tion of the best and speediest means by which we can advance the benefits of that policy.
 "We insist upon honesty, integrity and ability in the discharge of public offices, and the devotion of their time and ability to the promotion of the good of the publice service; and to these our candidates stand committed.
 We condemn the contract system for the caring for the indigent sick and pledge our candidates to a modi- fication of the laws and practice now prevalent to provide for the humane treatment of those unfortunates.
 "Be it resolved by this convention of