Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-01-21
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES.

The territorial legislature met today
 in Phenix. Politically it is over
 whelmingly democratic, the house
 standing twenty democrats to four re- publicans and the council seven to
 five in favor of the democrats. The
 democrats have promised a very radi-
 cal departure in the way of legisla-
 tion, if the provisions of the terri
 torial platform, adopted at Tucson are
 complied with.
 The first section of that instrument
 reatfirms the Kansas City platform of
 1900. with its Bryanism aud all, with
 out any reservation.
 The second section believes in free
 dom of speech, freedom of the press,
 equal rights to all, and special privi-
 leges to none, all of which no doubt
 will be the subject of legislative ac-
 tion.
 The third and fourth sections decry
 imperialism, and the superiority of
 the military over the civil power of
 the government, and Opposes the
 permanent policy of the republican
 party in the maintainance of depen-
 dent colonies" as being a govern
 ment without the consent of the gov erned. Whether this provision will be carried out by an act, granting inde- pendence to the Philippine islands, re- mains to be seen.
 The fifth section ''favors peace of commerce and friendship with all na- tions and entangling alliances with none."
 Section six "condemns both the leg islative and administrative policies of the republican party, which have ere ated dangerous combinations of the capitalized corporate monopolies. !" This is an inkling that trusts will re- ceive rough treatment at the hands of the legislature.
 Section seven promises all sorts of good things for the laboring men, and are enumerated as follows: First, the enactment of an eight hour law; second, the enactment of a law ere ating mine inspector; third, the en- actment of a law creating boiler in- spector; fourth, a freight and fare bill; fifth, a license law for the regu- lation of railroad taxation; sixth, the enactment of an anti-black list law; seventh, amendment to all laws "placing lar perquisites in the hands of govern. mt officials in this territory, and demand that all of such perquisites shall be covered into the treasury and fixed salaries be created for all territorial appointees and clerical forces as may be necessarily required for the effective administra- tion of the government affairs per taining to each department of the same"; eighth, appeals to the senate of the United States to pass the om- nibus statehood bill; ninth, favors the reclamation of our arid lands by the government, and especially the immense valleys therein by the erec- tion of great dams before natural reservoir sites, for the impounding of large bodies of water for that purpose; the same to be under government con- trol and regulated in such a way that the people may be cheaply sup piled with water for irrigation and the government finally reimbursed therefor'; tenth, favors and pledges the democracy of this territory, and its representatives in the legislative to the enactment Of a we'll regulated primary election law, such as shall require all political parties in this territory to hold their pri- mary elections on the same day, under he supervision of the same judges, and under the Australian ballot sys- tenn the same as the present general law now is, with such pen alties for its violation provided there in as shall secure its due enforce ment.
 It will be seen from the above that if the legislature fulfills all of the promises of the democratic platform that there will be something doing all the time from this, the opening day of the session until its close.
 The Phenix Republican of Satur- day, January 17, says that there will | be no less than three county division | bills passed at the present session, | one of the counties, on the list to be submitted to the carving process be- | ing Yavapai county.
 One of the blanks of the county platform of this county was opposition to county division, and it can scarcely be possible that the legislators of the other counties will | deliberately set about to dismember the county against the united oppo- ;ition of the members from this county.
 The action of the legislature will be eagerly watched for the purpose )f noting just how many broken promises will develop during the ses- 'iOn. Even the framers of the above platform did not write it to have it fulfilled Jr carried out but. it was imply intended as a vote catcher. After fooling the people of the terri ory during three campaigns with its rec silver fallacy the manipulators of he party realized that new issues hould be framed during the last cam 'aign. Democratic memories are hort and they go on the assumption hat the promises of 1902 will be for otten before the campaign of 1904 {
 A little church in Pennsylvania re- ently celebrated the one thousand lillionth minute since Christ's con- f ng to earth. In an article on "Pier- 6 ont Morgan, His Advisers and His I John Brisben Walker f lentions that MT. Rockefeller is pop C larly supposed to control one thou and million dollars, and that one million dollars would repre- mt the labor of ten thousand men nee Christ's coming to earth, calcu- tied at the average scale of wages