Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

Arlington-W. H. Taylor.
 ! Meridian-E K. Buker
 Isaac-O. H. Christy.
 Alhambra-W. L. Kelly and M. | Horowitz
 Johnstone-W. L. Grier.
 Scottsdale-Howard s. Underhill.
 Cave Creek-J. F. Smith and F. P. | Mccormick.
 Liberty-W. R. Blackmer.
 School District No. 7-J. w. Canning.
 Lehi-George M. Tiffany and H. | Simkins.
 M'Dowell--Antonio Roma and Pedro Moraga
 Buckeye-A. D. Zander and c. c. Coy.
 Cartwright-C T. Root and c. E. Cartwright.
 There was no representation from Alma precinct.
 The report was adopted and the committee on resolutions submitted the following report:
 We. the republican party of Mari copa county Arizona. in convention as semb'ed. contemplating the high prin- ciples which have for more than forty years dominated the republican party. and meditating on the lives and
 
 leaders whose embodiprent of those principles into national legislation has shaped the policies ans destinies of the republic. and considering in the light ot the past the principles and great enter prises to which the republican party now stands committed. and comparing the men who today control the policies of the party and the destinies of the nation with our great historic leaders, and approving those policies and be- lieving our present leaders worthy of our continued support, make the fol- lowing declarations:
 We approve and applaud the admin istration at Washington, and more es- pecially and particularly:
 That diplomacy which has SO magni- fled the prestige and influence of the United States in foreign affairs
 The securing to our people the control of the isthmus of Panama. the greatest strategic position in tie world, and in- surirg the immediate construction of the Panama canal. the greatest enter l prise ever undertaken by any nation in any ege, the completion of which will result in worldwide benefit to mank. nd and insure the republic the ro.itical and commercial supremacy of the Pa ciflc ocean.
 The fostering and support of the i~- | rigation projects of the arid west and the statesmanlike action of the admin istration. uninAuenced by political con alterations in securing to the people of MaricopP. county and the Salt River valley the early realization of the'r hopes for an increased water suppiy. We commend and take pride in The odore Roosevelt's unswerying fidelity | to duty; his fearless enforcement of law and loyal support of republican principles; his broadminded attitude to- ward and intelligent promotion of the interests of al: sections and classes of this republic.
 We advocate the nomination by the ! republican party of Theodore Roose- welt to be the next president of the Un- ited States of America and to that end we pledge cur support
 | We heartily endorse the alrninist, a tion of Governor Alexander o. Bro9ie as an honest, efficient and impartial ad- ministration of the affairs of this terri
 tory and worthy of the support of it's people.
 | We are unitedly and unalterably op-
 posed to the proposed admission of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico
 into the union as ore state.
 Il While we entertain but kindly feel
 ings toward our neighbors the citizens I of New Mexico. any alliance such as : proposed would be of great disadvant-
 age to the citizens of this territory and would check the splendid development of our institutions now going forward within our borders. Not only are we , | II,y by distinct physical boundaries, but oul
 customs, laws and schools are so rad , ically different that # We cannot bt
 granted the great boon of independent
 statehood, we wish to remain under . territorial form of government cortir- uing our development. until we sha' finally be welcomed into the sisterfooc 7 of states as the irdependent state c. Arizona.
 ) Resolved That the thirty-two dele gates chosen hy this convention to si in the republican territorial convention to convene in the city of Tucson. Ari
 zona. on the eighth day of March 1904 be and they are hereby instructed: First. To cast al! votes as un:t. . Second. To vote and use their influ ence' in said convention first, last ant all the time for the selection of Judg : Joseph H. Kibbey, as a delegate of tn republican party from the territory o Arizona to the republican national con vention to convene in Chicago. H., ol the 21st day of June, 1904.
 Third. To work and vote, first. las
 and all the time to secure the passag of a resolution by the republican terri torial convention at Tucson instructinl the six delegates and six alternates SC
 lected by that convention to attend tn , republican national convention, t work and vote, first last and all tn time for the nomination of Theodor Roosevelt for the office Of president o . the United States of America.
 Fourth. To use their best efforts t . secure the instruction of the delegation to the republican national conveEtio, > to work for the insertion of plank i the republican national platform favor
 ing single statehood fer Arizona. ' Dr. E. w. Wilbur, of Mesa, question -' ed the propriety of the allusion tc Ney ' Mexico. He believed that inasmuch d . New Mexico is republican territory,
 was not becon'ing of a republican con 4 vention to reflect upon its people an