Graham guardian., 1910-08-26
Republicans Adopt
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ONLY FUNDAMENTALS

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ONLY FUNDAMENTALS
In making such a constitution we
recognize clearly that to secure sta
bility and effectiveness, it's provis-
ions should be confined to the struc-
ture of fundamental functions of
government and should not endeavor
to work out governmental details,
which should properly be left to the
Legislature of the new State, and
we, the republicans of Graham
county, in convention assembled,
hereby declare our unequivocal sup
port to the following principles, and
we do hereby pledge the nominees
of this convention, if elected as del
egates to the constitutional conven-
ton, to earnestly and steadily adj
vocate, support and vote for the in
corporation of said principles into
the constitution of the State of Ari-
Zona.
We believe in the republican form
of government, guaranteed by the
Constitution of the United States
and to each State of the Union, and
look with disfavor upon all proposed
experimental substitutes therefor.
We hold that extreme caution should
be exercised in the introduction of
any innovation upon the time-hon-
ored and time-tested principles of
representative democracy estab-
lished by the fathers of the republic,
and the wisdom of which has been
demonstrated by one hundred and
tWenty-three years of beneficient
operation, and that no innovation of
doubtful or uncertain value to the
people of the State ought to be in
corporated into the fundamental.
Recognizing that the primary and
essential purpose of the constitution
should be the safeguarding of the
liberties of the people, we hold that
it should contain such limitations
upon the legislative power of the
State as experience has shown to be
needed to protect the inalienable
rights of the individual citizen from
hasty, oppressive or harmful legis-
lation. Subject only to the consti-
tuition of the United States and the
recognition of those basic rights
which the Declaration of Independ-
ence declared to be the endowment
of all men, we favor the full reten-
tion by the State of it's legislative
powers, with proper restrictions,
only upon the surrender, barter or
giving away of any of its rights of
regulation and control.
THE PRIMARIES
We declare in favor of direct pri-
maries for the nomination of State
and county officers and we favor the
selection Of United States senator's
by popular vote.
The power of taxation shall never
be suspended nor surrendered. All
taxes should be uniform and the
constitution should provide a meth
cd of securing a comprehensive,
just and effective system of taxa
ton. No property should be ex-
empt from taxation excepting that
belonging to the United States, the
State and the counties and the
municipalities therein and the bonds
and obligations thereof, public GEM
eteres, institutions of purely public
charity, public hospitals, and houses
used exclusively for public worship,
household goods, tools and imple-
ments of trade to each head of a
family in an amount not exceeding
in value five hundred dollars.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURES MAY Do
We favor the submission of a
State wide prohibition and the equal
suffrage of women, to the people OF
Arizona by separate election from
the election on the constitution and
by a majority vote.
We favor the non-partisan elec-
ton Of judges:
We oppose the granting of exclu-
sive franchises and believe that no
franchise should be granted except
by general law, and then for a term
not exceeding twenty-five years.
Grants of corporate and other fran
chises should be forever subject to
the regulation, amendment or re-
peal, as may be provided by law.
We believe that all interests, in
dividual or corporate, should be
equally protected under the law