The copper era., 1910-09-02
TIE REPUBLICANS OF AHAH COUNTY ADOPT A pLA FORM.

the state as experience has shown tt
be needed to protect the inalienablt
rights of the individual citizen from
hasty, oppressive and harmful legis
lation. Subject only to the constitu
tion of the United States and the
recognition of those basic rights
which the Declaration of Independ
ence to be endowment of all men
we favor the full retention by the
state of its legislative powers, with
proper restrictions only upon the sur
render, barter of giving away any OF
its rights of regulation and control.
We declare in favor of direct pri-
maries for the nomination of state
and county officers and we favor the
selection of United States senators
by popular vote.
The power of taxation shall never
be suspended nor surrendered. All
taxes should be uniform, and the con-
stitution should provide a method of
securing a comprehensive just and
effective system of taxation. No
property should be exempt from tax
alton. No property should be ex-
empt from taxation except that be-
longing to the United States, the
state and the counties and the muni-
cipalities therein. and the bonds and
obligations thereof, public ceme-
teries, 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
family in an amount not exceeding
in value $500.
We favor the measure of state
wild prohibition and the equal suf-
frage of women, to the people of
Arizona by separate election from
the election on the constitution and
by majority vote.
We favor the non-parrisan election
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 or other fran
chises should be forever subject to
the regulation, amendment or appeal,
as may be provided by law.
We believe that all interests, in
diYidual or corporate, should he
equally protected under the law and
should be equally held amendable to
the law.
We believe that a system of we'll
arranged and economically construct
ed highways should be built, and we
favor the creation of a non-partisan
commission to have charge of this
important public work as may be pro-
yided by law.
A great gift is conferred upon the
people of the state in the gift of
public lands provided for in the en-
abling act, and ample provision
should be made in the constitution
for the honest, economical and ef-
icient management and disposition
of those public lands to the end that
the burden of taxation upon the peo-
pie of the state may be reduced In
the case of present occupants and
holders of leases of school land, pro-
vision should be in the constitution
for their reimbursement for the
actual value of the improvements
thereon and the appurtenances there
to, to be ascertained by an impartial
appraisement whenever said lands
shall be sold as may be provided by
law.
Provisions should be made in the
constitution to prevent and prohibit
combiua tions and conspiricies in the
form of trusts or otherwise in re-
straint of trade or commerce within
the state.
In conclusion we favor the fran
ing of a constitution for the state of
Arizona which shall be truly pro-
gressive, simple in expression, easy
of common understanding, broad
enough to protect all classes of
society, elastic enough to meet new
as they may hereafter
arise, and which may be amended by
d majority vote of the people.