Williams news., 1910-08-20
Declaration

MT, Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven- tion: We, your committee on Platform and Resolutions beg leave to submit for your con- sideration the following report:
 We, the Republicans of Coconino county, Arizona, in convention assembled, realizing the importance of the occasion which brings us together, and deeply feeling the responsibility devolying upsn us at this time, deem it expe- dient to announce to the voters of Coconino county, declaration of the principles upon which we propose to go before the people.
 We heartily endorse the wise. able. and truly American statesmanship of one of the best Presidents this country has ever produced. His record of having carried out more pledges to the American people than his predecessors have done in many years, has placed him in the front ranks as . man who stands for the right, and who believes in carrying out the promises he has made; among these promises WAS, Statehood for Arizona" which he strongly urged and strenuously advocated until hes appended his signature to the En- abling Act as a consequence we are assured of the friendship ofWilliam H. Taft We are pleased to commend to all the fair minded people of the Territory, the able and economical administration of the affairs of the Territory, the administration of the last decade having raised Arizona to high stand ing among financial people. and has placed our credit as a responsible commonwealth near the top of the list.
 For these many years the republicans of Arizona have biennally, nominated a candi date for Congressional honors, only to have him:buried beneath an avalanche of Democrotic majorities. In 1909, for the first time in four teen years, we entered the race with small prospects of success, A gallent one of Coco. nil yra ah0 to tt,o considered, "The Forlorn Rope" of wrestling the palm of victory from our political enemy. He proved equal to the task set before him, | assumed the aggressive from the start; and after the political battle of 1908 had been fought and won, we saw the former democratic majorities scattered to the four winds and that Ralph H. Cameron had been elected to repre- sent our people in the halls of the American Congress.
 We are proud of his official record at the Capital of the Nation, he having accomplished more for Arizona and her people in the sixteen months he was at Washington, than had been done by his predecessors in sixteen years.
 He has redeemed all pledges made to his people, and he has returned with the prize of Statehood for Arizona, that prize for which Arizona have prayed, fought, and hoped for many decades.
 We are met to perform most important duty, to nominate two candidates to the terri torial constitutional convention; the men who if elected, will assist in preparing a fundamen- tai law upon which the superstructnre of our future state is to be erected.
 The importance of selecting good and honor able men for these positions cannot be over estimated.
 We pledge our candidates to work for and to the best of their endeavors, assist in formulat- tDg and constructing constitution for Arizona that will meet every need and condition of the Territory, morally, financially, and industri- ally.
 We believe in leaving purely statutory legis- lation to the judgement of the future legfsla-
 tive bodies, to deal with as changing conditions may require.
 We believe in a constitution that will meet the approval of the citizens at the polls and the endorsement of the President of the United | States and the American Congress, as a safe and sound basic law for our future state. Respectfully submitted:-
 N. G. LAYTON. THos. MADDoCK. T. E. POLLOCK.