Arizona republican., 1911-11-12
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
 OF ARIZONA

The republican party of Arizona bl
 its regularly elected party council
 proud of it's superb record in the his
 tory of the United States as the
 champion of human rights and those
 progressive ideas which have made
 the nation great and wealthy and it.
 people prosperous, hereby adopts and
 promulgates this platform.
 We commend the administration of
 our president, William H. Taft, fol
 the powerful aid and influence given
 by 1t in furthering enactment of the
 enabling act under which Arizona is about to enter the sisterhood of
 states; for the progressive principles
 that administration has advanced: for it's advocacy of the principles of international peace; and for it's cour
 ageOus attitude and impartial execu- tion of the laws in prosecution of trusts.
 We commend our delegate in con
 gress. Honorable Ralph H. Cameron. for the eminently successful result of his effort to make good the platform
 on which he was elected to secure
 statehood for Arizona
 We commend and approve the ad- lministration of our governor. Richard
 F. Sloan, for its record of efficiency
 in management of public affairs: it's putting upon the tax roll a great in
 crease of taxable property amounting J to thirteen million of dollars during
 the past year and its reduction in the
 territorial tax rate.
 | During ten years republican ad-
 minstrations have reduced the terri
 torial tax rate from $117 to $ .65. | We pledge the best efforts of our candidates for United States senator
 and congressman towards securing national legislation which will reduce
 the eXtravagantly large areas invOlv- ed in the Indian reservations and forest reserves. throwing open to sale
 and lease large bodies of coal and timber lands of great value and per uniting the state to make therein se- lections of lieu lands instead of those inferior lands now held or to be ac- quired by Arizona under the enabling act for the benefit of the school and other educational funds of the new
 state: and We pledge the legislature to provide a land commission to be ap- pointed by the governor and approved by the senate, to make selections of all lands coming to Arizona under the enabling act
 We pledge the efforts of our sena- tors and congressman towards secur- ing national legislation to extend the work of building additional reservoirs in Arizona wherever necessary and granting extension of time for pay ment under the reclamation act: and we favor further measures for utiliZa- tion of the flood waters of the Colo rado. Little Colorado Gila and other streams as a means of reclamation of other Arizona lands contiguous thereto.
 The advancement and development of Arizona depends upon the eXpan- sion and growth of her great cattle, wool. mine. lumber and citrus fruit industries and we demand of and pledge our senators and representa- ltives in congress to work to secure for those industries the same mea- sure of protection that is given the manufacturing industries of the east and We stand for such progressive. sound and intelligent statesmanship as will meet the needs of the coun- try in a just revision of the tariff to the end that the cost of living may be reduced without subjecting the Amer jean wage earner to the competition of cheap foreign labor and that Ameri
 can enterprise and industry shall not be stifled.
 We approve the aims and objects of the bureau of mines and the United States geological survey in the efforts of the first to improve the conditions
 under which miners work and the second in developing and unfolding the mineral resources of the country. And to further the development of the mineral industries of Arizona. we ad vocate revision and amplification of existing anticipated mining laws in order to protect better the prOspector in acquisition of mining titles and the l Ilegimate investor in the development
 of mining properties.
 We pledge our candidates for the
 state senate and house of representa- tives, if elected, to the enactment of such legislation as will meet the fol- lowing declarations.
 We advocate liberal exemption laws and that heads of families shall be exempted by law from taxation on property to the extent of $200. We favor free text books in the public schools.
 We advocate revision of the re- venue laws for the new state in aboli- ton of the present unjust obsolete land burdensome system of collection of delinquent taxes and enactment of la law providing collection of state and county taxes in semi-annual in stallments with a reasonable penalty
 for delinquencies which shall be di- verted from the tax attorney and tax collector to the public treasury. We pledge liberal legislation for IcOnstruction of a good road system
 for Arizona in order that the farmer may get his product to market with
 the greatest possible ease and facility and the miner and other industrial operators may enjoy the best possi- ble facilities for moving machinery, supplies and ores.
 We declare in favor of legislation f col