Arizona republican., 1911-11-24
PRINCIPLES OF THE
 REPUBLICAN PARTY
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
 OF ARIZONA

The republican party of Arizona by its regularly elected party council proud of its 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 its people prosperous, hereby adopts and promulgates this platform.
 We commend the administration of our president, William H. Taft. for the powerful aid and influence given by it 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 its advocacy of the principles of international peace; and for it's cour- ageOus attitude and impartial execu- ton 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.
 
 ministration of our governor, Richard F.. Sloan, for its record of efficiency iE management of public affairs: its putting upon the tax roll a great in crease of taxable property amounting to thirteen million of dollars during the past year and it's reduction in the territorial tax rate.
 During ten years republican admin istrations have reduced the territorial tax rate from SLY 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 mitting 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 Sona- tors and congressman towards secllr- ing national legislation to extend tho work of building additional reservoirs in Arizona wherever necessary and sET2nfiuor Nf of tir,,o 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 cattla. | wool, mine, lumber and citrus fruit | industries and We demand of and | pledge our senators and representa- tlVes 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 he reduced without subjecting the Amer jean wage earner to the competition 0. 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