Arizona republican., 1914-09-30

We invite the attention of the peo- i pie of this state first of all to the conditions of the nation for which, 1 in part, the Democratic administra- tion is responsible.
 1 We call attention to the insincerity O. the platform pledges of the na- tional Democratic party with respect
 to the tariff as shown in the new tariff law for which it is responsible. 1. We charge that the new tariff distinctly favors certain localities and 1 ignores the just needs of others and that this discrimination is the result of favoritism
 i ?. It has resulted in diminished penses of the government, resort has i to be had to methods of taxation un- known in this country except in times when it has been at war l 3. It has not reduced the cost of living as it promised but on the con ! trary, though wages have not been | increased, the cost of living is higher ! than before.
 1 4. It has resulted in throwing thousands of employees out of work and in the enforced closing down of factories, and other productive enter | prises.
 1 5. It has resulted in raising the price of nearly all commodities of | foreign importation and in lessening ! the price of comomdities of local production.
 | These results cannot be attributed to the European war, as each and every one of them arose before it 1 began or was even expected. l We call attention to the fact that
 the expenditures of the nation under i the present administration have ex- i ceeded those of any former admin istration for the same period of
 time and are increasing faster than
 the weaEh or the population of the 1 country. The appropriations of this 1 Congress will exceed that of the last dred million dollars
 1 We condemn the Democratic party for violating its implied obligation 1 to exempt from tolls American ships engaged in coastwise trade through
 the Panama Canal for no other ap-
 parent reasons than to avoid English
 displeasure and please the trans con-
 tinental railways, and charge that
 this action has imposed on the peo-
 pie of this state and of other Pacific
 states the burden of the canal tolls
 and thus added to the cost of living. We charge that the Mexican policy
 of the administration has been weak. vacillating and inefficient. In the face of the declaration of the Demo-
 cratic platform of 1912 that the con
 stitutional rights of American citi-
 zens should protect them on our borders and go with them throughout
 the world and every American citizen
 residing or having property in any
 foreign country is entitled to and
 must be given the full protection of
 the United States, both for himself and his property" these rights of life, liberty and the pursuits of hap piness of thousands of American citi-
 zens in Mexico have been shamefully ignored and neglected. The admin istration has sent ultimatum after | lO heAICO diiu ltS ut Idttp
 rulers and has ingloriously receded
 from every one of them. The re-
 cital of our Mexican policy will for ever stand as a humiliating page in
 our history.
 We condemn the purpose of the
 administration to pay S25,000,OOO to
 Colombia on account of the Panama lCana1 hnn1iliafinD the
 American people because it is an ad-
 mission of an unlawful acquisition
 by us from Panama of the Canal
 Zone for which we have already paid
 to the Panama government an ade- ,quate price.
 The history of Arizona during the
 first three years of statehood under
 the Democratic administration is g
 history of inefficiency, mismanage-
 nent and extravaganza.
 The state administration began its
 official life by proclaiming adherence to Democratic simplicity. Ostenta-
 tiously walking to the Capitol upoi the day of inauguration, the Governor !. has ever since travelled about tht state in a luxuriously appointed auto mobile owned and maintained by tho
 state.
 We call attention to the fact tha the cost of the state government a: shown by the expenditures of th' State for, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, is approximately tw' and one-thrd times that of any yea under territorial government. We call attention to the fact tha during the past two years there ha been an increase of more than on
 millions dollars in the expenditure ' of the state government. We charg that a, great part of this increase i
 unnecessary and the result of gros extravaganza and inefficiency. We charge that every permanen Il state board and commission eXcep | the Live Stock and Sheep Sanitar Boards has shown an increase in ex penses for the last fiscal year endin
 June 30. 1914.
 We charge that, for partisan ends
 the cost of government has bee F. greatly increased through the crea !. tion of unnecessary offices and tn 'i employment of numerous clerks an U others whose services are not needle . for the efficient conduct of the busl :, ness of the state.
 VI We charge that the Governor ha ', filled the appointive offices an VI boards from his personal politics |, T, following and in doing so has ig nd 1