Weekly journal-miner., 1914-10-07
ARIZONA PARTY ADOPTS PLATFORM WITH OLD
 TIME RING; SPEAKS IN UNMISTAKABLE TERMS
SO-CALLED WAR REVE- UNE" LAW SUBTE2FUGE TO MEET DEFICIENCY
 WHICH IS EXCUSELESS

man, concluded its labors this al ternoon after the adoption of the following platform:
 The Republican party Of Arizona hereby declares its adherence to the fundamental principles of the Ma tional Republican Party.
 The history of the Republican Par ty proves it to be a party always alert to the new demands of an ever advancing civilization. Whenever in the progress of the development of that civilization the occasion has aris- en for taking an advanced step, the Re- publican Party has taken that step. It has always stood for social jus tice and for every measure of gov ernmental reform, justified by en- frightened reason and experience as in the interest of the nation and needed for the protection of civil liberty and the rights of men. The true Republican is not mere theo- rist; he is a practical advocate of practical methods of progress.
 We invite the attention of the people of this state first of all to the condition of the nation for which, in part, the Democratic ad- ministration is responsible.
 We call attention to the insinceri- ty of the platform pledges of the National Democratic Party with re- spect to the tariff as shown i'll the new tariff law for which it is re- sponsiblc.
 1. We charge that the new tariff distinctly favors certain localities and ignores the just needs of others and that this discrimination is the result of favoritism
 ?. It has resulted in diminished revenues so that to meet the cxpens- es of the government, resort has to be had to methods of taxation un- known in this country except ill times when it has been at war
 }. It has not reduced the cost Of living as it promised but on the con trary, though wages have not in creased, the cost of living is high CT than before
 4. It has resulted in throwing thousands Of employees out of work and in the enforced closing down of factories, and other productive enterprises.
 5. It has resulted in raising the prices of nearly all commodities of foreign importation and in lessen ing the price of commodities of To- cal production.
 These rules cannot be attributed to the European war, as each and every one of them arose before 1t began or was even expected.
 We call attention to the fact that the expenditures of the nation under the present administration have eX- ceeded those of any former admin istration for the same period of time and are increasing faster than the wealth or population of the country. The appropriations of this Congress will exceed that of the last Congress by approximately one hundred million dollars.
 We condemn the Democratic Par tv for violation of its implied obi gation to exempt from tolls Ameri- can ships engaged in coastwisc trade through the Panama canal for no other apparent reason than to avoid English displeasure and please the trans continental railways. and charge that this action has imposed on the people of this state and of other Pacific states the burden of the can al tolls and thus added to the cost of living.
 We charge that the Mexican poll cy of the administration has been weak. vacillating and inefficient In the face of the declaration of the Democratic platform Of 1912 that the constitutional rights Of Ameri- can citizens should protect them on our borders and go with them throughout the world and every American citizen residing or hay ing 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 pursuit Of happiness of thousands of American citizens in Mexico have been silamefully ignored and neg lccted The administration has sent ultimatum after ultimatum to Mexi- co and its de facto rulers and has ingloriously receded from every one oi them The recital of our Mexi- can policy will forever stand as . humiliating page in our history.
 We condemn the purpose of the administration to pay S25OOO,O0O to Colombia on account of the Panama Canal as being humiliating to the American people because it is an admission of an unlawful acquisition by us from Panama Of the Canal Zone for which we have already paid to the Panama Government an adequate price.
 The history of Arizona during the first three years Of statehood .,rda- the Der1orratic adrr7ir,istra-