Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-01
'>OcHISe DEMOCRATS
 ADOPT PlAFoRM


 Democratic party of Cochise county, do reaffirm cur allegiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institu- ions are founded. and which the Democratic party has advocated from na time of Jefferson to our own rredom of speech freedom of the .ress: freedom of conscience; the preservation of personal rights; and he equality of all citizens before the avs
 Record of Achievement
 We indorse the administration of Woodrow Wilson. During the past :our years the splendid record of con .ructiye legislation enacted by the Democratic party has no comparison ! the annals of American history; md We especially commend the pas age of the Federal Reserve Act, the establishment Of a tariff for revenue -nly. fer the income tax, the child abor law, and especially for his bring i- to peaceful settlement the con .roversy between the railway em- l,vaaS and a,Ec;als
 We indorse the administration of Governor Geo. w P. Hunt. It speaks IT itself. It is the highest exempli.- ation of the principles of Democratic aith, of sound Democratic doctrine.
 Within five years. honest. fearless. intelligent and efficient Democratic officials have made' Arizona dong a victim of the abuses of teTrito-.al.sm, state foremost among the enlighten- ed progressive states of the Union.
 The Contribution
 We reaffirm our allegiance to thc Constitution of Arizona. We hold that continued and unalterable belief .n IT collective wisdom of the people D, and hereby is expressed; that ,ae fundamental principles of popular gov. .rnment, asembodied in the initiative th- Referendum, and the Racal - powerful rights secured to Arizona 2 people through Democratic effort and action-are inherently and eyerlast- ingly right; that all movements to abridge these sacred rights and pow CTS, reserved by and vested in the people. should be viewed with the ut. most alarm, and particularly and spe- officially the severest condemnation should be visited up on the proposed constitution amendment submitted 10 the people al the next general election entitled. ITO amend subdici- sion 5. of Section l, of Article ", of he Constitution of the State of Ari. .ona, and to provide for the admission .f such proposed amendment to the people of the State of Ariona, which proposes in an obvious design to null .lfy the Initiative and Referendum, . hat no measure initiated by, or re- ierred to the people. shall be declared Ldopted unless such voting upon the measure shall receive a majority of all ballots cast. whether voting upon the measure or not
 We favor enactment and adminis- tration of laws giving labor ana capital impartially. their just rights. Each has its rights. but the rights of labor are certainly no less vested" no less sacred, and no less fnalien- able. than the rights of capital Com bination of capital and of labor are esults o. the economic movement of the age. but neither must be per mitted to infringe upon the rights and lterests of the people Such com binations when lawfully formed for lawful purposes are alike entitled to the protection of the laws, and neither should be permitted to break them
 We favor the enactment in a Con stitutional form of a workman's com pensation law in keeping with the broad public policy as exemplified by the Democratic party.we denounce as contrary to that spirit of public ,olicy and detrimental to the best in- crest of those it is designated most to help the proposed amendment, to the constitution of the State of Ariozna | An act to provide for the | and safety of workmen in | all places of employment and for the l inspection and regulation of places of |