The border vidette., 1918-10-19
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
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and faithful service in all legIS lation relating to the war and it's vigorous prosecution.
 To the fighting forces of the armies of the republic battling or preparing to battle for the freedom of the world, we send greetings of pride and affection, with the assurance that while they are facing the foe in front we will take care of spiperS in the rear; that we will support the government in every effort to protect the market basket of their wives and mothers from the profiteers, and that we will not only support and sustain them now, but remember them with nations gratitude and care when they come home again. -
 We congratulate them on the wisdom and the foresight of the national Administration in pro viding a war insurance which goes farther toward the proper protection of the fighting forces than this nation or any other nation has ever gone befOle.
 A sound policy of stateman- ship will endeavOr to create in America a nation of independent home owning people. The fed eral farm loan law is a wise act of domestic constructive legisla- tion which is making it possible for industrious persons of small means to acquire ownership of farm homes. We favor the am endment of this law in such manner as to include within it's beneficent provisions farm lands under government irrigation pro- jects, and the extension of the legislation to include the grant ing of preferent tial loans through the rural credit system under favorable terms and conditions to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors.
 The great task of winning the war has brought women more prominently to the front. In state and national affairs, in every undertaking for the wei fare of the men in our fighting forces, she has played a most important part. In many indus tries she has taken her place side by side with men and is per forming the same laborious tasks
 Six years ago, the Democratic State of Arizona gave to the women of the State the right of suffrage on equal terms with men, and the wisdom of that ac- tion- has been justified by the part that the women of our State have taken in meeting the public problems that confronted them.
 The worthy women of our State and nation have given their sons in the service of our country to advance the lines of the worlds democracy with all the heroism that marked the patriotic devc- tiou of the Spartan mothers in ancient times. And the sisters and daughters of our fighting forces have shown the same de votion to patriotism and self sa- crifice.
 We heartily endorse the De- mocratic administration of the State for it's economical adminis- tration of public affairs, and point with pride to the fact, for which the Democratic party is responsible, that every class of property is now contributing it's proper share to the burdens of government, thus insuring a fair rate of taxation, and enabling the State government to go for ward without debt or incum- brance.
 We congratulate the farmers of the State upon the circum- stance that they are able, as a result of Democratic Legislation, to obtain State money at a low rate of interest; and we favor an amendment to our State land loan laws that will enable farm CTS under government reclama ton projects to participate in the benefits thereof.
 We endorse the party's policy of building up and maintaining a system of permanent state roads, and pledge our legislative nominees to continuation of that policy.
 We call attention to the achie vements of the party in estab fishing and maintaining one of the best public school systems in the United States, and favor the broadening and extension of that branch of the system which