The Arizona copper camp., 1920-10-02
HERE'S TEXT OF G. 0. P. STATE PLATFORM;
CAMPBELL'S Land POLICIES ARE ENDORSED


party council in Phoenix, Sept. %:
The republicans of the state of Ari-
zona by the party council thereof an
nounce and declare the platform of
the party as follows:
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We pledge our loyal support to the
republican national nominees, Senator
Warren G. Harding for president and
Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice
president of the United States. Their
election will mean the restoration of
constitutional government and the
end of autocratic rule. We endorse
in their entirety the declaration of
party principles as contained in the
republican national platform.
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We commend to the voters of the
state the splendid administration of
Governor Thomas e. Campbell I'm
der his watchful guidance and per-
sonal supervision and with the assist
ance of the other republican state
officials, the various state institutions
have been efficiently and economical
ly conducted during the last two
years. He commend Governor Camp
bell for his courageous stand against
the policy OF the state land depart
in Loo hnd nf Il &c,
vast land heritage of the people of
Arizona for song We pledge our
candidates for governor, secretary Of
state, attorney general, treasurer and
auditor, if elected, to clean out the
state land department, of which they
will have control by virtue of their
offices, and adopt a land policy which
will end for all time the tying up of
of these lands in the hands of chos-
en- few and insure to all the people of
the greatest possible benefits
and enjoyment of this heritage.
We unqualifiedly endorse and ap-
prove the candidacy of Ralph H. Cam
eron for United States senator and
James R. Dunseath for representative
in congress, knowing that their cleo
tion will secure to the state the same
quality of service exhibited by Ralph
H. Cameron when as delegate he Sc
cured the passage of the enabling act
Arizona to statehood
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We earnestly recommend the cleo
tion of our entire state ticket because
of the fitness and worth of our can
didates to administer the agairs of
the several offices to which they as
pire and the assurance that their cleo
ton will in every instance result in
benefit to the state
".
We advocate a return to the sound
policy inaugurated under
the administration of President Roose-
velt We recommend to the congress
the appropriation of sufficient money
to carry to early completion the work
Of reclaiming all our arid lands eapa-
BILE of reclamation, and recommend
that in any such legislation preference
rights of filing or of purchase be ac-
corded to service men and women.
VI.
We declare our earnest faith in the
continued construction ana expansion
of highways all over Arizona to the
end that all communities he brought
in closer contact both socially and
commercially, and we bind ourselves
to urge our representatives in con-
gress to work for federal legislation
to the end that Arizona and other
states wherein large reservations and
other federal lands are held may re-
ceive their fair share of federal high
way appropriations.
VII.
We believe in the application of the
square deal to all citizens and to all
classes of citizens and to that end
advocate the adoption of all measures
tending to bring labor and capital into
closer relationship and harmony. We
believe in the just rights of labor. We
believe that the wage-earner is en-
titled to commensurate wage, rea-
sonable hours of service, healthful
conditions, and a share in de-
termining the conditions under which
his personal cooperation shall be
given in all productive enterprises.
VIII
We heartily endorse the proposed
initiative bill known as the Sailors
and Soldiers Marine Civil Service
Bill" first, in that the bill recognizes
the spendid service rendered by our
American toys on land and sea in
the late war; second in that it pro-