Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-23


THE PLATFORM.
"Thc Democratic party II New
York reuews lie pledge Of fidelity 10
taritl reform aud to Democratic iailh
aud tradition, a. affirmed ~ the
national platforms from 1876 to 1883, ~
well as In the State platforms, concur.
f,nt with tho opening OF Governor
Tilden'. and the close Of Governor
HilPs long, thrice approved aud nike
iilustflous service In She chief magis.
tracy"
The State platform Of 1874 l. epi,o.
miacd, and the document continue;
eve now, as then, atcadfapily adhere
TO principles Of sound finance. We
are ngainsi the cOlungo II arg silver
dollar which IL not Of the intiinsic
value NJ every other dollar Of the Uni
tod States. We therefore denOunce
the Sherman silver law, under which
cur silver output In damned up ut
home, not only ~ a felsr pretcusc, but
ns nu netual hindfancc u the return 10
fee bimetnlio coinage, aud as tending
only u produce q change from one
kiud o. mOnomciaiism to another.
We therefore unite with friends Of
honest money cvofywh0fu Ia stigma.
tizing the sherman Progressing silver
basis law ~ no solution Of the gold and
oliver question, nnd m ilt apondagu
to the suhsideaud bounty twindle, the
Mckinley wOr' e-thun.wHt tariff, the
Blaine reciprocity humhug, che eluau-
doIed surplus, the advancing deilclt,
the detective census, Ruu the falslhcd
representation and revolutionary pro-
cecdings Of the hillion-dpllnr Congress
Justly condemned by the peoples
great uprising, n verdict which, re-
uewcd this year, win empower Demo
cratic Statesmen 10 guide the peoples
councils and execute tho peoples
will.n
The platform recalls with proud
memory the iuileNible sound finance
VI Governor Iilluu, "whO led the
Democratic party IN pushing On the
compulsory republican advance o.
currency coinage fcdumpiiuu.D IL
also refers with grateful pride 10 the
inileXihie sound finance Of Glvctnor
HI, who, by cmclUnt economy, hn1
accomplished practical extinction
VI the State debt; has faithfully urged
tho nations release from unjust tax.
alton: aud, likewise, "with n states.
mans energy. ana u true i0rcs ght f0r
the sever y.uout dollar pushing for
| birth In the body of the sherman ~.
yer law, has taken ny the propiCs
cause, aFsailed Republican degrade.
ton Of silver money, and led tie ad'
vance Ofthc Democratic party In New
/ york H. that solid ground Of high jus'
tice upon which they stand today,
without diacord or division, demand
Ing with hilh that every dollar cOiugd
In these United States shall hC equal "a
every other dollar no coined, and Iv'
mHnding redress of their present
shameless inequality"
The Democrats OF New York, say,
the platform, point TO nomination p
| Hlllto the Office Of President aB II,
expression OF Democratic faith AM
| tradition, nnd Of our settled purpose &
| rtfcue this perverted government
lram the clutchca OF autocFs,s anI
plutocfats, from sp.ndthrift admins
ration, from excessive tax aud de
based money.
This delegates selected by this con
vention "are Instructed 10 Iopreseu
to tue National Democratic cOnvon
tiUn the name OF David II, Hill, .
| htNlutIhl VIM hho lhh hlT IhiAN tAbh
victory 10 victory for seven successive
years, ana who has never known De
feat, a. "a candidate for the prcsiion
Of the United Stsle-." The delegate
are further instructed To vote NJ
uni'. The people OF the States az
congratulated upon tho opening o
Flowers administration.
When the passage iustructing 70
Hin was read, the air was shaken by
TREMENDOUS ouTBuRsr OF ArrLAuef
and the resolutions were unnnlmousl.
adopted.
a committee was appointed to wal
upon Mn aud request him TO hddro-
the convention. lie soon arrived, ON
General Slcklts presented him to III
audience In these words: 81 present
YOU. gentlemen OF the convention, III
young hickory Of democracy, Our Pre-
idontial candidate, David u. Hill."
Then came more cheers, and, whe
the noise finally subsidized suillcientl,
Senator Hin spoke ut c0nsihcrubl
length. He thanked the gentlemen
the convention for the unanimous vol
which made known their approval
authorize the representatives, Of I'll
democracy of the country and whie
will he recorded In tho annals OF u
national convention.
"rhe rsawakening OF democracy n
over the land" he said, sis n me
suspicious sign Of the times. All u
troubles, all our dangers at this yer
hour, after 10 many yeaTa NJ Republicn
rule, How from the unconstitutional LEI
islatiOn OF the very men who III
shivefing fila over what thu dcmOcrac
Will do with ita power. The dem
cratic party IL one whose creed III
ever been strict Interpretation OF II
Constitution aud the confinement OF III
government TO q few specific powers.
, He COmmends these contracted facts
his fellow countrymen for meditation
"rhe Republican party neither uus
the people nor Oheye Thorn. II now I,
, quircs another upheava az tho hali
. box like that OF 1880 to be convince
that the wicked work Of tho billlO
: dollar Congress must be repealed al
the peoples viii obeyed. We are NJ
vanoing," enid he, canal renewal
} the nations verdict on the reign
hutocrats and plutoctsts whereby the
verdict Is now scofled at and It aha
have an efficient execution in the ele
a.. ton OF both branches Of the FEEDER
A Congress aud Federal ExecutiS
: Obedient TO the sovereign peoples vii
The sherman silver law" said h
. "tmnsiOTms the federal coinage pow,
/ Of silver aud gold Into an instrumol
: for the gradual expulsion Of our 90
a for the establishment Of an exclusi'
I a a D.