The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-22

By the decentralization OF sllve1 anC
The unconstitutional and partial sys-
tenn of class protection. the masses Of
the people have been impoverished the
agricultural and laborlng classes op
pressed, and the land disturbed by the
riots of dissatisfied Workmen, and the
cries of the unemployed.
We point to the only republican leg
| islatuTe of Utah as sample OF the In.
competency, partisanshlp and folly
which that party would exhibit II
placed in power In the new state
In attempting to deprive the public
schools of one-sixth CT the revenue es-
seDtIsl to their support; refused to
grant necessary funds for the unlyer-
Sity, the agricultural college and other
public institutions of an educational
and reformatOTy character; tried to ap-
propriate large sums of public money
az bounties Tor favored private indus
tries; did make expenditures Tor which
no revenue was provld' d; drafted
memorials to congress containing errors
of fact and fallacies in principles; re-
sorted to evasion of duty and political
Urickery which were disgusting TO on
lockers and made the assembly laugh
ing stock 10 the public.
We appeal TO the people of Utah to
adhere to the principles OF the party
which has endured since the nation
was founded, and to see to it that the
coming state shall rest upon the broad
foundation of those doctrines which the
father Of democracy promulgated.
We demand that the constitution of
the new state shall be framed on a
nonpartisan basis, shall provide for The
equal protection of all law abiding citi-
ZenS,
We demand that economy shall rule
in all branches OF the public service:
that public money Shall be expended
only for public uses; and that no class
of the community snail be specially
favored by the state to the detrlment
of any other class.
We rejoice in the fact that it is
through the laboTs of democratic del
egate that democratic congress at its
first regular session has given to Utah
the freedom for which she So long ap-
pealed 10 republican administrations
in vain, and that democratic presi-
dent signed the enabling act as soon as
it was presented to him.
In view OF the bensfits conferred by
the democratic party upon this terri
tory and the utter absence OF any ben
eft received from the republican party,
and Of the undylng principles OF liberty
and equal rights which democracy up
holds, we are fully Confident that the
people OF Utah. who are not forgetful
or ungUateiul, viii SD rally 10 the polls
IN N3Vem Der that the victory OF 1892
will bs repeated and ULah viii enter
the union crowned viii glory as free
aud drmociat state.
The democrats of Utah are unequivo-
c4ily in favor OF woman suffrage and
the political rights and privileges OF
women equal with those OF men ihclud-
ing eligiUlllty to Office, and we demand
that such guarant ees shall be provided
in the constitution OF the state OF
Utah as will secure to the women OF
Utah these inestImahle rights.
And we demand that In providing for
the settlement and dispo al OF the pub
lie lands granted 10 the state OF Utah,
care should be taken To prevent specu-
lat on therein and TO provide Tor small
holdings; and that the arabic portion
thereof should te granted only 10 act
ual settlers upon, and cultlyi t0rS OF,
the same.
We denounce as Un-American any
society or organization that IS pledged
to deprive any ciJlzen Of his right to
vote or hold office on account Of his re-
ligious beliefs or nationality.