The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-27
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

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not called to make nominations o.
formulate platform OF principles, thu
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented II
the form OF an address to the people o
Utah:
We. the democrats of Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time h0nOred principles
Of the democratic party as enunciatec
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harris Of its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights TO ali and special prlvll
eyes to none; OF the greatest possible
liberty TO every Individual compatible
with the pub ic welfare; of the advance
ment and support Of nome industries
of the maintenance of local self-govern-
ment TO the flllest rightful extent;
and Of a strict construction of the na'
tional constitution.
We are in favor of such reform of
the tariff as is consistent with the IN
teregts of the consumer and the pro-
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxures, SO far as possible, and not
upon the necessaTies OF life, for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses of government, and
not for the special benefit of any class
or private enterprise. We ere opposed
to the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment Of
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trriff reform now pending
in the senate, including the provision
for an income tax by which those large
property holders who are best able
shall bear their just share of the bur-
den of taxation. And we ienOUnce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, by which a needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresting trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repabli-
can senators are due to the slow pro-
gress it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration of silver
TO the co. stitudonal position it occuS
pied as money previous 10 the act of
1873. by which the republican party
cast down that historic and essential
money metal, and caused the increas-
ing disasters which, beginning with
the panic OF 1873 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests ot
the country, creating unrest and dis
content am ng the Oppr ssed laboriDg
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which sW arme over the land,
eliminated in The panic Of 1898 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministrati0n in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars ID the national
treasury and turned it back 10 The
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy Of the
republican party as system OF mlser-
able makeshitts to paliaUe the repub-
lican financial crime Of 1878, and de.
Glaze that only in and through the
democratic party can the people OF the
United States expect the re-estabilSh-
ment of true bimetaiism, which in
cludes tie free coinage Of silver at the
ratio OF 10 to l with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit TO this nation by American ac-
ton, Independent of European agree
ment if international CO cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reafirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the pTOstrati0n Of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still afiict our country.
We DENY that the high tariffs placed
upon lead and wool and other commOd
tiles have raised their price or benefit
ed the producer of such materials,
while they have been oppressive and
detrimental TO the consumer and the
country at large.
We cordially endorse the democratic
congress and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to
enact bill to reform the existing ex-
Orbitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
while all persons deserving the ala OF
the country for services in Its defense
shall be secured In their rights, lmpost-
ers and fraudulent pension agents
shall not be permitted to further bleed
the body polite.
In the exercise Of the federal forces
to suppress laWlessness where power to
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
thority, and declining TO interfere when
it would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confscated under the provisions OF
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
Droperty SO escheated in view of the
now indlsputable FACT that no pretexs
remains for charging that the majority
of the people of Utah are In opposition
60 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report in the senate Of liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
Utah as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
its speedy enactment as a measure of
simple justice to the oldest and mort
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona fide resi-
dents OF the territory to the various
Offices In the gift of the government in
stead of men from other sections of the
country unfamiliar with our people and
the situation of our affairs as was
the rule under republican administra-
tions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
the government and remove the effects
of over thirty wears of republican mis-
rule
We endorse the official acts of our
delecate in CONGRESS. Hon. j L. Raw.