The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-21
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

We, the democrats OF Utah, IL con
ventIOn assem- bled, hereby reai1lrm our
adherence to the principles OF Jusuce
and free government which the demo
cratic party Was organized to establish
and preserve, and which have been
embodied In the platform adopted by
the democracy in their national con-
tions.
We believe in a strict constru Htion Of
the constitution-the peoples grant OF
power TO the federal government-to
the end that the rights of the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that local
seif-goYernmsnt may be secured, and
that personal liberty may be exercised
to the fullest extent consistent with
the public safety.
We believe In wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulc
be held TO strict accountability Tor
their acts; that the employment Of the
taxing power In any form by which the
few are entitled to the impoverishment
of the many, by which trade is de
slroyed or obsttucted, by which trusts
are created and fostered and monop-
ones sustained, is wicked peTversion
of the powers designed for the common
good.
trial freedom and resent all attempts
to prevent its exercise, In the pro 40
ton OF education by the state;
in the full development of our national
resources; IN the encouragement and
advancement of home industries; in
the protection of labor from the en-
croachments of capital, and In equal
rights 10 all, special privileges to
none.
We demand the passage of law for
the free and unlimited coinage OF both
silver and gold at ratio OF l to 10,
without waiting tor the consent OF any
other nation; and that the govern
menu shall pay out silver so coined as a
money of ultimate redemption the
same as gold.
We commend the democratic con-
gress and administration of the meas
ures OF reform which they have sue
ceeded in etfecting, by which hundreds
OF millions OF dollars will be annually
saved by American consumers and all
classes OF people will be bene-
fled. In the arrangement OF tariff
duties we favor such adjustment as
viii operate equally throughout the
country and not discriminate as be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
that such duties as are laid on foreign
imports should be LEVIED for revenue
only, as contem plated in the national
constitution.
We emphatically disappr0Ye of the
course Of those democrats who, by
com bining with the republicans thwar
ted the expressed will OF the people IN
reference TO the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver to Its Eight
place as money.
We endorse the income tax provision
of the tariff law, by which a more
equitable distribution Is made OF the |
burdens of taxation, and wealth as
well as want is required to contribute |
its share to the puDllc expense.
We endorse the acts OF the democra-
tic congress and administration: In |
abolishlng the oppressive and anti
American federal election laws and !
thus securing freedom to citizens at
the polls.
In so revising the pension lists that
the frauds which have robbed the
treasury Of vast sums of money will be
prevented in future, while no worthy |
pensloner will be deprived of the alG to |
which his services are entitled.
In restoring to q religious 0rganlz A. |
b copfseated under the pro
IL of law, with the prospect OF the
her restoration Of the real estate |
ESQ escheated.
In the appointments which have
been made of actual residents of the |
territory to public office, many of them
native to .he SOIL of Utah, a policy ale
together different from that OF republl-
can adm Illustrations.
In throwing open to settlement the
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations,
by which vast area of tilIable, graz
ing and mineral lands Will be utilized
by white labor and skill and be aided
to the wealth of Utah.
In passing an enabling act by which
Utah may enter the union as a free
and sovereign state. on an equal footing
with the existing states, For this Utah
owes debt of gratitude to the demo
cratic congress and president, whose
kind treatment OF this territory stands
out in striking contrast to that harsh
ness and enmIty extended by republl-
can congresses and administrations for
thirty years
We are proud Of our delegate to Con.
gress, Hon. j. j.. RawiinS. to whose
fidelity, perseverance aud splendid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures of legislation so beneficial to
Utah have been obtained. His unpar-
alleled success has demonstrated to the
people Of Utah that they made no mis-
take in sending him to the national
legislature, where he was recognized as
the peer Of his associates and man OF
marx and ability,
We denounce the republican party
for its obstruction TO those remt deal
measures demanded by the country to
mn@aHnSpe trade, industry and business
the chaos into which they were
ng through republican legislation
misrule.
attempting to foist the blame
the democratic party for The Ell
of republican maladmlnlstra-
the decentralization of silver and
unconstitutional and partial sYs-
of class protection, the masses OF
people have been Impoverished, the
cultural and laboring classes OPP
ssed, and the land disturbed by the
Of dissatisfied workmen, and the
IS OF the unemployed.
Pc point to the only republican leg
ture of Utah as sample of the IN
potency, partisanship and folly
Oh that party would exhibit If
led in power in the new state
attempting to deprive the public
ols of one-sixth Of the revenue es-
al to their support; refused to
necessary funus Tor the univer-
the agricultural college and other
ic institutions of an educational
refcrmatory character; tried to ap-
opri&te large sums Of public money
bounties for favored private indus
Ps; did make expenditures for which
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