The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-26
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

adherence to the principles Oh Ju5uc
and free government which the demo
cratic party Was organized TO establish
and preserve, and which have beel
embodied In the platform adopted b.
the democracy in their national con
tions.
We believe in strict construction o
the constltution-the peoples grant OF
power TO the federal government-tC
the end that the rights OF the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that lOca
self-gOYernmsn may be- secured, anC
that personal liberty may be exercised
to the fullest extent consistent witt
the public safety.
We believe in wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulC
be held TO a strict accountability foI
their acts; that the employment OF the
taxing power In any form by which The
few are entitled to the impoverlsnment
of the many, by which trade is de-
stroyed or obsttucted, by which trusts
are created and f0sLered and monop-
olies sustained, is wicked perverslon
of the powers designed for the common
good.
We believe in commercial and indus
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.
Wedemsnd the passage of law for
the free and Unlimited coinage of both,
silver and gold at ratio OF l to IL,
without waiting TOR the consent of any
other nation; and that the govern
menJ shall pay out silver so coined az
mouey 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 VIII be annually
saved by American consumers and all
classes OF people viii be bene-
Ited. In the arrangement OF tariff
duties we favor sucn adjustment as
viii operate equally throughout the
country and not discriminate as be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
Audl cuCn uuItCb 40 diG lo.0 Ou 1OlSlRu
imports should be LEVIED tor revenue
only, IDS congem plated III the national
constitution.
We alphabetically disapprOYe of the
course OF those democrats who, by
com bining with The repuDncans thWar
ted the expressed will OF the people in
reference 10 the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver to It's nght
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 10 the puolIc expense.
We endorse LIE acts oi the damocra-
tic COMPRESS and administration: In
abulisnIng 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- |
prey ented III future, while no worthy |
pensIoner will be deprived of the alG to |
which his services are entitled.
In restoring to religious organlZa-
ton in Titan lis personal property, |
which was conhscated under the pro-
visions of law. with The prospect OF the J
further restoration OF the real estate
also escheated.
In the appointments which have |
been made OF actual residents Of the |
territory TO public office, many of them
native to The soil of Utah, policy al.
together different from that of republl-
can 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
10 the wealth Of Utah.
In passing an enabling act by which
Utah may enter the union as 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 enmltv extended by republi- /,
can congresses and administrations for
thirty years.
We are proud of our delegate to Con.
yress, Hon. j. l.. Rawiins, to whose
fidelity, perseverance and splendid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures of legislation so beneficial to
o tab have been obtained. His unpar-
alleled success has demonstrated to the J
people of Titan that they made no mis-
Jake in sending him to the national
where he was recognized as ,
,he peer of his associates and man of
marx and ability,
We denounce the republican party ,
for its obstruction to those Iemt deal
demanded 10y the country to
'escue trade, industry ana business .
rom the chaos into which they were :
lrifting through republican legislation
md misrule. ,
For attempting to foist the blame
Ipon the democratic party for the Ell
eets ef REPUBLICAN maladministra
ion
By the demonstration of silver and J
be unconstitutional and partial sYs- 1
en- OF class projection, the masses of
be people have been impoverished, the J
grlc ultuIdl and laborlng classes op-
resse ed, and the land disturbed by the
lots of dissatisfied Workmen, and the
ries of the unemployed.
We point to the only republican leg
Stature of Utah as sample of the IN.
Ompe tency, craftsmanship and folly S
Thich that party would exhibit if
laced in power In the new state
, In att empting to deprive the public '
chools of one 81 xth Of the revenue eS- J
entail to their support; refused to {
rant necessary funds for the univer-
ity, the agricultural college and other j
ublic institutions of an educ ational /
nd reformatory character; tried to ap. j
large sums Of public money
s bounties tor favored private indus L
lies; did make expenditures for which
. revenue was provid d; drafted I
memorials to congress containing errors '