The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-02
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ResolUed, That as the convention We
not called to make nominations q
formulate platform of principles, th
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention to be presented i
the form of an address to the people {
Utah:
We. the democrats of Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare GU
devotion to the time honored principle
of the democratic party as enunciatet
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harts of its members.
We are emphatically in favor o
equal rights to all and special privil
eyes to none; of the greatest possible
liberty to every individual compatible
with the public welfare; of the advance
ment and support of home industries
of the maintenance of local se1f-govern
ment to the fullest rightful extent
and of strict construction of the ma
ional constitution.
We are in favor of such reform Of
the tariff as is consistent with the III
terests of the consumer and the pro-
Queer. and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxuries, so far as possible, and moi
upon the necessaries of life, for the
purpose of providing revenue for the
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
a few.
We demand the speedy passage OF
the bill for trritf 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 denounce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, by which needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyzIng 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 COL stituti0nal position it occus
pied as money previous to 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 1878 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests of
the country, creating unrest and dis
content among the oppressed laboring
classes and increasing the armies of
tramps which swarmed over the land,
in the panic of 1898 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact that the republican party took the
from the democratic ad
in 1889, with more than
million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
bankrupt.
We denOunce the silver policy of the
party as system of miser-
able makeshifts to palliate the repub-
lican financial crime of 1873. and de-
Glaze that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-establi
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cludes the free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit to this nation by American &C.
lion, independent of European agree
nent if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy
IF protection as embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reafirmed by
hat party in Its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostTstiOn of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
,ocia! calamities of various kinds which
still aff1ict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs placed |
lpon lead and wool and other commod- |
ties have raised their price OF benefit |
ID the producer of such materials, |
While they have been oppressive and |
detrimental to the consumer and the |
country ar large.
We cordially endorse the democratic |
congress and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal |
election law and thus promoting the |
reedom Of elections.
In formulating and endeavoriDg to |
enact bill to reform the existing ex-
,rbitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that |
While all persons deserving the aid of |
he country for services in Its defense |
hall be secured in their rights, lmpost- |
rs and fraudulent pension agents |
hall not be permitted to further bleed |
he body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
o suppress laWlessness where power to |
10 so is clearly vested in the federal au-
hority, and declining to interfere when |
t would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of |
esus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
rtv conhscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
so escheated IN view of the
oW indlsputable fact that no preteXs
emains for charging that the majority
f the people Of Utah are in opposition
o national authority.
In the passage through the house
nd its report in the senate of liberal
nd excellent bill for the admission of
Utah as a state on an equal footing
Win the existing states; and we urge
is speedy enactment as a measure of
nipple justice to the oldest and most
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment of bona hde resi-
Tents of the territory to the various
,fices in the gift of the government in
tead of men from other sections of the
unfamiliar with our people and
he situation of our affairs as was
he rule under republican administra-
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears of republican mis-
ule
We endorse the official acts of our
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