The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-20
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


ResoIUed, That as the convention wal
not called to make nominations ol
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented il
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 hOnOred principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed'
ded in the harris Of its members.
We are emphaticalIy in favor OF
equal rights to all and special privil.
eyes to none; OF the greatest possible
liberty to every individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; uf the advance
ment and support of home industries /;
of the maintenance of local seli-govern-
ment to the fullest rightful extent;
and of a strict construction of the ma
ional constitution.
We are in favor of such reform of
the tariff as is consistent with the IN
terests Of the consumer and the pro-
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxurles. SO far as possible. and not
upon the necessarles 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 sre 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 trrltf 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 jenounce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, Dy 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 replbli.
can senators are due TO the slow pro-
gress it lie making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration Of silver
to the co. stituGiOnal 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 1873 and bursting forth at |
intervals with terrible severity, de- |
pressing the agricultural Interests Of |
the country, creating unrest and dis |
content among The oppTS Ssed laboTing |
classes and increasing the armies of |
tramps which eWarmed 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 thet the republican party took The
government from the democratic adj
ministration in 1889, with more Than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy of the
republican party as a system OF mlser-
able makeshifts to pallIate the repub-
lican financial crime of 1873. and de-
cla1e that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-establish-
ment of true bImetalism, which in
cludes tie free coinage Of silver at the
Tz1tI71 t of / 10 8 t It, with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
nrofit to this nation by American &C.
ton, independent of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
mons Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prOstratiOn Of silver in
the poverty and distress and
social ealamities Of various kinds which
still afflict our country.
We deny that the nigh 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 p;
country at large.
We cordially endorse the democratic
and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to
enact d bill to reform the existing ex-
brilliant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, SO that
while all persons deserving the AID OF
he country for services in Its defense
shall be secured in their rights, lmDost- [
BIS and fraudulent pension agents {
hall not be permitted to further bleed
he body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
20 suppress laWlessness where power to I
10 so is clearly vested in the federal au- I
,hority, and declining to interfere when {
I would intrude on the rights of local {
government.
In the restoration to the church of
resus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop {
,rtv coniscated under the provisions of I
law; and we favor the |
immediate restoration also of the real [
property So escheated in view of the L
low ind1sputable facL that no pretexs '
emains for charging that the majority c
# the people of Utah are in opposition L
% nationat authority. C
In the passage through the house e
md its report in the senate of liberal 9
ind excellent bill for the admission of t
] tan as a state on an equal footing t
Win the existing states; and we urge u
is speedy enactment as q measure of f
simple justice to the Oldest and mort v
prosperous of the existing territories. u
In the appointment OF bona Tide resi- S
tents of the territory to the various e
,fices in the gift of the government in v
Itead of men from other sections of the t
unfamiliar with our people and C
he situation OF our affairs as was e
he rule under republican administra- q
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