The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-20
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ReSolued, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations OF
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented III
the form Of an address to the people OF
Utah:
We. the democrats of Utah. in con-
vention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion TO the time hOn0red principles
OF the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed.
ded in the harris OF its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
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 self-gOveTn-
ment TO the fullest rightful extent;
and Of a strict construction OF the ma
tional constitution.
We are In favor of such reform Of
the tariff as is consistent with the IN
terests Of the consumer and the pro-
ducer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxunes, so far as possible, and not
upOn the necesSarieS OF life, Tor the
purpose of providing revenue for the
necessary expenses of government, and
not for the special benefit OF any class
OF private enterprise. We are 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 trrii1 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 snare OF the bur
den of taxation. And We denOunce the
obstructive policy OF the republicans
in congress, 10y which needed meas
ure to provide public revenue Is de
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles. and thus paralyZlng industry
and arrestng trade. To the factiouS
hindranceS which are still thrown In
the way of the Wilson bill by replbh'
can senators are due TO the slow pro-
press it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration of silver
to the COZ stitutional position it occu-
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 oppressed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which sWarmed 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
ministration in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars III the national
treasury and turned 1t 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 palllate the repub-
lcan 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-eStabllsh-
ment of true blmetalism, which iu-
Guides the Tree 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-
uon, independent of European agree.
ment If international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
NOUS Mckinley law and reaifirmed by
that party in It's most recent utter
ances. We regard 1t as an assistant
agency to the prOstratiOn Of silver IN
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities OfyariOus kinds which
still attlict 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 It's 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
itwOuld intrude on the rights of a local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty c0nhscated under the provisions OF
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
property 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
TO natiOna, authority.
IN the passage through the house
and its report Ia 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 most
prosperous Of the existing territories
In the appointment OF bona iide res =
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
Che 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