The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-04
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

RESOLVED, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate a platform OF principles, tn
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention 10 be presented il
the form of an address to the people O
Utah
We, the democrats of Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare GU
devotion TO the time hOnOred principle
of the democi atlc party as enunciateC
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harts of its members.
We ale 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 pubic welfare; of the advance
ment anG support of home industries
of the maintenance OF local 6eIf-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 luxuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessaTles 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 are opposed
to the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment of
q few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trritf reform now pending
in the senate, including the proy ision
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, Dy which needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
lRyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arTesting 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 CO. stituCional position 1t 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 oppressed laboring
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 thet the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889, win 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 miser-
able makeshifts to palllate 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-establiSh- |
ment of true bImetalism, which in
cludes tie free 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 &C.
ton, independent Of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy |
of protection as embodied In the lnfa-
nous Mckinley law and reafirmed by |
that party in its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant |
agency to the prOstrstion of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still affiict 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 al 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
brilliant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
while all persons deserving the aid of
she country for services In Its defense
shall be secured in IT, cir rights, Impost-
BIS and fraudulent pension agents
shall not be permitted TO further bleed
he body polite.
In the exercise Of the federal forces
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10 so is clearly vested in the federal au-
5hegity, and declining to interfere when
t would intrude on the rights OF local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
,rty confscated under the provisions Of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
property So escheated in view of the
low indlsputable fact that no preteX.
emains for charging that the majority
If the people of Utah are In opposition
% national authority.
In the passage through the house
md its report in the senate of liberal
md excellent bill for the admission of
D tab as a state on an equal footing
With the existing states; and we urge
is speedy enactment az measure of
simple justice to the oldest and mort
of the existing territories.
In the appointment of bona tide resi-
tents of the territory to the various
)fices in the gift of the government in
,tesd of men from other sections of the ,
country 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
the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
# over thirty wears of republican mis-
ule
We endorse the official acts of our