The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-06
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

the Territorial Democratic Convention
ResolUed, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, TIN
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention to be presented il
the form of an address to the people o
Utah:
We. the democrats of Utah, in con
veution assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion to the time h0nored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and lmbed
ded in the harts of it's members.
We are emphatically In favor OF
equal rights to all and special prlvll
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 self-govern-
ment to the fullest rlghttul extent;
and of a strict construction OF the ma
ionai constitution.
We are in favor of such reform of
tbe tariff as is consistent with the In
terests of the consumer and the pro-
dncer. and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the Injuries, SO far as possible, and not
upon the necessarie5 of life, for the
nprnose 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 fhe bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment of
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
tba hin for trriif reform now pending
in the senate, including the provision
for an income tax by which those large
nroperty holders who are best able
shall bear their just share Of the bur-
dem of taxation. And we denounee the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, by which heeGed meas
ure TO provide public revenue is de
laved. causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles. and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresting trade. To the factiouS
bindrances which are still thrown in
tbe 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 COZ stitutional position it occu~
MED 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 manic 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 opprs ssed 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 that the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministratiOn in 1889, with more than a
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the |
democratic party in 1898 with a treasury |
practically bankrupt.
We denOunce the silver policy of the |
republican party as system of mlser- |
able makeshifts to palllate the reDub- |
lican financial crime Of 1873. and de- |
clare that only in and through the |
democratic party can the people of the |
United States expect the re-establlsh- |
ment of true bimetalism, which in |
nl,lclss lie free Coinage of silver at the |
- of 16 to with gold. We believe |
that this can be done with safety and /!
-1roft, 10 this nation by American ac- |
t,on. 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 It's most recent utter
ances We regard it as an assistant |
agency to the prostration of silver In
nToducing the poverty and distress and |
social calamities of various kinds which |
still aflict our country
We DENY that the high tariffs placed
nnon lead and wool and other commod-
ities 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 a bill to reform the existing ex-
orbitant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that |
while all persons deserving the aid of
the country for services in It's defense |
shall be secured in tbeir 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 40 is clearly vested in the federal au-
thoritv. and declining to interfere when |
II would intrude on the rights of local |
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop |
ertv confiscated under the provisions of |
congressional law; and we favor the |
Immediate restoration also of the real |
nroperty 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 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and it's report in 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 measure of
simple Justice to the Oldest and most |
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona fide resi-
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 |
the rule under republican sdministra-
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