The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-31
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ResoEued, 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 in
the form OF an address to the people OF
Utah
We, the democrats of Utah, in con-
vention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion 10 the time honored principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
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 priyil-
eyes to none; of the greatest possible
liberty to every Individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; of the advance
ment anc support of home industries;
of the maintenance OF local sell-govern-
ment to the fdllest rlghtful 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 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 are 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 trTitf 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, Dy 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 arresting trade. 10 the factlous
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
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.. stitutiOnal position it occuS
pied as money previous to the act OF
1873, by which the republican party
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 uDdeniable
fact thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
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 system of miser- |
able makeshifts to palliate the repub-
liean financial crime of 1873, and de- |
claIe 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 with gold, We believe
profit TO this nation by American ac-
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 infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in It's 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 aflict 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 20 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 Its defense ,
shall be secured in tt cir 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 :
it would intrude on the rights of local ;
government. !
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty contiscated under the provisions of :
congressional law; and we favor the :
immediate restoration also of the real :
Sc 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 its report in the senate of liberal =
and excellent bill for the admission of :
q tab as a state on an equal footing ii
with the existing states; and we urge y
it's speedy enactment as a measure of =
simple justice to the oldest and most y
Of the existing territories. ', v
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 y;
country unfamiliar with our people and " =,
5he situation of our affairs as was -
5he rule under republican administra- Q,
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