The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-12
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City on Saturday, June 10th, by
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To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 10th, by
the Territorial De ocratio Convention
RESOLVED, That as tire convention was
not called to make nominations OF
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted az 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-
ventlon assembled, hereby declare our
devotion TO the time honored principles
Of the democratic party as enunciated
in the national platforms and imbed-
ded in the harris Of it's members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to ali 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 self-govern-
ment to the fullest rightful extent;
and of 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 Injuries, 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
q 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, py which needed meas
IRE TO provide public revenue is de
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt |
ia commercial and manufacturing |
cir.les and thus paralyZlng industry |
and Al Cesting trade. To the factlous |
hindi nces which are still thrown In |
the VA OF the Wilson bill by repabli-
can motors are due to the slow pro- |
gress il is making and the disasters |
tha ne consequent upon the delay.
V dem and the restoration of silver
to be 7.5itutional position it oeeuS
piec Is L ey previous to the act OF
1873, by VII ch the republican party
cast down lat historic and essential
none, metal. and caused the increas- !,
ing Cleas es which, beginning with
the panic of 1873 and bursting forth at
Intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing tire agricultural Interests of
the cuu airy. creating unrest ana dis
content among the oppressed laboring
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which swarmed over the land,
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
in 1889, with more than a
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
Democratic party in 1898 with a treasury
specifically bankrupt.
~ mSounce the silver policy of the
epr - as q sSssssm of miser-