The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-10
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


ResolUed, That as the convention We
not called TO make nominations I
formulate platform OF principles, th
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention TO be presented i
the form of an address to the people {
Utah;
We. the democrats of Utah, in cor
venUion assembled, hereby declare on
devotion TO the time honored principle
of the democratic party as enunciateI
in the national platforms and i'm ed
ded in the harris of its members.
We are emphatically in favor o
equal rights TO all and special privil
eyes to none; OF the greatest possibl
liberty to every individual compatibl
with the pubic welfare; of the advance
ment anc support of home industries
of the maintenance of local self-govern
ment TO the fullest rightful extent
and of "A strict construction OF the ma
ional constitution.
We are in favor Of such reform o.
the tariff as is consistent with the III
terests of the consumer and the pro
Queer, and declare that duties upoI
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxurIes, so far as possible, and moi
upon the necessaries OF life, for tbs
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 trrlff 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, 10y which needed 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
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 Constitutional 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 lncreas-
ing disasters which, beginning with
thu panic of 1873 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
AnssIng the agricultural Interests of
A2ntry, creating unrest and dis
content among the Opprs ssed 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 undenlable
fact thst the republican party TOOK the
government from the democratic ad
minjstration in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We depounce the silver policy of the
republican party as a system OF miser-
able makeshifts to pallIate the repub-
lican financial crime Of 1873, and de-
Glaze that only in and through the
democratic party can the people OF the
limited States expect the re-esta bllsh-
meut of true blmetallsm, which in
cludes the free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold. We believe
That his can be done with safety and
nrofit TO this nation by American ac-
ron, 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 reaftirmed by
tbat party Ia its most recent utter
apces. We regard 1t as an assistant
agency to the DrOstTatlOn OF silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities Of various kinds which
still afiict 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 aid 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 90 is clearly vested in the federal au-
thority, and declining to interfere when
il would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confscated under the provisions of
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 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and it's report in the senate of liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
U tab as state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
its speedy enactment as measure OF
simple justice to the oldest and mott
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona tide 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 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
we endnrsa the Official acts of OH