The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-18
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

W e, I06 u6mOCIalS OI y bdD, al Gull
ventIOn assem- bled, hereby Teaffirm oul
adherence to the principles Oh lustic
and free government which the demo
cratic party was organized to establish
and preserve, and which have beer
embodied IN the platform adopted by
the democracy IN their national con-
lions.
We believe in strict constru Gtlon OF
the consGltuLion-the peoples grant of
power 10 the federal Povernment-to
The end that the rights OF the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that local
self-goyeTnmsnt may be secured, and
that personal liberty may be exercised
10 the fullest extent consistent with
the puolIc safety.
We believe IN wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulc
be held To a strict accountability Tor
their acts; that The employment Of the
taxing power In any form by which the
few are entitled to the imD0verlshment
OF the many, by which trade is de-
Slroyed or obsttucted, by which trusts
are created and f0stered and monop-
Ohes sustained, is wicked peryerslon
OF the powers designed for the common
good.
We believe in commercial and indus
trial freedom and resent all attempts
TO prevent It's exercise, in the pro 40
ton of education by the state;
in tue full development of our national
resources; IN the encouragement aud
advancement OF home Industries; in
the protection of labor from the en-
crOachments of capital, and in equal
rights TO all, special privileges to
none.
Wedemand the passage of law for
the free and unlimited coinage of both
silver and gold alta ratio of l to Is,
without waiting tor the consent of any
other nation; and that the govern
menJ shall pay out silver SO coined as a
money OF ultimate redemption the
same as gold.
We Commend the democratic con-
gress and administration of the meas
ures OF reform which they have sue
ceeded in etfecting, by which hundreds
OF millions OF dollars will be annually
saved by American consumers and all
classes OF people will be bene-
fled. In the arrangement OF tariff
duties We favor such adjustment as
VIII operate equally throughout the
country and not discriminate as be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
that such duties as are laid on foreign
imports should be levied for revenue
only, as contemplated in the national
constitution.
We emphatically disapproYe of the
course of those democrats who, by
Combining with the republicans thwar-
TED the expressed will of the people in
reference TO the tariff and prevent
ed The restoration OF silver to Its right
place as money.
We endorse the income tax provision
OF The tariff law, by which more
eQUtGbie distribution Is made of the
burdens of taxation, and wealth ae
well as want is required to contribute
Its share to the public expense.
We endorse the acts OF the democra-
tic congress and administration: In
abJlishng the oppressive and anti
American federal election laws and
thus securing freedom to citizens at
the polls.
In SO revising the pension lists that
the frauds which have robbed the
treasury of vast sums of money will be
pres ented in future, while no worthy
pensloner will be deprived of the aid to
which his services are entitled.
In restoring to religious Organlza-
tlUn In Titan Its personal property, |
which was coDfscated under the pro- |
visions of law, with the prospect of the |
further restoration of the real estate |
also eScheated.
In the appointments which have |
been made OF actual residents OF the |
teri tory to public office, many of them
native to The soil of Utah, policy al.
together different from that of republI-
can adm nlstratlons.
La throwing open to settlement the |
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations,
by which vast area OF tillable, graz
ing and mineral lands Will be utilized
by white labor and skill and be added
to the wealth OF Utah.
In passing an enabling act by which
Utah may enter the union as free
and sovereign state, on an equal footing
with the existing states, For this Utah
owes debt of gratitude to the demo-
cratic congress and president, whose
kind treatment of this territory stands
out IN striking contrast to that harsh
ness and enmltY extended by republi-
Can congresses aIiG administrations for
thirty years.
We are proud of our delegate to Con.
gress, Hon. j. L.. RaWins, to whose
fidelity, perseverance and splendid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures of legislation so beneficial to
UUan have been obtained. His unpar-
alleleQ success has demonstrated to the
people Of Titan that they made no mis-
take in sending him TO the national
legislature, where he was recognized as
the peer OF his associates and man of
marx and ability,
We denounce the republican party
for its obstruction to those reIhe deal
demanded by the country to
rescue trade, industry and business
from the chaos into which they were
drifting through republican legislation
and misrule.
For attempting to foist the blame
upon the democratic party for The eff
iects of republican maladministra-
ton.
By the decentralization of silver and
The unconstitutional and partial sYs-
tenn OF claes protection, the masses of
the people have been Impoverished, the
agricultural and laborlng classes op-
pressed, and the land disturbed by the
riots of dissatisfied Workmen, and the
cries of the unemployed.
We point to the only republic an leg
islature of Utah as sample of the IN
partisanship and folly
which that party would exhibit If
placed IN power in the new state.
In attempting to deprive the public
schools of one-sixth of the revenue es-
seDtlsl to their support; refused to
grant necessary funds for the univer-
SHY, the agricultural college and other
public institutions of an educational
and reformatory character; tried to ap.
large sums of public money
as bountIes for favored private indus
tries; did make expenditures for which
no revenue was provld d; drafted