The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-14
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To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 10th, by
the Territorial De ocratic Convent

Lake City on Saturday, June 10th, b.
the Territorial De ocratic Convent
Resolved, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations D
formulate a platform OF principles, th'
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
vention assembled, hereby declare on
devotion TO the time hUnored principles
of the democratic party as enunciateC
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harris of Its 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 and 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 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 luxurles. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarles OF life. for the
purpose Of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, aud
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 trrin reform now pending
in the senate, including the prov ision
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 ienounce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, bY 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. To the facrous
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
can senators are due 10 the slow pro-
Rress it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration of silver
TO the CO.. stituUiOnal position it occue
pied as money previous to the act of
1873, by which the republican p
cast down that historic and rs, Il iai
money metal. and caused the lncre as
ing disasters which. beginning with
the panic Of 1873 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural interes.s of
the country, creating unrest and dis
content among the OppTc ssed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies of
trampe 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 thFt the republican party TOOK the |
government from the democratic ad
III 1889. WIN more than a |
million dollars IN the national |
treasury and turned 1t back to II !
party III 1893 with a treasury !
bankrupt.
We denOuDce the silver policy OF the |
party as system of miser- |
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 establish
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cludee tie free coinage of silver al the
ratio of 16 to with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and ]
profit 10 this nation by American ac-
ton, independent Of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy
Of protection SIS embodied In the lnfa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
mat party in it's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostration Of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
Iocial cslamities of various kinds which
till afflict our country
We deny that the high tar ifs placed
ipon lead and wool and other commod-
ties have raised their price or benefit
ID 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
lection law and thus promoting the
reedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoriDg to
nSet bill to reform the existing ex-
rbitant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists. so that
7hile all persons deserving the ala OF
he country for services in Us defense
hall be secured in their rights, lmpost-
rs and fraudulent pension agents
hall not be permitted to further bleed
be body polite.
In the exercise Of the federal forces
} suppress lswlessness where power to
O so is clearly vested in the federal au-
nority, and declining to interfere when
would intrude on the rights of local :
overnment.
In the restoration to the church of
esus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
rtv confiscated under the provisions OF
law; and we favor the {
IMMEDIATE restoration also of the real
SO escheated in view of the o
oW indlsputable FACT that no pretex3 v
,mains TOR charging that the majority
the people of Utah are In opposition
national authority.
In the passage through the han e
nd it's report In the senate of d ii...r
1d excellent bill for the admlssi0a %.
tab as a state on an equal footing
ith the existing states; and We urge =
s speedy enactment as measure of /
mple justice to the Oldest and most
rosperous of the existing territories Q
In the appointment of bona fde resi- s
ants of the territory to the various c
ices in the gift of the government In '
esd of men from other sections of the
,untry unfamiliar with our people and c
re SITUATION of our affairs as was e
le rule under republican s0ministra- a
ons.
And We further endorse I'll efforts to
aintRiu the dignity and authority OF
le government aud remove the effects
over thirty wears of republican mis-