The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-05
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

RESOLVED, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform of principles, tn
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention 10 be presented il
the form OF an address to the people 0
Utah:
We. the democrats OF Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time hUnOred principles
of the democratic party as enunciateC
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harts Of its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to all 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-goverD-
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-
ducer. 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 She bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment Of
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trritf 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 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 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 CO.. stituUiOnal position it 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 increas-
ing disasters which. beginning with
the panic of 1878 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests Of
the country, creating unrest and dis
content among the oppr 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 undeniable
fact that the repu blican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889, with more than q
hundred million dollars in the national |
treasury and turned it back to the |
democratic party In 1898 with a treasury |
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy of the |
republican party as 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 |
United States expect the re-establish |
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cIudes tue free coinage OF silver at the |
ThllO VI 10 W 4 NlIl EOA0s W . OO1AONN
that this can be done with safety and !
nrofit 10 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
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agency to the prostratiOn of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still afflict our country.
We DENY that the high tariffs placed
upon lead and wool and other commod-
ities have raised their price or benefit
ed the producer Of such materials,
while they have been oppressive and
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 a bill to reform the existing ex
orbitant system of tariffs.
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while all persons deserving the aid of
the country for services in Its defense
shall be secured in their rights, Impost-
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-
thoritv. 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.
prty confiscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
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
Utah as state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge !
its speedy enactment as a measure of
simple Justice to the oldest and most
of the existing territories.
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
country unfamiliar with our people and {
The situation of our affairs as was c
the rule under republican administra- g
lions.
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