The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-13
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the People Of Utah. Delivered at salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 1OIh' W
The Territorial De- ocratIc Oonvsn'h

Resolued. That as the convention was
not called to make NOMINATIONS VI
formulate platform OF principles Tue
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention 10 be presented III
the form OF an address TO the people Vi
Utah
venti,,u semuied. hereby declare our
devotion 10 TIE time hUnoreu principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imoed-
ded IN the harUs OF It's members.
We are emphatically In favor OF
eoual rights TO ali aud special prlvll
eyes to none; OF the greatest posslple
liberty to every INDIVIDUAL compatible
with the pub &c welfare; vi The advance
meut anG sup .UTt OF nome industries;
Of the maintenance uI local eelt-g0yern-
ment To the fdlleSJ rlghttul extent;
and of "A sIrlct CONSTRUCTION vi the nd
ional constitution.
We are in FAVOR of such reform OF
the tariff as is consistent Win the III
terests OF the consumer anu The pro-
,dactr. and declare that duties upon
forpign imports should be levied upon
the injuries, so far as possible, and not
-nuon tne uccessarIeS vi lie, Tor the
nnrpose of providing revenue Tor Tie
necessary expenses ot government, anu
MOI Ior the special benefit of any class
oar nrivate enterprise. We ere opoUsed
10 the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment Oh
o few. ,. -.
We demand the speedy passage OF
the bill Tor trIIff reform now pending
In the senate, including the prov lslon
for An lDcOme tax by which those iatge
prouerty holders who are best soIe
shall bear their just share OF the Dur
dan of taxation. And we dehOunce the
ohstructlye policy of tue republicans
in congress, py which needed meas
ure TO provide public revenue is de
laved, causing uncertainty ana douoL
In commercial and manufacturing
circles. and thus paralyzIng industry
and arres,ing trade. To Tie factious
biudrances winch are still thrown In
the wav ot the Wilson blll 10y repLbh-
csn senators are due 10 Tie slow pro-
orass IL Is making and The dlSastels
thai are consequent upon the DELAY;
We demand the restoration oil silver
to tue co. sLituLlonai position IL occuc
pied as money previous 10 The scI Vi
1879. low which the republican party
cast down that historic and tssentlal
money metal, and caused the lncreas-
iny disasters which. beginning with
the panic OF 1873 and bursting forth al
intervals with terrible severity, de-
.presslng the agricultural lnteres.s 81
the country, creating unrest and DIS
content among the oppT ssed IaooIlng
CLASSES and increasing the armies OF
4rAmps which ewaTmed over the lana,
-eu,mlnaJed 10 the panic OF 1879 anG
.still spreads it's blight upon trace anu
industry. - 5o,;ollo
F,ot thot the republican party TOOK the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889. win more Than q
P,,,D,rAd million dollars in the national
1reaslry and turned 1t back TO The
democratic party III 1898 WITH treasury
practically bankrupt.
We deu0unce the silver policy OF the
ret,lblcap pa. ty as system Oh uIeei
ehle makeshlfts to palhate the repuo-
i;can financial crime of 1873, anu de-
.cIa,a that only in and through the
democratic party can the people OF The
.TTnitad States expect the re esta0llSn-
snpy,t of true D,metallsm, winch IN
al,,d..s + e free coinage'Of silver ar the
Ito af rs to l with gold We believe
tLst mis- can be done with safety ana
croft 10 this nation 10y American ac-
aQp, ,@,TnafGidt 81 Enropean as zee
not be Immediately obtained.
We denUunce the republican policy
of protect ion as embodied In he mia
mons Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that BarLy In lis most recent utter
anCes. We regard 1t as an assistant
agency to the prOStration Of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamltles of various kinds which
still affiict our country
We DENY that the high tar ifs placed
unon lead and wool and other cOmmod-
jtles have raised their price or benefit
cd the producer of such materials
while thew 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
,elsctlon law and thus promoting The
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to
sanact a blIl 10 reform the existing ex-
orhitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
ugh,le All persons deserving the alu Of
Fha couutry for services in It's defense
shall be secured in tEeir rights, lmpost
ara and fraudulent pension agentt
shall moi be permitted TO further DleeO
the body polite.
Tn the exercise of the federal forces
70 empress lawlessness where power tc
do so Is clearly vested in the federal al
thoritv. and declining to Interfere Wher
If would intrude on the rights OF loca
government. .l.L -
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
nrfv eou6scated under the provisions o.
congressional law; and We isvor tbs
immeaiate restoration also Of the rea
nrouerty g, escheated in view OF the
now lndIsputable fact that no preteX
REMAINS for charging that the maJorit,
ot the people of Utah ale In opposition
to nations Authority
In the passage through the house
mi its report in the senate Of liberia
and excellent bill for the admission q
TItah as A state on an equal footing
with the existing states; ana we urst
its speedy enactment AS a measure Q
simnle Justice TO the Oldest and m0F
prosperous Oh IBo oAieth,'S 49,
In the appointment of bona tide resi-
dents of tie terhlorY to the various
Offices in the gift of ~ government IN
ga of me- from other secti Ms of the
sounlr, uufami Aai m.,n OR eopie anI
the situation # r etfa'rs as Wa
the rule under republican sdmlnistra
tioDs.
And We further endorse all efforts tt
maintain the dignity and authority o
the government and remove the ELECT
of over thirty wears of republican mis-
rule
We endorse the official acts of on