The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-28
BKNOCRATIC PLATFORM

ventl0n assem- bled, hereby reattlrm our
adherence to the principles Oh JusIics
and free government which the demo.
cratic party was organized TO establish
and preserve, and which have been
embodied In the platform adopted by
the democracy in their national COLI
tlons.
We believe in strict constru stion of
the conetltutlon-tDa peoples grant Of
power TO the federal g0vernment-to
the end that the rights OF the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that local
self-goYernmsnU may be secured, and
that personal liberty may be exercised
to the fullest extent consistent with
the public safety.
We believe in wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulc
be held to strict accountability for
their acts; that the employment OF the
taxing power IN any form by which the
few are entitled 10 the Impeachment
of the many, by which trade is de
sIToyed or obstructed, by which trusts
are created and fostered and monop-
olies sustained, is wicked perversion
of the powers designed Tor the common
good.
We believe in commercial and indus
trial freedom and resent all attempts
to prevent It's exercise, IL the pro 10
ton OF education by the state;
In the full development of our national
resources; IN the encouragement and
advancement Of home Industries; In
the prote :tiOn 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 at ratio of l to Is,
without waiting TOR the consent of any |
other nation; and that the govern |
ment shall pay out silver SO coined az 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 inNetfecting, by which hundreds |
of millions 0. dollars will be annually |
saved by American consumers and all |
classes OF people will be bene-
flied. In the arrangement OF tariff
duties We favor such adjustment as
will 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 I
constitution.
We phatically disapproYe of the
course Of those democrats who, by
combining with the republicans. thWar-
ted the expressed will of the people IN
reference 10 the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver to ats right
place as money.
We endorse the income tax provision
of the tariff law, by which a more
equitable distribution Is made OF the
burdens of taxation. and wealth as
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
abolishing 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
prevented in future, while no worthy
pensloner will be deprived of the aid to
which his services are entitled.
In restoring to a religious organIZa-
lion in Titan Its personal property,
- N a. ss2 fscRted under the pro-
". with the prospect of the ;
kSova.50n OF the real estate
efeabed.
% the appointments which have
p6een made OF actual residents of the
territory to public office, many of them ,
native to The sou of Utah, a policy al
together different from that of republI- ,
can administrations. ;
In throwing open to settlement the
Uintah and UncompRhgre 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 a 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 enmitv extended by republi-
can congresses all administrations for :
thirty years.
We are proud of our delegate to Con.
gress, Hon. ]. l.. Rswlins, to whose
fidelity. perseverance and splendid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures of legislation SO beneficial to !
Utah have been obtained. His unpar-
Rlleled 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
e peer of his associates and man of :
Rrk and ability,
We denounce the republican party l
r its obstruction to those remedial Z
NA1o Lad I,x, tbo ,frCJ m
seSuo trade, industry and business 8
rom the chaos into which they were /
1iriftin0 through republican legislation I
land misrule. =
For attempting to ioist the blame c
upon the democratic party for The eff
fects of republican maladministra-
ltion
By the demonstration of silver and 7
the unconstitutional and partial sYs- a
tenn OF class protection, the masses of Q
the people have been impoverished, the /
agricultural and laboring classes op- c
pressed, and the land disturbed by the S
riots OF dissatisfied Workmen, and the Fl
cries OF the unemployed. f
We point TO the only republican leg
AZURE OF Utah as a sample Of the IN Y
mpetency, partisanship and folly
llch that party would exhibit If Il
bced in power in the new state. )
10 attempting to deprive the public C
polls OF one-sixth of the revenue es- s
sl to their support; refused to f
necessary funds for the uuiYer- r
the agricultural college and other u
institutions of an educational
ormatory character; tried to APP d
ee large 6ums Of public money '
ties tor favored private indus O
hid make expenditures for which i
enue was provided; drafted
ais to congress containing errors
and fallacias in nrincinlp. "a