The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-13
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, thu
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention TO be presented il
the form OF all address to the people o
Utah:
We. the democrats Of Utah, in con
ventlon assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time hUnOred principle!
of the democratic party as enunciaJeC
in the national platforms and imbed-
ded in the harris 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 pub ic welfare; Of the advance
ment and support Of home industries
Of the maintenance of local self-gOvern-
ment to the fallest rlghtful extent;
and of 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 luxunes, so far as possible, and not
upon the necessaTies of life. for the
purpose OF providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not Tor the special benefit of any class
or private enterprise. We ere opposed
to the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment of
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trrltf 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-
dan of taxation. And we denOunce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
In congress, uy which a needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresting trade. To the fsctious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
can senators are due to the slow pro-
gress 1t is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration of silver
to the constitutional position it occu~
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 1873 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests of
the country, creating unrest ana dis
content among the oppressed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies of
tTamps which sWarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic of 1898 and
still spl cad : its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact that the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad.
minlsuTatlun III 1889, vain more Unau |
hundred million dollars in the national |
treasury and turned it back to the !
democratic party in 1898 with treasury |
practically bankrupt
We denOunce the silver policy Of tt |
republican party as system OF miser- !
able makeshifts to palllate the repub- |
lican financial crime of 1873, and de-
Glaze that only in and through the |
aSemocratic party can the people of the
Ajted States expect the re-establish-
- s..u.s.S-true blmetalism, which in
cllldes tie free coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to / with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit to this nation by American ac-
lion. independent Of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy
nf protection as embodied IN the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in It's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency TO the prostratlOn OF silver IN
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still afiict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs placed
upon j and wool and other commod-
itIes lave raised their price Or benefit
ed the producer of such materials,
while TIE have been oppressive and
detrimeDi 3, to the consumer and the
country a arge.
We CO.. haily endorse the democratic
congress I'd administration:
In L. 1eai'lr the obnoxious federal
election aH 49, / thus promoting the
freedom OF elecL0ns.
In formulatil. and endeavoring to
enact a b,il 20 reform the existing ex-
orbitant SD 0i tariffs.
In revisit ~ pension lists, so that
while all persons deserving the aid OF
the country Tor services In Its defense
shall be seer ed in their rights, lmpost-
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-
thority, and declining to interfere when
it would intrude on the rights of local
|
In the restoration to the church Of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop {
erty confscated under the provisions Of !
law; and we tsvor the |
immediate restoration also of tie real
60 escheated in view Of the !
now indlsputable FACT that no pretexs !
remains for charging that the majority c
Of the people of Utah are In opposition 7
10 national authority. C
In the passage through the house Q
and its report in the senate of a liberal }
and excellent bill for the admission of /
q tab as a state on an equal footing +
with the existing States and we urge !
It's speedy enactment as measure OF f
simple justice TO the Oldest and most =
of the existing territories. i
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 q
the rule under republican sdministra- )
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
We endnrse the official acts of onr