The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-27
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

the Territorial Den ocratic Conventit
ReSoEUed, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations d
formulate a platform OF principles, thu
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 oul
devotion to the time honored principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
in the national platforms and lmbed'
ded in the harris of its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to all and special prlyll-
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 eelf-goyern-
ment to the fullest rightful extent;
and of a strict construction of the Da-
ional constitution.
We are in favor of such reform OF
the tariff as is consistent with the In
tereets of the consumer and the pro-
ducer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarles 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 the 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 denoUnce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, pv which heeded 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 factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repGbli-
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 COZ stitutional position it occus
Dl6u DIS BAOfAOhC w bAO cASO VA
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 and dis
content among the oppressed Iaborlng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which sWarmed over the land,
culmi n ated in the panic of 1898 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact thet the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ADMINISTRATION in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party in 1893 with a treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy of the
republican party as system OF mlser-
able makeshifts to palllate 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
elndes. the Tree coinage of silver at the
profit to 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 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 pTOstrstion of silver in |
producing the poverty and distress and |
social calamities of various kinds which |
still atflict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs placed |
upon lead and wool and other commod-
titles have raised their price or benefit
ed 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
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endesvOring to
enact bill to reform the existing ex-
orbitant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
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 lswlessness 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
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop.
erty confscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the !
immediate restoration also of the real /.
Sc escheated in view of the
now indIsputable fact that no preteX.
remains for charging that the majority
Of the people of Utah are in opposition
10 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report in the senate of a liberal
md excellent bill for the admission of !
tab as state on an equal footing !
With the existing states; and we urge
is speedy enactment as a measure of :
simple justice to the Oldest and most !
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment of bona hde resi- =
tents of the territory to the various
'tfices In the gift of the government in
tead of men from other sections of the '
country unfamiliar with our people and !
he situation of our affairs as was
he rule under republican sdministra- e
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
the dignity and authority of
be government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears of republican mis-
lle
We endorse the official acts of our
elegate in congress, Hon. J. L. Raw
ns and nffer his able ann sI1ncassfnI