The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-30
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ResolUed, That as the convention wa
not called TO make nominations L
formulate platform or principles, To
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention 10 be presented i
the form of an address TO the people {
Utah:
We, the democrats of Utah. in con
vention assembled, hereby declare on
devotion TO the time honored principle
of the democratic party as enunciate'
in tie national platforms and imbed
ded in the harts Of its members.
We ale emphatically In favor 0
equal rights 10 ali and special privil
eges to none; OF the greatest POSSIBLE
liberty TO every Individual cOmpatlblt
with the pub ic welfare: Ut the advance
ment and support Of home Industries
of the maintenance of local sell-goVern
ment to the fullest ughtful extent
and of a strict construction Of the ma
ional constitution.
We are In favor of such reform o.
the tariff as is consistent with the III
terests of the consumer and the pro
Queer. and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
uDon the neceSsarieS OF life, for thl
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit OF any class
OF 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 trrlff reform DOW pending
in the senate, including the prov ision
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, 10y 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 aTresling trade. To the fsctious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repdbli-
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. stiluCional position it occ~
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 If
the country, creating unrest and dis
content am Dg the OppTr ssed laboriDg
classes and increasing the armies of
tramps which swarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic of 1923 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
minisiTatiOn in 1889. WIN more than a
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party III 1893 with a treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy of the
republican party as a system of miser-
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
meRt OF true blmetdlism, which H.
cludes tie free Coinage os silIssnag 1T the
ratio of l6 to with gold. w y believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit to 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
tnat party In its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the pTOStTatiOn OF silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamItieS of various kinds which
still afilicU our country.
We deny that the high tar ifs placed
upon lead and wool and other commod-
tiles have raised their price or benefit
ed the producer of such materials. |
while they have been oppressive and
to the consumer and the |
country al large.
We cordially endorse the democratic |
and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal |
election law and thus promoting the |
freedom Of elections.
In formulating and endeaYoriug to |
enact a Dlll TO reform the existing ex-
orbitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that |
while ali persons deserving the aid OF |
the country for services In It's defense |
shall be secured 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
10 suppress lawlessness where power to |
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
Ghority, and declining to interfere when |
it would intrude on the rights of a local
government.
In the restoration to the church of |
Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
srty cantiscated under the provisions OF
law; and We favor the
restoration also of the real
oronerty SO escheated IN view OF the
now indlsputable fact that no pretexs
remains Tor charging that the majority
IF the people of Utah are in opposition
10 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report IN the senate of d liberal
md excellent bill for the admission of
Utah as a etate on an equal footing
With the existing states; and we urge
is speedy enactment as a measure of
simple Justice 10 the oldest and mort
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona tide resi-
tents of the territory TO the various
Jffices In the gift of the government in
stead of men from other sections of the
country unfamiliar with onr people and
he situation of our affairs as was
he rule under republican administra-
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
If over thirty wears of republican mis-
'ule
We endorse the Official acts of our