The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-29
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

the Territorial De .ocratic Convent
RESOLVED, That as the convention was
not called TO make nominations ol
formulate a platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention TO be presented in
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 hunored principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
In the national platforms and imbed-
ded in the harts 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 pubic welfare; of the advance
ment and support OF home industries; ;
of the maintenance OF local self-gOvern-
ment to the fullest nghtful 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 luxuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarles OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
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
q few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trTitf 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. Aud we denOUnce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, by 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 arresJing trade. TO the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by TepIbli.
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. stitutiOnal position it occus
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 and as
content am ng the opprr ssed laoorlng
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 thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889, with more than
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 the
republican party as system OF miser-
able makesbifts to palllate the repub-
lican financial crime Of 1878, and de-
GLAZE that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-eStabllSh-
ment of true bmetdlsm, which In
cludes tl.e free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l with gold. we believe
that this can be done with safety ana
profit to this nation by American &C.
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 mia
nous Mckinley law and reafirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
;ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prOstrstlOn Of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still afflict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs 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 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 endeavoring 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 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
to suppress lawlessness where power TO |
do 30 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 cnnfscated under the PROVISIONS OF |
congressional law; and we favor the |
Immediate restoration also of the real |
Dronerty So escheated in view OF the |
now indIsputable fact that no pretex1
remains for charging that the majority |
of the people of Utah are IN opposition |
TO national authority.
In the passage through the house |
and its report in the senate CT liberal |
and excellent bill for the admission of |
Utah as a state on an equal footing |
with the existing states; and we urge !
its sDeedy enactment as a measure of |
simple Justice to the Oldest and mott |
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona Tide 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
the rule under republican administra-
Sions.
And we further endorse all efforts to |
the dignity and authority Of |
the government and remove the effects
of over thirty wears of republican mis-
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