The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-11
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


ResoEved, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations 0
formulate platform OF principles, tn
following be adopted as the sentiment
OF the convention 10 be presented il
the torn of an address TO the people o
Utah:
We, the democrats of Utah, in con
ventlon assembled, hereby declare GU
devotion TO The time hunored principles
of the democratic party as enunciateC
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harris Of it's members.
We ale 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 anc support of rome industries
of the cialntenance of local self-gOvern-
ment TO the fullest rlghtful extent;
and of a 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 luxurles, so far as possible, and not
upon the necessaTles OF life, for the
purpose of providing revenue for the
necessary expenses of government, and
not Tor 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, py 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 arresting trade To the factious
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 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 dis
content am ing the opprs sSed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies of
tramps which sWarmed over the land, |
eliminated in the panic of 1898 and |
still spreads its blight upon trade and |
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable |
fact that the repu Dllcan party took the |
government from the democratic ad
ADMINISTRATION in 1889. with more than q |
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 makeshifts to pallIate the reDub-
liean financial crime of 1873, and de-
clare that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-establish-
neut of true blmetalism, which in
clltdes tie free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and !
profit TO this nation by American &C.
ton, independent of European agree
ment if international CO. operation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denounce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
mons Mckinley Law and reaffirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
aDces. We regard it as an assistant
agency TO the prostratlon OF silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social ealamities of various kinds which
still aff3ict 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
detrimental to the consumer and the
country al large.
We cordially endorse the democratic
congress end 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 Its 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 40 is clearly vested in the federal au-
IN inf bpr i (
IT would intrude on the rights Of local {
government.
In the restoration to the church Of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop. {
erty con6scated under the provisions of !
law; and we favor the |
immediate restoration also of the real
SO escheated in view OF the 1
now indIsputable fact that no preteXs I
remains for charging that the majority c
of the people of Utah are In opposition 1
TO national authority. {
In the passage through the house c
and its report in the senate of liberal G
and excellent bill for the admission of t
u tab as a state on an equal footing t
with the existing states; and we urge U
its speedy enactment as a measure of 1
simple Justice to the oldest and mott '
of the existing territories. L
In the appointment of bona 6de resi- S
- of the territory to the various c
ofiiresh 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 G
the rule under republican sdministra- Z
tions.
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