The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-02
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Ne Territorial LIE AocEatic OO1NeAA'AN
ResoIyed. That as the convention was
mot called to make nominations OF
formulate 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 OF
Utah
We. the democrats of Utah, in con-
vantion assembled, hereby declare our
devotion to TIE time honored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed-
ded in the harris of it's members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to all and special prlvll-
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 selt-goyern-
Ypent 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 Iuxuries. SO far as possible, and not
unon the necesSarles of life. for the
purpose Of providing revenue Tor 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
a few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trIif 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 den0unce 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 aTTesting trade. To the facuous
hindrances which are still thrown In
ths.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 COL stitutiOnal position ii 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 lncreas-
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 laoorlng
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 thet the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889, win 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 makeshifts to palllate the repub-
lican 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-establlsh-
ment of true bimetalism. which in
cludes tie Tree coinage - yer at the
ratio of Is to with 6 ~ I believe
t tfSSntt this Illus g be don Europes ana
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 reafirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostrstion of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still affiict 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 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 endeavoripg 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 lawlessness where power to
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
shortly, and declining to interfere when
1t would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
eTty confscated under the provisions of
congressional law; and we favor the
Immediate restoration also of the real
property 30 escheated in view of the
now indlsputable fact that no pretexs
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 Of liberal ,,
and excellent bill for the admission of /.
0 tab as a state on an equal footing ;
With the existing states; and we urge :
It's speedy enactment as a measure of 6
simple justice TO the oldest and mott !
of the existing territories,
In the appointment of bona fde resi-
Tents of the territory to the various
,fices In the gift of the government in
tead of men from other sections of the Y
country unfamiliar with our people and 7
he situation of our affairs as was 7
he rule under republican administra- 6
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears of republican mis-
ule
We endorse the official acts of our
elegate In congress, Hon. J. L. Raw
ms, and offer his able and successful