The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-06
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

he Territorial De ocratlc Oonventl'
Resolved, That as the convention wa;
not called to make nominations Oh
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
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 lime honored principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
in the national platforms and imbed-
ded in the harris of its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to all and special priyil-
eyes to none; of the greatest possible
liberty to every Individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; of the advance
ment anG support Of nome industries;
of the maintenance OF local seIf-govern-
ment to the fullest rlghtful 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 neceSSarIeS 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 trTiff 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, by which heeded meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
lsved, 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 repabli-
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. stituCional position it occus
Dltu do D1OuN1 BlOhlOoD w viz oSb vi
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 oppressed Iaborlng
classes and increasing the armies of
tramps which swarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic OF 1893 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undenjable
fact thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889, with more than a
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party in 1893 with a 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 1878, and de- |
clare 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 |
cludes 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 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 lnfa- |
nous Mckinley law and reattirmed by |
that party in it's most recent utter |
ances. We regard 1t as an assistant |
agency TO the prOstratlon OF silver In |
producing the poverty and distress and |
social cslamities of various kinds which |
still atflict 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 eYstem of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
ghile all persons deserving the aid OF
the country for services in Its defense
shall be secured in tEeiE 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 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
arty conhscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
So 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
81 tab as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
its speedy enactment as measure of
simple Justice to the oldest and mort
of the existing territories
In the appointment OF bona ide resi-
dents of the territory to the various
offices in the gift of the government in
stead of men from other sections of the
unfamiliar with our people and
5he situation of our affairs as was
5he rule under republican administra-
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
Jhe government and remove the effects
IF over thirty wears Of republican mis-
rule
We endorse the official acts of our