The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-08
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the People Of Utah, Delivered at Salt
Lake City on Saturday, June 10th, by
the Territorial De nocratic Convent

Lake AlIV On S5dIuIAa9S ANSAs ~
the Territorial De 1ocratic Convent
ResoIved. That as the convention was
not 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-
vention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion to the time honored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
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 privll-
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 selG-govern-
ment to the fullest rIghtful 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
tereets of the consumer and the pro-
Queer. and declare that duties upon
lOE6lRh I'LL DOlbo GllO0Ah SN ACN ASo u pen
the luxurles. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarIeS 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 trriff 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 a needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arTesting trade. To the factlouS
hindrances which are still thrown In
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
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 1t 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 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 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 it back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denOunce the silver policy OF tbs
republican party as a 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-estabhsh-
ment of true blmetallsm, 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 infa-
NOUS Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostratiOn 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 |
detrimental to the consumer and the |
country at large.
We cordially endorse the democratic |
congress and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal |
election lay and thus promoting the |
freedoms If .2etIoDs.
In formulating and endeavOring to |
enact a bill to reform the existing ex-
Orbitant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that |
while all persons deserving the ala 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-
thority, and declining to interfere when
il would intrude on the rights of local
In the restoration to the church of
Jesue Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
ertv confiscsted under the provisions of
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
SO eecheated 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
ss aiEs q. = admission of
Utah 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 most
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona fde 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 admiDistra-
tions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
the dignity and authority of
the government and remove the effects