The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-08
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

Lake City on Saturday, June 10th, by
the Territorial De nocratic Convent
ResoEUed. That as the convention was
not called to make nominations or
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-
yention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion to the time 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 prlvil-
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 selI-goyern-
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 luxurles. so far as possible. and not
upon the necessarles OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue Tor 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
few.
We demand the speedy passage OF
the bill for trrif 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 arresting trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli.
can senators are due 10 the slow pro-
gress it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
TO the COZ 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 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 OppTo Ssed laDorlng
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
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 tle
republican party as a system OF miser-
able makeshifts to palliate the reDub-
Iican financial crime of 1873. 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 blmetalism, which in
clIIdes 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 cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denounce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
apces. 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 .i2atIons.
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 so is clearly vested in the federal au-
thority, and declining TO interfere when |
II would intrude on the rights of a local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confscated under the PROVISIONS or
law; and we favor the
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
aaa. LII SSlOn Oh
u tab as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; ana we urge
its speedy enactment as a measure OF
simple Justice to the oldest and mott
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona hde 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 J
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