The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-14
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ReS0tUed, E1aJ as the convention wa
not called TO make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, thu
following be adopted as the sentiment
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 10 the time hOnored principles
of the democratic party as enunciateo
in the national platforms and imbed'
ded in the harts of its members.
We are 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; Uf the advance.
ment and support of home industries ;
of the maintenance Of local self-gOvern-
ment to the fullest nghtful extent
and of a strict construction OF the Ma
iondl 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 luxuTieS, so far as possible, and not
upon the necesSarieS OF lie. 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 sre 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 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 cougIess, uy which a heeded meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZIng industry
and arresting trade. To the factious
bindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repabli.
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 Gown 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 among the oppressed laboring
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 den ocratic ad
ADMINISTRATION III 1889. VIVA more Juan a |
hundred million dollars in the national |
treasury and turned 1t back to the !
democratic party in 1898 with a treasury |
practically bankrupt.
We denounCe the silver policy or t; e |
republican party as system OIL miser-
able makeshifts to pallIate the repub- |
lican 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 establish |
ment of true bimetallsm, which in
clides tie free coinage of silver at the |
ratio OF 10 TO L with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and |
urotit TO this nation by American ac
ton, independent OF European agree
ment ii international cooperation can |
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy |
of protection as embodied In the lnfa-
nous Mckinley law and reaftirmed 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 law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
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, 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
it would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confscated under the provisions OF
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
property 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
u tab as 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
prosperous Of the existing territories,
In the appointment OF bona ide resi-
dents OF The UeTribOIf W l0e 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 administra-
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
We endorse the official acts of our
delegate in congress. Hon. ]. /. Raw.