The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-19
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ResolUed, 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 10 be presented In
the form of an address to the people OF
Utah:
We. the democrats Of Utah, in con-
ventioy 7sembled, hereby declare our
deyot on - the time hOnored principles
of thu dem ocratic party as enumerated
in the ma 'onal platforms and lmbed"
ded in TIN arts of its members.
We a. emphatically in favor OF
equal ngL,s to all and special prlvil-
eyes to 1ue; of the greatest possible
liberty everv individual compatible
with th gny welfare; OF the advance
ment an support OF nome Industries;
of the maintenance of local self-govern-
ment to the IGlseSt nghtiul extent;
and OF "A strict construction vi the Nd
ional constitution.
We are IL favor of such reform OF
the tariff - Is consistent with the IN
terests Of TIE consumer and the pro-
ducer. and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the IuxurleS. SO lar as possible, and not
upon the necesSarleS OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not Tor 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 trritf 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, Dy 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 arresLing trade. To the tactiouS
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repabh-
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. stituCional position it occu~
MED as money previous TO the act OF
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 lnJeresss III |
the country, creating unrest ana DIS
content am lng the opprr sseG Iabollng |
classes and increasing the armies OF
tranaps which sWaTmed over the land,
culmInaUed in the panic OF 1893 and |
still spreads its blight upon trade and |
industry.
We call attention to the unden1able |
fact thst the republican party took the |
government from the democratic ad
ministratlOn in 1889, with more than 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 OF the |
republican party as system OF mlser- |
able makeshitts to palllate 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-eStabIlSh- |
ment of true blmetalism, which in |
cIudes tie free coinage of silver at the |
L
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 lnfa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by |
that party In it's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the pr0stratlOn OF silver IN
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamitIes of various kinds which
still affilct 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 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
it would intrude on the rights of a local
government.
In the restoration to the church Of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty canfscated under the provisions of
congressional law; aud we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
property So eBcheated in view OF the
now indIsputable fact that no pretexs
remains for charging that the majority
Of the people of Utah are In opposition
10 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and it's 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; ana we urge
its speedy enactment as measure of /
simple justice to the oldest and most
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona tide 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 administra-
tons.
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-