The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-19
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

the territorial De Ocratlc CONVENTION
Res0lUed, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, tn
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention TO be presented il
the form Of an address to the people 0
Utah:
We, the democrats of Utah. in con
vention assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time hOnOred principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the rational platforms and imbed.
ded in the hartS Of its members.
We are emphatlcally 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; of the advance
ment anc support Of nome industries ;
Of the maintenance Of local seli-gOvern
ment to the fdllest ughtful extent;
and Of a strict construction ut the Da
tionaI constitution.
We are In favor Of such reform OF
the tariff as is consistent with the 10
teTests Of the consumer and the pro
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luvuues, SO lar as po.s. bic, and not
upon the ntceSSarleS OF lie, for tn
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, anu
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
in the senate, including the provision
for IN income tax by which those laige
property holders who are best able
shall bear their just share of the bur
den of taxation. And we jenOunce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, by which a needed meas
IRE to provide public revenue is de-
layed, causing uncertainty and doubL
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresJing trade. To the factlous
hindrances which are still thrown In
the way of the Wilson bill by replbh
can senators are due To the slow pro-
gress it Is making anG the disasters
that are consequent upon the DELAY.
We demand The restoration OF silver
to the constitutional position it occu
pied as money previous TO the act OF
1873, 10y 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 al
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests ut
the country, creating unrest ana dis
content among the oppressed labOTlng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which sWaTmed 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 thst the republican party took the |
government from the democratic ad
in 1889, win 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 the
republican party as a system of miser
able makeshlfts to palllate the repuD-
lican financial crime of 1873, anu de-
Glaze that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-eSta bhsh-
ment OF true bImetalism, which in
cludes TIE free coinage Of silver al the
ratio of Is to / with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit To this nation 10y American ac-
ton, independent o. European agree
meDt ii international co operation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy
OF protection as embodied IN be Infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
That party In its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as sn assistant
agency 20 the prOStratlOn of silver IN
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamlties of various kinds which
still affilct our country
We deny that the high tar ifs placed
1pon lead and wool and other cUmmod-
tiles have raised their price or benefit
I'd the producer of such materials
while they have been oppressive and |
detrimental to the consumer and the
country Al large.
We cordially endorse the democratic
and administration:
Ia repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
Ia formulating and endeavoring to
enact a bill TO reform the existing eX-
brilliant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
While all persons deserving the aid of
he country for services in S defense
shall be secure in their rights, I'm post
srs and fraudulent pension agents
,hall not be permitted to further bleed
he body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
q supuress lawlessness where power to
Ia 90 is clearly vested in the federal an
,hority, and declining To interfere when
L would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
resus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty con6scated under the provisions OF
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
property SO escheated in view OF the
low indIsputable fact that no preteX
,e1nains for charging that the majority
If the people of Utah are in opposition
% national authority.
In the passage through the house t
md its report in the senate Of liberal
md excellent bill for the admission Of
Utah as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge :
is speedy enactment as a measure of l
simple justice to the oldest and most
of the existing territories |
In the appointment of bona tide resi- S
tents of the territory to the various {
lfices in the gift of the government in
stead of men from other sections of the |
unfamiliar with our people and {
he situation of our affairs as was {
he rule under republican administra-
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
If over thirty wears of republican mis-
'ule
We endorse the official acts of our
delegate in congress, Hon. J L. Raw
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