The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-11
DEMOCRATIC Address

the Territorial De nocratic Convent
ResoIUed, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations ol
formulate platform of principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented il
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 enunciated
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 public welfare; of the advance
ment and support of home industries; ;
of the maintenance OF local self-govern-
ment to the fullest rghtful 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 Injuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarIes of life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for the
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
o few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trriff reform now pending
In tine senAse, 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 needed 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
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repIbli-
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 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 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
10 hfN.-y
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 the
republican party as system of mlser-
able makeshifts to palliate 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-establiSh- |
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cludee the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to 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 |
cd inf
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
anees. 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 aff1ict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs placed
upon lead and wool and other commod-
sties 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 IF elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to
enact bill 10 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-
srs and fraudulent pension agents
shall not be permitted to further bleed
the body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
10 suppress lawlessness where power to
10 so is clearly vested in the federal au-
5hority, and declining to interfere when
L would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Tesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
srtv confscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of p d the 6 real
egopsHTtys Sc faes chat no pretsx:
emains for charging that the majority
+ the people of Utah are in opposition
o national authority.
In the passage through the house
nd its report in the senate Of a liberal !
nd excellent bill for the admission of !
tan as a state on an equal footing !
nth the existing SUaUobJ anu we urge :
.s speedy enactment as q measure of L
nipple justice 20 the Oldest and most '
prosperous of the existing territories. U
In the appointment of bona fde resi- S
ents of the territory TO the various C
hices in the gift of the government in v
tead of men from other sections of the I
ountry unfamiliar with our people and C
be situation of our affairs as was e
he rule under republican administra- a
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
the dignity and authority of
be government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears Of republican mis-
lie
We endorse the official acts of our