The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-15
DEMOCRATIC ADDBV s

p..,, ,t,14n. Delivered at Salt
60 -. saturday, June 10th, bg
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-zeS0IUed, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations OI
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of tue convention 10 be presented in
the form of an address to the people oil
Utaa'
We. the democrats of Utah, in con-
ventlon assembled, hereby declare our
deyo:lOn TO the time hUnored principles
Of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and lmbed-
ded in the harris Of it's 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; of the advance
ment anG support Of home industries;
of the maintenance OF local seII-guveTn-
ment to The fullest rlghtful extent;
and of "A 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 necessaTIes vi life. Tor the
purpose of providing revenue for t.
necessary expenses OF government, ana
not for 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
q 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 congress, by which a needed meas
ure To provide public revenue is de-
lRYed, causing uncertainty and doubt
In commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and aTresting trade. To the factiOus
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 and the disasters
that are consequent upon the DELAY.
We demand the restoration OF silver
TO the CO. stituLional position it occuo
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 at |
intervals with terrible severity, de- |
pressing the agricultural interesss of |
the country, creating unrest and dis |
content am ng the oppT ssed laboring !
classes and increasing the armies Of |
tTamps 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 unden able
fact that the republican party TOOK the
government from the democratic ad
IN 1889. with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned II back 10 the
Democratic party III 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt
We denounce the silver policy of the
patty as a system of miseT-
able makeshifts to palllate the reUub-
lican financial crime of 1873, and de-
Glaze that only in and through the
nSSatic party can the people OF tue
sss expect the re establish
nSae talism, which in
Rs.of silver al the