The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-30
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 10th, by
the Territorial De 4ocratio Convent

the Territorial De -ocratic Convent
Resolued, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, TIT
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 TIE time honored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed
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 seIf-govern-
ment to the fullest rIghtful 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 luxuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarles OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
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
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trTitf 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 heeded meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresting trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by rep1bli-
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 tho CO.. stitutional position it occue
pies money previous TO the act Of
1873, Dv which the republican party
cast down that historic and essential
mcnev retail. and caused the increas.
ing On ters which. beginning with
the pa G OF 1873 and bursting forth at
intervg.s with terrible severity, de-
press the agricultural Interests of
the nt,v creating unrest and dis
cOnte aL ne the oppressed laboTing
classes SID 'creaslng the armies OF
tramps Vhicb sWaTmed over the land,
culminated in the panic of 1898 and
still spreals it5 blight upon trade and
industry,
We call attention to the undeniabe
fact that The republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministration 70 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 miser- |
able makeshifts to palllate the repub- |
licau 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 blmetalism, which in
cludes tie free coinage of silver at the |
ratio Of Is to l with gold We believe
that this can be done with safety and J
profit to this nation by American &C
flon, independent of European agree.
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained
We denounce the republican policy
of protection as embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
apces. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostration of silver in
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 endesvoriDg 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-
BIS 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-
shority, and declining to interfere when
t would intrude on the rights of local {
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Tesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop c
,rty confscated under the provisions of |
law; and we favor the l
immediate restoration also of the real I
So escheated in view of the L
low indlsputable fact that no pretexs '
emains for charging that the majority Q
Il the people of Utah are in opposition 4
O national authority. C
In the passage through the house e
nd its report in the senate Of a liberal g
nd excellent bill for the admission of t
Utah as q state on an equal footing {
With bUb 6AlsIllS SbhbSSy anu VIC uIE5 Y
ia speedy enactment as a measure of f
nipple justice to the oldest and mort v
prosperous of the existing territories u
In the appointment of bona tide resi- S
ents of the territory to the various G
ficee in the gift of the government in y
tead of men from other sections of the t
ountry unfamiliar with our people and C
be situation of our affairs as was g
ae rule under republican administra- a
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
laintain the dignity and authority of
be government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears of republican mis-
lle
We endorse the official acts of our