The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-07
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

Resolved, That as the convention wal
not called to make nominations Of
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 q
Utah.
We, the democrats of Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion to the time hOnOred principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
In the national platforms and imbed.
ded in the harris of its members.
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal rights to all and special priyil-
eyes to none; of the greatest possible
liberty to every Individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; of the advance
ment and 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
tereets 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 the
essaTY expenses OF government, and
for the special benefit of any class
private enterprise. We are opposed
) the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment of
few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trriff reform now pending
in the senate, including the provision
Co. " (which fhnco In
property holders who are best able
shall bear their just share of the bur-
den of taxation. And we 1enOunce the
obstructive pollcv of the republicans
in congress, by which Needed meas
ure to provide puUIlc revenue is de-
layed, causing unceIt- inty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus aralyZIng industry
and arresting trace. To the factious
hindrances which are i'll thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
can senators are due to the slow pro-
gress it is making and the disasters
that are conseq uent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration OF silver
to the coLstit uCiOnal position it occus
pied as money previous to the act of
1878, 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
content among the oppressed laooring
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 thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
minisration in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt
We Genounce the silver policy of the
republican party as system of miser-
able makeshifts to palliate the repub-
hcan financial crime of 1873, and de-
ciaIe 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 l6 to l with gold, We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit TO this nation by American ac-
ton, independent of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunee the republican policy
of protection ae embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaff1rmed by
that party in Its most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prOstTatiOn of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamitieS of various kinds which
still af1ict 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 lar e.
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
shah 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
60 suppress lawlessness where power to
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
shorty, and declining to interfere when
1T would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confscated under the provisions of
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
property SO escheated in view OF the
now indlsputable fact that no preteXs
remains for charging that the majority
of the people of Utah are in opposition
to national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report in the senate OF a liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
Utah as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and 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-
tions.
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-
rule
We endorse the official acts of our
IIor,