The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-09
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

To the People Of Utah, Delivered at Salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 18th, By
the Territorial De- .ocratic Convent
ReSolUed, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations OF
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention 10 be presented IN
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 democl .tlc 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 pTivil-
eyes to none; OF the greatest possible
liberty 10 every individual compatible
with the pubic welfare, Of the advance
ment anC support Of nome industries;
of the maintenance OF local seIi-gOyern-
ment to the fullest rIghtful extent;
and of a sUrlct construction Of the ma
ional constitution.
We are Ia 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 luxures. 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
a few.
We demand the speedy passage OF
the oil for trTitf reform now pending
in the senate, including the prov ision
tor 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 IenOunce the
obstructive pOilcy vi the republicans
in congress, Dy which needed meas
ure TO provide public revenue is de-
lRyed, causing unceTt lnUy and doubt
in co nmerclal and manufacturing
circles, and thus paral zlng industry
and arresLing trade. To the factiOus
hindrances which are Eyill thrown in
the way OF the Wilson till by repIbli-
can senators are due 10 the slow pro-
gress 1t is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration Of silver
TO the co. stituCional position it oCcuu
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
content among the oppressed laboTing
classes and increasing the armies of
tTamps which swarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic of 1893 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. win more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party IL 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt
We denOunce the silver policy of the
republican party as a system of miser-
able makeshlfts to palllate the reDub-
ican 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 blmetalism, which in |
cludes 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 |
tlon, independent of European agree
ment if international co operation can |
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy |
of protection as embodied In the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by |
that party In Its most recent utter |
ances. We regard it as an assistant |
agency to the pr0strstiOn of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still affiiCt 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:
law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeayoring 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 tbeiF rights, lmpOst |
ers and fraudulent pension agents
shall not be permitted to further bleed
the body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
TO suppress laWlessness where power TO
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
thority, and declining to interfere when
it would intrude on the rights of local
government.
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
arty confiscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
So esCheated in view OF the
now indlsputable fact that no pretex.
remains for charging that the majority
III the people of Utah are in opposition
20 national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report in the senate of liberal
md excellent bill for the admission of
Titan as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
is speedy enactment as a measure of |
simple justice to the Oldest and most
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona tide resi-
iepLs of the territory TO the various
)ffiees in the gift of the government in
stead OF men from other sections of the
country unfamiliar with our people and
he situation of our affairs as was
me rule under republican administra-
ions.
And we further endorse eli efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of