The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-14
DEMOCRATIC ADORE s
To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City on Saturday, June 16ths By
the Territorial De -oGra5Ic Convent


not called to make nominations .
formulate a platform of principles, tn
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention 10 be presented il
the form Of an address to the people 0
Utah
We, the democrats Of Utah, in con
vention assembled, hereby declare GU
devotion TO the time hUnored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harris Of its members.
We are emphatically In favor Of
equal rights to ell and special privil
eges 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 seIl-govern-
ment TO the fdllest rIghtful 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-
ducer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the Iuxuries. so lar as possible, and not
upon the neceSsarleS OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for IL g
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
@ few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trTiff 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 Needed meas
ure TO provide public revenue is de
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
In commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arTesUing trade. 10 the facuous
hindrances which are still thrown In
the way of the Wilson bill by repIbli-
can senators are due TO the slow pro-
grsss it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration OF silver
to the co. stituCiOnal position 1t occus
pied as money previous to the act of
cast down that historic and essential
money metal, and caused the lncreas.
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 am ing The Oppre SSed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which swarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic of 1928 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
TACT thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ministratiOn IN 1889, Win more than
hundred mllllun dollars in tbs national
treasury aui turned it back TO the
party IN 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy Of the
republican party as a system OF mIser-
able makeshlfts to palllate 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 bimetaGsm, which in
cludes tie free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of 10 to 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 co operation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican polSy
OF protection as embodied In the lnta-
mons Mckinley law and reatfirmed by
that party in its most recent utter
snces. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostrati0n of silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamiti6S of various kinds which
still afflict our country
We deny that the high tar tts 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 |
at large,
We cordially endorse the democratic |
congress and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal |
law and thus promoting the |
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to |
enact d OH W .I6iOl III LuS SAlSGlnB GA
Orbitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
while all persons deserving the ala OF
the country for services in It's defense
shall 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
10 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. Il
In the restoration to the church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty confiscated under tine provisions of
law; and we favor Il
restoration also of the Teal
property So escheated in view OF the
now indIsputable fset 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 |
q tan as a state on an equal footing |
with the existing states; and we urge |
it's speedy enactment as a measure of |
simple Justice to the oldest and mort |
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 J
the situation of our affairs as was
The rule under republican administra-
tioDs.
And we further endorse all efforts to
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
delegate in congress, Hon. j. l.. Raw
Inns and nffer his able and -sncCessfuI |