The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-20
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

Convention IN Session at salt Lake, sal
urdsy, September Is. 1894.
We, the democrats Of Utah, in con
VentlOn assembled, hereby reaffirm GU
adherence to the principles OF Jusuc
and free government which the demo
cratic party was organized to establish
and preserve, and which have beer
embodied In the platform adopted b,
the democracy 10 their national con-
tions.
We believe in a .Eict constru 9tion o
the cOnstituGiOn-the peoples grant OF
power 10 the federal governmental
the end that the rights of the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that l0ca
self-gOYernmenU may be secured, anC
that personal liberty may be exercised
TO the fullest extent consistent witt
the public safety.
We believe in wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulc
be held TO strict accountability fOl
their acts; that the employment Of the
taxing power IN any form by which the
few are entitled TO the impoveTishment
of the many, by which trade is de-
siroyed or obstCucted, by which trusts
are created and f0stered and monop
oiies sustained, is a wicked perYerslon
of the powers designed forthe common
good.
We believe in commercial aud indus.
trial freedom and resent ali at empts
to prevent It's exercise, IL the pro 40
ton of education by the state /;
in the full development of our national
resources; IN the encouragement and
advancement OF nome industries; in
the pIote ction of labor from the en-
croachments of capital, ana in equal
rights TO all, special privileges to
none.
Wedemand the passage Of a law for
the free and unlimited coinage Of both
silver and gold al q ratio OF l to 16,
without waiting TOR the consent of any
other nation; and that the govern
ment shall pay out silver so coined as a
money OF ultimate redemption the
same as gold.
We commend the democratic con-
greSs and administration of the meas
ures OF reform which they have sue
ceeded In etfecting, by which hundreds
of millions OF dollars will be annually
saved by American consumers and all
classes OF people will be bene-
flied. In the arrangement OF tariff
duties we favor such adjustment as
viii operate equally throughout the
country and not discriminate as be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
that such duties as are laid on foreign
imports should be levied for revenue
only, as contemplated in the national
constitution.
We emphatically disapproYe of the
course of those democrats who, by
ombining with the republicans, thwar-
ted the expressed will of the people In
reference TO the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver to Its right
place DIS money.
We endorse the income tax provision
of the tariff law, by which q more
equitable distribution Is made of the
burdens OF taxation, and wealth as
well as want is required to contribute
Its share to the public expense.
We endorse the acts OF the democra-
tic congress and administration: In
abolishlng the oppressive and anti
American federal election laws aad
thus securing freedom TO citizens at
the polls.
In SO revising the pension lists that
the frauds Which have robbed the
treasury Of vast sums Of money will be
prey ented in future, while no worthy
TenSLOB0T III DC 0Et EJ1Af ON Va JL1C 1lh W /
lAlAsaa'eee1fli services ire entitled,
In restoring to a religious organlZa- |
ton in Titan It's personal property, |
which was c0niscated under the pro- |
visions of law, with the prospect OF the |
further restoration Of the real estate |
also escheated.
In the appointments which have |
been made OF actual residents of the |
territory to public office, many of them !
native to she soil of Utah, policy ale
together different from that OF republi-
can adm nlstrations.
In throwing open to settlement the |
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations,
by which vast area of tillable, graz
ing and mineral lands Will be utilized |.
by white labor and skill and be added
to the wealth OF Utah.
In passing an enabling act by which
Utah may enter the union as free |
and sovereign state, on an equal footing |
with the existing states, For this Utah
owes debt OF gratitude to the demo-
cratic congress and president, whose |
kind treatment Of this territory stands
out in striking CO. trast to that harsh
ness and emmy extended by republi-
can congresses and administrations for
thirty rs.
We Al proud of our delegate to Con.
gress, Hon. j. l.. RaWlins, TO whose
fidelity, perseverance and splendid
political | 1t and energy the numerous
measures . legislation so beneficial to
Utah ha' zen obtained. His unpar-
alleled su.tass has demonstrated to the
people c" tan that they made no mis-
take III ldiR~ him to the national
legislat .ere he was recognized as
the peel hIs Sociates and man of
mark anG ABILITY,
We denou1ce The republican party
for its Obstruction TO those rem5 deal
measures :, DauGed 10y the country to
rescue TT &C, IL austry and business
from the en@as into which they were
drifting thro lgh republican legislation
and misTule.
For attempting to foist the oi fs111se
upon the democratic party for the eff
fects of republican maladministra-
ton.
By the demonstration of silver and
the unconstitutional and partial sYs-
tenn of class protection, the masses of
the people have been Impoverished, the
agricultural and laboring classes OPP
pressed, and the land disturbed by the
riots of dissatisfied workmen, and the
cries of the unemployed.
We point to the only republic an leg
islature of Utah as a sample OF the IN
competency, partissnship and folly
which that party would exhibit II
placed in power in the new state.
In attempting to deprive the public
schools OF one-sixth Of the revenue es-
septial to their support; refused to
grant necessary funds for the uniyer-
sity, the agricultural college and other
public institutions of an educational |
and reformatory character; tried to APP |
propriate large sums Of public money |
. . hn1lnA:as I'm. faNnred nriNate indns-