The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-09
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


Resolusd, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, tn
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
veption assembled, hereby declare ou
devotion TO the time hOnored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harts OF its members.
We are emphatically in favor o.
canal 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 and support OF nome industries
of tbe maintenance of local self-gOvern'
ment TO the fullest rlghttul eXtenti
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
teTests of the consumer and the pro-
.ducer. and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxurles, so far as possible, and not
-unon tine necessaries OF life, for the
-nurpose of providing revenue for the
necessary expenses Of government, and
NOT for the special benefit of any class
or nrivate enterprise. We ere opposed
to She bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment OF
q few.
the hin for trriff reform now pending
in the senate, including the provision
for an income tax by which those large
nronerty holders who are best able
shall bear their just share OF the bur-
den of taxation. And we ten0unce the
ohstructive policy of the republicans
in congress. by which a needed meas
nre TO provide public revenue is de-
leved. causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles. and thus paralyzlng industry
and arresting trade. To the factious
bindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by rep1bh.
can senators are due TO the slow pro-
,gress it is making and the dlSastels
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration OF silver
10 the co. stitutioDal position 1t occuE
MED as money previous to the act OF
1874. by which the republican party
cast down that historic and essential
money metal. and caused the increas-
inc disasters which. beginning with
the manic of 1873 and bursting forth at
Intervals with terrible severity, de-
nreqsIng the agricultural Interests If
the country, creating unrest and dis
content am yng the oppTy ssed laboring
classes and increasing the armies OF
4ramns 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 undeniatle
fact tibet the republican party took the
Government from the democratic ad
ministration in 1889. with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party IN 1893 with a treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy OF the
party as a system of miser
able makeshifts to palllate the repub-
lean financial crime of 1873, and de-
rlaIe that only in and through the
democratic party can the people OF the
limited States expect the re-estabIiSh-
ment of true blmetallsm, which IN
cludes tie free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 10 TO with gold. we pelleVe
tl,ot this can be done with safety and
profit 10 this nation 10y American ac-
non. independent o. European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denounce the republican policy
Of protection as embodied In the infa-
C - MCKINLEY law and reatfirmed by
+nat narty in its most recent utter
onces We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prOStration OF silver In
nToducing the poverty and distress and
SOCIAL calamities of various Kinds winch
still atflict our country;
We DENY that the high tariffs placed
-,nop lead and wool and other commod-
tiles have raised their price or benefit
ad the producer Of such materials,
Dhile they have been oppressive and
detrimental to the consumer and the
country at large. -.
We cordially endorse the democratic
congress and administration:
In Tepeallng the obnoxious federal
law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeayoring to
enact q bill to reform the existing ex-
orbitant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
,,hiIe all peTsoas deserving the ala OF
che conutry for services In Its defense
sb9II he secured in their rights, lmpost-
ers and fraudulent pension agents
shall not be permitted to further pleed
the body polite.
In the exercise Of the federal forces
IN suppress lawlessness where power to
do 40 is clearly vested IN the federal au-
thority, and declining to interfere when
If would intrude on the rights of local
In the restoration to the church of |
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop |
ertv condscated under the provisions of |
congressional law; and we favor the |
restoration also Of the real |
nronerty So escheated in view OF the |
now indlsputabie fact that no preteXs
remains for charging that the majority |
of the people of Titan are In opposition
10 national authority.
In the passage through the house |
and It's report in the senate OF a liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of |
Utah as state on an equal footing |
with the existing states; and we urge |
its speedy enactment as 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
staod of man from other sections of the |
country unfamiliar with our people and !
the situation of our affairs as was
the rule under republican administra-
tons.
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