The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-17

the Territorial De nocratio Convent
ResoEued, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations Oh
formulate a platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented in
the form of an address to the people oi
Utah
We. the democrats of Utah, in con-
vention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion to the time honOred principles
of the democratic party as enunciated
in the national platforms and imbed.
ded in the harts of its members,
We are emphatically in favor OF
equal 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 home industries
of the maintenance OF local self-govern-
ment to the fdllest TIghtful 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
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 necesSaTleS OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit OF any class
or private enterprise. We sTe opposed
to the bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment of
q 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, by which a needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
In commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyzlng Industry
and arresting trade. To the facuOus
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by rep bli-
can senators are due TO the slow pro-
gress it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration of silver
to the Coz stituUiOnal position 1t occuS
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
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
ministratiOn in 1889, win more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party in 1898 with a treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy OF the
republican party as a system of mlser-
able makeshifts to palliate 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-establlsh-
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cludes TIE free coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold. We believe
that this can be done with safety and
profit TO this nation by American ac-
6on, independent of European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy
g +
NOUS Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
ances. We regard 1t as an assistant
agency to the prostratIon OF silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities Of various kinds which
still aflict 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:
In repeating the obnoxious federal |
election law and thus promoting the |
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to |
enact a bill to reform the existing ex-
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 their rights, Impost- |
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 a local |
government.
In the restoration to the church Of |
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop |
erty confscated under the provisions OF |
law; and we favor tie |
restoration also Of the rea! |
SO escheatad 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 liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
U tan as state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
It's speedy enactment as q measure of
simple justice TO the oldest and most
of the existing territories
In the appointment of bona ide 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
he situation of our affairs as was
5he rule under republican sdministra-
lions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
ihe government and remove the effects
IF over thirty wears of republican mis-
-ule