The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS


formulate platform OF principles, til
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention 10 be presented il
the form of an address to the people c
Utah:
We. the democrats of Utah, in con
yention assembled, hereby declare on
devotion 10 the time honored principle
of the democratic party as enuDciater
in the national platforms and imbed
ded in the harris of its members.
We are emphatically in favor o
equal rights to ali and special privil
eyes to none; of the greatest possible
liberty to every individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; Of the advance
ment anc support of home industries
of the maintenance of local self-govern
ment to the fullest rightful extent
and of a strict construction of the ma
tional constitution.
We are in favor of such reform Of
the tariff as is consistent with the IL
teTests of the consumer and the pro
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxunes, so far as possible, and moi
upon the necessaries OF life, for ths
purpose of providing revenue for The
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit of any class
or private enterprise. We ere opposed
to Che bounty system, by which the
many are taxed for the enrichment OF
few.
We demand the speedy passage OF
the bill for trriff 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 heeded meas
ure TO provide public revenue is de
laved, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arTesting trade. To the factiOus
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
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 Co stituuional position it occlN
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 NJ
the country, creating unrest and dis
content am ing the oppr ssed laborIng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which swaTmed 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 thet the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ADMINISTRATION in 1899, with more than
hundred million dollars IN the national
treasury and turned it back TO The
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denOunce the silver policy OF the
republican party as a system of miser
able max eshifts to palliate the repub-
iican financial crime OF 1873. and de-
Glaze 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 TIE free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold. We believe
tsas@-this can be done with safety and
profit to this nation by American &C
ton, independent of European agree
ment if international cooperation 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 prOstratiOn 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 al 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-
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 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
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
erty confscated 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 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 ball for the admission OF
Utah as state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
its speedy enactment as a measure of
simple justice to the oldest and mort
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona fde resi-
dents of the territory to the Jarious
Offices in the gift of the government in
stead of mel from other sections of the
unfamiliar with our people and
Ihe situation of our affairs as was
5he rule under republican administra-
lions.
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. ]. L. Raw
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