The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-22
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM


Issued and Adopted by the Territorial
Convention In Session at Salt Lake, sat
urday, september 10, 1884.
We, the democrats of Utah, in con
ventlon assembled, hereby reaffirm oul
adherence to the principles OF Justic'
and free government which the demo
cratic party was organized to establish
and preserve, and which have been
embodied In the platform adopted by
the democracy in their national con-
tions.
We believe in a strict construction OF
the constituJion-the peoples grant OF
power To the federal government-to
the end that the rights of the respec-
tive states may be preserved, that local
self-goYernmsnt may be secured, and
that personal liberty may be exercised
to the fullest extent consistent with
the public safety.
We believe In wise economy IN pub
lie expenditures; that officials shoulc
be held to strict accountability for
their acts; that the employment OF the
taxing power IN any form by which the
few are entitled to the imDoverlehment
of tue many, 10y which trade is de-
siroyed or obstUucted, by which trusts
are created and fostered and monop-
Ones sustained, is wicked perverslon
of the powers designed for the common
good.
We believe in commercial and indus
trial freedom and resent all attempts
TO prevent its exercise, III the pUo.Au-
ton of education by the state;
in tue full development OF our national
resources; III the encouragement aud
advancement OF home industries; in
the protection of labor from the en-
croachmeuts of capital, and In equal
rights TO all, special privileges TO
none.
Wedemand the passage of law for
the free and unlimited coinage OF both
silver and gold at ratio OF l to Is,
without waiting TOP 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 DIS gold.
We commend the democratic con-
gress and administration of the meas
ures OF reform which they have sue
ceeded IN etfectlng, by which hundreds
OF millions OF dollars viii be annually
saved by American consumers and all
classes or 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 OF sections. We contend
that such duties as are laid On foreign
imports should be LEVIED for revenue
only as con tenn plated IN th5 National
constitution.
We mphatically dlsapproYe of tue
course OF those democrats who, by
com blning with the republicans, thWar
ted the ex pressed will OF the people Ia
reference 10 the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver TO It's right
place as money.
We endorse the income tax provision
of the tariff law, by which more
equitable distribution Is mace of the
burdens of taxation, and wealth as
we'll as want is required to contribute
its share to the puOllc expense.
We endorse the acts OF the democra-
tic congress and administration: In
abolisnlng the oppressive and anti
American federal election laws and
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 enbed In future, while no worthy
pensIoner viii be deprived of the aid to
which his services are entitled,
in restoring to a religious organlZa-
ton in Titan Its personal property,
which was confscated 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 The soil OF Utah, policy ale
together different from that Of repubh-
can adm Illustrations.
In throwing open to settlement the
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations,
by which a vast area of tillable, graz
ing and mineral lands viii 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 contrast to that harsh
ness and enmitv extended by republi-
can congresses ant administrations for
thirty years.
We are proud of our delegate to Con-
gress. Hon. j. l.. Rawlins, to whose
fidelity, perseverance, and splendid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures of legislation so beneficial to
Utah have been obtained. His unpar-
alleled success has demonstrated To the
people of Titan that they made no mis-
take in sending him to the national
legislature, where he was recognized as
the peer of his associates and man of
mark and ability,
We denounce the republican party
for its obstruction to those RENE deal
measures demanded 10y the country to
rescue trade, industry and business
from the chaos into which they were
drifting through republican legislation
and misrule.
For attempting to foist the blame
upon the democratic party for sbe eff
fecIs of republican maladministra
ton