The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-18
THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.

Utah issued by the territorial conven-
tion met in Salt Lake Saturday the
10th, is an able, statesmsnllke and
patriotic document, and it not only
presages victory, As the Herald says, it
insures it. One Of the signs Of the
worth off the document on partisan
grounds is, the republican papers Sun
day morning could only jibe at it. Not
the faintest vestige of argument
Rgalnst a single point made, nothing
save a few amiable but weak attempts
at ridicule. They evidently recognize
that address to the people, the sill
yer people of Utah, its conclu-
sions and policies will prove irwin
cible. 1t is the call to victory. There
is not doubtful or obscure word in it.
1t is sharp cut, explicit, direct and
pointed in its every utterance.
If The DISPATCH were called upon
to improve it, reWrite or alter it in any
way, it would refuse to change a single
word, add to or substract from this
most admirable document. Readers of
THE DIsPATCH will find in it every
single point for which this paper has
contended since the first of October
last. Especially is this the case on the
subject of silver, even down to the
point of independent and immediate
action by this government. This
frank and explicit declaration removes
the only and the last possibility of
Bchism in the party in Utah. The
party presents an unbroken front to
the foe. The declaration does not at :
tack any Individual high or low in the
the party, it simply states the faith of
the democracy of Utah. 1t is true to
her, her interests, her future and her
hopes. The effect will be seen in
November in one of the most satisfac
tory results ever polled in the ter
Titory. In these frank and out
spoken utterances on the one subject
she is practically and more especially
interested in Utah, sets the pace
for all the western states and ter
ritories on the subject of the future
silver policy. This most admirable
paper describes true bimetalism per
fectly. The enlarged use of silver"
seems as a mere mockery when it is
contrasted with the vigorous words
used by the committee which framed
this admirable address. We com
mend it to those Utonians who went
into fits of enthusiasm over the weak,
Sishy-WAshy declaration of the
Ohio republican state convention.
Before We close we must refer TO
the clause in the address which SO cor
daily endorses the action of the COVER
nor, the state administration and our
judges in the late commonweal cases.
We may be permitted to ask the Tri-
bune now as to Its late assertion that
not three reputable lawyers in Salt
Lake could be found to endorse them.
We counted score of the leading law
yers Of that good city in the conven-
ton and yet upon this declaration
when put upon its passage, not one
single dissenting vote was recorded.
The democracy always sustains its Off
cers while they enforce and respect the
law.
The DISPATCH will treat this splen-
did address in detail as the time goes
on. Taking for subject some one or
other Of its sound points each day. To-
day it gives precedence to the silver
question because, in our judgment,
it is the most important and, |
we confess, a pet subject, with
US. We see in the full restora-
ton OF silver at an early day, the
grandest triumph for Utah and the en-
tire west, that ever earthly people
achieved. When in the full enjoyment
of the grand prosperity which is to
come so surely, the people of this fair
western state will not forget that it is
o her own brave, democracy she owes
,he first honest, earnest effort to
'estore the money of the ages,
the money of the masses, the
restoration of which gives the poor and
struggling a chance along with the
rich and prosperous.