The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-25
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS

ReSoIUed, That as the convention wal
not called to make nominations ol
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention 10 be presented III
the form OF an address to the people Of
Titan
We, the democrats OF Utah, in con.
ventlon assembled, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time hUnored 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 anG support OF home industries /;
of the maintenance Of local self-govern-
ment to the fullest rlghtful 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
terests of the consumer and the pro-
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxnries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necesSarleS OF life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for the
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit OF any class
or private enterprise. We are 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 trritf 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, py which Needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
In commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyzIng industry
and arresting trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repabli-
can senators are due to the slow pro-
Rress it is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration OF silver
to the Institutional position it 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 lncreas-
ing disasters which, beginning with
the panic OF 1873 and bursting forth at
Intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests nt
the country, creating unrest and dis
content amJng the oppressed laborlng
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which sWarmed 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 thst the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
ADMINISTRATION in 1889, with more than
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned 1t back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt
We denounce the silver policy OF the
Republican party as a system OF mlser-
able makeshifts to palllate the repub-
lican 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-establlsh
ment OF true blmetalism, 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 &C.
tlon, independent OF European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy
OF protection az embodied In the lnfa-
mons Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
11ff ny
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostratlon OF silver In
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities OF various kinds which
still afflict 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 endeayoring to
enact a bill to reform the existing eX-
OrDItaQt system OF baTluS.
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
she body polite.
In the exercise Of the federal forces
TO suppress laWlessness where power to
do 90 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
Jespa Christ of Latter-day Saints prop
erty eonfscated under the provisions OF
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
property SO eseheated in view OF the |
now indIsputable 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 |
Utah as a 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 most |
prosperous 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 |
stead of men from other sections OF the |
country unfamiliar with our people and |
the situation of our affairs as was
the rule under republican administra
Sions.
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-
ruie
We nndnrse the official acts of our