The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-29
nENUUKAIIG PLATFORM
Issued and Adopted by the Territorial
Convention in Session at Salt Lake, sat
urday, september Is. 1894.


Issued and Adopted by the Territoria
Convention in Session at Salt Lake, Sat
urday, september Is, 1894.
We, the Democrat OF Utah, in con
ventIon assembled, hereby reaffirm GU
adherence to the principles Oh Jdsuc
and free government which the demo
cratic party was organized TO establish
ana preserve, and which have beef
embodied In the platform adopted b,
the democracy IN their national con-
tions.
We believe in strict constru ton o
the constlUuJl0n-tne peoples grant oil
power TO the federal pOvornmcnG-Gl
the end that the rights OF the respec-
tive States may b5 preserved, that lOCa
Self-goYeTAm mt may be secured, anC
that personal liberty may be exercised
to The fullest extent consistent Will
the puDlIc safety.
We believe Ia wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials snUuiC
be nelu to strict accountability iUI
their acts; that Inc employ ment vi the
taxing power u auS form ~ Which TIE
few are emitted to the impOyerIoumeAl
OIL tie many, by which trade Is ue-
sirOyed or ODst ucUvd, uy winch Trusts
ale created aud lJe1ered ana mUuUp-
Ones sustain is wicked peIVeIsiOn
OF the powers CesIgned 1Or Lie common
good.
We believe Z commercial and indus
trial 1re5uUn al resent ali al empLs
10 prevent ILs .AerClae, liz The pIO -
lion VI ca -adOn ny the state /;
In the full oev elO Jment OF our naLIouAi
resources; IA me encouragement ana
advancement vi .lue Industries; ia
the proUe etlt Wi AZ from the ell
crOacnmenLs VI Co i-al, anu In equal
rlghJs W ali. special privileges ~
none.
Wedemand rae passage of a law II
the tree aud ul..a.it0 "a coinage Oh DOtn
silver and COLO 1t h ratio OF l TO 10,
without waiting a the consent OF any
other nation; aDu that the govern
menJ shall pay CUT eltser so coined as
money OF ultimate redemption The
same as gold.
We commend the democratic con-
gress and administration OF the meas
ures OF reform when they have Sue
ceeded IL etf6Ctlng, by which hundreds
OF millions OF dollars will be annually
saved by American consumers ana all
classes OF people viii be bene-
flied. Ia the arrangement OF Tariff
duties We favor suca adjustment as
Will operate equally throughout the
country and not dIscIlm nate rs be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
that such duties as are lad ON 1UTeign
imports should he LEVIED for revenue
only, as contemplated lii the National
constitution.
We emphatically disapprOYe of tie
course OF those democrats WHO, by
combining with the republicans thWar
ted the expressed will VI The people IN
reference 10 the tariff and prevent
ed the restoration OF silver to lis right
place as money.
We endorse the income tax provision |
of the tariff law, by which a more
equitable distribution Is maze of the
burdens OF taxation, ana wealth dc
well as want is required TO contribute !,
its share to the pubhc expense.
We endorse the acts Oh the democra-
tic congress and administration: In
abolishIng the oppressive and anti
American federal election laws aaf |
thus securing freedom to citizens at /
the polls.
In so revising the pension lists that !
buS AlduA5 WHICH, l1hNC lOBUCd LD6
treasury of vast sums OF money will be !
prev en5edTn future, while no worthy |
pensloner Will be deprived OF the a!G to
which his services are entitled
In restoring to a religious oTganIza- |
tiUn in Titan Its personal property, !
which was confScated under the pro-
lyisi rs of law. with The prospect OF the
8 aseorAtion OK the real estate
ted.
In the appointments which have |
been made OF actual residents OF the |
territory TO public office, many of them
native to The SOIL of UGah, policy al.
together different from tnat OF republl-
can adm inistratIons.
In throwing open to settlement the
Uintah and Unco npahgre reservations,
by which a vast area OF Liiiable, graz
ing and mineral lands will be utilised
by white labor ana skill and be aided
to the wealth of Utah.
In passing an enabling act 10y which
Utan may enter the union as free
and sovereign state. on an tQual footing
with the existing states, For this Utah
owes debt ot gratitude 10 the CtmO-
cratic congress aud president, whose
kind treat meut of this territory stands
out IN striking contrast 10 that harsh
ness ana enmItv extended by repuDil-
Can congresses and administrations for
thirty years
We are proud OF or deles att to Con.
gress, Hon. J. IL. Raw ms, 10 whose
fidelity, perseverance, and splenGid
political tact and energy the numerous
measures OF legislation SO beneficial to
Titan have beer obtained. His unpar-
allelea success has demonstrated to the
people OF Titan that they made no mis-
take in sending him to the national
legislature, where be was recognized as
the peer Of his associates and man OF
mark and ability,
We denounce the republic a party
for its obstruction to those "a 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
ppon the democratic party for he Ell
Eects of republican maladministra
hon
ABy the d--"natization of silver-and
n uncons, al sVs-