The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-21
DEMOCRATIC ADDR ESS


the Territorial De- ocratic Convention
ResolUed, That as the convention wa
not called to make nominations o
formulate platform OF principles, TIT
following be adopted as the sentiment
of the convention TO be presented il
the form OF an address to the people 0
Utah:
We, the depaerats of Utah, in con
vention asaed, hereby declare oul
devotion TO the time honored principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms aud imbed'
ded in the harris Of its members.
We ale empnatically in favor Of
equal rights 10 all and special privil
eyes to none; OF tine greatest possible
liberty to every Individual compatible
with the pubic welfare; of the advance.
ment and support of home industries
of the maintenance Of local seII-govern-
ment TO the fullest nghtful 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 Ia
terests of the consumer and the pro-
Queer, and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should be levied upon
the luxurIes. so Tar as possible, and not
upon the necessarIes OF life. for the
purpose OF providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit of any class
or private enterprise. We ere 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, Dy which needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresJing trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repdbli-
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. stituCiOnal position il occur
pied as money previous to the act or
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 of
the country, creating unrest and dis
content among the oppressed laboring
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which ewarmed over .he 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
minislrati0n in 1889, with more than a
hundred million dollars in the national
treasury and turned it back to the
democratic party III 1893 with a treasury
practically bankrupt
We denOunce the silver policy of the |
republican party as system of miser- |
able makeshifts to palilate 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-estabilsh- |
ment of true blmetalism, which in |
cludes tue 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 ac
ton, independent OF European agree |
ment if international co operation can |
not be Immediately obtained.
We denOunce the republican policy |
4 I'D
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by |
that party In It's most recent utter
ances. We regard 1t as an assistant
agen ~ TO the prostratlOn OF silver III
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities Of various kinds which
still af1lIcU our country
We deny that the high tar ifs 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
and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavoring to
enact bill to reform the existing ex-
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, ImpoSt-
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 30 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 confiscated under the provisions of
law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also of the real
So escheated in view of the
now indIsputable fact that no preteXs
remains for CHARGING that the majority
Of the people of Utah are in opposition
10 national authority.
In the passage through the house I
and its report in the senate Of liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
y tab as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
It's speedy enactment as a measure OF
simple justice to the oldest and most
of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona tide resi-
1ents of the territory to the various I
offices In the gift of the government in
stead of men from other sections of the
unfamiliar with our people and
5he situation of our affairs as was
5he rule under republican administra-
ions.
And We further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority OF
5be government and remove the effects
IF over thirty wears of republican mis-
-ule