The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-24

Lake City on Saturday, June 10Th, pS
the Territorial De Aocratic Convent
ResoIved. That as the convention was
not called to make nominations Oh
formulate platform OF principles, the
following be adopted as the sentiments
of the convention to be presented in
the form of an address to the people OF
Utah
We. the democrats of Utah, in con-
vention assembled, hereby declare our
devotion to tbe time honored 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 public welfare; of the advance
ment and support Of home industries;
of the maintenance OF local self-govern-
ment to the fullest rightful extent;
and of strict construction of the na
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 luxuries. so far as possible, and not
upon the necessarles of life. for the
purpose of providing revenue for tie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not for the special benefit Of any class
OF 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 trriff 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 ienOUnce 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 paralyZlng industry
AID arresting trade. To the factious
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli.
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 col stitutional position 1t Occur
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 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 swarmed over the land,
eliminated in the panic of 1898 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact that 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 it back to the
democratic party in 1898 with treasury
practically bankrupt.
We denounce the silver policy OF the
republican party as system OF mlser-
able makeshifts to palllate the repub-
lican financial crime of 1873, and de-
clare chat only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-establlsh- |
ment of true blmetallsm, which in
eludes tie free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of Is to l with gold, We BELIEVED
that this can be done with safety and
profit to this nation by American &C.
ton, independent OF European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denounce the republican policy
of protection as embodied IN the infa-
nous Mckinley law and reaffirmed by
that party in it's most recent utter
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostration of silver in
producing the poverty and distress and
social calamities of various kinds which
still aff1ict our country.
We DENY that the high tariffs placed
,pnn lead and wool and other commod- |
titles have raised their price or benefit !
ed the producer Of such materials, !
while they have been oppressive and
detrimental to the consumer and the |
at large.
We cordially endorse the democratic
congress and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the |
freedom Of elections.
Ia formulating and endeavoring to
enact bill to reform the existing eX-
orbitant system of tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
while all persons deserving the AID OF
the country for services ia It's defense |
shall be secured in their rights, lmpost- |
ers and fraudulent pension agents |
shall not be permitted to further bleed |
the body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
TO suppress lRwlessness where power TO |
do so is clearly vested in the federal au-
fhority, and declining to Interfere when |
il would intrude on the rights of a local
government. i
In the restoration to the church OF |
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop |
erty confscated under the provisions OF |
law; and we favor the |
immediate restoration also OF the real
nroperty 30 escheated in view Of the
now indlsputable fact that no preteXs
rem Mains for charging that the majority |
of the people Of Utah are in opposition |
80 national authority.
In the passage through the house |
and it's report in the senate of liberal |
and excellent bill for the admission OF
Titan as a state on an equal footing |
with the existing states; and we urge |
its speedy enactment as measure OF
simple justice to the Oldest ana mort
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
tions.
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-
rule