The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-10-02
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

We, the democrats of Utah, in con
ventlon assent led, hereby reaffirm our
adherence to the principles OF justics
and free government which the demo
cratic party was organized to establish
and preserve, and which have been
embodied In the platform adopted by
the democracy in their national con-
tions.
We believe in strict construct Of
the constituUion-the peoples grant of
power TO the federal government-to
the end that the rights of the respec--
tive states may be preserved, that local
self-goYernmsnt may be secured, and
that personal liberty may be exercised
to the fullest extent consistent with
the public safety.
We believe In wise economy in pub
lie expenditures; that officials should
be held to strict accountability for
their acts; that the employment of the |
taxing power in any form by which the |
few are entitled to the impoverishment |
of the many, by which trade is de-
sTroyed or obstCucted, by which trusts |
are created and fostered and monop |
olies sustained, is wicked perversion |
of the powers designed tOr the common
good.
We believe in commercial and indus
GAla1 lICCOOlu ollO IO5Cnb oil
TO prevent its exercise, in the pro 40
ton of education by the state;
in the full development of our national
resources; In the encouragement and
advancement of home industries in
the protection of labor from the en-
croachments of capital, and in equal
rights TO all, special privileges to
none.
We demand the passage of law for
the free and unlimited coinage Of both
silver and gold at ratio of l to 16,
without waiting tor the consent of any
other nation; and that the govern
ment shall pay out silver SO coined as
money of ultimate redemption the
same as gold.
We commend the democratic con-
gTess and administration Of the meas
ures OF reform which they have sue
ceeded in effecting, by which hundreds ,
of millions OF dollars will be annually
saved by American consumers and all !
classes Of people will be bene-
flied. In the arrangement of tariff ,
duties we favor such adjustment as
will operate equally throughout the ,
country and not discriminate as be-
tween classes or sections. We contend
that such duties rs are laid on foreign
imports should be levied for revenue
only, as contemplated in the national
constitution.
We emphatically disapproYe of the q
course Of those democrats who, by y
combining with the republicans. thwar- 7
ted the expressed will of the people 10 7
reference to the tariff and prevent =
ed the restoration Of silver to Its right =
place as money. =
We endorse the income tax provision :
of the tariff law, by which a more =
equitable distribution Is made of the 7
burdens of taxation, and wealth as I,
well as want is required to contribute =
its share to the public expense. q
We endorse the acts of the democra- y
tic congress and administration: In I
aboishing the oppressive and anti 9
American federal election laws and y
thus securing freedom to citizens at
the polls. "
In SO revising the pension lists that
the frauds which have robbed the o
treasury of vast sums of money will be G
prevented in future, while no worthy ii
pensloner will be deprived of the aid to e,
watch his services are entitled, pt
in restoring to a religious organlZa- in
ton in Utah Its personal property, 81
which was cOnfiscated under the pro- dt
visions of law, with the prospect of the al
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also escheated. ID
In the appointments which have
been made Of actual residents of the
territory to public office, many of them "
native to The soil of Utah, policy ala
together different from that of repnblI-
can administrations.
In throwing open to settlement the W ".
Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations, VI
by which vast area of tillable, graz Fl
ing and mineral lands Will be utilized II
by white labor and skill and be added Nj
to the wealth of Utah. 81
In passing an enabling act by which Bl
Utah may enter the union as a free Va
and sovereign state, on an equal footing LIE
with the existing states, For this Utah Ju
owes debt of gratitude to the demo- A.
cratic congress and president, whose Nj
kind treatment Of this territory stands Sa
out in striking contrast to that harsh Ia
ness and enmity extended by republi- BE
can congresses and administrations for Sp
thirty years Sp
We are proud of our delegate to Con. Pr
gress, Hon. j. l.. Rawlins, to whose La
fidelity, perseverance and splendid III
political tact and energy the numerous Al
measures of legislation so beneficial to LIE
Utah have been obtained. His unpar- LIE
alleled success has demonstrated to the Eu
people of Utah that they made no mis- lrC
take in sending him to the national ST.
where he gas recognized as Ma
pot his associates and a man of DC
mark and ability, Ru
We denounce the republican party Ia
for its obstruction to those remedial Ce
demanded by the country to
rescue trade, industry and business be-
from the chaos into which they were tut
drifting through republican legislation
and misrule. Ge
For attempting to foist the blame
upon the democratic party for the eff
lects of republican maladministra
lion
By the demonstration of silver and me
.he unconstitutional and partial sys- wi
tenn of class protection, the mass eof the
the people have been Impoverished, the frs
agricultural and laboring classes op- tia
pressed, and the land disturbed by the ella
riots of dissatisfied workmen, and the esp
cries of the unemployed. the
We point to the only republican leg vii
stature of Utah as a sample Of the IN
partisanship and folly
which that party would exhibit if I
placed in power in the new state rec
Gin attempting TO deprive the public Fir
schools of one-siXth of the revenue es- of
eDtial to their support; refused to at
yrant necessary funds for the uniYer- hot
iity, the agricultural college and other Uti
public institutions of an educational day
Ind reformatory character; tried to ap- the
)ropriate large sums of public money foil
Is bounties for favored private indus Tn
ries; did make expenditures for which TO
10 revenue was provided; drafted sitI
memorials to congress containing errors Pro