The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-10-12
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Adopted at the Convention Held in Provo
On Monday Octnlnar I 1901

Adopted at the Convention Held in Prov
On Monday, October I. 1894.
The democratic party of Uta
county in convention Assem- bled
hereby proclaims the following princi
pies:
We reafi1m our allegiance to th
party principles as set forth in tn
national platform adopted at Chicag
in June. 1892, and we are in hearty &C
cord with the territorial platform
adopted at Salt Lake city on Septem
Der Is, 1894.
We rejoice with The whole people o.
the territory that Utah is about to en-.
ter the union as a free and SoverigI
state. Local self-government is dem
ocratic principle vouchsafed 10 US
Our party has again demonstrated tina
the people may be trusted.
We extend TO the democratic con
gress and president our heartfelt graf
itude for tue many expressions of gooc
will to the people of Utah; in the pas
sage of the liberal enabling act; in re
storing to the Mormon church Its contis
Gated properly; IN opening the Indian
reservations for settlement; In the
wise appointment of bona fide citizens
of Utah to local Otfic IS; in the extensive
grants of land for various public pur-
poses; in the enfranchlsement oil
hundreds of our citizens by the prOvis.
ions Of the enabling, act and by the
more recent amnesty proclamation OF
President Cleveland, all of which acts
of friendship are in striking contrast
to the treatment accorded Utah by the
republican party.
tBroudlU wa mint 10 fap TpoOTd of orr
delegate in congress, Hon. J. L. Raw
Inns, whose uniting zeal, great ability,
tact and diplomacy have secured TO US
so manv acts beneficial to Utah. His
interchangeable labor and unparalleled
success will surely be approved and re-
warded by his return to congress with
vastly increased majority.
We further commend the action Of
the democratic congress and administrs-
tlon for the measure of tariff reform
effected, whereby hundreds of millions
Of dollars will be saved annually to
people of this country. DISTRACTED as
they were at every move by determined
opposition, they nevertheless succeeded
In wrestling from wealth and piutOcrscy
a portion of the means OF increasing
their ill-gottt n gains, and in rendering
McKinleyism a lost cause. We es-
pecially endorse the income tax pro-
vision of the tariff law, whereby those
most able will be required to bear
more just portion of the burdens of
taxation.
In the repeating of the federal cleo
ton law, and thus securing freedom Of
citizens at the polls.
In revising the pension lists and
pension laws so as to prevent spolia-
ton of the public treasury by the I'M
deserving, while dealing literally and
justly with those who deserve the aid
of government.
1t behooves the people of this county
and this territory, TO keep the re-
publican party out of power. 1t is a
party of broken and post norton prom
Uses, whose policy prompted by avarice
and individual aggrandizement. has
precipitated the recent panic ana
brought this country to the verge of
ruin,
We arraign the recent republican
legislature of Utah for its intense
partisansh1p and inefficiency, for its
attempt to divert the public moneys
from their legitimate use to the pay
ment of bounties to select private en-
terprIses. Had it not been for the wise
action of the governor, more than $780,
600 would have been taken from the
public school fund. For its refusal to
appropriate sufficient funds for the In
sane Asylum, the Agricultural College
and the University of Utah, by which
parsimony those institutions can only
be carried on as required by law, by
loans whi0b must be met by the peo-
pie in tR 3ture. For passing unwise
laws and rUfusing to pass others which
would be for the common good.
We call attention to the efficiency
and honesty which has marked every
department of our present county gov
eminent. Wise economy should rule
in every branch of public service. We
believe that competency and fidelity
are the only qualification for Office.
We are in favor of home industries. |
We are in favor of the full enfran-
of women, and pledge our
selves to use our every effort to the end |
that our new constitution shall provide |
for woman suffrage on an equality |
with men,
We call upon the people to see to it |
that the state of Utah shall be founded |
upon the broad principles OF the demo- |
cratic party, which are the principles
Of jntice and free government. Care |
must be exerCl sci that monopolies shall |
not get control of the public lands
granted to the state of Utah, and that
as far as possible these lands be granted
only to the actual settler.
We declare ourselves in favor of the
free public school system where the
children of the rich and the poor alike
may pRrtake freely of the blessings OF
public instruction.
We are in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at ratio of Is
to l with gold.
Relying upon the fidelity, intelligence
and patriotism of the people of Utah |
county we confidently expect by their
votes q complete vindication of the
principles herein enumerated.