The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-26
DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS
To the People Of Utah. Delivered at Salt
Lake City On Saturday, June 10th, by
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kesolUed, rnat as the convention wGs
not called to make nominations ol
formulate platform OF principles, the
following oe adopted as the sentiments
of the convention 10 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 the time hOnored principles
OF tie democratic party as enunclaJed
in the national platforms and imbed.
dei in the harris OF It's members.
We ale emphatlcalIy In favor OF
equal rights TO all aud special priyil-
eges to none; OF The greatest possible
liberty to every Individual compatible
with The pubic welfare; vi the advance
ment anc support OF nome industries /;
of The maintenance OF local seli-gOveTn-
ment TO The tdiltst righLiul extent;
and of "a sUrIcJ construction Of the Ma
ional constitution.
We are In favor of such reform OF
the tariff as is consistent with the IN
tere6tS OF the consumer and the pro-
ducer and declare that duties upon
foreign imports should De levied upon
the Iuxuries. SO far as possible, and not
upon Une neceSSdrleS OF lie. Tor the
purpose uf providing revenue Tor lie
necessary expenses OF government, and
not Tor 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
O few.
We demand the speedy passage of
the bill for trTltt reform now pending
in the senate, including the pro- lslon
for an income tax by which those laige
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 a hee0ed Meas
ure to provide public revenue is de
layed, causing uncertainty and doubt
in commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZIng industry
and aTTesung trade. To the facti0us
hiudrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by replbli-
can senators are due to tue slow pro-
gress 1t is making and the disasters
that are consequent upon the delay.
We demand the restoration OF silver
to the CO. stituGlOnal position II occus
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 lncreas-
ing disasters which, beginning with
the panic OF 1873 and bursting forth at
intervals with terrible severity, de-
pressing the agricultural Interests 81
the country, creating unrest and dis
content am ng the oppressed IaboTing
classes and increasing the armies OF
tramps which swarmed over the land,
eliminated in tie panic Of 1898 and
still spreads its blight upon trade and
industry.
We call attention to the undeniable
fact thet the republican party took the
government from the democratic ad
minisIration in 1889. Win more than a
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-
Glaze that only in AMI through the
democratic party can tle people of the |
United States expect the re-establish- |
ment of true bimetalism, which in |
cludes tie Tree Coinage of silver at the |
ratio of Is to / 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 cooperation cam |
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 Its most recent utter |
ances. We regard it as an assistant |
agency to the prostTation of silver in |
producing the poverty and distress and |
social calamities of various kinds which |
still afflict our country.
We DENY that the high tariffs 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 at large.
We cordially endorse the democratic !
congress 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-
orbitant 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 lswlessness where power to
do so 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 canfscated under the provisions of
congressional law; and we favor the
immediate restoration also Of the real
property SO escheated in view or the
now indlsputable fact that no preteXSs
remains for charging that the majority
of the people of Utah are in opposition
TO national authority.
In the passage through the house
and its report IN the senate OF liberal
and excellent bill for the admission of
u tab as a state on an equal footing
with the existing states; and we urge
its speedy enactment as a measure OF
simple Justice TO the oldest and mort
prosperous of the existing territories.
In the appointment OF bona fide 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
We endorse the official acts of our
deleoafa in congress- Hon / l.. Raw