The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-27

the Territorial De nocratic Convent
Resolved, That as the convention was
not called to make nominations Oh
formulate a 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 the time honOred principles
of the democratic party as enumerated
in the national platforms and imbed-
ded in The harris 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 pubic welfare; of the advance
ment and support of nome industries;
of the maintenance OF local seIf-gOvern
ment to the fullest rightful 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 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 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 are 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 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. Aud we ienounce the
obstructive policy of the republicans
in congress, Dv which a needed meas
ure to provide public revenue is de-
lsyed, causing uncertainty and doubt
In commercial and manufacturing
circles, and thus paralyZlng industry
and arresting trade. To the factiOuS
hindrances which are still thrown in
the way of the Wilson bill by repIbli-
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. stitutional position it 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 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 |
= IA ll hpr
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
ministration in 1889, with more than q |
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 reDub-
lican financial crime of 1873, and de-
clare that only in and through the
democratic party can the people of the
United States expect the re-establish-
ment of true bimetalism, which in
cludes tie free 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 &C.
ton, independent OF European agree
ment if international cooperation can
not be Immediately obtained.
We denCunce the republican policy
nc am hodiad IN tbG5 n ia |
nous Mckinley law and reafirmed by
ances. We regard it as an assistant
agency to the prostration of silver in
the poverty and distress and
still affiict our country.
We deny that the high tariffs placed
npOn lead and wool and other commod-
tiles have raised their price or benefit
ID 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
and administration:
In repeating the obnoxious federal
election law and thus promoting the
freedom of elections.
In formulating and endeavorlng to
enact bill to reform the existing ex-
brilliant system OF tariffs.
In revising the pension lists, so that
While all persons deserving the aid OF
he country for services in Its defense
shall be secured in their rights. lmpost-
,rs and fraudulent pension agents ;
Jhelln not be permitted to further bleed
he body polite.
In the exercise of the federal forces
% suppress lawlesSness where power to
10 so is clearly vested in the federal au-
,hority, and declining to interfere when
{ would intrude on the rights of local {
government.
In the restoration to the church of
-esus Christ of Latter-day Saints prop c
,rty canfscated under the provisions of |
law; and we favor the !
immediate restoration also Of the real t
so escheated in view OF the 1
low indIsputable fact that no pretex: :
emains for charging that the majority q
# the people of Utah are in opposition 1
o national authority. c
In the passage through the house G
md its report in the senate of liberal G
md excellent bill for the admission of t
Utah as a state on an equal footing {
Win the existing states; and we urge L
Is speedy enactment as a measure of
imple justice to the oldest and mott '
prosperous of the existing territories. u
In the appointment of bona tide resi- S
Ients of the territory to the various C
,fices in the gift of the government in v
tead of men from other sections of the t
country unfamiliar with our people and C
he situation of our affairs as was e
be rule under republican administra- q
ions.
And we further endorse all efforts to
maintain the dignity and authority of
he government and remove the effects
f over thirty wears of republican mis-
ule
We endorse the official acts of our
olaoate in coDprees Hon. T. T. Raw