The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-02
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
Sept. 9Th

COny6DIlOu aSsSInUleQ, r6pOSJDS IL
trust in the intelligence. patriotism
and justice of the people-standin
upon the constitution as foundation
and Limitation of the powers of the COY
eminent as we'll as the guaranty of tn
liberties OF the cltiZen-congratula
the territory-noW soon to be a state
on the assured success of tie polio,
adopted by the national organization
as laid down in all its platforms.
For the democracy of the entire ter
Titory we Teaffirm our faith il the per
manence of federal union aud on
devotion TO the constitution and thu
laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines
of democracy:
First-A bsolute acquiescence in the
will OF the majority as vital principle
Of the democratic party.
Second-Total separation of church
and state for the sake alike Of civil and
religious liberty.
Third--The liberty of the Individual
unvexed by sumptuary laws.
Fourth-SuppOrt by the state of the
public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy Of the civil
oyer the military power.
Eixth-Exact equality of all persons
before the law.
Seventh-The right to free ballot
the right preRerYatiye of all other
rights,
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend of the laboring man in
every ayocation of life, and will pro-
I tect his interest alike against the az.
gresslons of monopoly as we'll as the
commune.
We believe the restoration of the
| money of the constitution is now the
paramount issue before the country,
and insist that both parties shall
plainly state their respective posi- ions
upon the question In order that the
voters may intelligentIy express their
preference. We therefore declare our
selves in favor of the immediate res
| toratiOn of the tree and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of Is to l, as such COIN
age existed prior to 1878, without wait
| ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation. Gold and silver coin to be q
full and legal tender for all debts pub
hcand private.
We denounce the republican party
for the decentralization of silver in 1873
and for its repeated acts of hostility to-
Ward its reconciliation.
We call atten' ION to the fact that the
country was in the throes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
tration assumed control in 1898, and we
congratulate The people upon the ap-
preaching reign of prosperity as re-
suit Of democratic reform of the tar
iff; and also to the fact that factories, !
boundaries and mills have resumed |
work since the repeal of the Mckinley |
law, and to the constantly advancing |
wages of WOrkingmen in almost every |
industry.
We again express our hearty appre-
citation Of the democratic congress and
preeid mt in providing an enabling act |
by virtue OF which Utah is about to as
sumo its position IS sovereign state.
We commend the action of the DEM
ocratic members of the constitutional |
convention in surrounding the taxing
and revenue-raising power of the state
by such restrictions AMI limitations as
to preclude any sQuandering OF public
property in aid of private enterprises,
and to confine the expenses of carrying
on the public business within proper
limits of economy, despite the almost
unanimous opposition of republican
majority. And we favor the adoption
of the proposed constitution.
We congratulate the women of Utah
upon their admission to equal political
rights with men under the provisions
of the constitution proposed, and the
democratic party for the earnest and
able support of that measure by its
in the constitutional
convention.
We denounce as false the charge
that the democratic party of Utah has
been guilty OF stuf1ing ballot boxes or
other election frauds, and condemn
the republican party for its I'M
warranted and libeIous attack upon
thg majority of the Utah commission,
and deplore the lack Of principle
shown by its attempt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes to
besmiTch the character OF honorable
citizens
Utah county, Adopted at PaysOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon. J. B. Miner, chairman of the
committee on platform and resolutions
reported the following platform:
The democratic party of Utah county
in convention assembled declare as fol-
lows:
We hereby endorse and reafirm
the platform adopted at the convention
held in Ogden on September 5, 1895.
We cordially and heartily approve of
the action of said convention in nOmi-
mating Joseph L. Rawlins and Moses
Thatcher for United States senators
for Utah, and demand that the mem
bers of the legislature from Utah
use Every honorable means to
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
ciate the munihcent donation of public
lands granted by the federal govern
ment to the new state of Utah, and
urge upon the legislature the neces-
5ity Of passing such laws and adopting
such measures as will secure to the
state the most valuable public lands
within the state to the extent of all
grants made to it, and its public ineti-
tutionS.
We demand the passage of such laws
as will provide for the sale of state
lands to actual settlers only, in small
holdings; for the selection of suitable
sites for reservoirs; for the preserva
ton from destruction or waste of the
timber on the public lands; for the
of arid lands, and for the
of all the natural pro- I
ducts of state lands. I
We favor retention by the state of
all its lands not susceptible of imme-
date improvement, and The leasing by
he state of improbable lands, when
ever such leasing will tend to their .
more rapid and efficient improvement
and development.
We favor revision of the laws OF
Utah on irrigation. First, to secure
and irreyocably fix all existing rights
to the use of water; and second, to pro-
vide for an increased supply of water
and TO distribute all the available
water fairly and justly among all per.