The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-24
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
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and Justice of the pe0ple-standin
upon the constitution as foundatio
and Limitation of the powers of the COY
eminent as we'll as the guaranty of th
liberties OF the cltiZen-congratula
the teTritory-noW soon to be state
On the assured success of the polio
adopted by the national organization
as laid down in all its platforms.
For the democracy of the entire ter
ritOry we reaffirm our faith in the per
manence of federal union aud lou
! devotion to the constitution and tn,
laws: and declare as cardinal doctrines
\ of democracy:
, First-A bsolute acquiescence in TIT
will of the majority as a vital principle
of the democratic party.
SeconG-Total separation of church
and state for the sake alike Of civil anC
religious liberty.
ThiTd--The liberty of the individual
uDvexed by sumptuary laws.
Fourth-SuppOrt by the state of the
public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy Of the civil
oyer the military power.
SiXth-Exact equality of all persons
before the law.
Seyenth-The right to a free ballot
the right preserYatiYe of all other
rights,
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend OF the labOring man in
every ayocation of life, and will pro-
tect his interest alike against the az.
gressIons of monopoly as well 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 intelligently 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
enG legal ratio of Is to l, as such coin
age existed prior to 1873, without wait
ing Tor the aid or consent OF any other
nation. Gold and silver coin to be a
| full! and legal tender for all debts pub
nc and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the demonstration of silver in 1873
and for its repeated acts of hostility to-
| Ward its reconciliation.
We call attention TO the fact that the
country was in the thro5s of a financial
panic when the democratic admins
| tTatiOn assumed control in 1895. and we
congratulate The people upon the ap-
preaching reign OF prosperity as a re-
suit of democratic reform Of the tar
If; and also to the tact that factories,
boundaries aud mills have resumed |
work since the repeal of the Mckinley |
law, and to the constantly advancing |
wages of Workingmen in almost every |
industry.
" q again express our hearty appre- |
citation OF the democratic congress and |
president in providing an enabling act |
by virtue Of which Utah is about to as
sumo it's position as a sovereign state.
We commend the action of the DEM
ocratic members Of the constitutional /
convention in surrounding the taxing |
and reYenue-raising power of the state
by such restrictions and limitations as
90 preclude any squandering OF public
property Ia aid OF private enterprises,
and to confine the expenses Of carrying
90 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
representatives in the constitutional
convention.
We denounce as false the charge
that the democratic party Of Utah has
been guilty OF atufing ballot boxes or
other election frauds, and condemn
the republican party for its IN
warranted and libelous attack upon
the majority Of the Utah commission,
and deplore the lack of principle
shown by its attempt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes to
basmirch the character of honorable
Utah County, Adopted at PaysOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon, ]. B. Miner, chairman of the
committee on platform and resolutions
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-
nating Joseph L. Rawlins and Moses
Thatcher for United States senators
Tor Utah, and demand that the mem
bers of the legislature from Utah {
use every honorable means TO {
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we aDpre +.
ciate the munifcent donation of public
lands granted by the federal govern
ment to the new state of Utah, and
urge uDon the legislature the neces-
sity 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 insti-
buttons.
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 preserYa
lion from destruction or waste of the
timber on the public lands; for the
of arid lands, and for the
of all the natural pro-
duets of state lands.
We favor retention by the state of
ali its lands not susceptible of imme-
diate improvement, and the leasing by
the state OF improbable lands, when
eyer 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 irregocably fix ell existing rights
to the use of water; and sec0nd,to pro-
vide for an increased supply of water
and to distribute all the available j
water fairly and justly among all per-
sons entitled to its use.
We demand the passage of such laws
as will secure to all the people of the