The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-01

uHVGX6u by SuupLudTy laWS.
Fourth-Support by the state OF tn,
public schools.
Fifth-Tne supremacy of the ciYi
oyer the military power,
SiXth-Exact equality Of all persons
before the law.
Seventh-The right to a free faliot
the right preventative of all Other
rights.
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend of the labOring man in
every avocation of life, and will pro-
tect his interest alike against the ag.
gresslons 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 thsir 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 free and unlimited
coinage Of gold and sIlver at the pres
eut legal ratio of Is to l, as such COIN
age existed prior to 1873, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation. Gold and silver coin to be
full and legal tender for all debts pub
hc and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the characterization of silver in 1873
and for its repeated acts of hostility to-
ward it's reconciliation.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the throes of a financial
panic when the democratic admins
5ration assumed control in 1898. and we
congratulate the people upon the APP
preaching reign of prosperity as re-
suit of democratic reform OF the tar
| IF; and also TO the fact that factories,
boundaries and mills have resumed
work since the repeal of the Mckinley
Jaw, and to the constantly advancing
wages of wOrkinemen in almost every
industry.
VI again express our hearty appre-
citation of the democratic congress and
DreEid ent in providing an enabling act
Dy virtue of which Utah is about to as
sumo its position as sovereign state.
We commend the action of the DEM
0cratic members of the constitutional
convention i'll surrounding the taxing |
and raising power of the state
by such restrictions ani limitations as
TO preclude any squandering OF public |
property Ill aid OF private enterprises,
and to confne 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 tine 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 stuffing ballot boxes or
other election frauds, and condemn
The republican party for its I'M
warranted and libelous attack upon
tbs majority of the Utah commission,
and deplOre the lack of principle
shown by it's attempt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes to
besmirch the character OF honorable
citizens.
Utah County, Adopted at PaysOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon. j. B. Miner, chairman of the
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 Septemb Der 8, 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
beTs OF the legislature from Utah
county use every honorable means TO
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appTe-
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 Beces-
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
ton from destruction or waste of the
timber on the public lands; for the
improvement of arid lands, and for the
of all the natural pro-
du1ts OF state lands.
We favor retention by the state of
all its lands not susceptible of imme-
diate improvement, and the leasing by
the state of improbable lands, when
ever such leasing will tend to their
more rapid and efficient improvement
and development.
We favor a revision of the laws OF
Utah on irrigation. First, to secure
and irregocably 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-
sons entitled to its use.
We demand the passage of such laws
as will secure to all the people of the
state the benefit of all land grants, and
prevent, as far as possible, any mon
Opoly of either land or water rights in
Utah
We insist upon the expenditure of
public money by the state for public
purposes only, and for such purposes
as economically as is possible, con-
sistent with securing efficient service,
and as may absolutely be necessary for
the accomplishment of such purposes.