The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-09-27
Democratic Platform
Adonted at the State Convention.

The democratic party of Utah in
convention assembled, reposjng its
trust in the intelligence. patriotism
and justice of the people-stand1ng
upon the constitution as foundation
and limitation of the powers of the goY-
ernment as well as the guaranty of the
liberties OF the cItiZen-congratulate
the territory-now soon to be state
on the assured success of TIE policy
adopted by the national Organization
as laid down in all its platforms.
For the democracy of the entire ter
ritory we reafiirm our faith in the per-
manence of federal union aud our
devotion to the constitution and the
laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines
OF democracy:
First-Absolute acquiescence in the
will OF the majority as vital principle
Of the democratic party.
Sscond-Total separation Of church
and state for the sake alike OF clyll and
religious liberty.
Third--The liberty of the individual
unvexed by sumptuary laws,
F0urth-Support by the state OF the
public schools.
L hhl 1hO "a VIZ VA -
oyer the military power,
SiXth-Exact equality Of all persons
before the law.
Seventh-The right to free fallot
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 ag.
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 III order that the
voters may intelli&entiy express their
preferences 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 1, 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 a
full and legal tender for all debts pub
llc and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the decentralization of silver in 1873
and for its repeated acts of hostility to-
ward its remonetization.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the thToes of a financial
panic when the democratic admins
tration assumed control in 1893,and we
congratulate the people upon the ap
preaching reign of prosperity as re-
suit of a democratic reform Of the tar
itf; and also TO the fact that factories,
boundaries and mills haYe 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
president in providing an enabling act
by 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 in surrounding the taxing
and revenue-raisiDg pow er of the state
by such restrictions and limitations as
to preclude any squandering OF public
ID aid OF private enterprises,
and to confine the expenses OF carrying
on the public business within proper
limits of economy, despite the almost
opposition of a republican !
ma jority. 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
We denounce as false the charge
hat the democratic party of Utah has
oeen guilty OF stuffing ballot boxes or
)ther election frauds, and condemn
he republican party for its un-
and libelOus attack upon
he majority Of the Utah commission,
md deplore the lack of principle
hown by it's attempt without any
and for partisan purposes to
the character of honorable
itizens