Graham guardian., 1895-09-20
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE
UTAH DEMOCRATS.

the assured success of the policy
adopted by the national organiza.
tion as laid down in all its plat.
forms.
For the Democracy of the entire
territory we reaffirm our faith in
the permanence of federal union
and our devotion to the constitu
tion and the laws; and declare as
cardinal doctrines of Democracy
First-Absolute acquiescence in
the will of the majority as a 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 indi.
vidual unvexed by sumptuary laws
Fourth--Support by the state OF
the public schools.
Fifth--The supremacy of the
civil over the military power.
SiXth-Exact equality of all per-
sons before the law.
Seventh-The right to fee bal
lot--the right preservative of all
other rights,
Eighth - That the Democratic
party is the friend of the laboring
man in every avocation of life, and
will protect his interest alike
against the aggressions of monopo-
ly as well as the commune.
We believe the restoration ofthe
money of the constitution is now
the paramount issue before the
country, and insist that both par
ties shall plainly state tneir re-
spective positions upon the ques-
ton in order that the voters may
intelligently express their prefer
ence. We, therefore, declare our
selves in favor of the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of gold and silver at the
present legal ratio Of 16 to l, as
such coinage existed prior to 1873,
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation. Gold
and silver coin to be a full and le-
gal tender for all debts public and
private.
We denounce the Republican
party for the demonetization of
silver in 1878, and for Its repeated
acts of hostility towards It's re-
monetization.
We call attention to the fact that
the country was in the lhloes of
the financial panic when the Demo
cratic administration assumed con,
troll in 1898, and we congratulate
the people upon the approaching
reign of prosperity as result of a
Democratic reform of the tariff;
and also to the fact that factories
foundries and mills have resumed
work since the repeal of the Nc
Kinley law, and to the constantly
advancing wages of workingmen IN
almost every industry.
We again express our hearty ap-
probation of the Democratic Con
gress and president in providing
an enabling act by virtue of which
Utah is about to assume It's posi-
ton as sovereign state.
We commend the action of the
Democratic members of the con
stltutional convention in surround
ing the taxing and revenue raising
power of the state by such restric-
tions and limitations as to preclude
any squandring of public property
in aid of private enterprises, and
to confne the expenses of carrying
on the public business within prop
er limits of economy, despite the
almost unanimous opposition of a
Republican majority. And we IA
vor 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 pro-
posed, and the Democratic party
for the earnest and able support of
that measure by its representatives
in the constitutional convention.
We denoInce as false the charges
that the Democratic party of Utah