The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-04
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
sSanr 6th

and limitation OF the powers OF the GOV
eminent as " ell as the guaranty of tn
liberties OF the cltiZen-congratula
the territory-noW soon to be state
on the assured success of tie police
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 ou
devotion to the constitution and tb'
laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines
| of democracy:
FiTst-Ab solute acquiescence in tbs
will of the majority as vital principle
of the democratic party.
Secoud-Total separation of church
and state for the sake alike OF civil anG
religious liberty.
Third--The liberty of tie individual
unvexed 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.
Seventh-The right to 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 hie 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 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
ent legal ratio of 16 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
lie and 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 attention to the fact that the
country was in the thrOes of a financial
panic when the democratic admins
tratiou 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
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
bv virtue OF which Utah is about to as
sumo its position as sovereign state.
We commend the action of the DEM
ocratic members of the constitutional
in surrounding the taxing
and revenue-raising power of the state
by such restrictions and limitations as
to preclude any sQuandering OF public
property III 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 republican
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 it's |
in the constitutional |
We denounce as false the charge |
that the democratic party of Utah has |
been guilty OF stufing ballot boxes or |
other election frauds, and condemn |
the republican party for its I'm
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 |
besmirch the character Of honorable |
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 reaffirm |
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 n0ml- |
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-
sity of passing such laws and adopting
such measures as will securet 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-
duots of state lands.
We favor retention by the state of
all its lands not susceptible of imme-
date 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 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-
sons entitled to its use.
We demand the passage of such laws
as will secure to all the people of the |