The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-04
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
Sept. 9Th

and Justice of the people-standing
upon the constitution as foundation
and limitation of the powers OF the goY-
eminent as well as the guaranty of the
liberties OF the c1tiZen-congratula
the territOry-now soon to be a state
on the assured success of the policy
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 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 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 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 fallot
the right pregerYatiYe of all other
rights.
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend of the laboring man in
every aVoeation of life, and will pro-
tect his interest alike against the ag
gressIons of monopoly as well as the
| commune.
We believe the restoration of the
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paramount issue before the country,
and inaist 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 Is to /, 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
lie 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 throes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
tration assumed control in 1898, 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 fact that factories,
boundaries and mills have resumed
work since the repeal of the Mckinley
law. and to the constantly adyancir e
wages of workingmen in almost every
industry.
We again express our hearty appre-
CATION 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
ocratic members of the constitutional
convention 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 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 the provisions
of the constitution proposed, and the
democratic party for the earnest and
able support of that measure by it's
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
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
citizens.
Utah County, Adopted at PaysOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon. j. B. Miner, chairman of the
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 n0mi-
mating Joseph L. Rawlins and Moses
Thatcher for United States senators
for Utah, and demand that the mem
bers OF the Legislature from Utah
county 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 secure to the
tate the most valuable public lands
within the state to the extent of all
grants made to it, and its public insti-
tutiens.
We demand the passage OF such laws
as will provide for the sale of state
| .nds to actual settlers only, in small
holdings; for the selection of sui able
sites for reservoirs; for the preserva
ton from destruction or waste of the
timber on the public lands; for the
Improvement of arid lands, and for the
development of all the natural pro-
ducts 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 q revision of the laws OF
Utah on irrigation. First, to secure
and irreToCably 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.