The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-23
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden


and justice of the people-standine
upon the constitution as foundation
and limitation of the powers of the gov.
eminent as we'll as the guaranty of the
liberties OF The cltiZen-congratula
the territory-noW soon to be 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 ouI
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.
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 a free ballot
the right preseryatiye of all other
rights,
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend OF the laboring man in
every agocation of life. and will pro-
tect hia interest alike against the az.
! 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 POSITIONS
upon the question In order that the
voters may intelllgently 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 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 a
| full and legal tender for all debts pub
lic and private.
We denounce the republican party
| for the decentralization of silver in 1873
and for it's repeated acts of hostility to-
Ward its emonetization.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the throes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
tratiOn assumed control in 1885, we
congratulate the people upon the ap.
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.
w 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
ocratic members of the constitutional
convention in surrounding the taxing
and revenue-raising power of the state
by such restrictions ami limitations as
to preclude any squandering OF public
property III aid OF private enterprises,
and to conine 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 OF
other election frauds, and condemn
the republican party for its IN
warranted and libeIous 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
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 Septembe 5, 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
beers Of the legislature from Utah
county use Every honorable means to
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
ciate the munifcent 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
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 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 pae leasing by
the state OF improbable lands, when
eyer 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 ell 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
| nc Will spoura to a tho pponlo Of tbo