The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-17
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
Sent. 9Th

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and limitation of the powers of the COY.
eminent as we'll as the guaranty of the
liberties of the cltizen-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 dem0cracg:
First-A bsolute acquiescence in the
will OF the majority as q vital principle
Of the democratic party.
SeGond-Total separation of church
and state for the sake alike of civil and
religious liberty.
Third-The liberty of tie individual
unvexed by sumptuary laws.
F0urth-Support by the state of the
public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy OF the civil
oyer the military power.
giXth-Exact equality of all persons
before the law.
Seventh The right to free Fallot
the right preserYatiYe of all other
rights.
Eighth-That orr democratic party
is the friend OF the labOring man in
every agoca ton of life, and will pro-
tect his 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 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
tOrati0n 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 Tor the aid or consent OF any other
nation. Gold and silver coin to be
full and legal tender for ali debts pub.
lie and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the decentralization of silver in 1878
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
tration assumed control in 1898. and 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 r
law, and to the constantly advancing
wages of WOrkingmen in almost every I
industry. 4
" e again express our hearty appTe- :
citation of the democratic congress and &
president in providing an enabling act
by virtue of which Utah is about to as r
sumo its position as sovereign state. 8
We commend the action of the DEM =
0cratic members of the constitutional 3
in surrounding the taxing 2
and reYenue-raising power of the state 2
by such restrictions ana 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 u
limits OF economy, despite the almost
unan1Il ous opposition of a republican !"
majority. And we favor the adoption
Of the proposed constitution. =
We congratulate the women of Utah d
upon their admission to equal political
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 {
that the democratic party of Utah has 3
oeen guilty OF stuffing ballot boxes or
Jther election frauds, and condemn
~.
and libeIous attack upon
he majority Of the Utah commission,
and deplore the lack of principle
,hown by its attempt without any .
evidence and for partisan purposes to
)esmirch the character of honorable
;itizens.
Utah County, Adopted at PaYsOn u
Sept. 18th. =
Hon, j. B. Miner, chairman of the ~
committee on platform and resolutions +
eported the following platform: II
The democratic party of Utah county =,
n convention assembled declare as fol-
OWs: i
We hereby endorse and reaffirm L
be platform adopted at the convention Il
leld in Ogden on Septembe 5, 1895. =
We cordially and heartily approve of -,
be action of said convention In nomi =
ating Joseph L. Rawlins and Moses Il
thatcher for United States senators 4
or Utah, and demand that the mem h
ers OF the Legislature from Utah =
ounty use Every honorable means TO =
ecure their election. 4
With heartfelt gratitude we appre- tr,
late the munifcent donation OF public ar
lnds granted by the federal govern ::
lent to the new state of Utah, and 81
rye upon the legislature the neces- re
lty of passing such laws and adopting Pr
1ch measures as will secure to the Az
late the most valuable public lands -,
-ithin the state to the extent OF all
rants made to it, and its public insti- LIE
ltions. -
We demand the passage OF such laws
9 will provide for the sale of state
IRds to actual settlers only, in small
for the selection of suitable
ties for reservoirs; for the preserVa
on from destruction or waste of the IL
mber on the public lands; for the II
Improvement of arid lands, and for the M
svelopment of all the natural pro- III
nets OF state lands. nj
We favor retention by the state OF M
i its lands not susceptible of imme-
late improvement, and the leasing by
lie state of improbable lands, when Pr
yer such leasing will tend to their -
ore rapid and efficient improvement
nd development. =,
We favor a revision of the laws OF A.
tab on irrigation. First, to secure
nd irreyocably fix all existing rights
the use of water; and second to pro-
de for an increased supply of water
nd to distribute all the available =
ater fairly and justly among all per-
ms entitled to its use. 50
We demand the nasSaoe of such laws IL