The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-18
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden
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aQ0Dteu ny JBS H&I10n2l organization
as lsid down in all its platforms.
For the democracy Of the entire ter.
ritory we reaffirm our faith in the per-
menence of federal union aud our
devotion to the constitution and the
laws: and declare as cardinal doctrines
of democrac9:
First-A bsolute acquieseence in the
will of the majority as q vital principle
of the democratic party
Ssccnd-T0taI separation of church
and state for the sake alike Of civil and
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 freq 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-
Ject hie interest alike against the ag'
gresslons of monopoly as we'll as the
commune.
We believe the restoration Of the
money of the constitution is now the
paramount iesue before the country,
and inaist that both parties shall
| plainly state their respective posi- ions
upon the question III order that the
voters may intelligenty 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. Colo and silver coin to be
full and legal tender for all debts pub
Inc and private.
VS. denounce the republican party
for the decentralization of silver in 1873 |
and for its repeated acts of hostility to- |
ward its remonetization.
We call attention to the fact that the |
country was in the thrOes of financial
panic when the democratic admins !
sratiop assumed control in 1S93.and we |
congratulate the people upon the APP
preaching reign of prosperity as re-
suit Of g 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
in surrounding the taxing
and Tevenue-raising power of the state
by such restrictions and limitations as
to preclude any squandering OF public
III aid OF private enterprises,
and to conine the expenses OF carrying
on the Rq 5R955fd RMHS,ndfssasp ife Che almost
unanimous opposition of a 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 tue 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
been guilty OF stuffing ballot boxes or
ltner election frauds, and Condemn
The republican party for its I'm
warranted and libel0us attack upon
lhe majority OF the Utah commission,
snd deplore the lack OF principle
shown by its attempt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes to
Oegmirch the character OF honorable
citizens.
Utah County, Adopted at PaYsOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon. ]. B. Miner, chairman of the
committee on platform and resolutions
exported the following platform:
The democratic party of Utah county
n convention assembled declare as fol-
ows:
We hereby endorse and reafirm
;he platform adopted at the convention
leld in Ogden on September 5, 1895.
We cordially and heartily approve of
,he action of said convention in nomi-
hating Joseph l.. RaWlins and Moses
Thatcher for United States senators
Tor Utah, and demand that the mem
oers of the Legislature from Utah
use every honorable means to
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
,iate the munihcent donation of public
lands granted by the federal govern
nent 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 ell
grants made to it, and its public insti-
buttons.
We demand the passage OF such laws
az 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 :
of arid lands, land for the .
development of all the natural pro-
ducts OF state lands. ,
We favor retention by the state OF
all it's 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 revision of the laws OF J
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
state the benefit of all land grants, ana
prevent, as far as possible, any mon
opoly OF either land or water rights ID
Utah.