The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-19


Fiith-Tne supremacy of the ely
= oyer the military power,
SiXyh-Exact equality of all person
before the law.
Seventh The right to free Fallo
the right preaerYatiYe OF all othe
, rights,
Eighth-That our democratic part
is the friend OF the labOring man il
every ayocation of life, and will pro
: tect hi1 interest alike against the ag
GressIons OF monopoly as well as th
!: commune.
We believe the restoration OF tht
money OF the constitution is now tht
paramount iesue before the country
and insist that both parties shat
plainly state their respective posi- ions
upon the question II order that the
voters may intelligently express then
preference We therefore declare our.
selvee III favor OF the immediate res
tnTatiOn 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 g
full and legal tender for all debts pub
Inc and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the dem0netizaGion of silver III 1873
and for its repeated acts OF hostility to-
W&r6 Its characterization.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the thToes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
tratiOn assumed control in 1898. and we
congratulate the people upon the APP
| 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 advancing
wages of Workingmen in almost every
industry.
we again express our hearty appre-
citation of the democratic congress and
Dresid isn't in providing an enabling act
by virtue OF which Utah is about to as
sumo its position IS a 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 Ill aid OF private enterprises,
and to confine the expenses of carrying
ca the public business within proper
limits OF economy, despite the almost
unanimous opposition Of republican
ma jOTity. 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 stufing ballot boxes or
otner election frauds, and condemn
the republican party for it's I'M
warranted and i6el0us attack upon
lh1 majority OF the Utah commission,
and deplore the Iack of principle
shown by its attempt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes to
oesmirch 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 reafirm
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 nomi-
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 livery honorable means TO
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude VS. appre-
ciate the munihCent donation OF public
lands granted by the federal govern
ment to the new state of Utah, and
urge uB0n the legislature the MeceS-
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 lnstl-
tutions.
We demand the passage OF such laws
as W Ill pEOVlu6 1OI bES sH4C vi obdIO
lands to actual settlers only, in small
holdings; for the selection of suitable
sites for reservoirs; for the preseTYa
ton from destruction or waste OF the
timber on the pubic lands; for the
Improvement of arid lands, and for the
development of all the natural pro-
duats OF state lands.
We favor retention by the state OF
all its lands not susceptible OF imme- |
diate Improvement, and the leasing by
the state of improbable lands, when
eyer such leasing will tend to their
more rapid and efficient improvement
and development.
We favor 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 pre-
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 tie
state the benefit of all land grants, and
prevent, as far as possible, any mon-
opoly OF either land or water rights 10
Utah.
We insist upon the expenditure of
public money by the state for public
purposes only, and for such purposes
as economically as is possible, con-
sistent with securing efficient service,
ard as may absolutely be necessary Tor