The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-05

public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy OF the ciYi
oyer the military power,
SiXth-Exact equality of all persons
before the law.
Seventh-The right to free ballot
the right preserYatiye of all othel
rights.
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend of the lab0ring man in
every aYocation of life, and will pro.
tect bic interest alike against the ag'
gressIons 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
toration of the free and unlimited
coinage Of gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of Is to l, as such coin
age existed prior to 1878, 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
lie and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the characterization of silver in 1873
and for its repeated acts of hostility to-
ward its remanetization.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the throes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
tration assumed control in 1S93,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
law, and to the constantly advancing
wages Of WOrkingmen in almost every
industry.
VI t 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
sume 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
~ p4CSldNlS VI PoOhO
property III aid of private enterprises,
and to cenfne the expenses OF carrying
on the public business within proper
limits OF economy, despite the 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 the earnest and |
abla support of that measure by its
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
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 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
bere of the Legislature from Utah
use every honorable means to
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
;iate the muniticent donation of public
anGs granted by the federal govern
ment to the new state of Utah, and
Irge upon the legislature the neces-
jity OF passing such laws and adopting
,uch measures as will secure to the
state the most valuable public lands
Flthin the state to the extent of all
grants made to it, and its public insti-
,utions.
We demand the passage OF such laws
ls will provide for the sale of state
ands TO actual settlers only, in small
holdings; for the selection of suitable
3ites for reservoirs; for the preserva
ion from destruction or waste of the
timber on the public lands; for the
of arid lands and for the
development of all the natural pro-
lu.ts of state lands,
We favor retention by the state of
Ill its lands not susceptible of imme-
tiate improvement, and the leasing by ;
The state Of improbable lands, when ;
aver such leasing will tend to their
more rapid and efficient improvement
md development
We favor a revision of the laws OF
Utah on irrigation. First, to secure
AND irreyocsblY fix all existing rights
20 the use of water; and second, to pro-
Tide for an increased supply of water
md to distribute all the available
water fairly and justly among all per-
IONS entitled to its use.
We demand the passage Of such laws
Is will secure TO all the people OF the
tate the benefit of all land grants, and
prevent, as far as possible. any mon
poly of either land or water rights in
Utah
We insist upon the expenditure of
,ublic money by the state for public
only, and for such purposes
IS economically as is possible, con-
istent with securing efficient service,
nd as may absolutely be necessary for
he accomplishment of such purposes.
THERE is no doubt, no failure. when