The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-22

uuveXed by Sumptuary laws.
Fourth-Support by the state of til
public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy OF the ely
y oyer the military power.
Sixth-Exact equality of all person
2 before the law.
} Seventh The right to a free falIo
, the right preserYatiye of all othe
2 rights,
Eighth-That our democratic part
is the friend of the laboring man il
every ayocati0n of life, and will pro
tect hi1 interest alike against the az
gresslons of monopoly DIS well as th
commune.
We believe the restoration of tn
money of the constitution is now the
paramount iesue before the country
and insist that both parties shal
plainly state their respective posi- ionl
upon the question In order that tn,
. voters may inteligently express then
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 16 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 q
full and legal tender for all debts pub.
lie and private.
We denounce the republican party
for the decentralization of silver in 1873
and fer its repeated acts of hostility to-
Ward its reconciliation.
We call attention to the fact that the
country was in the throes of financial
panic when the democratic admins
trati0n assumed control in 1898. and we
congrat ulate the people upon the APP
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 re-umed
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
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
Co preclude any squandering OF public
property III aid OF private enterprises,
and to confne 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 its
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 |
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 September 5, 1895.
We cordially md 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 tvery honorable means to
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
ciate the munihcent 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-
tutions.
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-
duets OF state lands.
We favor retention by the state of
all its lands not susceptible of imme-
date 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 q 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 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, and
prevent, as far as possible, any mon
0poly of either land or water rights in
Utah.
We insist upon the expenditure of
public money by the state for public
purposes only, and Tor such purposes
as economically as is possible, con-
Sistent with securing efficient service,
and as may absolutely be necessary for
the accomplishment of such purposes.
THERE is no doubt, no failure. when