The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-29


public schools.
Fifth-The supremacy of the ciyi
oyer the military power.
SiXth-Exact equality of all persons
before the law.
Seyenth-The right to free ballot
the right preventative of all other
rights.
Eighth-Tbat our democratic party
is the friend of the laboring man in
every avocation of life, and will pro.
tect hia interest alike against the ag.
| 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
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 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
he 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 financial
panic when the democratic admins
tretiOn assumed control in 1895, 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.
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 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 III aid OF private enterprises,
and to confne the expenses of carrying
on the public business within proper
limits of economy, despite the almost
opposition of republican
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
in the constitutional
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
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
oesmirch the character of honorable
citizens,
Utah County, Adopted at PaysOn
Sept. 18th.
Hon, ]. 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-
ows:
We hereby endorse and reaffirm
5he 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 i
Tor Utah, and demand that the mem ,
Oers of the legislature from Utah c
county use every honorable means to I
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre :
,iate the munihcent donation of public
ands granted by the federal govern I
nent to the new state of Utah, and
Irge upon the legislature the neces-
,ity of passing such laws and adopting
Iuch 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-
.utions.
We demand the passage OF such laws
as will provide for the sale of state
ands 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
of arid lands, land for the
development of all the natural pro-
1ucts 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 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
state the benefit of all land grants, and |
as far as possible, any mon
Opoly of either land or water rights in
Utah.
We insist upon the expenditure of
public money by the state for public ,
purposes only, ands for such purposes
ss economically as is possible, con-
,istent with securing efficient service,
and as may absolutely be necessary for
the accomplishment of such purposes.
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