The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-15
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
Territorial, Adopted at Ogden

and justice of the people standln'
upon the constitution as foundation
and limitation of the powers OF the gov
eminent as we'll as the guaranty of tn
liberties OF the cItizsn-conRratulat
the territory-noW soon to be state
on the assured success of the police
adopted by the national organization
as laid down in all its platforms.
For the democracy of the entire ter
ritory we reaffirm our faith in the per
maneDce of federal union aud oul
! | devotion to the constitution and tht
laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines
of democracy:
First-Absolute acquiescence in the
! will of the majority as vital principle
/; of the democratic party.
Second-Total separation Of church
and state for the sake alike of civil and
religious liberty.
Third--The liberty of the 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 a free ballot
the right preserYatiYe of all other
rights.
Eighth-That our democratic party
is the friend of the laboring man in
every avocation of life, and will pro-
tect hio interest alike against the az.
| gressIons of monopoly as well as the
commune.
| We believe the restoration of the
l Of Ioo 10 q
paramount issue before the country,
and insist that both parties shall
/ plainly state their respective posi- ions
upon the question IN order that the
Writer'S may intelligently express their
DR., .ference. We therefore declare our
sely es in favor of the immediate res
torat ion of the tree and unlimited
coinaAre OF gold and silver at the pres
emit leg al ratio of Is to L, as such COIN
age exis ted prior to 1873, without wait
ing for tn g aid or consent OF any other
nation, 6'old and silver coin to be
full and leg al tender for all debts pub
llc and priva tie.
We denoun,ce the republican party
for the demont ,tizsEion of silver in 1873
and for it's repeated acts OF hostility to
ward its reconciliation.
We call attention TO the fact that the
country was in the threes OF financial
panic when the democratic admins
tration assumed control in sS93.and we
congratulate The people upon the ap.
preaching reign of prosperity IS re-
suit of a democratic reform or Ghe tar
iff; 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 i'll almost every
industry.
We again express our hearty appre-
citation of the democratic congress and
PRECEDENT 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 |
by such restrictions ana limitations as |
to preclude any sQuandering OF public |
property i'll aid OF private enterprises, |
and to confine 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 tue earnest ana
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 stuffing ballot boxes or
Otner election frauds, and condemn
the republican party for its un-
warranted and libelous attack upon /
the majority OF Ahe Utah commission,
and deplore the lack of principle |
shown by its atte1pt without any
evidence and for partisan purposes TO
besmirch The character of honorable
citizens.
Utah County, Adopted at Payson
Sept. 18th.
Hon ]. B, Miner, chairman OF the |
on platform and resolutions
TIE following platform:
The democratic party OF Utah county
in .eonven tisly1 assembled declare as fol-
lows:
We her,sby endorse and reattirm
the platforlu adepted at the convention
held in Ogden oE September 5, 1895.
Weeordiaily aaG heartily approve OF
the action OF said Convention In noml-
mating Joseph L. Rswlins and MOSES
thatcher for United States senators
for Utah, and demand faat the mem
beers OF the legislature from utah
county use ayery honorable means 10 |
secure their election.
With heartfelt gratitude we appre-
ciate the muni6cent donatie1 OF puDllc
lands granted by the federal govern
mept to the new state Oh, U tab, ana
urge upon the legislature The neces-
sity of passing such laws and adopting
su5h measures as will secure 10 the
state the most valuable public LANDS
within the state to the extent OF all
grants made to it, and its public instl-
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 preseFYa
ton from destruction or waste OF the |
timber on the public lands; for the |
Improvement of arid lands, land FOR the
development of all the natural pro-
ducts of state lands. >,
We favor retention by the state OF
all its lands not susceptible of imme-
diate Improvement, and The leasing by
Che state of improbable lands. when
ever such leasing will tend to their
mon, rapid and efficient improvement
and Development.
We favor a revision of the laws OF
Utah ON irrigation. First, to secure
and irreS ocably 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-
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