Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-18

pc, econcmica', honest aud efficient
administration Of tho hfiaifs OF the ma.
uon, u the end that tho primo object
OF government, the liberty nj the reo-
pie, ahtuld be- preserved with the least
piesible fesuliing burden and the
groaiest poaiible certainty.
TnE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Win such record and such a creed
'hu ifeeidcnt, moreover, beit z ID IN.
nctht, elected on % platform fsatil len.
ing the sound Principles Of Dem cracy,
.ae DemOsTatle party war called upon
TO select tho delegates 10 national
convention.
Tho delegates 10 tho convention held
az Chicig0 wers authUflAsI and had
We pjwer to proclaim n platform ON.
bouylog their views OF tho true s0lu.
uoh OF tic particular problems @; the
government now ngitptinE tho nation,
but upon the condition that 0ucn plat.
form should be consistent with the car.
1Innl principles held by me parry
thf0ugntu' ~ tzlatCnce. Thtue pin.
clples constitute tho essential element
OF tie pariy'd lie. They dlttln uish it
from ail other political organ rltilur.
~ thpy afo abandoned, the party
Grasses to cXitL IL wac, Ihtfu'utc, not
within tho power OF auy msl1rlty OF
the delegates assembled ut Chicigo t.
binl Tho Democrats OF the q niiud
states ~ a platform Inconsistent with
TIE paFiy's pfiuciploa or 10 any action
which should result IN their suffundcf.
In violation OF the trust committed
u them, n majofity OF tho delegates
assembled la tue cOu venl.on, iguUuug
tue rights ui the minority, unsrniuI
regularly elected delegates 10 mako
plscea Tor ulhtra Ia uympathy with
thtmiclvef. They proclaimed q
sectional combination Of tho South
nnd West against tho North nnu
East. Ihoy imprnch1i tue honesty
uad pnitIotitm u Pfculdent Cluvu.
LAND, who, uudor exceptional tmbaf.
rasgmontg, pfoluotu by past urrots OF
legislation, has hOrOloally maintained
the honor and Integrity OF the Repub.
nc. Against the protest OF ono-thitd
q the DELEGATES, tnoy promulgated a
platform ut variance with the essential
principles OF tue Democratic party.
1nE PLATFORM.
Thlo platform 10 IN lite policies dan.
gerous 10 the welfare ana life OF ffvo
IL 10 mitchiovous In lie
tendencies. But even more threaten
Ing anu miachiuyous waa tue spirit VI
tho Convention that adopted II,
spirit manifested not alone by iis
affirmative nction, but 40 well by ils
reckless rejection OF every proposition
tending 10 Iompor tue declarations of
the convention with conservatism anu
Jutiico.
The platform proposes to degrade
tho coin OF tho Uni,ud States ~ tho
means OF Tree aud unlimited uud indie.
pendent coinage Of nilvor by our gov.
eminent ani by the exercise a tho
power oil thu nation TO compel tho NC.
ocpthuCu oil ieurtciatud colua at their
nominal value, thereby working an In.
lun,icc 10 creditors, dtiFauiiug tue Ia.
bofcr OF a large part Of bis earnings
and aavingp, robbing pensiouod soldiufa
of tart Oi thuir lvntinns, contracting
TIC currency ny the ogpui-lou Of gold
r0in from circulation, ana iulurlng u
not destroying domestic ard foreign
commerce. While protesting TO advo.
rate a policy Of bimutnllism, Il csuaufen
TOO present Democratic ADM nistfation
Tor maintaining the parity Of gold aud
liver. IL proputca 10 reduce this Coun.
Try 10 n condition ~ silver mDnometal.
lem with ITO vacillating anu unreliable
standard OF va.ueF, anu tends 10 bring
.ho farmer, tbs wnge-pnTner anu the
'aisriud mgn 10 tho wrrlehUd condition
u this Same classes In countries Ia
v hich the filvrr standard prevails anu
" here the fewgrl8 OF agriculture anu
Ahor are lower than anywhere In tue
you'd. With what seems 90 DO de-
ibofato attempt 10 mlsload tho people,
4 asturis tnat by the coinage net Vi
573 the United Slat,o abandoned the
nae Of silver nv money, and that GOLD
ias appreciated ana commodities have |
allen VA pg.ce cololy 10y reason Of this
efitlation. l,iguoFes the fact That the |