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Show DEMOCBATIC PLATFORMS Territorial, Adopted at Ogden Sept. 5tli The democratic party of Utah in convention asEembled, reposing its trust in the intelligence, patiiotism and justice of the people standing upon the constitution as a foundation and limitation of the powers of the government gov-ernment as well as the guaranty of the liberties of the citizen congratulate the territory now soon to be a state on the assured success of the policy adopted by the national organization as laid down in all its platiorms. For the democracy of the entire territory ter-ritory we reaffirm our fath in the permanence per-manence of federal union and i our devotion to the constitution and the laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines of democracy: First Absolute acquiescence in the will of the majority as a vital principle of the democratic party. Second Total separation of church and state for the sake alike of ciyil and religious liberty. Third The liberty of the individual unvexed by sumptuary lawB. Fourth Support by the state of the nuhliR schools. Fifth The supremacy of the ciyil oyer the military power. Sixth Exact equality of all persons belore the law. Seventh The right to a free r-allot 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 protect pro-tect hie mteest alike againBt the ag gressions of monopoly as well as the commune. We believe the restoration of the money of the constitution is now the paramount iesue 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 thereiore declare ourselves our-selves in favor of the immediate restoration res-toration of the tree and unlimited cjinae of oId and silver at the present pres-ent legal ratio of 16 tol, as such coin-ago coin-ago existed prior to 1873, without waiting wait-ing lor the aid or consent of any other nation. Gold and Bilver coin to be a full and leual tender for all debts public pub-lic and private. We denounce the republican party for the demonetization of silver in 1873 and for its repeated acts of hostility toward to-ward its remonetization. We call attention to the fact that the country was in the throes of a financial panic when the democratic administration adminis-tration assumed control in 1893,and we congratulate the people upon the approaching ap-proaching reign of prosperity as a result re-sult of a democratic retorm of the tariff; tar-iff; and also to the tact that factories, loundaries and mills have re-mmed work since the repeal of the Mclvinley .aw, and to the constantly advancing wages of workingmen in almost every industry. W e again express our hearty appreciation appre-ciation ot the democratic congress and president in providing an enabling act ny virtue of which Utah is about to assume as-sume its position as a sovereign state. We commend the action of the democratic dem-ocratic members of the constitutional convention m suriounding the taxing and revenue-raising power of the state by such restrictions and limitations as to preclude any squandering ot public properly in aid ot private enterprises, and to confine the expenses of carrying on the public business within proper limits of economy, despite the almost unanimous opposition of a republican majority. And we fayor 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 propoeed, and the democratic party for the earnest and ablo support of that measure by its representatives in the constitutional convention. "We denounce as false the charge th,j.t the democratic party of Utah has been guilty ot stuffing ballot boxes or other election frauds, and condemn the republican party for its unwarranted un-warranted and libelous attack upon th" majority ot the Utah commission, and deploie the lack of piinciple shown by its attempt without any evidence and for partisan purposes to beemirch the character ot honorable citizens Utah L'omity, Adopted at Tayson Sept. 28th. Hon, J. B. Milner, chairman of the committee on platform and resolutions reported the following platform: The democratic party of Utah county in convention assembled declare as follows 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 ot aaid convention m nominating nomi-nating Joseph L. Rawlins and Moses Thatcher for United States senators for Utah, and demand that, the members mem-bers of the legislature from Utah county use tvery honorable means to secure their election. With heartfelt gratitude we appreciate appre-ciate the munificent donation of public lands granted by the federal government govern-ment to the new state of Utah, and urge upon the legislature the necessity 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 institutions. insti-tutions. We demand the passage ot 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 tiou from destruction or waste of the timber on the public lands; for the improvement of and lands, and for the development of all the natural products pro-ducts ol state lands. We favor retention by the state of all its lands not susceptible of immediate imme-diate improvement, and the leasing by the state of improvable lands, whenever when-ever such leasing will tend to their more rapid and efficient improvement and development. We favor a revision of the laws ot Utah on irrigation. First, to secure and irrevocably fix all existing rights to the use of water; and second, to provide pro-vide for an increpsed supply of water and to distribute all the available water fairly and justly among all persons per-sons entitled to its use. We demand the passage of such laws as will secure to all the people of the state the bmielit of all land grants, and prevent, as far aB possible, any monopoly mon-opoly of either laud or water rights in Utah. We insist upon the expenditure of public money by the state for public purposes only, and for such purposes as economically as iB possible, consistent con-sistent with securing efficient service, and as may absolutely be neceesaiy for the accomplishment of such purposes. |