Show democratic state platform ashby snick was nominated by acclamation for the united states senate last friday at abbe democratic state convention in salt lake f judge george christensen of 0 price also was unanimously nominated for the state supreme court william jr was w a chosen as the candidate tor for congress cor the second district at the district convention which completed its work directly after the adjournment of 0 the main gathering ol of the day having tailed failed to decide upon i nominee namanee when called to order on friday night other interesting events ot of the day included action at the state convention contention through which the women vice rice chairmen ot of county committees will bie reatter sit in the state committee As practically every county in utah has a vice chairman and as tho the committee before fridays action had 46 members the new arrangement will make the membership lof ic the state committee about seventy five democratic PLATFORM sixteen declarations of principle were made in the platform adopted by the democratic state convention the platform follows avoe wie the representatives ot of the democrate Domo crate party af utah in convention assembled this day c cf f september Sep temper A D 1926 make this declaration ot of clas and principles 1 we re attire OUT our belief in the time honored principles ot of equal rights to all and special privileges to none in a just and equitable distribution trib ution of the results ot of toll in local self government as against centralized bureaucracy in public office as a public trust in government by the people administered without favor as apposed opposed to government bought controlled and used by selfish interests opposed to the interests of our state and its people 2 we are opposed posed to toabe the ever increasing tax burden imposed upon taxpayers of this state by the republican office holders and resent the actions of the last republican state legislature and state officers in balking by political chicanery the right of governor george if dern to function a as executive of the state after an overwhelming majority ot of the people of the state had voted their confidence in himi hami and in denying to him the right to control or restrict state expenditures or administer his office tor for the benefit ot of the state we invite the election ot of a democratic legislature that will unite with and support the governor so that the state may have the benefit of his bis recognized financial and ex ability and ot of his intimate knowledge of 0 every part ot of the state 3 we deplore the political trickery of the last legislature in passing a bill which provided that no candidate for office boffice whether a school superintendent a judicial officer united states senator or other candidate could be placed upon more than ong one ticket this bill was aai avowedly ow passed to restrict and obstruct the freedom lof lo f the ballot in the interest ot of the senior senator As tree free men favoring the utmost freedom of action by the people in casting their ballots balloM we condemn this or any effort to disfranchise in any degree the voters of this state we further deplore the tact fact that after the governer govera gov erncr cr had called to the attention of the legislature the tact fact thattie that the supreme court ot california had held that such an effort to disfranchise the voters was wag unconstitutional tut ional and contrary to the amer american tradition of fair play and freedain of political expression the said republican legislators in violation of their oaths ot of office and ot of their duty to promote the interest and general Bj elfare ot of the people of this state and not deprive them ot of t their heir rights and liberties by political cal chicanery in the interest of any candidate passed this infamous bill over the governors veto we believe that legislators should be interested in righting ting wron wrongs and preventing oppression 0 of the people and not in creating such that legislators isla tors should legislate la in the interest terest t of all the people and not use their position to seek to promote the interest 0 of any political candidate 4 we believe that the senator to be elected from this state should be prina primarily I 1 rily interested in his own state and the interests ol of his own people we are opposed to the senior senator from this state invariably favoring the manufacturing interests of the east as opposed to the agricultural and aid producing interests of this state and its people as he has done la in favoring the meat packers ackers D as against the livestock producers the he textile manufacturers as against the wool producers in the matter of the truth ln la fabrics bill and his total apathy concerning the fight for fair freight rates tor for the tain states his thoughts are thoughts not of the west but of 0 the east III alg accent has that 0 of the east and not of the tha west his boast Is not that he is a senator of utah but that he Is a senator of the united states and atef the world 5 we ve deplore the senior senators utter atter lack of interest in and his failure allure to prepare tor for utah a share of federal benefits which is fair lor compared som Om pared wit obtained by other western states either in the matter of reclamation or for other purposes and this notwithstanding the vast area bof io government lands in this state policed and protected by our taxpayers also his failure tor for the 24 years that he has haa been a senator to procure the obviously fair legislation necessary to protect the rights of the state aud and its school funds to the public lands granted the state of utah in the en abling act and awe we commend governor dern for his efficient and effective work in stirring up and uniting the western states in support of such legislation as will effectively clarity clarify the states title to these lands I 1 we favor making a determined claim tor for all the vacant public lands within the state surveyed and and will heartily join all other western public land states to secure this natural right texas retained title to all its lauds upon admission and the eastern and middle states have contributed an insignificant amount to the federal public land funds it is therefore up ign equal and unjust tor for the federal government to claici the public lands in the western states 6 we condemn the financial control of 0 this government by selfish financial interests who use us it to swell their own fortunes at the expense of the people of this and other states interests that by the use of money corrupt and control elections and public officials and stifle the sources of 0 information and publicity we disapprove and regret t the he close affiliation and sympathetic support given to such interests by our senior senator his support of mellon and his aluminum trust and his vote against the motion of senator walsh february ar y 6 1926 to investigate invest igata the marges charges against the said trust the investigation of which had been suppressed by the department ot of justice upon the excuse that they could not obtain access to the records his vote on may 5 1924 called tor for a redaction of 0 tax eson large incomes and tn la opposition to the SIM hynons substitute providing for a reduction in taxes on small and moderate erate incomes his bis vote against the jones amendment may 17 1921 which would have lowered the tax on corporations making legitimate profits and increased the tha tax on profiteering fite ering corporations corPoration tg the ahe senior senator voting tor for the profiteers hla his vote on february 12 1926 to repeal a section ot of the he tax bill relieving continued on page six i democratic STATE PLATFORM continued from page one reat estates of paying n taxes then accrued and due to the government overn ment his vote on january 30 relating to naval oil reserves n favor of whitewashing white washing the tea ct dome scandal thus showing his sympathy with daugherty doheny and fall and his other votes too numerous to mention always in favor of the predatory in business and in government 7 with all thoughtful citizens ae view with alarm the tact fact that in order to maintain this selfish financial control ct cf our government cor which threatens its very foundation has been resorted to and that our senior seii senator ator in assisting 0 maintain this conta and the use t f money in obtaining it has sua such as ste henson Ii enson lorimer and newberry and se ae have every reason to expect will support vare of pennsylvania and mith af 6 illinois who have secured heir nominations by the use cf earn cara laign funds so tremendous as to shock the conscience of the amerlan amerian people we deplore in this connection he boasted blasted action of mr air Sinni oot in assisting ssi sting to select such cabinet mem ers as fall and daugherty his ap larent friendship to them and to 0 their ally after their in amous betrayal of trust and his fter after failure to condemn or to slip ort and his efforts to block every seeking to eliminate these id other from places ay p 8 we believe that the ellmina n of war is is the most important cal before the world today senator smoot declared himself as being in favor ot of the league 0 of f nations with certain minor reservations vat ions ile he then voted against the eague ile he has since voted to enter the world court a creature of 0 the league of nations and a part of the league plan after attempting to block every real effort for world bace and after having ing voted tor for e four power treaty a real en angling alliance he is wow now em and is predicting and alv st declaring war in which he be alms aim we will be involved alth the arror lotes los of lives and grief that ud iad follow and the crushing buren of 0 war taxes we do not believe that the cause peace Is a lost caupe we are in vor of every intelligent effort in ho he direction of the substitution ct cf peaceful means of settlement of dis utes lutes as a sensible substitute tor for var 9 we note with satisfaction I 1 that the intelligent voters of 0 other agricultural states including iowa I 1 illinois and oregon shave already I 1 by their votes eliminated their soi called administration se senators who have supported this order of arid and this pernicious control against their interests and the interests of 0 the people in general wedo not believe that tile the voters of the state ot of utah are less intelligent or that they can ho be longer i tooled fooled by the agents of the predatory interests whose purposes senator sedot has served and whose game he has played calling him a 1 great man or by his own till fill some admission of greatness buoyant self pr praise alse is abw always a als suspicious it is too often used to divert attention from and up a failure of duty of which its perpetrator pe is s conscious 10 wo we regret the consistent opposition by the so called administration senators including the senior senator from this state to every effort tio bo alleviate the condition of the farmers and his failure during the last session to support any legislation prop proposed ased by them and his vote on march 8 1926 to sell muscle shoals the government plant to the power trust without any adequate guaranty that the farri farmers lers would obtain fertilizer there at reasonable rates 11 it is time tr fr a change it Is time tor for and we ve favor the selection vt of a senator who has not lost interest in his own state slate a really big man inan big in mind and big in heart on whose services will consist in procuring legislation favora ble to the struggling people ot of this state and not primarily in the interest ot of the financial institutions of the east who need it least 12 to this end we pledge our candidate to work for the reduction ot of government expenditures to the lowest possible limit to balork in the interest of oe his state and ot of state rights and local self government and i t free and untrammeled and uncontrolled exercise of power by the voters 13 the tariff has become and is an problem local to each state and its industries with the representatives and senators ot of each state whether democratic or reppa lican seeking to protect their own industries this being the condition it is but the part of common sense and we pledge our candidates to seek protection tor for the producers ot of our own state on any and all products and industries which are or may be jeopardized by the importation por tation ct cf the products ot of cheap clabor i labor front from foreign countries the republican party is no more responsible tor for the tariff on sugar i than are the democratic senators amm louisiana or the democratic senator from utah our candidate hlll ill be a altah utah senat cr pledged to look after the Inte interests of utah 14 we recognize that utah is largely an agricultural and livestock state we ge our candid candidate ate to give heed to the demands of the fairi ers ot of this state and to support every movement that will give to them an all equalization between their buying and selling markets a lair fair return upon their efforts and proper and favorable for the handling and sellig of their export sti surplus we have no sympathy with the idea that an export corporation or other governmental assistance may be readily invoked in the interest of the exportation ter lot manufactured products but that any such assistance to theism the producers dubers of farm products would be a menace or a danger to this country 15 we pledge OUT our candidate especially ally to oppose the Ls elfish financial control by those interests described by tile the late president roosevelt as the malefactors of 0 great wealth in weir efforts to tighten their grip on the nations throat we are opposed to governmental control ot of business that destroys initiative we are likewise opposed to control kcf government gover by big business we believe that all governmental powers are vested in and should bs be jea jealously bously retained by the people 16 we unqualifiedly endorse and approve the administration ot of governor dern de wo we approve his efforts to acquire intimate personal knowledge hr by lil visiting all parts of tho the state his eff efforts arts to conserve tor for irrigation and pokier purposes purposed sei the water rights ot of tho the state his efforts to protect the state in its title to public lands his fairness impartiality and honesty in the administration of his office we also indorse the vallant valiant fight of senator king against the financial control ot of cur government by selfia sel nish h interests and his efforts to check and prevent corruption in in 0 our ur national and to keep in inviolate v 10 the elective franchise we extend a cordial invitation to sell who believe in tree free and honest government and devotion devoli cn to the public good to join with us in this campaign and share with us ua the responsibility lity ct carrying out these principles |