Show PLAIN N TAI TASK TAIK K The people of Utah should be Je demo democrats ats for or several reason Among them are c these Because they revere the Constitution of the United States and many of d f them regard it AS liS s divinely inspired Tho is a Democratic instrument It was by Democrats and isan isan is isn an n expression expression throughout of pure Democratic A Democracy is a government by the people eople All power in it wherever veste vested rested comes fio torn n the people They have lave no zio lY which has not been beets expressly conferred erred upon them When they ley attempt to go beyond that they become usurpers and violators of 0 Democratic principles The constitution provides that the numeration enumeration therein of oi certa cerlan n rights shall jail not be construed d to deny OP or f disparage others retained by bv the p ople Also s' that the Uthe powers not dele delegated to the it United States by the constitution not ot prohibited by it to the states stales are reserved d to the states respectively or to the ic people These declarations are essentially Democratic for or while they affirm the reserved rights of the people they icy also limit the thc powers of the goven govert- ment strictly to those that are upon pon it by the We people The Tue Republican idea of government governments is s that the national authority ly may my be used sed in such a way that these pOW is Ii can An be exceeded That a broader r distinction construction may be placed upon the than appears on us its ll lace That for lor the general welfare welfare welfare-as as the government may itself define that term- term it may assume greater gretter PI CIS than those co 10 o strictly limited il in iii the language o ohe of the he constitution And some lome t S Republicans go so far ar as to main maintain lain th t S when certain things appear to the nt necessary and which the constitution provides no nu way WolY to S pl sh the ought to find a way u o reich reach th them m side outside of the constitution Other Oilier have hav S prom prominent Republicans J that in later ater years the unit S constitution is the will o of the people S through h the officers they have chosen This doctrine gives rises to what are aft known as as tio and paternalism in go government its As opposed to th this the Democratic principles ol of state rights right an and popular rights reserved expressly ly in th the supreme law v i ot of the land U 5 th the doctrine of or the promo lion tion of ol what is ili called a stron strong goven go ment the tendency is towards Under th the doctrine o of m arises what is is dubbed protection undertakes to luster foster certain classes at the expense of otheto other othe to confer p c cial 11 privileges les t to te giant subside subsides to impose duties on imp its t is for or the lie express purpose of compelling the masses to support a few persons anc and corporal corporations ions and to 59 le th the many miny as to the markets in wh which ch the they sell and buy huy that high prices may b be commanded by the protected manu maim ers of designated articles Tu The Democratic idea is is that the best bes government is that which secures the target largest t liberty to the individual compatible compatible ible with the good of the comm community and that local self government should be maintained intact That the people organized in in each local locality ty should be tree lice freeto to regulate their on domestic co cerns and that the Federal power should be strictly c confined to the management o of National affairs This is IS said to lead head to anarchy but hut a moments moment's reflection will wil show the fallacy of this tins assertion Wh Wide le lehe the he right of the individual indi to persona personal liberty is is owed avowed that diet liberty is on only claimed to the extent of that which is is not lot inimical to the common welfare The local beth government is recognized as in its sphere phere and the genera government as supreme in all things national Under such a system fully lully maintained is impossible for Ithe the liberty it demands and allows allow is the libert liberty of law and it regards all law as valid and binding which is it in in harmony w with the constitution S S S S S The Ine Democratic view of ol the powers othe ot ol the he g government does does' not preclude the ideA ide l of th lh-ir lh ir enlargement when necessary But it does deny the right ight o of the government or its officers to LO voluntarily assume c them The hot ion which lim provides th this way wayby wayby wayby by which they may be u increased creased That IS s bv by-a by a c constitutional amendment dment voted for or by the people the m ruling in inthis inthis in this his as in all oilier affairs rs of government This i. i is pUle Democracy as opposed to the he Republican notion of implied author its which leads hads to absolutism The national government must be he provided with ith a revenue sufficient for foris Its is le legitimate expenses The Democratic idea dea is that this revenue may be raised by duties on oil But Bitt these duties should hould be limited limned so as to bring in m only that hat amount w which is is necessary to econ economical miGal government and be levied e on articles of luxury than those of oj general necessity and that such raw materials a ai are not produced in this country ot or not raised in in quantity fur or home manufacture should b br be admit admit- ted ed free or neatly nearly uee Jee o of duty ditty In th s the Ibe le good of the whole country is is placed before the benefit of a section and the enrichment of a special class The evident purpose of popular government is is the common comm n The he power to tto lay lav and collect taxes duties duties imposts and ard excises conferred lIy by y the constitution upon the congress is isto isto is isto to to pay debts and und provide for fir the common defense and g general g welfare Of f of f the United States It is not ilot for the protection of if citizens citizens' or rone one class of cf industries It is fr r revenue revenue evenue for or national purposes This i is isle the le Democratic doctrine on the ahe tariff ItIs it itIs Is the ides idea expressed its in in the constitution Thus Ihus there is a C radical dlf difference between the protection theory of the Republicans and the revenue tariff miff theory o Democrats and as the r is cleary of the cen st lul un the ills people p-ople of Utah who regard regi that great charter charier o 01 oi as asic the ic supreme law of the land Clu ht it certainly to be Democrats It is claimed that protection i is ix dc design i n. n ed d to make make wages hi high h and that ther fore ore its object i i. i u to protect the workingman But nut the fact act is that while nearly early everything the workingman consumes is is so protected by a high tariff t tat it costs him much tunch more than i if unprotected cheap labor is imported without stint an and the man is not protected t at all Competition tiou tion on is is restricted on the tle articles he has hasto hasto to 0 buy but competition in labor is is unrestricted Thu Thue the laboring class are re protected with a ven vengeance e If It the purpose of 01 is t to protect the laborer the logical way to extend it would b be to place a high tariff on n imported labor that is is on tion on or upon the foreign workman him to pl pay a duty upon his wages ages This would be perhaps impracticable as well a as absurd but it would be carrying out the protective theory and applying it to its us object It should be borne in mind too that the ic workingman who lives by daily toil is taxed by the high tariff on what he lie uses ses and consumes just as much a as the rich ch man who is is a non producer An ordinary tax is levied on property and andic the ic amount collected is by the alue value of that property so that the wealthily property properly owner O if he lie does dues net place lace h hs s wealth beyond the reach of f the assessor pays his due proportion for his is coat oat or hat or other article arlice on which duty uty is n levied than nn the rich man pays for or w what hat he uses and consumes A tariff therefore i j i oppre oppressive sive to t tte t-c pOOl pOOi and aud aids In in keeping them In overly A duty is said by Republicans RepubliC to be placed laced on wool to make it dearer Cut But Butley they ley also claim that the dUl duty was tak taken n noff off ff su sugar ar to make it cheaper One Otie statement is made to deceive the wool grower rower l the e other uther to capture the general It vi will be he found on close nation th that u pric both bOlh of labor and nd t- t te tc e article It u produces produce are chiefly rc regulated bv liv the law Jaw of oC supply and demand that a high tariff has hits never the wool grower nor the laborer but oily the capitalist and the speculator peculator that it has not the miner any more than the farmer whom it has impoverished and that the good things attributed d to toil Hit it have come through increase ot products the improvements in i machinery and other modern advancements in spite of the rhe hi high h tariff without which they would have been far ar greater reater The Democratic purpose is to the he tariff so 0 as to provide necessary revenue evenue for the government and remove nee less Hess burdens resting upon the masses masse which the Republicans have d for the avow avowed d purpose o ol of benefiting one class of the population- population the he manufacturers If a for fir Ir revenue I is free trade then the Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- are free traders and tho those e who oppose that constitutional principle are trade rade suppressors suppressers and anti commercial d destroyers Govern a are re r cot ot formed to build up and enrich on OM class at the expense of others and therefore all who desire to secure just government should be e Democrats An illustration of the Republican Heau theory of a a strong government i if is f und in m the force bill hill bv by which it was wa intended that the federal 1 p Iwer iner should be so so forced force upon every polling place a at elections that they could be practically practical m iu the interest of the dominant domman party pirty So infamous was this measure i hat republicans in this territory are now nov claiming lor for their party Darty the virtue o esi II flaying killed it few J i ithe inthe in iii the Senate joined with th the whole bod body t i of D Democrats in opposing its pressure to a vote vOle and so helped to smother the of their 1 own party pirty But it was wa conceived In Republican sin sm horn bout ii in Republican iniquity and would have been let loose to destroy and devour hut but fo for Democratic cum cuT courage c. c shrewdness anc and go jd id management in iii in securing the aid o of those few ew Republican senators who joined them at th this last moment The Republican paTty party at Minneapolis in Vety velY lau age declared it its int intention to carry out its us policy embodied d din in iii the force bill and never relent in iii its ils effort One of these efforts is to bring the Democratic south under negro ro rule No lover hover of hi his country in Utah can support a party which has hs such a purpose e in view The Utah Commission is a striking local illustration of the Republican ri and policy in this respect The Edmunds Edmund's act act act-a a Republican an ty ty-is ty is a force Corce bill Jar for this territory The creation and course of that body ate ale Democratic anti-Democratic that i is is anti anti-Am anti rican With a solitary Individual exception or two the only opposition to that local force bill came from the Democratic party party- Every congress oral measure from the law aw of 1862 which contained the egg o ol of the he confiscation bird of ot prey down dowl t t. t tc the he last scheme of oppression jn for was WitS laid and hatched by can party and ard received its sole lole opposition from rom democrats The Democratic party pirty has been the friend of Utah in in all its ts efforts to obtain the rights and and o of a sovereign state stale And the he Republican party has ever eer been and andis ands is s to- to day to-day day the persistent antagonist o of every movement for or Utah's statehood The Teller bill was a sham ham containing no provision in in the nature of fan an ordinary enabling act and if it passed beyond its mere introduction all all that was intend intend- ed would ed-would would have been of no real benefito benefit to o the territory The can n party of Utah showed by us liS action fit at its Us latest convention that it t was in accord with the national Republican party in iii 1 its its opposition to immediate statehood Utah need not look hook for any material change in its present present pre- pre sent ent of political serfdom except by jy the aid of the Democratic which has in in unequivocal terms both locally and nationally proclaimed its intention to extend to this territory without delay the full rights ot of sovereign statehood What individual Democrats may mayor or ormay may nay not have done from any auy motive does not affect fleet a the great principles an and action o of the Democratic party From 1856 to the present the Republican party has fought against maligned and endeavored e dominate and oppress the be people of Utah And now when they hey have with all the of f the country that party still casts asis a upon them professes to doubt douht their s sincerity and gives s somi somi lion ion to their enemies S How any lover cf true liberty nov real friend lend ot of Utah and despiser r of oppression sion ion any opponent of class leg legislation any ny advocate of low taxIes and mical mi cal al government any supporter of lf stale state authorities any of 01 oltie the national constitution any believer r in liberty fraternity and equality can be he other than Democrats when hen it Comes to toa a question of f party parl is ono of ef the astonishing peculiarities c of vf the mind ill Men islen en ar are ar of small account when pr nci pIes lies are a at al stake dual should fade in the light fight and 1 of ofa f a great cause Good taco men ai and d w wise wise se men sh- sh should uld be supported by pal riots pa-riots riots But Jut the cheit object should b the wel el elfare fare fale ir of our common country an and the good of portion gorlion of it which is ts our home hc ome Democratic government is h the dal form it tt embodies dies the ides ideAs ario no hopes an and desires people aIm ulo have ave this territory what it is an and therefore they should with their r whole souls ouli un unite le to establish it in 10 the these e lov lovely lv ales valts arid and in Semis to and their po posterity that freed freedom m which hey hive hue so o long struggled to obtain |