Show TIlE TIIU The democratic party of Utah in in coi convention con con- assembled hereby adopts adopts' th the following platform and resolutions resolutions' First First First-As As a duly recognized portion portio of the great democratic party of th the United States Stales we accept and endorse endors the principles set forth furth in the platform 01 ol tint that party adopted at the convention held in m Chica Chicago o. o June ai 21 1893 1892 Second Second We We recognize the tite government government govern govern- ment tf d the United Slates States as supreme in n all national affairs affirm anew ou our allegiance to its and pled pledge ourselves to its laws law and authority a as delegated to it from the people and defined defined defined de de- fined in iu the national constitution Th TI rd rd- rd We rdV V We e. e hold that th the principle pl o of local ocal self government is fundamental and es essential to the system established by the founders of our r nation nath n. n arc and therefore that each of the states stales is and ami am must be bc sovereign within its own sphere We Ve regard rezard paternalism in government aa as opposed to the genius of our political institution and centralization as as fat fatal t to the rights of the states and the he liberties of the people Fourth Fourth We We denounce all schemes scheme whether called protection or by an another any other mi misnomer lIomer which tax tax the man many foi fot the tine enrichment of the few lew which take tak from rum rom the poor poo mt man 1 as us much mud as the they draw from front th the rich which build buildup up on one class at the expense e of the others which foster r trusts and f feed ed monopolies a as legalized rubbery robbery disguised d fraud anc and virtual defiance o 0 constitutional t ions ions' Filth Filth Yc We regard home industry a as essential to the welfare of the country countr and their maintenance a as conducive t to general prosperity But we do not b believe believe be- be lieve it is within the province of const government to subsidize manufactures manufactures manu manu- at public expense nor to to com c. c compel m- m pel the tine great gleat masses of agriculturist ls t to pay high prices to a few lew manufacturer To Tu cripple commerce and prevent la lair competition is to create monopolies an and impoverish the majority of the people Sixth Sixth We We brand as deceptive am and shameful the specious sophistry b by which uninformed people are led to b bieve be- be teve that a Ili High h tariff lowers the price pric of or commodities increases wa wages es anc and benefits anybody but monopolists spec and moneyed corporations W We favor lavor a provide needful revenue for toe government wise economy in iii public expenditures local taxa taxation lion lim limed limited limit limit- ed tl to the tine n necessities t of the times tunes and a strict accounting of all public funds We Ve We execrate partisan at attempts temp to control c the Will of the people prevent it its tree Iree expression at the polls or els elsewhere elsewhere else else- where and confront ballots with ba bau balo nets nels We them revolution and un tin American Americ n and aud declare our our d dd- dd to resist them le legally to th the thet t ery uttermost We We d denounce the action of th the republican couvy in this in approving the eX exercise by the he govern 01 ur ui tit 1 the absolute PU power ol ui ve veto o. o The Tt sub subsequent withdrawal ol of that approval when us IS probable effect upon uon the citizens was was war but a subterfuge e too tou to lu Cover cuver the real of ul the p Its action is reference t to 10 statehood was similar in tit spirit and a plait plain indication ull that tuat Utah Ulah need nut not loo look luuk to the tIlt republican party for fur aid ad in rn speedy deliverance fr fl nr territorial e Ue t condemn tile the covert charge If l f tie tae U an all commission 1 signed by all i its members pi the ilie th grand gland old uld veteran vetera democrat General i that tha eS are stilt suli ben being in fn II Utah and that a large larg nu no 11 r of people af are living hYing in iii polY I n t y t. t c f t z r. r o J i. i stis s is us cohabitation as false and designed deigned deceive the American people and inder the the- progress of the territory to the ic grand position of statehood While asserting that it is believed that this lis condition of affair affairs exists in Utah the ic commission refrains from stating by whom horn it is believed and has ha- persistently refuse to refused to name Haute the individuals alleged alleged- to o have violated the law or the persons said aid to have furnished the information The he records of the courts and andie the ie reports of grand jurists form orm a standing stand stand- ing ig refutation of this slander by the Utah commission Ve We demand the of f that body as an unnecessary despotic and nd American un-American institution Te ith We lIh-We We regard rd the report of that commIssion as strictly iii hi line with the whole course of the republican party to to- toward ward vaid Utah The republican President has officially declared his doubts as to toie the ie sincerity of the Mormon people in their announced ab abandonment of poly poly- gamy ramy The reports of republican congressional con con- gressional committeemen have emphasized emphasized sized these d' d doubts Their words have been een echoed by the republican press The President has also withheld action on the petition for general amnesty pre pre- presented by pro and statesmen statesmen states states- men men of ol both parties And by voting against home rule by introducing and then hen smothering a sham measure hayng haying hay hay- ing ng ing the appearance without the intention of f preparing the way for statehood and andy by y the obstructive plank in its platform adopted at Minneapolis the republican party arty has exhibited the old time and continued hostility to the people of the territory and its to hinder hinders as s long as- as possible as-possible possible the attainment of their heir political cal rights and liberties Eleventh Eleventh We We our complete confidence in the sincerity of the Mormon people in their abandonment of polygamy submission n n to the laws Jaws ol of the laud and aud their division on party lines and our full faith in the pledges of then their church leaders that the freedom cf the members in in political affairs shall not be Interfered with by them in any particular We view the attempts of individuals to tomake tomake tomake make it appear that the Mormon lormon presidency ency secretly de desire and work fur for the success s of 01 any party part as a slander upon the he chu ch officials and a disgrace to to those hose engaged in such despicable trickery Twelfth We Twelfth We emphatically declare that hat Utah is fully prepared in evel every way orthe honors honori and the responsibilities of a sovereign state slate and pledge ourselves to lab labor r unceasingly until this proud position is achieved Thirteenth Thirteenth We We ar are united with the great democratic ic party in its undeviating friendship to Vo organize labor Jabor and denounce denounce denounce de de- the p. p policy of the republican party in the interest or capital which re results reo re- suI suits ts in the i reduction ot oG wages the importation importation importation im im- im- im of cheap workmen the em employment employment of ol Pinkerton hirelings s and the oppression of the laboring classes Fourteenth We Fourteenth We look upon the de de' of sil silver ver by the republican party in 1873 1893 a as a crime came and dem demind the restoration of the white metal to its proper position as a part of the national currency Fifteenth Such Fifteenth Such support a as is possible for citizens of a territory to give we will wil exercise for the election of those stalwart stalwart stal stal- wart champions of pure d democracy Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. E Stevenson Steven Steven- son sun as President and V Vice President o othe of the United States and will adv cat cata a Q d defend promulgate and sustain th the principles of democratic g government and the rights of man until they become triumphant throughout the land anc and establish justice liberty and happiness in all the world |