Show 1 DETiOCRATO CLUB The Platform Upon Which Some Democrats Propose torStanJJ f t 1 M The following iaa statement of the platform adopted by the Democratic Club of Utah at the meeting held last evening This club shall be known as the Democratic Dem-ocratic Club of TJtah The members of this club do hereby reaffirm and endorse principles embodied em-bodied in the platform adopted > by the national convention of the Democratic party held at Chicago on the eighth day of July 1884 For a more specific statement of the principles to which the members of tJii club will adhere and struggle to make predominant we do hereby declare First That the affairs of government can be safely entrusted to the intelligence intelli-gence of free people SecondThat all just government is derived from the consent of the governed gov-erned That every citizen should be allowed the exercise of the largest liberty lib-erty consistent with the public good and safety Third That in such government a trust is devolved upon every citizen after informing himself upon any question ques-tion of policy or government to act politically as his best individual judgment judg-ment would direct absolutely free from coercion control or dictation dic-tation ecclesiastical or otherwise While the State has given a constitutional consti-tutional pledge not to interfere with religion there is a reciprocalobligation Seligion part of religion not to interfere with the State For it to do so is dangerous both to itself and the existence of free governnient This would become the more evident if each of the many denominations should independently engage in a struggle for political supremacy Fourth Politically all men are created free and equal the priest and the layman must stand upon the same plane Therefore we reaffirm that the affairs of church and State ought to and must be forever separate and distinct dis-tinct locally and nationally Fifth Local selfgovernment is a cardinal car-dinal principle of Democracy and as I such we affirm and endorse it On the one hand a local political organization I appeals for the abrogation of all local I selfgovernment in this Territory by the establishment of a Legislative Commission Commis-sion OIL the other hand an opposing political organization has afforded bv the condu and declarations of its most influential members the means by which the former might make its appeal successful SixthThe withdrawal of all powers of government from the people implied the establishment of a Legislative Commission Com-mission would be to remove all induce ment or encouragement to political activity and independence and by the lethargy which would ensue engender utter indif1 rence to the exercise of free and intelligent political thought and action This would but aggravate the evils which it is designed to cureand can of course find no support except by those who believe the application of free principles inadequate to human I government S Seventh To obtain local selfgovern meant the Territory unustbe redeemed I from the discredit that ha been brought upon it I Eighth We firmly rep 1Uatethe idea j that any citizen is under obligation to take his political counsel from those j whose avowed purpose is a continued I violation of law Ninth We shall struggle to make I predominant the sentiment that every I citizen should and must obey every law I until by legitimate agitation if obnoxious j obnox-ious or unjust its abrogation or repeal can be secured i Tenth Religious belief or fidelity i should never be made a test of political I or official preferment The application i of such a test tender to the promotion of an inferior grade of officials and I often of persons utterly disqualified or i unfit for the positions they are called Ito i I-to occupy In the selection of officers Ito to administer and execute the laws t fitness for the office should be the only i qualification required j EleventhTo the end that free local 1 selfgovernment may be secured and participation in national affairs had and maintained upon the basis of these princi1les we severally pledge ourselves to support them and to struggle that they may become predominant and invite in-vite all good citizens who believe that the principles thus enunciated should be supreme irrespective ofreligious belief I or previous political affiliations to unite with and aid us to consummate this end J I f J L RAWLIXS > President I V JOIIK II BURTON Secretary i |