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Show TH3 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. A Hpl.ii Jlil Il.clar.il'in o' Principle, ltrnad Enough lor trj Auoerli an. The republicans of Utah, in territorial territo-rial convention assembled, in ijsltLaka City, Sept. 2, 1SH1, adopted the following follow-ing platform: The republican o' t'tah In ron"ii-lin as-semlilBj as-semlilBj c -nu'ratiilat. tu. penile f the territory terri-tory that thu tiniu his co:.t when th-jr can. pui oid dlflHn-rn-e4 l -lilnl tlieai anJ n i'i. forward un ttio-e It'ic. IU.it tend most at-ro'-tly to in-iiuliltc r'od , We ho;d thiit it is tin) eart of wisdom Rnd 01 l-atrtotisiit to r-eoKiue tl. cuaiices tuat Ua.e ioiuit itnwti ac-pt tair tn.vitan.e tsn-um-y, and we nilnt,iin that a :y eftort 10 for.-eeoiidlilons uieier w hti li nl 1 lines wo aid ' e rn wia.ula-d an 1 old bitti runesof ruvl , e 1 is tu ho eo..da nut-i as inimical to the best Interests In-terests of ait ilie jM-o'dti ut Utah. , (f, , VVd coiiiir.itnl-ite the rcpnbiii-aiis o. Ltaa lilien tho Urn. vole polted ut th,- rw-tnt elw lloii. Cii'eiiiiisOinri-s wi-ni auch that the pariy could Bcare.Miv Imps to make mere than a be-(,'liiiilntt be-(,'liiiilntt anil thu s;ileinltl iiroi.ortioiis of Iha-hi Iha-hi -1,'iuainie eueoiiraes our (oiitlili at beliuf that the tlinxis near hi hand whena iarie majority of the )oiU.. of tim t. rlloi y will if found arrayed ar-rayed under the banner of the party of pro- k HeilBvlng that thu party up m which com-iiiiiiiitKvt com-iiiiiiiitKvt I'miliy r.-ly U-.e the bc-t results or i (.'ovi-rniiicm should cl -ally unlinu Us poBitunr, In-fore the ppop.i- upon all iUi-xtioDB of i.Hii-nil interest ami iinrortam-. we hereby enunciate the follou li.it as the platform or i prim 'ipien of the ri-p lelwun pa: ty of Utah. Wea.e umilterabiyait ictiei tolhepr.ui-.pIs of the republican party and are prepared to maintain t i u before the poplor this territory, ter-ritory, bellevin that I hey are i-.-t calciilatep to fo-ter th linerestsof the section ln which v.- llvn as well as t ic interests of every other Bcct.uu of our c niinon country. VV ') amrin "oi r nnswerverni'T devot.on to ' the national c. hibI itiitom and to th- ludbsul-nlile ludbsul-nlile union of the stati , to the amiiortly re-siTM'd re-siTM'd to the stiit.-s under the constitution, an.l 1 1 the personal rights and liberties of citizens cit-izens in all the states and to.-ntovles." The republicans hold that all political power Is of the people, that national author ty iscie-rived iscie-rived from the penjne ol all the states am, statu authority from Hie people of tho particular partic-ular state; that the Kovcranieni of the United States possesses the powers named la its constitution con-stitution an 1 taose h, -cess o y to tlieirexercl.se ; that tho people of the state possess the powers not so conferred or denied to them by that m-striimoiit m-striimoiit ; that the state Kovernmout '"ay ex-eiriHe ex-eiriHe such powers as remain Willi its people as they have not in their constitution forbidden forbid-den the use of: that the natlo-iai and state governments are soverirein in their respective spheres, and that there can be no conflict be t .men their riithts bo hounded. And we further alhrm that the allegiance of the i liizen of the Unil-d btates Is direct and immediate and t:.t his allegiance to tu. state c u.not intervene inter-vene ami that fiom this It follows that the United States is a nation. 'We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American fvstm of proi-ectlun. We jiro-teet jiro-teet airalust Its dedructiou proosed hy the demo de-mo -ratic party. It serves the Interests of Kyle Ky-le pe. We will support the Interests of America. The protective system mu-tbe maintained: Its abandonment has always heen followed by iretieral disaster to all Interests except those of the usurer and the sheriff. "We condemn the proposition of the democratic demo-cratic party to place wool on the free list." This policy, persistently urred by thai party, w ould work measureless disaster to one of our most important industries, brlntf ruin to many, throw a vast number of muti out of employment em-ployment and loso to Utah a very larire part of her Income now annually received from the wool clip. We view with undisguised alarm the persistent per-sistent efforts made by the democratlo party to admit Mexican lead ore free of duty. That-party That-party supported that proposition iu the last congress and would carry it throURh if it should be permlt'ed to come into complete control of the national government. The republican re-publican party has niveu our Kieat, minimi industry in-dustry protection against the peon product of the nouthern republic and has tnor.i y confer- red an lnestlmahle Diessiuff upou i-iau; ana iv is entitled to the unw avering support of ail who depend for their individual prosperity upon the prosperity of th. territory. We take pride in the -policy of appropriating appropriat-ing the public lauds of the United Slates for homesteads for American cttizfns aud settlers, not aliens. which the republican re-publican party established in I8S8 afalnst the persistent opposition of democrats in congress, and which has brought our (treat western domain into such magufUceut development." devel-opment." t:And in contrast with the republican party's record iu this resj-t we point to the failure of tho demoy' ; admlulstiatlon under Urover ClHve!V execuie the laws S(-ciiritnr S(-ciiritnr to settll ir titles to homesteads." We Indorse tl Milstratlon of President Harrison aud pf . i;lyoonimend the course pursued by ou:V.v-fc--,u.rtiaent. Weh.a .tly approve the reoiproony policy inaugurated iy true adminn-tration, believii.t it wiil open new and eulaiared mar'tets for American farmers farm-ers and manufacturers and be of the greatest value to tiiis country. We point ' ith pride to the record of President Presi-dent liarr'c-ou's administration in cc.nno -tion w ith federal appointments In this territory, the appointments havim- been uta,le front a notiK the :oiri-ii!-: r sideuts of rtah. thie oe-ii.irln oe-ii.irln marked comraet with the record of the di Mio-ratic administration that preceded ir. We aia loyally attached t tuon. principles of therepuinic-in party under which it strives lo build up the An oricau ineiehaiit marine ma-rine and the America. i navy, to protect the r c-ht of franchise, to maintain free schools, to encourage temperance, to maintain the honor of the Ainericau Hag. 1 1 protect Ameilo. n citizens at home aud abroad, and to secure proper and adetjuvie pensions for the veterans of the war and for the dependent families of deceased soldiers. We demand that silver shall be restored to the position that It neld before the passage of the demonetization act of 1873, We will carry forward popular government iu Utah regar.iless of rellirluusd lstmctiona, by our uuileu eiTorts, free from all dictation. vVe an opposed to the disfranchisement of any citizen except for crime of which he shall b ive.been convicted by due process of law. aud we favor the fr-e exercise of the power of amnesty to all citizens disfranchised on account ac-count of poivganiy or polygamous relations, who will obey and uphold the laws of tho United States. We assert and recoenize the dignity of labor and the necessity ot proper legislation to protect pro-tect Its interests, that home laborers and contractors, con-tractors, who contribute to the public funds, are justly entitled to tho preference in all pub- ..,... a... ...... I't ,h vvoclr uhoillll (TO In , 1. tah wurltmeu The national republican party, in lt3 platform plat-form adopted in 18, declared, "The government govern-ment by cn-nrress of the territor es, is based upon ueeessitv only, to the end lhat they may becoms states In the union. Therefore, whenever when-ever the condition of the population, material resources, public Intelligence and morality are such as to insure a stable local government govern-ment therein, the people of the territories should be permitted, as a right inherent ln thenf, to form for themselves constitutions and state governments, aud be admitted into the union." Wedeuv that the republican party in Utah is organized to unduly has'en statehood. The nuestlou of statehood for Utah is uot involved lnth) pre-ent political issues, or in the division divis-ion of the people of the territory ou national pary Hues. We urga the enactment of laws which will establish uniformity and eou'ty In the application appli-cation ,,f tne general laws of the United States government in respect to the location aud de-velotm.eut de-velotm.eut of mining property, so that prospectors pros-pectors mav bo more gr.-utly encouraged to continue their explorations in our great min eral districts. We demand the enactment of a law niakin-; it, a mi-demeanor for employers to practice what la known as blacklisting, or to lntei fer with the freedqui of their employees ln tue exercise of the franchise by any sort of coercion coer-cion We hold that eight hours should be made by law a day's work on all public work. We are ln'favor of euuitable railroad leiris-lation leiris-lation under which railroad companies shall bo encouraged to build the lines that are needed for the further development of Utah's great resources, and which shall at the same time fully protect the interesis of Individuals Individ-uals and communities ln their relations to the common carriers. We demnnd such legislation as will satisfactorily satisfac-torily eipiahze the assessment and taxation of property. We favor the enaetment of a personal registration regis-tration law which shall compel voters to register reg-ister ln person or bv satisfactory vouchers, giving their exact residence : and we urce the adoption of a ballot law modeled af;er the Australian system, so that th. disgrace of f-audatth.) polls, heretofore too familiar in some tila es in this territory may uot hereafter here-after attach to the fair nam of Utah. |