| Show THE PLATFORM adopted sy BY tho democracy of utah territory charles W penrose ren roae on behalf of the he coni commit mitte tc submitted A tho the following platform the democratic party of 0 atall in convention assembled hereby adopts the follow bog platform and resolutions ans first As a duly lecog recognized portion ol 01 tile the great democratic party of the united states we accept and the principles art pt forth in tile the platform of that party adopted at tile the convention held in chicago june 21 1892 1802 1 TO THE government second acol id we recognize the govern mev 1 t of the united states its as renio in a all 1 I 1 national affairs affirm anew our alycei ance to its sovereignty and pledge our VL to its laws and authority as ds delegated to it from the people aria and defene benned I 1 in in tile national constitution nome RULE ellk third we hold that tho the principle of local fell PC K government overn ment is fundamental fun and essential zo to the system established by tile the founders of our nation and therefore that each of the states batra is and must mus t be sovereign within its own sphere we regard paternalism in government as opposed ased to the be benius of our political m institutions and centralization as fatal to the rights of the status states ald add thy the liberties of tile people OPPOSED TO fourth we denounce off all schemes whether called protection or by an any other misnomer which tax the many for he enrichment of the few which take from the prior poor man as much althey draw from froni th alie erich rich which build up tip one OD e class at the expense of others which foster trusts and teed feed mono monopolies police ns as legalized robbery disguised hand and virtual defiance atice of constitutional inhibit riols SUBSIDIES fifth wo we regard homo home industries ies as essential to the welfare of the country and their maintenance as conclusive to general prosperity but we do not believe it is within tile province of constitutional tut ional government to subsidize manu factum fic luies esat at public to compel the great masses of agriculturists to pay hi bi ij prices to a few manufacture s to cripple commerce and prevent fair competition is ia to create monopolies ard impoverish tho the majority of the people TARIFF SOPHIS sophistries TRIES sixth we brand as deceptive and shameful the spec specious ions sophistry by which uninformed people are led to believe that a hib hi b tariff lowers the price of commodities increases wages and 1 benefits anybody but monopolists speculators and noticed noi iced ed corporations ions we lye favor a tariff to provide needful i evenue for tile he government wise economy in public expenditures local taxation limited to the necessities of the times and a 1 strict accounting of all public funds funda CONTROL of ELECTIONS seventh eve nth we lye execrate partisan attempts to control V t e will of the people prevent its free expression at tile alie polls or el elsewhere sebere and confront ballots ich willi bayonets we lye pronounce then them revolutionary and un american and declare our determination to resist them legally to the he very t eighth we lve denounce tile the action of tile lie republican publican Ke convention in tile the territory in approving the exercise ox ercie by tile the governor of tile absolute power of if veto the w subsequent withdrawal of that approval if when its probable pro bablo effect upon the it eizens was appreciated was but a subterfuge e too flimsy to cover the real sentiment of alio parta its action in reference to statehood was similar in spirit wd and a plain indication that utah butali need not look to tile republican pirty party tor for aid in speed deliverance from territorial vassalage 0 commission FALSE ninth we condemn tile the covert charge of lie utah commission iun liy by ill all its members except that grand old veteran democrat general mcclarnand ernand and applause that poleg polygamous rai notis marriages are L still 11 being contri cled in ill utah and that a large number of people are arc living in polygamous cohabitation Rs as false and designed to deceive the american people and hinder the progress of tile lie territory to the grand position of statehood while asserting that thai it is believed that this condition of affairs exists in utah the comm commission 1 1 ica rains from beating by whom i it t i believed and has persistently refused to name the individuals alleged to liao hao violated tile law or the persons persona said to havo have furnished the information the of the criminal courts and the ie ports of grand jurists form a et standing anding iefata tion of this slander by the ut utah th commission we lye demand tile the abolition of that hotly body as an unnecessary sary deEp despotic otic and un american institution republican hostilities tenth we wc regard the report of that commission as strictly in line with the iho whole course of the inep Uc publican publican party towards utah tho the republican duesi dent lias han officially declared liis his doubts as aa to the sincerity of the mornion mormon peo le in their r announced abandonment of polygamy the reports report of republic Uc publican al I 1 congressional committeemen have tm eill pha basined sied these doubts their words worda lave have been echoed by tile republican press the president giai ha also Nith withheld beld action brithe on the petition for general amnesty presented by mornion mormon leaders endorsed and signed by prominent off officials and tal esmen ol of loth both parties and by voting against home tale by then measure having the appearance N without ith the intention of preparing the way for statehood and by tile the obstructive plank in its As platform adopted at alitine minneapolis at folis tile the lie publican party has exhibited tile old tinie ail and continued hostility to the people bif this territory and anu its determination to hinder as ion ong re aa DON Sible the hie of their poli political Cical rights and liberties MORMON eleventh wo we announce our completo coin confidence in tile the sincel ity if tile mor ifor mon people in their ab abandonment of 0 in to to tile the 0 the land and their divi division fion on oil party part lines and our HUT full faith in ill the pledges pk af 0 thc jhc r chuch leaders k aders that the file 1 I bedoni of the alio lil members embers in ill political pol adeal shall rhall not lie 10 erred with by thein in any a we lye view all the of 0 individuals d ii duals to make it appear that hut the mormon presidency Iser secretly relly dedire and ami v bork ork fur for tin till success success of any pit bilty ly a 0 it 11 slander blander upon live lh church officials ficiala of iad and a die disgrace grace to till cl eogh nag g 1 I ill fucali des trickery applause 1 I 1 STATEHOOD 1 twelfth we lve emphatically emphatic cina nettic illy Aly ale c at a 1 that hint utah i fully ally p pr r e earcil I 1 labrec d in n e earry r c way say for the lionora honor a aini u 4 ri of a cover ian ii fit lie and I to lilbur ell 1 1 1 this proud position its 8 ach laed Ap applause laller AND capiral CAIl rAL th thirteenth h we ate arii ted th th greit great democratic pirty in its t s un 1 avia t friendship ing to organized orsan itil libor labor im vii I 1 denounce I 1 tile liu policy of tin the republica pirty party in till hie ilat reat of capital ca villi shirll results in the llin reduction luction rei of merui aie alir of if cheap tt io dikmen ilonen the hie VI fin 1 or of hire bi rehnA linga al the of tle the laboring ela stice I 1 I 1 terent G rent a ap pp liu ei I 1 N or biln UR i houi we look upon pon tile llie dett iril of silver by the be aai party lit it 1873 as aa a crime app 1 t I and demand the restoration of t hite ineta to it proper position F cs 8 it il part of tile national nation nl currency CLEVELAND AND fifteenth such support as is 19 pos possible sibie for mitizi catiz ne its of a territory fo 0 o give we will exercise exer cibO cibe lor for the election of klinse still stal art champions of pure democracy grover brover cleveland an nud I 1 adlai E S tl ve son as president and vice president of the unite l states p lasij and will N ill advona and t ile le fI fend clil proui awl the llie prin caples of nf ili w ti and abc lights of man inan until they triumphant hout tile the band and ami cibat diali justice ju itice liberty and happiness liap iu al all i the world delegate CAISE the party of rutih eni en lorae florse te le of lion john T caine ill iii congress Con giess especially liis his efforts to procure home rule for the people of clift territory ind and for which it il extends to him its heat appi |
