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Show IH "i-uorial Democratic Plntlorm H tionted at the State Convention. B ,p 1" democratic party of Utah in H n assembled, reposing its JH 1 j-r he intelligence, patriotism B am jus' of the people standing B tiyop tho : ustitution as a foundation H and i. ut ion of the powers of ibe gov- B ernmeiii i ll as the guaranty of the H hbeiiieu ibe citizen congratulate VH the territory now eooii to bo a state H on tbe '-'-ured success of the policy H adoptei ty tbe national organization H as laid do 11 in all its plattorms. H for the democracy of the entire ter- H iitory we reaffirm our fath in tbe per- H manence ot federal union and our H r evotion to the constitution and the B laws; and declare as cardinal doctrines B of democracy: H FirBt Absolute acquiescence in tbe H will of tbe majority as a vital principle HHj Ot! the democratic party. Hl Second Total sepmation of church H and state for the sake alike of civil and H religious l'berty. Hl Third The liberty of the individual H unvexed by sumptuary laws. H Fourth Support by tbe state of tho HH public schools. H Fifth The supremacy of the ciyil Hl oyer the military power. H dixth Exact equality of all persons H btslore the law. H Seventh The right to a free 1 allot B the right preservative of all other HH Eighlb. That our QemocravTc,!"p5rty HH is the friend of the laboring man in H every avocation of life, and will pro- B tect hit. interedt alike ugaiust the ag B greesions ot monopoly as well as the H commune. H We believe the restoration of the Hj money of tbe constitution is now the B paramount iESue before tbe country, IB and insist that both parties shall H plainly state their respeciiye posi ions H upon the question in order that the H voters may intelligently express their BH preference. We thereiore declare our- H Belvei in favor of the immediate res- H toration of the tree and unlimited HK com age of Kold and silver at the pres- HB ent legal ratio ot 10 to 1, as such coin H age existed prior to 1873, without wait- HE ing for the aid or consent of any other H nation. Gold and silver com to be a H full and l'tgal tender for alt debts pub- HB lie and private. SHH W9 denounce the republican parly H for the demonetization of silver in 1873 H and for its repeated acts of hoatillty to- H ward its remonetization. HH We cal1 attention to the fact that the country was in tbe throes of a financial HBB panic when the democratic admmis- HH tration assumed ccntrol in 1803, and we BH congratulate the people upon the ap- HKnH proachmg reign of prosperity as a le- BHB suit ot a democratic reform ot the tar- HH iff; and also to the tact that factories, B foundarics and mills have reumed hbHH work since the repeal of the McKmley HH law, and to tbe constantly advancing BH wages of workingmen in almost every HIH industrv. H We again express our heartv appre- H ciation of the democratic congress and ufflH president in providing an enabling act ShHJ by virtue of which Utab is about to as- KHH sume its poeition as a sovereign state. HH We commend the action of the dem- RB ocratic members of the conetitulional BHH convention in surrounding the taxing K&HHH Bud rcvenue-raiBing poer of the state HBj by such restrictionb and limitations ;ib HH to preclude any squandering ot public HB property in aid ot private enterprises, Hf an& to c011"11" tue expenses of carrying HHH on the public business within proper HkHH limits of economy, deepite tbe almost RbmK unanimous opposition of a republican K8K majority. And we favor the adoption HRflHK of the proposed constitution. PM We congratulate the women of Utah BUBH upon their admission to equal political flflH rights with men under the provisions jBflH of the constitution proposed, and the HH democratic party for the earnest and RiflH able support of that measure by its ffimH representatives in the constitutional KtsRH convention. HjMH We denounce as false the charge BHB thnt the democratic party of Utah has HnHHHB been guilty ot stuffing ballot boxes or jBfliH other election frauds, and condemn BH the republican patty for its un- BBB -warranted and libelous attack upon nHHB ths majority ot the Utah commission, BB9B and deploie the lack of principle eBBBflB shown by its attempt witbout any BBfli evidence and for partisan purposes to IBjSB besmirch the character ot honorable BBBB citizens |