Show PLATFORM joe T UTAH DEMOCRACY we the of th democratic party at utah iu convention assembled our faith in the Uee of independence and allegiance to tho constitution of this republic we reiterate that nil governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and maintain that ho can long elduro which is anif republic and half empire we hold that the constitution should follow tho flag that the flag is but the ambol of the free government which rests upon tho constitution and that where ane constitution extend the flag should not remain we congratulate tho people of cuba entering the family of nations and obtaining that independence which the american congress at the beginning of the war with til poin declared to be their inherent right we believe that a similar assurance of and protection to the people of the philippines would have prevented any misunderstanding with their leaders and that euch a declaration would have ended the sanguinary conflict at any time during the four years it has been waged in the archipelago we are opposed to the policy of territorial aggression which has embroiled the republic in unnecessary and ire warfare sacrificed the lives of many of its noblest sons and placed this government in a position where it cannot extend aid or sympathy to weaker peoples struggling for independence against superior wealth and numbers we believe in the democratic doctrine of expansion which has added to our original domain every foot of collig conlig bous territory ovar which the flag floats and fhe constitution extends we favor the peaceful acquisition of territory ahert the needs and welfare of this republic are first considered the denio cratic party has always stood for the legitimate and constitutional expansion of trade and territory while the very formation 0 the republic is a protest against the colonial policy of the administration we hold that the filipinos cannot become citizens without endangering our civilization that they cannot be subjects without jeopardizing our form of government we believe the united states should assist the filipinos to establish for themselves an independent government protecting them from out eide interference and securing to this country such trade relations and naval rights as may be advantageous to amer ican interests in the orient we denounce the philippine policy of the republican party as a record of costly blunders and criminal vacillation the late insurrection caused and perpetrated by fear and uncertainty among the natives engendered by the persistent abiu holly cible failure of the republican party to declare its policy with reference to these islands has already led to the sacrifice of thousands of lives made a fourfold increase of the army immensely swelled our pension lists and cost more treasure ahna would be necessary nece to double the endowments of all the universities versi ties and colleges of the country and provide for the conserving and distribution trib ution of water over the entire arid west the permanent retention of these lalands as colonial dependencies must be our vulnerable spot in time af pf war us they were with spain and in lime of peace lull ever remain an anxious burden upon the people of america requiring the fortification of coasts the improvement of rivers and harbora the maintenance of garrisons for the over awing of the nations and such protection from foreign foes as will cast the taxpayers of this country more than can ever flow into the coffers of the trusts and syndicates that will surely control industries we arc opposed to m it is expensive unnecessary and inimical to free and popular government we favor A small standing army and a well organized militia and a navy protect our coasts and commerce we point with pride to the record of our volunteers in the war with spain and offer it as evidence that national defense may be safely entrusted to conr citizen soldiery we hold in reverence the valor patriotism and service of the american soldier and bailor and particularly those of utah whose names are indelibly written on the pages of our national history we charge the republican party with shamelessly applying to the whole american army criticisms which have been made against certain unworthy officers we have none but words of praise for the gallantry devotion to duty intelligence modera lion and humanity that have characterized the great bulk of the officers and enlisted men of the army in their operations erat ions in the philippines and the only condemnation for the attempt of the to conceal such violations of the rules of civilized warfare aa have occurred Tha only way to protect the good name of the army and navy i to root out evils and dismiss wrong doers this tho democrats in congress have insisted upon and in every instance the case has been so clear that the republican administration was forced to take action in reproof of the arraigned wo approve of the monroe doctrine which forbids the acquisition of american territory by european powers and adhere to ho peace commerce and honeas friendship with all nations and entangling alliances with none we believe in equal and exact justice to all men and special to none the organization of to control the apply of money and all the great industries of the country has become a menace to the welfare and liberty of the people the monopoly of these trusts is strengthened and maintained by republican tariff legislation framed chiefly in their inter cut aad to afford them protection e call attention to the fact that articles arti clen produced by tho leading trials ot ahl country are shipped abroad at considerable expense and bold to foreign at n lower rats than charged the enert scan at botne the republican policy i to give asta the advantage of free trade in irti cleg which the trula and to place protective duties to the point of prohibition upon all articles competing with what the have to beell free raw suelar 1 demanded by the cuffar trunk the republican adain admin Ul 1 in it that law be free of duty from cuba for the benefit of alio tant but i still more inri tnt that the differential butr refined hall nat bo removed would inure to benefit of alie consumer of te staten ugar the will operate mainly i advantage of tho american su gar we lire in favor company ol 01 fret of uly f goods lind products I 1 trust made iu miclos and the f all legitimate nud causti tut ional teate and federal tor alie ion of and the evils connected with their operation we claim that corporations should be protected in every legitimate right but jhc thc attempt to interfere with or discriminate unfairly in their commercial relations such penalties should bo as will prevent repetition of the wa are in favoron favo such a general readjustment of the tariff schedules as will justly distribute the bene nair and burdens thereof we call attention to the operations of the smelter trust in this state whose exorbitant or charges have awn an unjust burden upon alie ore producer and we hold the republican state administration borits failure and refusal to enforce the state law against wo denounce the lle publican party for refusing to vest the interstate commerce commission with power to enforce its decisions railroad discrimination by means of which certain trusts are aided in perpetuating their monopolies we favor the exclusion of all coolie labor from competition with american workingmen by immigration laws as well ansby ic fusing to include among our population chinese or other inhabitants of the orient we indorse the chinese exclusion bill presented to congress by the american federation of labor and condemn the republican majority for rejecting this measure and substituting the present weak and inadequate law and we are also opposed to alie imports im porta tion of pauper labor from southern europe to which evil we attribute atti bute the present great and deplorable strike an fn the anthracite holds of the east we believe in the organization of labor for the protection of its rights and advocate the adjudication of all differences between labor and capital by a nonpartisan non partisan board of arbitration decisions shall be enforced by the ni hohal government we indorse the abiding principle embodied in the kansas city platform we hold to the quantitative theory of money the truth of which has been established by the enormous output of gold mines and the avidity with weiyi the increased supply of standard money has been drawn into the channels of trade disproving the republican claim in 1800 that there was then money enough for all the demands of business we denounce the fowler bank bill by which alio republican majority in congress proposes to convert all silver money now in circulation into interest bear ing debt to be retired at the pleasure of the bankers it is an effort to counteract the increase of the gold supply a blow at one of the leading industries of the west and the crowning act of the money power in this era of concentration of capital we favor the reclamation of our vast arid fegion and the speedy establishment of R system of reservoirs and canals to store and distribute waters now going to waste and pledge our nominee to congress to work for tho protection of our watersheds and forest reservations against the blight of indiscriminate grazing which destroys the range pollutes the streams and transforms the country into a desert we favor alie election of united states senators by direct vote of the people and will support the adoption of a constitutional amendment to this end we deplore the death of our late president mckinley and extend to his bereaved widow our since condolence we denounce anarchy in all its forms and ask far a strict enforcement of our immigration laws to the exclusion of this class of foreigners froan our shore s As an example of republican false pretense and dishonesty we invite attention to the uintah indian reservation whose opening republicans pretend to favor in 1893 through the efforts of the democratic representative in congress a law was passed to open the reservation to settlement and providing for a commission to treat with the indians to that end A wai at once formed to defeat the law and to procure a lease of a large portion of the reservation to the conspirators among them the present postmaster general the present poyer nor of the state of new york judge anderson recently appointed by president roosevelt to be a judge of the district of columbia P myton tho present indian agent at the reservation and others this corrupt scheme to defeat law of congress by persona holding official positions under the republican administration was called to the attention of president roosevelt more than six months ago together with conclusive proof of the guilt of the parties concerned notwithstanding he has go long been in full possession of the proof showing their guilty participation myton is still retained as indian agent payne was appointed postmaster general and anderson put upon the judicial bench in the district of columbia we call further attention to the fact that although the provision inserted in the indian appropriation pria tion bill passed at the last bession of congress directed the secretary of the interior immediately to send an inspector to obtain alie consent of the indians to the opening of the reservation no that direction haa been taken 1 and evidence accumulates that the same conspirators alio defeated the execution of theja former act in order to retain the reservation reer for themselves will prevent the execution of the present law we condemn the republican legislature for its failure to carry into effect the express wall of the people by failing to enact into law the constitutional amendment relating to the initiative and referendum we cite the failure of alie republican state to any in its platform to pending legislation of vital importance to the silver miners and beet growers of utah as an evidence of cowardice and of a deir to mislead the people concerning its attitude apon these issues we condemn the republican party for hypocrisy in dealing with the people of cuba anil for seeking to aid them at the of the of utah we call attention to the fact that the republican representative of utah in eon upon every leading measure relating to tariff and finance found it necessary to stand and vote the democrats of the leouie and against the administration in order to conserve the in of the people of utah we indorse the efforts of our demoi senator lion L rawlins i in his attempt to procure legislation by granting the relief and corn to the indian war veterans of utah fol patriotic services rendered by n protecting the lives properly and homes of our people during U early settlement of the commonwealth we congratulate the people of utah upon the magnificent record made by our senior senator in bongren during the pat yeara no constituency could have been better represented his broad aft been such as to command recognition from alg colleagues aal the prean af pf the entire counter count rr lie lias taken high rank among alio llio leaders of the great body of in world vigilant and aggressive ht hs been not only a senator from utah bt 0 the united states the democratic parly came into existence with the nation it will survive while alie principles of popular government animate the hearts of men it hail witnessed the rise and fall of a dozen other political parties it was nn organized protest against the monarchical tendencies of the old federal party it lias always championed the rights of the masses as against the encroachments encroach ments of centralized wealth and power to it will the people again turn and ask to lo 10 I 1 saved from the menace of plutocracy and imperialism |