Show democratic platform orm adopted nt at richfield utah sept 1022 1921 1 we the democrats of sevier county utah in convention assembled at richfield utah this day of september 1922 reaffirm our allegiance legi ance to tile the principles of democracy enunciated by thomas jefferson and exemplified in the lives and in the official acts of all the great democratic leaders from his day down to and including that di distinguished s statesman scholar and patriot woodrow wilson we indorse the platform of principles adopted by the he democratic democratic state convention at salt lake city on the alth day of august 1922 and pledge our support to the nominees of said convention and to the nominees of the congressional convention for the first district of utah viz senator william H king justice E E corfman superintendent D C jensen and congressman milton H welling we most respectfully call the attention of all fair minded citizens to a comparison of the achievements of the democratic administration under president woodrow wilson with those under the republican administration under president warren G harding and ask them to note that in the former the ship of state was directed by a firm strong master hand while in the latter it has drifted aimlessly from billow to billow until today it is in troubled waters with neither captain nor crew able to extricate it and guide it into a port of peace we charge that much of the trouble and distress in our fair land today the lack of employment the labor tro troubles ables the absence of markets tor for our farm and other products and the unprecedented scarcity of money is due in a large measure to tile the failure of the united states to enter the league of nations which failure was waa accomplished through the efforts of republican united states senators who placed partis above patriotism we charge the republican party of the nation ot our state and of our county as being untrue to its pre election promises of two years ago to bring peace and prosperity to our land if entrusted with the power of government and declare that in the light of the history or of the past two years of republican misrake mis rale that the republican party part Is now unworthy of the confidence and support of the electorate its promises of good times limes easy money lower taxes and unlimited employment have as a whole failed to materialize teri alize tile the fallacy that good times and republican rule go hand in hand has been so plainly demonstrated during the past two years that intelligent people can no longer be deceived thereby ir we e charge that the republican administration of tho the state of utah during the past two years has been almost as inefficient and as a majority of the conservative republicans of our state declare it to have been we charge the republican board of county commissioners with failure to discharge in an efficient and effective manner tho the requirements imposed upon it in the matter of road construction as authorized by the citizens of the county we charge it and the county assessor with inconsiderate treatment of tax payers who appeared before it for redress when it convened as a board of equalization we declare that regardless gard less of the pre election promises of the commissioners to alve the people ie a reduction of taxes and notwithstanding they through the local press declare that taxes have been reduced that the people are burdened with taxes now as they never have been before in all history when the actual market value of the property I 1 assessed is compared to the tax burden imposed upon it we invite the republican party of sevier county to adopt in this campaign it if it dare its slogan of 1920 take tax notices with you when you go to vote we call the attention of the voters to the tact fact that during the next few years a million dollars will be spent upon road construction in sevier county more than a fourth of which will be contributed by the taxpayers of 0 the county and that therefore wise conservative prudent and practical men should be chosen as county commissioners we are opposed to the centralized and almost absolute power vested in or assumed by certain of tile the state offices and state officials such as is particularly manifested through and by the state board oi of equalization the state road commission the state land board and the state engineers gi office and declare that the same Is contravention of the he time honored democratic doctrine that all just powers of 0 government are derived from the consent of the governed and that in a democracy the people and not the of officials are the sovereigns we pledge the nominees of 0 this convention if elected to do all within their power to 0 o maintain the just prerogatives of the county and county officials against unjust thereon by the state and state officials 1 we ie recognize cognize the various various I 1 branches of tle the farming industry of sevier county as being the principal base upon which the prosperity of the people must rest and assert ahat that until prosperity comes to the farmer depres depression sloE in business will prevail in all other vocations and enterprises ses we pledge the nominees of this s convention it elected to office to work unceasingly for all the welfare and benefit of the tillers of the soil to the end that their burden of taxation shall be lightened and reduced to a minimum consistent with honest government efficiently and economically administered upon this platform which we regard as a sacred contract with the people to be fulfilled to the utmost part we go forth asking for the sut suf ferage of the voters in full confidence that our cain campaign p aien aign lower taxes and better living conditions for more efficient service at less expenditure pend iture of money will be crowned with victory |