Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-19

! may be here I'm salt Lake without any
danger OF becoming martyrs There is
as free speech here as anywhere on
| earth. There is not another community
that would endure the things sale hero
that we know are untrue as do the Mor-
, mon people.
"The other day | read n paper
| that II GENTLE LAWYER had case po-
ing to the Jury he would have 10 hire
Mormon or Jack Mormon LAWYER 10
plead his case to get Justice Wei
| have tried a few lawsuits iu the state
and IN the territory | have never had
to employ a Mormon or Jack Nor
mon To- plead my cases, Whether nv
clients have ALWAYS received Justice or
not | viii have 10 leave to the rest ~
you to decide"
AN AMERICAN" HERO.
Judge Powers then referred TO nus
running for Congress, confessmg thHt
he was henten but declaring tb3t uq
things go IN politics he had been gi.yu
"a square dear and was not beaten by
any church influence
"Whv the principal beneficiary of the
Nuggets Of Truth" ne said. "ls now
the hero OF the American party" ~
illustrate what he meant the judge
read from a letter sgned by Charles
man, accompanying thousands Of cop
les Of the Nuggets" IN which letter
the chairman suggested that the "Nug-
gets" be distributed by party workers
TO the sunday schools, quorum meet
ings, and general church gatherings
Frank j, Cannon was then running as
delegate 10 Congress. and was intended
TO receive the benefits of the argu.
| inents In the Nuggets"
AN ECHO or THE PAST.
Judge Powers then read Tribune
editorial which appeared oct, ~, 1895
when the Democrats were holding their
reconyened convention It's text was
as follows;
TT is useless 70 disguise the fact
that the territory has lost standing I'm
the east and IN the west. simply
through the false dispatches which the
| Democracy has sent out, go,
Now the Mormon people are in the
majority; they are liable to be for a
long time to come, They cannot be i'm,
prisoned, and they cannot be driven
out. Their right to take part In the
| political affairs Of the territory is Sc
cured. Ii Is a clear case that they
are going to be a majority Of the people
| here for a long time to come. Then
what effect are all these dispatches go
ing to have? win it not be to give Utah
| a black eye?
Nov, Is it not clear that what the
Democracy have done will have the d.
rect effect OF keeping immigrants from
coming here? VIII II not once more fiN
IN the minds Of outsiders that this Is a
| political storm center, and Is always
going TO he? We think so, and we thinh
| the decent people Of this territory may
| hold the Democracy justly responsible
for causing the awakening Of unworthy
sus.icions against us ell the result OF
| which must be retarding OF our
growth the keeping back Of worthy
emigrants, the Withdrawing from us III
that confidence which was swiftly beng
established. e.,
THE mere fact Of whether some
| Democrats or some Republicans are &C.
be elected at the coming election sup
plies no justification for these acts.
This commouon that has beer
aroused is q blight upon the fair pro-
spects OF the territory; it is an indirect
impeachment OF the integrity Of thD
people. II is creating suspicion In the
breasts Of thousands Of people on th'
outside that Utah must necessarily b'
a good place TO keep away from
WHAT A CHANGE!
Read the Salt Lake Tribune ther
and now The Hero Of the American
party was on the stump endorsing those
sentiments then, and they must be his
sentiments now
Americans, suppose you should car
ry Salt Lake city suppose you place II
every Office none but Gentiles on guard
You would beat the Mormons outsid,
salt Lake into a solid mass. The Legis
lature would be Mormon, the city coun
; Gil GENTLE the state officers would b'
Mormon, the supreme court the ma
jority Of district judges would be Nor
mons. And we would be back agar
to the old contentious we all hoped hat
gone.
"The Democratic ticket Is business
ticket. II has the best interests OF sal
Lake City at heart. I do not believe
that Mormons should be excluded from
Office, DISTINGUISHED, refused employ
ment on public works Not bellevini
that. how am ! 10 be member of IN,
American party?
1.-THE trouble with the American par
~ is that its foundations are built OF
hate. The American party says thu
city Is diseased, It Is going to Civ,
something OF the same kind IN order e
cure It. They say there is strife and
contention here, and they would hay,
more strife and contention.
81 asked q man the other day wha
he expected 20 gain by the American
party lie replied: Why wen dc
stroy the herarch whatever that may
be-tho Americans are living on frieC
. hierarch these days.,
well I said, I don't believe YOU
will 20 far toward destroying thu
hierorch by electing Ezra Thompson
mayor