The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-04
PARK CITY JOINS
AMERICAN PARTY
Rousing Rally Held in the Big
Silver Camp Of Park
City,
WEIR, SANFORD. CANNON
AND MRS. MARVIN SPOKE
Many Persons Sign the Roll
and Many liore Will
Follow.
SPECIAL 70 The Tribune.


PARK CITY, Oct. 3.-The American
party rally at the opera house this
evening drew the largest audience of
any political event Of years and result
ed IN the formation OF q strong and
aggressive orgsniza lion, including some
OF Park City's most prominent and
respected citizens The immense throngs
OF intensely earnest men and women
who packed the opera-house to its full
est capacity and occupied all the stand
ing room left the enemies OF American.
Ism no room TO doubt the reality of an
American party in Summit county.
Chairman II. :. Townsend led off in
2 happy vein, welcoming the visitors
and felicitating them upon the advent
or the American party IL Park City.
In few ringing sentences he expressed
the spirit. Of revolt evident in the audi
eDte against ecclesiastical domination,
which has become iutolerable, and in,
troduced Mrs. Samuel Randolph, who
stirred the patriotic fervor OF the audi"
ence into responsive applause with
The Star-Spangled Banner.
Hon. Thomas Weir, American party
candidate for Congress, was introduced
By the chairman. He WAS in happy
mood and copvulscd the audience with
stories told 70 illustrate his points, His
remarks condemning the actions OF the
hierarchy and praisiug and defending
the Mormon people elected great ap-
plause. He said
u am here 10 deny that the Ameri
can party is anti-Mormou. 1t Is not
anti. Mormon, bat anti.hierarchal. We
stand as much for the. MoImons as Tor
any other class Of people. The people
Of Utah are competent 20 decide all
questions that coEse before them, and
they don L want fifteen men to do this
for them. | am z Republican, but TO
have been 3 Republican or Democrat
IN Utah the last ten years amounted to
nothing. | would vote as quickly Tor
q Mormon who is true and loyal and
honorable IS for any one else. There
IS no hope for either party il Utah
until a change comes. The hierarchs
must keep their hands or the state, and
the American party IS the only party
that will make them do 1t.
Good Story Is Told,
- knew Cornishman who fell so
deeply in love with a Swedish girl that
he married her. | had occasion later
TO say TO him about the first issue of
the marriage, What is he, a Cornish
man or q Swedel
- Neither, said the proud father,
'he is an American.
"Let us all he Americans now, no
matter what was our political parent
age
The speaker told about two boys Of
exactly the same age who were twins
only on their fathers side, but SAID
the Intermountain Republican and Des-
eret Evening News were twiHs on ooth
sides, their father being the hierarchy
and their mother the tithing fund.
M-. Weir's speech was heartily ap-
plsuded at every point.
The chairman introduced the, Amer
icap Drum Corps Quartette IN. the new
role of vocalists, and they sang . Rally
Round the Flag: For an encore . Down
on the Farm" drew forth great ap-
plause.
Allan T. Sanford. candidate Cor State
Senator, nailed some lies of the HE.
rsrehy in an impassioned address, and
predicted vote against the priesthood
that would be surprise. "We are op-
posed to no religion said he, but
are determined 10 place Utah before
the Nation on footing or equality
With every other State. The people Of
Utah must not be Judged by their self
styled leaders. They are better than
their leaders.
Continuing, Mr.. Sanford alluded TO
the hypocritical actions Of Brigham n.
Roberts. Reed Smoot and Joseph /.
Smith TO illustrate the disgrace and
injury the Mormon people were suffer
ing from their leaders.
What Fight Is On.
"Our fight, " said he, ''is not only
political but commercial. The tithing
mas been diverted 10 sustain two Wing
papers and build up ruthless system
Of trusts and corporations. 4 church
in business should exemplify the teach
ings OF Christ. but how far this has
been done by The Mormon church may
DC judged from the doubling and thrib-