The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14

understood and agreed that II .no
laboring class could get 1alr repre-,
the labor party would rot be Launched
This fall. They desired to get recog-
nirion. and they had got 1t from the
American party. All were good men,
although he did not wish to crack
himself up. The Labor party had put
IN tSa;r ticket Assistant County Attor-
new Hanson and another Republican
candidate for Surveyor, and this. not
withsEandinp the fact that the Labor
party had passed resolution tha1 no
nan on any ticket could run LOT once
on any other ticket -, ,-
Mr., Spaulding said he did not ask
the nomination, and he believed he
probably could have done more good
r. he had not been on the ticket: The
record OF the American party spoke for
itself. -,
withdraw from the ticket lie nag
waited until the Republican party had
nominated its candidates, and then he
found that the Independent Labor
party had decided to run men on two
tickets-in other words, to work as
an auxiliary to the Republican party,
and he did not intend to withdraw.
Threatened by smootites.
On Friday evening a reporter for
the Smoot organ in Salt Lake asked
him if he had turned in his resignation
to the American party. He told the
reporter that he mad not The news
paper man said: ~ suppose you quar- are
Ing replied: .sNot if L understand my,
self. - The reporter answered.; "lf
YOU wish TO hold your job with the car
penters' organization, you had better
resign
Mr.. Spaulding stated that be had
been Cuisines agent for the CaTpen-
ters' union for three years. He did not
consider himself under any obligation
to the Brotherhood OF Carpenters than
any other member was. He admitted
his obligations so far as the nenehts
ne received from it were concerned,
but any tune the Brotherhood OF Car
penters considered he was not worth
the money they paid HIM II was up
to them TO put a man n his place.
More members of the Carpenters union
had expressed a wish that he stay on
the American ticket than there were
present at the Labor party rally last
Sunday night
To Mr.. Spaulding it seemed an In
opportune time for the labor element
although they did not mean to do
it-unite with the Smoot machine,
so as to help 20 defeat the American
party In closing, M. Spauldlng said
that be did not think the Labor party
would poll 1900 Votes In the entire
county; and in saying so, he assured
them that he was not decrying labor
organizations.
Tom Pitt made short talk, telling
his hearers that he was worker and
not speaker In the American party.
When he referred to Brother Weir and
Brother Maloney as brothers, he said
he learned that habit in the Republican
party
The drum corps quartette then rem
dered an amusing campaign song and
was loudly encored.
A. J. Charon Introduced.
A. J. Charon, the next speaker, told
the audience that he had been assoclat-
ed with labor organizations for eigh-
teen years. Referring 70 the Mormon
church, he said the people were a, good
class OF people. He had been appointed
q member of a committee OF the Allied
Printing Trades to endeavor 10 organ
ize the, Deseret News office, MI. Char
on had gone to one OF the pressmen
and discussed the matter with him, but
they could not get the News men in
line with them simply because they
allowed the church leaders to dictate
TO them The man with whom Mr.
Charon had the conversation said he
would not discuss the matter then, but
asked for reason the News man said:
81 will not only lose nv position here
If / join your organization, but you
know I am bishops counselor, and
I Will lose that job, too"
Referring to the coal strike in Car
bon county, Mr.. Charon declared that
the leaders of the Mormon church were
the direct instigators of the breaking
up of that strike. "Do you want to
know who it was that took the places
of the union miners'" asked Mr.. Char
on. 'It was the young Mormon farm
ers who took their places and broke
the strike. Who sent these young Nor
audience, ''The Mormon leaders ~
IIYes, the Mormon leaders answered
Nr. Charon In conclusion Mr.. Charon
urged his hearers to vote for the entire
American ticket.
Judge Weber Talks.
A. J. Weber, the next orator. made
b one of his characteristic, eloquent and
lucid addresses, denouncing church in
fuence anu interference. He advised
hearers to first free the people from
priestly. dictation and then they could
Joseph r Ninth had said at priest.
hood meeting that there was no such
thing as SmooNsu, declared Mr.. Weber.
Smootism is Smithism. Penroseism
is the same as Utah Republicanism, and
Utah RepublicaAisln is twin brother
to Utah Democracy" said Mr.. Weber.
AS an illustration that the Republi-
can party had never done anything
for union labor, Mr.. Weber cited the
many Utah legislatures controlled by
that party, and labor legislation had al
ways been rejected OF omitted.
Mr.. Weber spoke on the enforcement
of the principle Of equality before the
law for all men; and averred that the
Mormon church was the defender Of
all the trusts and mvnopolies in the
State.
II concluding, Mr.. Weber pointed out
TO his audience that the Republican
party had increased their tax on per
sonal property about so per cent, and
assured them If they wanted an
economical and honest administration
to vote the American ticket.