The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28

American party because they were
beaten by the people at the polls. Some
because they were defeated by the Dem
ocratc party for nomination for office
In caucus or convention and some taking
a superficial view of conditions existing,
but acting from honest motives. have
joined the American party because the
tyrannical methods of the Smoot machine
has forced upon them the conviction that
that is the only course for men TO pur-
sue who want the state to become like
the rest Of the union. 1t is manifest 10
one who will seriously consider the con-
ditions by which we are surrounded that
the course that these men have taken is
a mistaken course and IL may ana Will
justify the assertion. if the Republican
party remains in power in this state and
continues as 1t is doing now to appeal to
the Mormon people upon religious ines;
that political victory by the american"
party in Salt Lake county viii be det-
rimental to the best interests or the
people.
Problems Must Be Solved.
There is no doubt but what we have
questions here in Utah that are OF great
Importance. We have conditions here
that do not exist elsewhere. Out Of those
conditions there arise questions which
should be met and solved, not in the heat
Of a political campaign, not by drawing
the sword of religious hatred and prejudice
but by the calm, dispasSionate conSidera-
ton of men who will approach their con-
temptation in an unselfish spirit and with
patriotic motives. The conditions that
exist are the result of more than fifty
wears of growth They have taken root
in the souls Of men. They cannot be
changed in a day. They cannot be fright
ened away by the beating Of drums or by
heated defamation. The American" par
ty ought to realize that much of that
concerning which their party complains
is the result Of more than half century
pie, when they swerve from their po-
iitical convictions because they believe
that such course is desired by the lead
er Of their faith, do so as the result of
and thought. Hence, many of them feel
when their leaders who are engaged in
politics are denounced that their church
and their religion is denounced. When a
man feels that you touch his religion. he
is hurt and his spirit rebels. Men have
willingly died for a religious principle
The Spanish inquisition: the persecution
of the martyrs, the burning of the
witches, all prove that you cannot con-
vert men to your way Of thinking when
you touch their faith, by brute force, by
bitter invective, or by denunciation.
Common Peril; Common Cause.
We need here in Utah patience and
charity. We need wisdom and unselfish-
ness. We of the Gentle faith ought to
endeavor TO ascertain how we would feel
and how we would act If, as conscientious
men. we were devoted to a church and
we believed that our church and the men
church were attacked. Human nature is
the same in the hearts of all men. We
would resent the onslaught. We would
be driven together. We would be united
by the cohesion of a common peril and a
common cause
And that is exactly what is resulting
here in Utah because of the mighty on
slaught that is being made by the
American" party. The Americans
are uniting the Mormons 1t is true that
| the American party receives some Nor
mon votes, but the great mass of the
American" party is Gentle. The Amer
| lean" party cannot hope to secure any
| substantial support from the Mormon
people. because the American party
| gains it's strength by an appeal to oppo
| sitiOn to the Mormon church. The lead
ers of the American" party are wise
| enough to see that if they can beat The
| MormOnS into a solid mass they will per-
petuate their party.
| On the other hand the Republican
! leaders are shrewd enough to see that il
| they can unite the Mormon people under
| the Republican banner they can perpetu
| ate their power in this state until such
| time as increase of population shall over
/ whelm them. So we have growing III
/ here two parties, the foundation princi
pie Of each being. Mormon and Gentle
| hate We one another" We are in th'
| shadow of a threatened storm that viii