The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-02


witnessed at political rally in Salt
Lake. He began with a high tribute
to Judge Powers speech. pronouncing
it one OF the ablest he had ever heard.
Continuing, Judge King said:
Il appear before you as q Mormon
and as a Democrat. although there are
some people in the state who think that
IN this year of grace a man cannot be
Mormon and Democrat / wish the
time would come i'm Utah when men
could meet and discuss political Oltes-
tons as political questions, and party
principles as party principles The
Democrats have always been willing to
meet Jher opponents on the hustings
for the discussion of national questions
They nave always been willing TO leave
local affairs alone. They have never
sought franchises through church insfu-
enCe.
For reasons that seemed to me suf-
/ ficient, 1 had not thought Of taking
much part in this campaign until the
Republicans injected into il the relig-
lous question and sought TO infiame the
passions of the people. If | had the
power / would destroy the Republican
party. The worst thing that could hap
pen TO the Mormon people would be to
/ nave the Mormon Republicans leave
their party en- masse and go to the
Democratic party.
Republicans Appeal to Prejudice.
We want to maintain the integrity
OF the parties. The Democratic party
stands as 1t has always stood, in de-
/ Tense of all the constitutional rights of
all the people. Our Republican friends.
/ IN their madness and in their frenzy,
{ nave appealed to the passions and pref
! udlces and religious convictions of the
members of the dominant church. They
/ nave sent emiSsarfeS from one end of
the state 10 the other and have adj
dressed themselves entirely to the re-
! liSious prejudices of the Mormons. Such
/ a campaign is hurtful to the entire
/ state, and ii is particularly hurtful to
( the Mormon people"
Judge King referred To the sorrow and
| the travail of the old Liberal-People's
party days and told of his efforts, with
| others, 10 form party organizations on
1 national lines Some of the Mornons
who denounced me then as an enemy to
/ their people and my people are &C.
/ nouncing US Mormon Democrats today
/ But they hal to admit il the other day
! that we saw farther into the future
| than they saw. and the time will come
! when they Will admit that we are right
{ today. No difference in religion should
I affect the social or political relation
! There has been bigOtry and intolerance
too often on both sides too often there
has been misunderstanding Of mo-
tives.
The Pioneer in Church Influence.
The distinguished editor of ,he Sal,
Lake Tribune who today and every lay
/ Is denouncing the So-called hierarch
was the first to prostitute the Repub-
lcan party anC to attempt To use The
} church To serve his own political ends
The Republicans are using that same
/ influence today. The Mormon Demo.
| Gratis love their church and the prin-
ciples of their faith and are ready to
defend them, but they love their church
so much that hey protest against its
being dragged INTO the political arena
10 help Tom Kearns, Frank Cannon
Joseph Howell or Reed SmoOt To De
elected to any office.
| Il believe in churches and IN religion
( AT the same time L believe in politica
/ organizations. And the line of derar-
| cation should be clearly drawn so thai
10 church can be used as an engine OF
/ oppression To affect the success of The
Republican party" AT this point Judge
/ King made a reference to former Sena-
tor Cannon's Nuggets of Truth" and
| denounced its circulation by the re-
publican party as a daStardly outrage
The Republicans, he said. had sent
TO the senate Cannon and Arthur
Brown, KearnS and SmOot. The Demo
Gratis, when they had the opportunity
sent one of the ablest men that ever
! represented any state in the nations
upper house. Joseph L. Rawlins an
I this campaign" he went on. I'VE have
| the fruits of the Smoot mistake. Ma
/ tional issues have been thrown TO the
| winds in order TO discuss SmoOt ard
Kearns. How could we discuss national
! questions when the Republicans were
| discussing the religious question?
Making a Mormon Party.
They say the MorInons must get to-
gether. Suppose, my friends, that Tn.
Mormon Democrats should go en- mass
into the Republican party. Would il
| be Republican party? No, ii would
be a Mormon party, ] don't care what
name you gave it. AS a Mormon 1 wan
to appeal to my Mormon Democratic
friends and ask them what would be thu
result of their betrayal Of their party
How could you meet men like Johr
! Dern, Frank Stephens, NJ It. Cunning.
| ham. o. w. Powers and hundreds 81
other Gentiles who have stood Loyalty
with US in season and out of season
Could you look into their eyes and say
you were men of honor?
, at has been said by Republican lick.