The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-24
AMERICAN PARTY
HAS NOT FAILED
Conditions Are Better Today
Than Under the Preceding
Administration.
SO DECLARES DR.. PERKINS
OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
He Talks About the Sermon
Which He Delivered on
Sunday.


Sunday.
Rev Charles f. Perkins. pastor of
st. Paul's Episcopal church, Salt Lake
City, preached discourse on Sunday
on the subject, Municipal Responsi-
bility.' in which he made n sweeping
indictment against the people of this
city, To obtain from the reverend gen
tleman an explantion of some of the
charges q representative Of The Tribune
called upon him at his residence Mon.
day night, and wns willingly accorded
an interview.
After having nrraigned certain con
dltons which exist, according TO the
view of DR.. Perkins, the sermon con
tains these sentences: "|Having taken
this superficial glance If you will then
turn your glance inwardly to our po-
lucal conditions, shall ! say that n
brighter view will enhance you?
wish | could For now we are look
ing at the source which may be large
ly responsible for the conditions cx-
listing: Do our political parties or our
officials do all in their power 10 alle-
viate these conditonsl ! fear the op-
posite Is true.
When asked if he charged that the
present city administration had failed
in its duty DR.. Perkins replied: "I
was simply pointing q high ideal to all
men,. TO all political parties TO follow.
] did not say the American party has
ises. No party can carry them out
fully -
Conditions Are Better Today.
In answer. to further queries DR..
Perkins admitted ''That certain condi-
tions in Salt Lake City are better to.
day than under the previous city ad
minlstration. Some places have been
closed, others are not run openly
A great many OF the Objectionable
features III the city have been elimi-
mated, have they not, doctori'' asked
the reporter, Probably that 8 cor
rect, was the answer OF the divine.
Good People Go to Resorts.
Another extract from the discourse is
as follows: "Take trip to our re-
sorts Count the number Of faces with
ont intelligent expression, note the
want of modesty and womanly graces
Mark you, this is what others outside
say of us. -
DR.. Perkins gave this language his
but me did not say that all
who went TO the resorts were without
intelligent expression or. lacked
modesty and womanlv graces - DR.
Perkins admitted that ga great many
good people go TO resorts and some Of
the same people go to church, and
probably some of them TO his church.
81 go to some resorts myself. Some
of them are beautiful places, but that
is what people outside say of us, ,n said
the doctor
They Can Have Their Beer.
''Nor do the resorts make any pre-
tense at closing their bars or beer gar
dens, so we are informed. IT is very
doubtful If it would be a paying propo-
sltlon to run resort without a bar. -
This excerpt is also from the sermon.
In answer to this DR.. Perkins said:
i don 7 say that they ought to shut
up their beer gardens. If anybody wants
their beer they can have it, but if we
have got the law We ought to enforce
it.
Moral Tone Is Low.
Dr.. Perkins, in his sermon. quoted
a physician as having said TO him ''that
he had never seen a place for its size,
where more degeneracy prevailed than
in Salt Lake City The pastor was
not prepared to divulge the name of
hIs informant, and when asked if he
=
was inclined to admit that so far as a
certain moral tone was concerned he
did
DR.. Perkins was not prepared to
specify instances wherein the Ameri-
,an party had failed to elevate the
tone or to explain the certain moral
tone, but took the ground that his
sermon was on general basis.
How They Evade Discussing Politics.
= The following is also taken from
:hese natural beauties in aud around
Salt Lake City and then say but.
eavlng You 70 guess what is the
.roable with our city. He will go 70
'eglster his name and the place of
lis nativity rather than the fair city
# his adoption. He will rear his chill.
lren TO a given age and then saw that
,e cannot allow them to grow up in
his berr md will make for other parts
# our land -
Have you ever known any one to
Yes was the answer.
VIII You name any OF them1''
No, but yon can read it in the local
,apers from time TO time They will
,e asked questions about the political
onditons in Salt Lake City and they
10 not wish 10 discuss them
The Church in Politics.
"Do you mean, doctor, that il is the
question! of the interference of the
hurch in politicsYn
That is one reason,' was the an.
wer.
say in the BEGINNING there,'' con.
inued the doctor, taking copy of the
ermon which the reporter had in hrs
and and reading: eve are not here |
o answer FOR the lamentahle results |
( past sins in our community },
What do you mean by that, doctor