The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-23


nounced that It was Mrs. II. Warren
Smith.
This was followed by the report Of the
committee on crednetials, which an
nounced that II had found GA delegates
entitled to seats in the convention. 1t
was recommended that the list Of dele
gates. as printed in Tho Tribune Friday
morning. be adopted, Also that tho
chairman OF each district receive tho
proxies from his own district, After
amending tho report 10 provide that a
majority Of the delegates in any district
could cast the vote of the absentees, the
report was adopted
Judge Cherry's Address.
The permanent aflcers were thon es-
corted to their respective posts OF duty.
Judge Cherry was introduced by Retiring
Chairman Street In a brief. but happy
speech, and was given an ovation. Judge
Cherry, In assuming the chair. said in
part:
Ladies' and Gontlemen and Fellow. Ameri-
cans: Any man selected TO preside over such
o splendid gathering OF men and women ss
this who would not feel patriotism and pride
In his heart would have a heart as imperyi-
GUS rs member Of the hierarchy, ] certain
ly rejoice that we can assemble here rs free
American citizens. Many OF US who havo
been in politics hore In tho past know how
wo have been handicapped and how we had
10 sidcstcp. TO romain in. But wc nre hero
today FREQ Americans We have buried
old political limos for the timo being until INT
belongs TO an American State,
Thoro are many people, unacquainted with
conditions herc, that might ask what the
necessity 10 for m American party in this
State. n the convention held In this theator
last Thursday is not An answer TO this ques'
tion, 1t need not be answered Hero we saw
men fsttercd and bound and delivered over
TO machine manufactured up on brigham
street. This shows the necessity for tho
American party. In that convention they
and worst Of all-snd ! never heard OF 3
political pnrty doing such a thing before
thoy surrendered tho American dag. But
we will tako tho flag up and make II tho
Tho American party is not hero for tho
purpose Of wasinE crusade against any
Mormon people ever had. II is not here
TO blame or discredlt the pioneers for coming
10 this State and making out of IL place
whore all 1.-Two and enjoy life. There
aro many noble people among them-many Of
them are my warm friends-hut they noed lib
Grating. Whom l 6r5t came to Utah there
At that time there were but two parties
tho Peoples party aud the Liberal party
When tho division on party lines occurred,
speakers went out ovcr the State TO talk
Issues OF the two parties, also as TO Ameri-
politics. There are two ways TO educate
people. We who went to school In the old
days remember that. Ono way Is to be gentle
and kind. But there is another way. Some
times there is an unruly- boy who pays no
attention 20 kindness He has to be stood
before he will get his lessons. There ia one
class in this State-I forget whether II mum
bers twenty. Eve OF twenty'six (Laughtcr)-
this this class las out behind the woodshed this fall.
Now, another thing; We were told here
las, fall that II tho American party won in
leave here. Look. ut the city today. Did
you ever see IL going ahead with such creat
stridcsl Everything Is booming. Tho city
is growing at rapid Ws; rate; Every I'm man wbG
It shows that we heve among soms false
prophets. The mining industry OF this State
has made Utah famous just ss certain
famous. The biggest knocker 1 know Of Is
not an American. he is the Governor OF this
State, and he Is knocking the mining indus
I hope you will select the best men In the
party for the various Offices here today. II
you do, there Is no question IS to our win
ming this fall.
The next order Of business was the re-
port Of the committee on platform and
resolutions and emblem. Joseph NJ
Cohen, the reading clerk. read the re-
port, as follows:
Platform Adopted.
as follows:
The county convention of the Ameri-
can party, held on September %, 1906,
hereby Endorses and rati6es the mag
nifcent declaration OF principles issued
by the mass State convention of the
American party, believing as we most
solemnly do, that the future welfare of
the citizens Of this State depends upon
the triumph Of the principles for which
the American party, stands. We conf,
IDENTIFY call upon all clean-minded and
law abiding citizens to rally to our ban
ner. We contemplate with deep salts
faction the record which the American
party has made in the administration Of
the affairs OF Salt Lake City. We prom
ise an equally able, conscientious and
economical government for Salt Lake
county,
Our nominees are a guarantee that
the laws now upon the statute books
will be vigorously and fearlessly en-
judgment of the people, honestly believ-
ing that justice, right and American
principles of liberty will be triumphant.
We point with pride to the Hon.
Thomas Weir, the American nominee
for Congress from the State Of Utah,
as a man clean and pure, capable and
courageous. We point to the Hon.
Thomas Maloney, nominee for the Jus.
tice Of the Supreme court, as a man Of
in all respects fit and competent to fill
the high Office to which he has been
nominated
We believe in the principle that a
public office is public trust; that the
most competent and capable only should
be selected that political convention
is no place to bestow rewards on person
al or political friends.
We condemn in the strongest terms
the official course pursued in tho Office
of the County Attorney. We charge
the Republican party and the Republi-
can County Attorney and his deputies
with stultifying their oath of office in
their refusal to fairly and honestly up:
hold the arms Of the law when called
upon to do SO.
We believe in the principle that every
man, be he high or low, rich or poor,
shall be measured by the same law as
every other man. We believe that the
County Attorney and his deputies have
violated their oath Of Office, refused to
perform their plain duties in the matter
of prosecuting some so.called high
church officials, with the sole and only
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