The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-21

cured the floor and donied that he wns
| a liar He also offered to prove 1t by
The other members of the committee
James Glove, postmaster Of Provo,
/ Jumped up and said II was the duty OF
the committee to tell the convention
what was and was not NJ for discussion
by the convention. MIR. Glove was inter
! fupted by shouts Of "Ohl ohl''
Mr.. Hatch of Garfield took Gasmann's
side OF tho controversy between the
J Weberfte and Mr.. Harrington,
| The motion to refer the resolution TO
I The committee without reading was then
| put and lost.
Secretary Bluth then reod tho resolu-
! ton OF Mr. Harrington. which was as
I follows:
/ And It is further resolved that tho Rcpub-
! lican party OF the State Of Utah hereby de-
! clarcs and afirms that II is opposed TO tho
union OF church and state and that It Is also
unalterably opposed TO any high eccleslnst.
ot any denomination Whatsoever seeking
! 6ts of civil office. unduly interfering with
1 politics. while he Is holding said high cccle-
I slnsticnl or church position and. for the fu-
. tnro. and in order to promote tranquility.
/ perfect equality and the best possible prog
ress Of the State. the Republican party will
use It's endoavore to enforce and maintain
this principle.
| Mr.. Harrington then spoke to his reso-
| lutlon as follows;
In presenting this resolution I nm sati-
| ned that this convention has the best In
| tereste of the Republican party In this State
at heart. Here ia the situation and II lie meet
| therefore that We reason together: We should
consider what should go To make UP the
party md State. Here we have our silver
| and lend mines, our iron mines, our sugar
| industry, and what do we 6nd1 Wo and
here today-and this Isn't any sentiment that
ought not to be said-but we hnd that our
! party Is split In Salt Lake and threatened
! In other parts of the State. Why Is this so
! say It with all kindness to tho gentlemen,
who happened to be some of our officers.
! that It 10 their tnordInato ambition and de-
sire 10 be all things to all men And I cay
this Mr., Chairman and follow delegates. that
the Republican party Is greater than any
one man. Everything elso Is secondary and
subordinate.
Being Mormon myself I believe thOt 10
resolution. believe practically, every nom
Mormon In the state favors 1t. A high Of
s1 ,"S to fsa me today wot M To-
and we will nil be for IT," II II Is going
TO be helpful It ought to be urged now. II
ll,tle use for third party In Utah. There
is a peculiar situation here, for a person
| with a high ecclesiastical position is power
beyond minor individuals, and say that in
| all Kindness, because great majority of
| my rcligionists are truo and believe II. IL
We have here high ccclesast, whom we
| the Republican Idea OF liberty and equal
! government In the world, and especially III
Utah, is lost Wo ought not TO look to my
othor source except to statesmanship. In
! all other Stutes, and ought to get here
what is due TO all equals-our equality and
rights.
| your politics arc dominated by IL machnef Z
suppose, at the head OF one of those ma
chimes there is an apostle OF the dominant
church, He wants his machine 10 win In
Mllard county. lie sends to high
I ccclesiast for O certain thing and the Mllard
county eccleslest does what is desired OF
him. Now We have this resolution. and the
Democratic party indoraes IT, because. God
knows, they haven't any other reason for
existing. b; II; Roberts. With his great 10,
QUacity, and eloQueuce. affects 10 say and
believe that the rights OF men arc not
invaded. We don't want any machine. We
don't want any man dominated by any eccle-
slnst II we adopt this resolution, you will
find that when n high ecclcsast sends Tom
Smith to John Jones about some poll
tical affair In some remote county he will
tel him to go and attend to his knitting and
we Will attend to politics. That is what
we want In Utah There are so many things
that man in high ecclesiastical position
can influence. and It is wrong II this is
not stopped IL is going to grow and now is
the time TO stop It
Angus NJ. Cannon OF Salt Lake took
Issue with Mr.. Harrington as to inter
ference on the part of high ecciesastics,
and stated that he had never been ap-
preached In the manner suggested. He
also intImated that men who made such
statements as those made by Mr.. Har-
riDgton had apostatized from the faith.
Mrs. Susie Young Gates Of Salt Lake
didn't know. she said. that her friend.
Mr.. Harrington, had been cut of from
the church of which she was a member.
and she did not see how he was going
TO pass upon the height of ecclesiastical
authority.
w. D, Livingston of Sanpete county
was the next speaker and vigorously
upheld the view expressed by Mr.. Har-
rington, He said, in part:
Mr.. Livingston Address.
81 al.
Of bringing this resolution 10 this floor
whether it is here head first foot first
it is here think there is no honest Ro.
publican but must recognize that 1t is the
symptom OF deep and serious political dis.
ease in this State. 1t is part OF those
anxiliSTy orgnnizations and machines Of the
means new. The symptom is one OF the
old ills that have hampered the progress OF
this glorious State, 1t has boon made the
pretext of politicians to further their polit-
Ny friends. a crisis is hero. The ques.
T on sbs f5 you to the
The crisis today is ripe-ono that you have
never, had before-und I wan. to say, to
mat css has Been SS
our national boundaries or State jurisdic.
tion, the American people have always
for it's solution. Why should we shy at
this question: Is IL because il is too
Target My friends, II it is too large then
VIC CONFESS tne laCE OF true RepuDIlc0n lea
dership In Utah, Is 1t because the Re.
publican party of Utah is satisfied with the
conditionS' II that be true. we covet the
defeat that is surely in store for us. Is it
because we wish TO avoid the stencil Of the
muck rake II so, you unworthy fol.
lowers Of Roosevelt. Taft and Root. What
Is this question Some say that, like the
flag of Bagdad, the fear OF it j. more de.
structve than the scourge itself. II that
be so. IL is the duty Of the Republican party
to allay these fears, not by resolution, but
by action.
There nre two factions here There are
Gentles who came here and worked with
the great industries Of this state, but they
cannot solve this problem alone; the Nor
mons must help them II must equally he
solved by return OF confidence, by the
joining OF hands for common purpose by
united action for the common purpose and
absolute confidence in eoch other. Those
dignitnries of whom this resolution speaks,
have said that it is not their desire TO con-
troll either of tho partes-that the people