The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-04
UPSIDE down WAS
THE FLAG UNFUR[ED
How Old Glory Was Flown From
the Federal Building
Monday.
SPECTACLE THAT CAUSED
FEELING TO BE SHOWN
Stars and Stripes Has Few
Friends Among Present Off
ciaIs in Building.

Old Glory floated from the flagstaff
of the Federal building In Salt Lake
Monday morning upside down. mus
il was unfurled during all the time Oh
the parade of the union men, the union
workers, the Drawn and muscle ana
brains of the workers of Salt Lake
City Much comment was made by the
marchers at the spectacle of the Amer
lean flag in this position on the only
building owned by Uncle Sam IN the
city Of Salt Lake There was much BIT
terness shown, too, over the mattcr'
But what cared the custodian OF the
Salt Lake postoffice as to the position
of the American flag on the Government
buildingl His lines, his sympathles are
with a band of twenty six persons VINO
arc governed by an alien government,
who owe allegiance to a hlerarch whose
own confession showed him to be an,
taponistic TO the American Union and
a law breaker and law defer, rms Gus
todian in charge of the Federal bulld~
| TO be unfurled over the Salt Lake CITY
postoffice upside down, and for why
Was it to show his loyalty and devo"
tion to the Senator of the United States
from Utah, who he fears and to whom
he owes his job2 Was it to show the
| honest working men Of Salt Lake how
little he regarded their feelings or pa
triotism7 Was it to show them that
he floated the American flag upside
down because his political boss, an
ecclcsiast, had declared under oath that
he would obey an order OF ais church
rather than one from his country1
For shame,
It may be that this custodian Of the
Salt Lake postoffice unfurled the flag
upside down because of the way the
postofice is run, upside down, Posi-
son that there are so few people hold
ing Federal positions who are now
housed in the Federal building. The ma
| iority of these few are absent, and care
very little for Old Glory. Most of them
owe allegiance to the hierarch first.
Their country is secondary consider
alton.
The custodian of the postoffice should
resign for the insult he offered the
| flag, for the insult he offered the loyal
working men of Salt Lake Citv. the
| State and the country; for the insult
he offered the people of Salt Lake, his
neighbors He should resign his posi-
/ tion, and if he holds any other position
under the Government, he should re-
| sign that, and at once. Otherwise he
should be thrown out from the position
which he has disgraced, and that at
once.
A refreshing illustration of how the
Lords Chosen Ones stand together side
| by each these strenuous Gentle times
was given a day or two ago. 1t is a
matter of general knowledge that the
Smootites are conducting an annex to
the evening organ of the church, the
annex appearing each morning. Now
1t happens that member Of the annex
staA wanted to go away on vacation.
1t happens also that the member Of the
News who handles the same run as the
annex vacationist had already gone to
another State for a couple weeks of
rest The coll OF the annex was heard,
the man who was taking the place of
the News yacationist was turned over
to the Smootite organ, and the News
man was recalled from his rest to take
his own run. Of course, there is no
connection between the two organs, so
it is claimed, but nevertheless their
tunes harmoni2e together 80 perfectly
that nothing but harmonies are ground
out as n result OF this duet There is
little use of having a Lord, perhaps, if
you can't use Him.
At the coming State convention of
the Church Republicans the following
TeSuluJlOn Will De lnlTOuuCcu Dy Dan"
iel Harrington, and reference, of
course, will be made to the committee
on resolutions, 1t follows:
The Republican party in sIute convention
assembled hereby declares and nfIirlns that
il is unaltcrobly opposed 10 the union OF
church and state, and that IL is also opposed
to any high ecclesast, of any denomination
whatsoever. seeking aud asking for political
prcfcrment and the bonehts of civil Office. or
in unduly interfering with politics. while he
is holding said high ecclesiasticnl or church
position; and. for the future, and In order 10
promote tranquility, perfect equality and the
best possible progress Of the State. fhe Re,
publican party will use its best endeovors
TO enforce and maintain this principle
Of course the resolution will not be-
come a part OF the Church Republican
platform. 1t would be direct slam at
Apostle Smoot, boss of the Church Re-
publicans, as also the Church Demo
Gratis, The ecolesiast cannot afford to
have it pass; neither can the band of
twenty-six. The contest FOR its adon-
tion may be transferred to the floor of
the convention, and most likely will be.
There will not be smooth sailing for the
hierarchy from now until election.
Daniel Harrington will likely be a
candidate for Congress before the
Smootite convention if the resolution
above cited Is made part Of the plat
form, He is liberal in his views. So
much so that there is little likelihood
of the Smootites taking him up,
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