The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-12
UNDER WHICH FLAG
WILL YOU TRAIN
With the Knockers, Who Invest
Millions to Upbuild and
Develop Utah,
OR WITH THE HIERARCHY,
WHO GATHER YOUR TITHES
Who Take Two Million Dollars
Per Year and Decline to
Account for 1t?


can scarcely comprehend it. 1t equals
two-thirds of the assessed valuation of
real estate in Utah in 1905, and five
millions more than the assessed valua"
tion of personal property in Utah IN
1905. Tt is a tremendous sum. 1t IS
greater than the gold output of Canada
and Mexico. Almost equals the stock
gold stock of Cuba or Denmark or
Sweden, and greater than the gold
stock of Finland, Greece, Haiti and
Mexico combined AS said, it Is an
immense sum Of money. And yet this
enormous total is what eight knockers,
as they are designated by the church
Republicans and church Democrats,
have invested in Utah to aid in the
upbuilding and development of the
State.
This immense sum Of money has gone
into mines and homes and business
property. 1t has helped artisans and
miners and laborers: 1t has been spent
in Utah, in Salt Lake.
And for doing this, for pouring this
great sum of money into the State
these eight persons are charged with
being knockers and of doing all in
their power to iujure the State and
city in which they live. Anywhere else
but in Utah these eight persons would
be honored for what they did. In Utah
they are dccried.
Two million dollars is also an i'm
mense sum. IT means ten dollars TO
each man, woman and child In the DOM
inant church In Titan, or seven dollars
to each man, woman and child III the
State. This sum is poured into the
Golfers OF the hierarchy, numbering
twenty-slx men, OF whom Apostle
Smoot is one, and jucludes several law
defiers, law breakers. perlurers and one
f-r-
six men are the anti-knockers. OF the
two million Of dollars which annually
pour into their Golfers no accounting is
ever made. 1t goes to enrich the band,
and If any question is ever raised the
person so doing is communicated.
It is up to you to say which crowd
you care TO train with, the eight knock.
ers who have put up twenty millions of
dollars to develop and upbuild the
State or the band Of twenty-six who
take two million dollars per year under
the guise of religion to enrich them
selves and never let you see where
dollar of it goes.
Two additional candidates for county
attorney on the Church Democratic
ticket have entered the arena. They
are c. NJ. Nelson and w, H Wilkins.
The headquarters Of the Church Re-
publican club in the Atlas block wero
still unoccupied on Tuesday. There was
no furniture in the rooms nor were
there any of the officials about. How
ever, Chairman Cunningham and Sec
rotary Dole of the Church Democratic
committee, were in their headquarters
across the hail. so that the Smootites
who called were entertained.
Farley P Christensen, who, It is
rumored is running for the church Re-
publican Congressional nomination, has
an enviable set of initials. When Mr.,
Christensen is introduced to an audi
ence wherein Gentiles prevail, he is, al
ways careful to be introduced as "P.
P" Christensen. If the audience is
largely Mormon is is "Parley Pratt'5
Christensen, and if Swedes prevail it
is "Parley Petersen Christensen. Now
and then, Of course, Mr.. Christensen
bumps into crowd largely made up of
Greeks, but he is equal to the emerg-
ency and is introduced as 'FP. Po-
lonius' Christensen If Italians are in
name another twist and it is HPapeto
Petrucio" Christensen who addresses
the gathering.
Notwithstanding the fact that Con-
gresham Howell has been circulating
among the politicians about Mount
Pleasant endeavoring to repair defects
Farley Pratt Christensen has a cinch
On the delegates to the county conven-
tion from that city. 1t is said that
Howell has given up Mt. Pleasant and
has practically conceded that Farley
will be the strong man with the dele
CATION,
81,
receive no support from the two dele
gates who were elected by a primary
in Richfield Saturday evening TO at
tend the church Republican State con-
vention, but any other candidate or
proposition of the so-called Smoot ma
chine will receive the same considera-
tion, These two delegates, John G.
pronounced anti-machine delegates. and
re1ect the sentiment Of the primary
which elected them. There has been a
sentiment for some time among the Re-
publicans throughout Sewer county, and
particularly in Richfeld, against furth-
er domination of the party by the re-
ligio-political organization known as
tion Of the party in Richheld was not
prepared to become so radical as the
primary voted, a large number, com
posed principally of the younger ele-
ment, a majority of whom are Nor.
mons, had caucused upon the matter
before going into the primary and
voted solidly for q delegation whom il
knew would be first and last against
the political combination of the Smoot
crowd. One surprising feature of the
Richfelu primary is that the leaders OF
the party were badly defeated. While
Mr.. Jorgensen received 29 votes and
Mr.. Heesch "a, J. H, Erickson, District
attorney, and secretary of the Church
Republican County committee, received
but Is,
Sewer county Democrats are begin
ming to show signs Of life A call hat
been issued for county convention or
October 6. There seems to be a gen
eral sentiment for H H. Bell Of Glen
wood for representative. The Demo
Gratis are up against it for candidate
for county attorney. II. N Hayes, wht
occupied the position the term -revioul
to the present one. is now member o,