The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-22
LARGEST RALLY
EVER HELD IN ZION
Salt Lake Theater Filled to
0verfowing With Magnifl-
cent Audience.
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
JOIN in RATIFICATION
Speeches We're FOrCible, Earn
est, Patriotic, Eloquent
and Pointed.
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or course ] don I mean Gentilcs who nre
holding Federal office now, because they do
not run into tho plural, Smnot and Suther.
land and Howell have all discerned tho beau
ties aud effects Of the conscerated healing
Of differences, and they arc all in perfect
little thing like Bill Glasnnnn will slip
In once in a while, just for effect.
But what is the condition Of these old
parties as they exist todayl They are literal,
ly and absolutely dominated and controlled
hy the church. Thor platforms are framed
ed by them must naturally he subservjent
to the power that gavc them Official lie aud
they must ostcnsibly eSpousc the doctrines
taught by the church.
And speaking of doctrine what do you
think OF Joseph +. Smith, with his five wives
and forty.threc children. in violation OF the
law Of God, the Inv of the land and the
law OF the church, being prophet, seer aud
revcla,or. viceGCrcnt of God OH Garth What
do yon think OF that kind OF doctrine! Do
you believe II Not much Tell that TO tho
their asking ms to believe ii, | am reminded
of mn lrishman who working the
grade on tho branch of the Salt Lake road
from Las Vegas 10 Bullfrog.
Now. what are we here fort What do we
wont2 Why have we from local stand
point. alicnatcd ourselves from the old par
ties 10 which we formerly Belonged What
our differences with tho powers that be-
don't moan Orlando w, Tor he is tho
Powers that was.
1 win tell You what tho American party
Politics is OF the earth. earthly. We want
10 politics in this city, county and
state on human and earthly principles We
want TO be placed par with and in po-
litical line with other States in the United
States. and want tho American citizens
OF Utah accorded tho same rights, privileges
and ambitions they accorded in other
States, We want TO eliminate divine, ccclesi.
astic and revolutionary interference.
We want TO knock out apostolic dictation,
and We want workingmsn permitted TO earn
bread by the brow. whether
no has ever listened 10 the still small voice
or not, We want to bc allowed to do our
own thinking, because "a be thinker is to
bo an AMERICAN. and We have all got the
wherewith. We want complete and for.
ever separation OF church and state. and,
what is more. we going 10 have 1T. We
have it in this city, and wen get II in this
county this fall; and IL this American snow
ball continues 70 roll aud grow as IL has
swfully chilly for the church. and we will
capture the State two years hence.
l suggest that evcry man and every wo.
man in this house constitute himself end
herself a committee Of ono to see that he or
she is duly registered, and that on the morn.
ing OF election day we ell go early to the
which II shall be our duty to see that our
friends and ncghbors have dono the same.
Fellow Americans, the riders are up; the
race is on We are all starting with the
samo flourish OF trumpets, the same number
OF candidates, and what is apparently an
even sondof We have our charger we'll in
l9nd, with n store OF reserve force that VIII
paralyze these old parties at the outcome.
Get onto tho track early. Secure high
seat, for ii you want TO see the old. wind.
broken Democratic and Republican parties at
tho finish. you will have 10 be whore you
can see, at least with feld-glass, the dis
tance pole.
cannot close without paying compn-
meut to tho sagacity and discernment Of my
old friend, Col. Squires, who, as chairman
of the Republican State convention held In
this building yesterday gave ,Ittersnce, in
~ fba fn11
He said, In speaking of their prospects
for success, so and ycoTE R9n fool your
right here in Utah. There are many. faces
thai am wont to see In gatherings Ike this
that are nbsent today. They ars not here,
and they pre- not going TO be with Us in this
campaign.
Now, like, Col sSuires. and he is good
old soul; he Is an old soldier, and he wears
tho entree not only TO my heart and purse,
but TO all meetings over which I have the
honor TO preside, and ii tho Colonel Is pres.
the platform. whore no presided yesterday,
will point out to him whole punches Of
those missing. faces which he wss won't to
Matters are are evidently becoming serious
and long for help. They ind they ara not
the seriousness Of the cose, I am reminded
OF Little story. (Air. Black here related
the story OF the negro, who, during the
and save them he added Come down your.
self, Lord; don't send your Son; this is no
child's play.'D
Maloney to Succeed Bartch.
At the conclusion of the chairman g
speech he announced that matter Of
business had been omitted at the af-
ternoon session of the convention, and
strong came forward and stated that
the committee had found that Chief
Justice Bartch of the Supreme court
had handed in his resignation, to take
effect October l. The law provides that
the Governor appoint n Judge until
Judge Bartch's successor is elected and
qualified, and he nominated Judge Ma
loney the nominee of the convention,
for Supreme Judge, for the unexplred
term. This nomination was seconded
and unanimously agreed to.
Gov. Black next introduced w. Mont
| Ferry as an "American member Of the
CITY Council.' Mr.. Ferry received
| aattering reception, and spoke as fol-
lows:
| Mr.. Chairman-Fellow citizens
l shall not make apology for appearing
| tonight--because II would be discourteous to
the chairman. He thinks can make a
speech and want to lot him think so until
| ! have finished.
Counclmen are not supposed 10 be able
| to talls-or at least to say much when they
| do talk But am now going to give you
| life-liko imitation OF an American Council
man trying TO make a speech.
| Seriously, my friends. desire to submit
| few statements regarding tho city's busi-
ness for the past eight months md trust
| 1t will be acceptable because we are asking
| you TO extend the authority OF the American
| party to the county and to the State. What
| the party has done In this city It will do
| in this county. and subsequently, IN this great
State.
| we won the city last fall; We will win the
| county in November and we will ba Victor
ious throughout the State In the immediate
future.
| In assuming the reins Of government last
| january, many of those elected To Office had
| no political experience to guide them. But
| we did have the example Of our prede-
| cessors and by avoiding their methods wo
| hoped to steer n straight course. We deter
mined to apply to the government OF the