The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-07
AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
Members of Club Hold Well-At-
tended Meeting at the
Kenyon.
ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Proposition to Assist Senator
Dubois of Idaho Is
Urged.

With sincere earnestness and deter
mnatlon the Woman's club Of the
American party met and formed plans
for the coming fall campaign at the
parlors of the Kenyon hotel: yesterday
afternoon, The rooms were filled to
over1owlng, IN spite of the sweltering
weather, Many of the leaders in the
campaign Of last fall were present, and
a number Of new members were en-
rolled. Stirring speeches were made by
Senator Cannon, Attorney George NJ
Sullivan, a. j, Weber and Mrs. Eliza
beth M. Cohen, president of the club.
The proceedings were also intcrspersed
with the singing of national airs, in
which everybody joined,
The fair members of the club which
did such good work last fall were i'm
pressed with the Importance Of making
the effort of their lives to effect a vic.
tory for the American party in the
coming county election.
Situation Is Reviewed.
The speakers generally reviewed the
situation, as it was before the Ameri-
can party was formed and went into ac-
tion, as 1t exists today. 1t was stated
that If 1t were not for the women
there would not be an American party,
and that the men of the party We're
In the fight because Of the women of
HOuSsuOluS, w Ucn lnc
party was organized there was re-
ligion class taught in $50 public schools
of Utah, part Of that religious teaching
held up TO the youth of Utah the ex-
ample Of Heber j. Grant, who said
he had but two wives, and that he
would have more if the Government
would let him,
Another man in the Mormon church
whose life was held up as a model
I To yryl,n hol
The women of the American party said
that religion classes must go out of
the schools, while the Deseret News
said they would not go, Who told the
TRUTH
Some Other Things
When the American party was or
ganized In this community, it was fur
thor said, people were taking prospec-
tive plural wives to private houses in
Salt Lake City and were there being
sealed in marriage to them in the plural
relation. Apostles were moving about
from place to place performing cere-
monies for each other, for themselves
and others of the faith The American
party women said that poiygamy had
been resumed in this community. and
that plural marriages must stop. The
| Deseret News said that plural mar
riages had not been renewed and
would not be stopped.
Two years ago politicians Of every
party, in Utah, it was added, wonld
walk up to the Office of the president
of the Mormon church and after long
conferences come out smiling. The
Mormons said they did not Interfere
in politics and would not stop it, The
women of the American party said
they would. Does any politician go up
to church headquarters now to ask for
an audiences The women of the Amer
lean party had stopped religious teach
ing in public schools and prevented
further plural marriages in the Nor
| mon church, 1t is now necessary TO
hold the victory, as, if vigilance is re-
laxed, the evils eradicated will start
right up again.
AS to American Party,
The administration of the American
party in Salt Lake. ii was declared,
| has refuted all evil predictions The
city was never so prosperous as it Is
now. Wages of workers have been in