The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-21
JUDGE CHERRY
BEFORE AMERICANS
His Address Along the Lines of
the Good of the
Order"
CONFLICT IN UTAH
is IRREPRESSlBLE
Judge Fl. j. Dininny Makes a
Few Suggestions to the
Rulers of Zion.

The special session Of the American
Party club at headquarters last night
was an echo of the mass meeting al
the Salt Lake theatre last week and
consequently many features that have
become timely because of recent devel-
opments were dealt with, Though the
proceedings consisted for the most part
Of informal discussion. many matters
were touched upon that had heretofore
received but little if any consideration
and ii is safe TO predict that since de
vclopments during the past few weeks
have given emphasis to the principles
upon which the party stands, some of
the evenings agitation will be brought
to the forefront in the future political
issues of the State.
The speaker of the evening, Judge
A. n. Cherry, spoke on the subject Of
"The Good of the Order He alluded
TO the recent meeting at the Salt Lake
theatre as showing by the enthusiasm
manifested that progress is being made
in a good cause, that those in harmony
with the party are not becoming leth-
argic even though the next campaign is
still remote.
"There is an irrepressible conflict
in Utah. said he, "and though we
must realize that we have a hard fight
before us, yet we know that we are
able TO carry 1t to its issue. We are
passing through a period in the West
which is in many ways a repetition of
the conditions obtaining prior to the
Civil war We have tried compromises
but they accomplish nothing in this
State.
A Temporal Kingdom,
"The aim of all other churches is 10
make men better, That is the object
Of Christendom But here they are
attempting 10 establish a temporal
kingdom. They are using their in
fluence to gain temporal power and in
that they are the direct opposite of all
United States. We have different and
other religious organizations of the
other religious organizations of the
divergent views in political matters
yet we can Law them aside and work
together in this, because We have
good issue. We do not claim that the
American party Is lnIdIllble. III mas
made mistakes, but it has accomplished
so much that its mistakes sink into in
significance
Most of the remainder of Judge
Cherry S address was devoted to sug-
gestions as to the best methods for con
ducting the party's future work.
Judge H, J, Dininny called attention
10 n method by which, IN his opinion,
the presidency of the Mormon church
might put an end to the use of church
influence in controlling votes if it felt
thus inclined. He remarked that this
might be done by addressing about half
a dozen lines to all members of the
church, either by letter or through the
official organ Of the church, threaten
ing those who tried TO invoke church
Influence in politics with excommuni-
cation. "That would settle the ques-
tion IN Utah. said he, but the
church rulers refuse to issue the state
ment.
Considerable informal discussion fol
lowed and the following were elected
TO membership: Robert Breunsbacb,
A, B. Sawyer, Jr., Walter w. Little, NJ.
T. Fitzpatrick and Henry Hammer. The
programme committee reported that
Otto Rydman had consented to address
the club at its meeting on the night
of April 2.