The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-30
dom and hborty which love of country

gives us
~ believe in this contest the Ameri
| can party is waging that the voters will
show by their ballots next week that
| they love their party sincerely, but that
| they love Utah more. 1t is the duty Of
the members of the Mormon church who
love their party and their church to
unite with the American party and sup
port them until the final gun is fred in
the present campaign. There IL too
much intelligence among the young Nor
mons for them TO fail to sec that the
American party is not fighting against
their religion, but is fighting for a re-
form which cannot help but benefit
them.
.The party is fighting for freedom,
and that freedom will be given in Just
a few days. The opportunity has now
arrived for the young Mormons to re-
store their church to dccency and up
rightness, and firmly believe they will
not miss the chance thus presented TO
them. They can become heroes by
purifying their church and releasing 1T
from the abuses now prevailing. Thus
can they serve two masters with equal
success-their church and their state.
The American party stands only for
freedom and Justice. and IT wants that
every voter cast his ballot so that he
may, be answcrablc only to his con
science and TO the land of his birth,
Tribute to Country.
"From small beginning this coun-
try has grown to what il is todav-the
greatest land of freedom III tho world,
This being true, | ask who, Mormon or
Gentle, would prove a traitor. to our
individual freedom. In tho old days the
words, I am Roman citizen, were n
passport TO all the world, Today the
words, Il am an American citizen
challenge tho admiration of n world and
is deemed significant that that citizen
is an upholder of individual freedom
and liberty, the very clements for which
the American party is so ably battling,
That word freedom and that word
liberty provo that all men are equal
and that all men are free.
~ tell YOU, my friends, the Amcri-
can party has nailed to the masthead
a simple declaration for absolute free
dom and equality before the law, and
every Mormon and every Gentle can,
and should, support the American party
and its ticket with the feeling that in
so doing they are acting not alone
for their best interests, but for the best
Interests and the welfare of their great
and glorious country and the grand
commonwealth of Utah. -
Mr.. Jackson was wildly applauded
at Gho conclusion OF his masterlv ad-
dress, and after the meeting had adj
lourned, was surrounded by a host of
admiring friends who congratulated
him and bade him fcrvent welcome
TO Salt Lake to make his home and
become a fixture in Utah politics.
Mrs. Martha Royle King rendered
two d9hghtfpl soprano solos, Just
for YOU" and she graciously responded
TO hearty encore.
Mr.. Lippman Is Pleasing.
seph Lippman, was next presented by
Mr.. Oberndorfer. He was given the
Chautauqua salute as he stepped to the
edge of the platform, After few
preliminary remarks, Mr.. Lippman
paid few compliments 10 "Senator
or Apostle Smoot,N as he termed him,
saying that of all the hypocrites who
had taken part in the present cam
paign, he stood at the head of the list
days OF Utah when the Mormon
leaders ruled supreme, and re-
hearsed at great lcngth the Incl
cldents connected with the grant
ing of amnesty by President BENJAMIN
Harrison to the Mormons and the re-
turn of their property. He related in
4 plain and distinct manner the en-
promises made by the Mormons at that
time and the delightfully."- pleasing
manner in which they had broken
every promise, political and otherwise,
they had ever made. The speaker re-
counted the appearance of "Brother
Smoot' on the platform Wednesday
evening and what distinct Chit he
made, but, the speaker declared, he
di,ln Z have word to say on the vital
issues of this campaign
''The dirty work he left to one Had
dock by name said Mr., Lippman, ga
man who has professed to be Demo
crat, but who now parades in the Cuise
of Republican. To him, I say, he
left all the dirty work of the evening.
1t was this individual. named Haddock.
who arose and told the Mormon people
should vote. 1t was this self same Had.
dock who vilitied lot Of American
citizens, each of whom is distinctly bet
ter than any of the lot TO which he
claims allegiance, and there arc none
better in this entire commonwealth
than those American men whom he at
tempted 10 besmirch and degrade. But
he did not succeed in his purpose. 1t
takes man to do a thing like that,
and no puppet who shakes one master
for another ever can throw mud into
the faces of honest American citizens.
This is the individual who urged, in the
strongest language possible, that all the
Mormons vote, not for party prefer
ence. but vote the Republican ticket
because it would please the leaders of
The Mormon church. ~
Mr.. Lippman declared that for a
long time past the orators of the two
great parties had been discussing party
issues but that it remained for The
American party here to say whether
the flag should remain supreme in this
state, or whether the robes of a Nor
mon priest should dominate.
Speaks Of Sol Kimban.
Turning his attention for moment
TO Sol kimball, Mr.. Lippman paid his
respects to that individual. Kimball
was declared to be a weakling men
tally. with one foot almost in the
grave, and the speaker declared that
IT was shame and disgrace for .Jo-
seph F. Smith and some OF the other
leaders TO stand behind his robes and
vilify. traduce and insult American
citizens who are their betters by all
The rules of decency and righteousness,
because they dare not come out in pub.
lie and speak these lies themselves.
81 say that it is shame.D Mr.. Lipp.
man continued, "that such individuals
arc within orr midst apd +, Jn,lI =