The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-30
GREAT RALLY Hello
At EASTMAN HALL
Colored Mems American Club.
Sponsor for the Meeting,
Does Itself Proud.
JUDGE J. E. DARMER AND
MATHEW DAUGHERTY TALK
Others Also Make Brief
Speeches and a Dance Fol
lows the Rally.

American party principles received
an additional boost at the meeting of
the Salt Lake Colored Mons club in
Eastman's hall, Thursday evening.
Never before in the history of the
state, it was said, has there been q
meeting of. the colored people of the
American party as well attended as this
one, nor one in which thcro was ex~
hibited so much enthusiasm for what
was felt TO, be the proper attitude in
this campaign. The names of both
Roosevelt and Taft were handled with
out gloves, and illusions to the part
which has been played in the history
of the country by the colored men
brought forth ringing applause.
The meeting was called TO order by
Chairman McSwim, who outlined
briefly the principles for which the or
ganization stood. He told OF the at
titude of the federal bunch towards
the coiored people especially, and ques-
toned IN no uncertain terms what ho
called the right of Joseph +. Smith and
Reed Smoot to epslave the colored peo-
pie Tor the purpose of carrying out the
objects OF their political ambitions.
Judge Darmer Talks.
Judge j. L. Darmer, candidate for
city judge, in short address, urged
the claims OF the American party as
the party of progress, and showed what
bad been done by administrations pre-
vious TO the advent of the American
party, and contrasted these Mormon ad
ninistrations with what had been done
in the few years during which the city
government had been conducted by
Americans.
Col. Mathew A. Daugherty told
some of the things which he said were
opposed In the recent actions Of Theo-
dorc Roosevelt 10 right and Justice to-
wards the negro. He called on all
loyal colorcd people to stand together
on election day and to aid in liberat-
the shackles of church slavery.
"They say the church is not in poll
tics" exclaimed Mr.. Daugherty. Eyet
their actions show that they are at
tempting TO coerce the members OF the
Mormon church into voting the Repub
lican ticket in order to support certain
church leaders in politics.
, Joe Chilcott, formerly of Colorado
Springs, made 4 ringing speech, in
which he urged the colored people to
stand by the party from which they
could expect the greatest consideration,
and left little doubt in the minds of
his auditors that he meant the Ameri-
can party as the one which had done
this.
6IuployLueuI OF negroes.
Many illusions were made by tbe
speakers TO the refusal Of Mormons to
employ negroes, aud IN an attempt 10
show that this was not the case by
a visitor who was, evidently, opposed
to Americanism, 1t appeared that there
was one colored man employed by the
u. G. NJ. l. The result evoked laugh
ter and u storm OF applause. Another
individual resented the statement Of
Col. Daugberty that the Mormons
were not good taxpayers and asked
what were the taxes paid by Mr.. New |
house on the big skyscrapers. This |
Ncwhouse had never employed any
colored people, and was promptly told !
. few things by tho colored man, who |
showed that he knew what he was talk. |
ing about.
Aside from these two abortivo at.
tempts to throw cold water on the |
meeting. everything passed off swim |
ningly, There was evidently no qucs- !
Jon in the minds Of those present re- |
slightest intimation that they would /
not all vote the American ticket.
The Blvett quartette rendered r |
number of selections III a manner which |
brought forth storms of applause and |
aroused tremendous enthusiasm. a no.
.iceable feature of the meeting was
he number of women present, and they
listened intentlv to the remarks made |
,y the different speakers.
Following the addresses, which lasted |
lntil after ~ o clock the chairs wero
cleared away and dancing was the or
Ter of the evening. Music was furp-
shde before the meeting and for the
lancing by the Colored Mems Ameri- |
;an club orchestra.