The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-24
AMERICAN RALLY
AT LITERARY CLUB
Gathering Is One of the Most
Enthusiastic Held During
Campaign.
THREE ADDRESSES MADE
By PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Delightful Music and Artistic
Decorations Also Features
of Meeting.

The spacious hall of the Ladies Lit
eYary club was crowded to its capacity
Friday night, the occasion being one OF
the most successful, enthusiastic and
patriotic American party rallies held
during the present campaign. Practic-
ally every seat in the hall was filled,
and the speakers were checred aud APP
plauded many times. The meeting was
presided over bv Mrs. Joseph NJ. Cohen,
president of The Woman s American
ciub. and the speakers were Judge John
~ Street. American candidate Tor gov
erpor; !. Wollcott Thompson. nominee
for attoruev-genersl, and Joseph Dlpp-
man, The music was furnished by the
American Glee club. consisting OF Mrs.
Corinne Hammer. Mrs: c. q. RuIon and
Curtis Cohen, with Miss Margery Mul-
vey as piano accompanist; and the
American drum corps. The members
OF the Glee club rendered vocal solos
separately also.
After paradiug the principal streets
of the city during the early part or the
evening, the drum corps marched TO the
Literary club house, in front OF which
Il played until the beginning of the
meeting.
The programme was opened with 9
piano selection. entitled. "The National
Airs" by Miss Lucille Armstrong
after which Curtis Cohen sang q cam
aaigu song. 'Jet Il Alone, Joe -
Judge Street was then introduced. and
he made an interesting talk. He de.
,lared that the paramount issue IN the
state OF Utah at the present time is 3
moral issue. He said that statehood bad
been granted Utah because its people
had adopted certain 'ses of principles
"a constitution-and IN which there
IS 4 clause which says there shall be
no union OF church an state.
Judge Street satI that I was because
certain men in he Mormon church mad
violated this constitution and broken
their pledges rslafiee To u .hst the
American party was organized. ct is
the mission OF the AmericdO party 20
make Utah like every other sta,e in the
Union. he said. The speaker discussed
Joseph Howell Ut the re sens conference
by Joseph T. Sm,sh. and declared that
the battle which is being fought in Utah
is such as was fought by tho Wings in
the American revolution.
Mr.. Thompaon Speaks.
After. the campaign song. "Help
Yourself y bv Curtis Cohen, Mr. Thomp-
son spoke. He said the American party
IS party OF growth and progress. and
after outlining some of the improve
ments which have taken place uhde. its
administration declared that il will not
be long before u is ins-alled in the
county as Il IS in the city; and, in
fact, not very great while before il
will be installed in the entire state
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Thompson s
remarks. Mrs. C. O. Rulon and Cnrtis
Cohen sang campaign song TO the tune
Of HTammany, and then Mrs. Cohen
introduced Joseph Liapman. When Mr..
Lippman took the stand b. was av-
plauded again and Igain. and he de-
livered a very forceful address. He he
gan by very clearly explaining that the
fight which is being wageG 10y the
American party is not against The Nor.
ZION people at large nor against tho
Mormon religion, but against those IN
authority in that church. He said that
the. fight IS really for the Mormon pco.
pie instead OF against them. He said
the Mormon people were TO be pitied
more than criticized. and declared that
~ would De impossible 10 keep them
IN Ignorance forever
What Party Demands.
All that the American party demands
SAID Mr. Lippman. is that the a4 siall
&c obeyed-that the law shall be en-
Iorcea WIFI favor TO zone. II the
American party gets The county at the
coming election, Mr.. Lippman said. the
Mormon people would be dealt with The
same as any other American citizens.
They shall have their rights, he de.
clared-no more and no less--and tbev
shall have Justice.
Inc programme was concluded with
campaign song to the tune of and
entitled, 'Yankee Doodle Came to
Town,' and the singing of "The FLAG
Without Stain" by Mrs. Corinne
Hammer.
The big hall was beautifully decorated
with American flags. red, white and
o.ue bunting, and autumn leaves. The
ence of many of the American candi.
dates.