Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-29
Lon ]. Haddock Pays His Re-
spects to the Appeal Of the
Americans"
SENATOR sMo0T A SPEAKER.
National Issues Discussed Ut Itcpub-
lican Rally Held in sixteenth
Ward Amusement Hall.

In the sixteenth ward amusement
hall last night Senator Reed Smoot and
Lon J. Haddock We're the speakers at
a Republican rally, at which about 500
people were present.
Senator smoot, who was introduced
after number Of songs and a dialect
story of Prof. Kent. spoke briefly upon
national issues. Ncphl l.. Morris, who
was scheduled to speak, was not called
upon owing to the lateness of the hour.
Senator Snloot discussed national
issues, which he designated to he the
issues making for the betterment OF the
state and of the nation, taking up
Bryan's slogan: Shall the People
Rule?" he said that no good American
wanted any other force to rule. The
bank guarantee system he said was
wrong, and unnecessary, since tho
financial history of the country was
that the banks were safe except as to
very small percentage. In closing
Senator Smoot spoke OF his personal
policies, and of his lowe for his state
desire to serve their interests and an
Indifference to all calumny heapcd up
on him.
Col. George Is. squires presided at
the rally. Mr.. Haddoclt was the first
to speak.
ME. fiauuOckS speech consumed most
of the evening, and ii was devoted TO a
reply to Judge Streets appeal to young
Mormons to come into the ''Amercan''
party, as young Mormon, and a
Democrat, he set forth the reasons why
in this campaign he is working for the
success Of the Republican ticket.
My friends he said, launching into
the theme before him, ':the time has
come when anyone. man or woman,
who lifts n voice against the evils with
which we are confronted. is at once
vilified and inveighed against by the
campaign of arrogance and duplicity
now being carried on by the Ameri-
can party leaders, an organization of
men who are not organized to better
wish Of disgruntled policitician. They
have bluffed the Mormon people ard
are still continuing to bluff We have
been sitting supinely by While they
bluffed us to remain silent, while they
actively carried on their campaign OF
character assassination of kicking ana
pounding the leaders of our Church,
and the members, SO that it is with fear
and trembling that we dare to discuss
the Issues before u.s."
BESMIRCH GOOD NAMES.
This party has assailed the name
of your mother and mine; they have
besmirched the name OF the American
nation in their campaign of character
assassination, and we have allowed
them to do it. But the time has come
when we can no longer permit this
thing to so on. We will have to face
the issue 1t last. The very existence
OF the people is threatened, and the
same influence which drove our faith
ers out. to perish upon the great Ameri-
can deserts, and to face the horrors of
Indian warfare is being brought 81
bear here.
The same condition is confronting
you and me, young latter day Saints,
to-day: and now they invite young Lat
ter-day Saints to turn from their pa
rents into the ranks of the "Amcrcan"
party: TO Join that party whose hypo-
crlsN, made manifest in its practses,
gives direct lie to its professions
a man or woman in the Church to-
day dare not SO much as speak with
another member Of that Church upon
matters of the common welfare of the
community, even remotely touching
matters Of political moment without
having the Tribune, the organ of the
hybrid American" party. the organ OF
rom kearns, raise the howl OF Church
influence in politics.
Mr. Haddock, before concluding his.
speech. which was nearly nm hour and
a half long. paid his respects TO Jos,
Lippman. Judge Street. and other
American" leaders.