Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-06
AslEKIcANIs,l, UTAH BRAND.

/. The so-called American party ex-
4 poets to carry Salt Lake County this
| fall, Tho unlimited impudence and
| arrogance or some Of the leaders of
| that party enable them TO appeal
| even to Latter-day Saints to help them
in their designs upon the County
| treasury,
For that reason we ask our readers
| to consider we'll what the aim of
those leaders is IT is not expressed
IN the party plat torn,s Tribune
| platforms are oftener formulated to
I deceive than to enlishten the voters.
| But it is expressed just as forcibly
as if 1t had been stated In the plat
| forms
In the first place it is the purpose
| of these leaders to continue their
persecution OF the Latter-day Saints.
| If they obtain the Offices they Will
| turn back the wheels of progress to
the time before the "Libral" conflict.
| The chairman Of the American"
party mass state convention held IN
| Salt Lake 'rheate. Sept. IS, declared
| a war of determination to be waged
| against the Church officials. To
carry the county and judicial districts
| for the american party and start
| the machinery of the courts in motion
to accomplish THE IMPRISONMENT.
or EXILE OF tho band of twenty
six this is the program of the
"Americans'' as announced at the
state convention and reported at the
time
Is there one man or woman who
has spark of humanity left.
who can contemplate with equanimity
the return of those days Of strife, as
a punishment for the refusal OF the
Church authorities to enter the field
of politics ip favor OF such men as
ex-Senators Kearns and Dubois? For
that is what the threat amounts to.
There are many of the "1'wentysix"
who have never been charged with
having violated any law, and all have
| faithfully kept the ante-statc hood
agreements. or understanding, re-
garding plural marriages. Why, then
| should an American orator with
| tiendish glee announce the intention
of the party of imprjsonng ofsexiling
! those "T'wenty-six," especially those
| against whom no charge can be pre-
| ferred, except that they are honored
and we'll beloved leaders among the
| Latter day Saints.
| There Is only one reason for the
threat and this was stated by Senator
Sutherland before the Senate, as fol-
lows:
| when the en- Senator. my predeces-
sor--and / should not have spoken of
| this but for the question of the Senator
| from ldaho-when that ex-senator de-
sired to come back to the Senate, ac-
cording TO the statements made in
Utah. and which ! have no reason to
doubt, he went to the present head OF
the Church and sought his aid, aud
| that president told him he was not
| in politics, that the Church was not
In politics. and that neither of them
would be dragged into politics by INN.
| The head and front of the American
party in Utah Is ex-senator Tnonias
and the Salt Lake Telegram are his
| personal organs"
| The so-called American party leaders
| have announced their intention Of per
| scouting innocent men BY imprison-
| mont or exile. II remains to be seen
/ whether they Gun obtain a large follow
| ing in this City for such program.
In the second place, their intention
is to raise the taxes in the County TO
| the utmost limit. This is not stated i'll
platforms, but 1t was given away in the
! party organ some time ago, when it
| was noted as queer that the farm
| lands have decreased in value for the
! purpose of taxation, while there has
been a large increase In the value of
! property for taxes in Salt Lake City.
This simply means that the party
leaders are anxiously awaiting the time
when, through their contemplate party
| tools, they can increase the taxes on all
property in the County outside the City
| limits. and make property
i beasts of burdens for the benefit of
those in control. l Is necessary that
the Taxpayers should understand clear
/ ly what the issue is. We have heard
several farmers say. that II the Ameri-
/ can party Is enthroned in the County
and carry out their financial operations
as they have done In the city, as
they most certainly Will do, they sec
! 10 choice but to leave their homes ana
commence anew somewhere else. They
realize fully the calamity of pseudo
american" dishonesty and tyranny.
There is another fact to consider.
The Tribune has announced that:
| Neither the mayor. nor the head of
any department of the city government,
4 nor the city council Is Responsible TO