The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-22
RALLY HELD BY
AMERICAN WOMEN
Enthusiastic Meeting at the
Home of Mrs. Gideon
Snyder.
DININN{ AND SANFORD
TELL GREAT TRUTHS
False Claims Regarding Taxa.
fiOn Are Shown in True
Light.

One of Inc most enthusiastic meet
ines of the campaign so far WAS the
raIly of The American Woman = club
at the home Of Nh. and Mrs. GIDEON
SNYDER. 2l4 North State street Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Snyder made most charming
hostess, while Mrs Elizabeth Cohen
presided with quiet dignity and IN
tcIligcnt tact Various musical seIce'
tious were rendered, both vocal aud IN
strumcntal, by Miss sullivan. Miss Cor
innc Hammer, Miss Snyder and MISS
Maioric Mulycy.
The speakers of the evening were
City Attorney II. j. Dininny ana
Judge Allen T. Sanford. Both spoke
shortly but cloqucntly aud 10 The point.
Judge Dininny gayo Il short review 'II
the work Of the Mormon chnrch ana
showed how H. acted rs !awbrcaket
and a business blight 30 every one ana
everything outside its own inner circle
Of exploitation.
He then gave brief outline OF the
| acts of ihc American party and sh"Wso
how all the improvements Of SAIL Lake
City. the increase of business NalncS
and Of general conditions OF CIVILIZATION
are due TO its administration, Ionchlne
in particular ON taxation nc sara III
! substance:
Whatever increase in taxes there
has boon is not due 10 the American
marty. We have achieved these re-
| suits bv good management, Tree iron
all church control.
Tax Remains Same
! .,Tbo cityr tax of thirteen mills i
! the same as il has been for the paS
three years. County taxes. however
| have increased ono mill since Il yea
ago. but the Mormons. not tho Amerl
! cans, control the county. The board "'
education has increased the school ta'
! two.tcnths of mill since year ag"
! The Mormon county assessor has IN
creased the assessment in this city hl
! over $3.OOO.Ou1. which results In GaIS
| ing taxes about $50 900 Mind you
the Mormons did this, yet now try Il
howl higher taxes at thc American
party for acts done by the Mormon
themselves.
.'Tbc last legislature, another Nor
mon concern. changed the improvement
districts of this city. The NmerIGa' r..
party has not raised tho tax rate. Ina
has been done by the church party 1t
! self
Judge Sanford said in part;
HThc Republican and the Democrati
\ parties are by their very nature funda
4 mentally different. But here in Utah
as nowhere else, Democrats and RcPuh
Leans united in the church party an
in the American party. There arc onl
two parties in this state, church, o
Mormon, and nou-church. or the Amcri
can party The church party IS play
ing smooth political trick. II sacri
fees the head of its city tickets so a
to have Democrat AT the head Of on
and a Republican at the head of tn
other. thus 10 catch tho regular nationa
Democratic and Republican votes. bu
lower down on the ticket the candidate
are alike. In other words by givin
up the head they hope to steal in %
all the others.
''Do not bc deceived by this trick
| Vote for no side issue but for the on
ticket that openly stands against AN,
church domination in civil government
That party is the American party
After the political side of the meet
ing was. over au ENJOYABLE social bou
followed. More music was rcndcre
aud refreshments wcrc served.