The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-29
AMERICAN RALLY
At FIRE STATION
Several Stirring Addresses Are
Made by Prominent Party
Leaders.
JUDGE GEORGE W. M0lER
INSPIRES BIG AUDIENCE
What Party of Progress Is Do
ing in Salt Lake Is Set
Out.

The wonderful strides which haF"
been made by salt Lake City The las,
four wears. the time during winch 1T
has been under the control OF thc
American party; what the party OF
principle and progress is DONG Tor thc
benefit of the citizens Of tins com
monwcaltb, aud what il Will continue
10 do in the future, were dealt with
I'm = forcefnl manner by the various
sneakers at well-attendcd rally held
al fire station No. u, in the southeast
crn part Of the city Thursday night.
Addresses were delivered ny Assist
ont Cily Attorney =. i, DAILY, Ben
:. Rive:, candidate for city recorder,
and Judge George w. Moyer. lu-
spired by The cloqucnco Of the speak
nrs. the audIopcc ON numerous occa'
sious broke into applause rs some ~
disputablc fact was laid down, despite
the claims of the opposition 10 tue
contrary. The necessity for the con
set out I'm \ forciblc manner, and IN
his address Judge Mover showed what
The continued rule of tho American
marty means To the welfare of every
.iiizen of Salt Lake City.
\. : Spicrs presided over the meet
iug Assistant City Attorney Daily, the
first sneaker, declared that If Inc people
Of the city have the best interests ot
.hc community at heart they should be
most deeply interested in the outcome
OF the present campaign. l]c aIludcd
% the wonderful growth of Salt Lake
during the uncquHlcd administration
pf tho American parry, and how 1T
would continue when the people OF tins
great CITY show that they arc at the
.l,,- In nl.n nj
how the citr was fairly AZ standSttll
few wears ago. but how, upon Inc
first victory of the party Of progress,
people began 10 pour IN and steady
Hood Of eastern capital came here.
Compares Parties.
He referred IN u pamphlet which IS
being distributed about The city by
the Citizens Democratic Republican, Flu
son party. IN which tho claims arc
made that the party stands for 'hc
highest and noblcst of principles, IN
cIuding the cleanliness of The city, OPP
position to gambling, strict regulation
Of the liquor traffic, public improve
ucut- of every description, and so on.
lie showed how that luiXed-up party
was simply declaring that IT. would sup
port the very things which have been
supported and carried TO perfection by
the American party. He spoke Of how
tho American party had closed the
gambling denS, regulated the liquor
practically done everything that could
be asked OF city administration.
Mr.. DAILY declared that the Repub-
licans put ip the field an excellent
gentleman IN tho person Of James ID.
Murdoch for mayor. ''Wby Is IT that
tbs nan will not receive the support
Of these who nominated hlm,' the
l.,.s Ia.
word has gone ft,lh that Wallace is
To receive the Endorsement OF the Re.
publican party7 1t is for one thing, -
he declared. ''to beat the American
party They want to stop public I'M
provements, - said the speaker. ''They
want to put the city whero IT was
wears ago. instead of pushing it for
ward at the rate it has been. going dur
ing the reign Of the American party.
We want 10 build up great city here.
That is the purpose of the American
party
Mr.. Rlvcs dealt at some length with
fhc irregularities i'll connection with the
fling OF the opposition tickets, aud
how the opponents had been helped by
the officials of the American party:
'.We want to beat them by ballot, y
nc declared. "and not by TECHNICAL
tics" Ho impressed upon his audit
ors the necessity of hard work in the
First municipal ward. The continued
rule Of tbc American party, he de-
clarcd, meant the continued increase in
he valuation Of property, and thus the
benefit OF every citizen of Salt Lake
City.
Meyers Powerful Address.
Judge Mover, in a powerful address,
ed that the American party was the
cause of strife. "Nothing,' he de-
clared, "could he more false. The
strife has not been caused by the Amer
ican party, but through the efforts
of n certain gang of politicians who
try TO dominate the will OF the people.
lie took the words Of Brigham H..
Roberts. uttered at the last semi an
ruaI conference Of the Mormon church,
eve have not always been blameless
in these matters" and showed how 1t
was admitted by Mr.. Roberts that the
socalled Gentiles were not alone 10
blame for the strife, even In the eyes
of Mormon. "The American party
has never entertained any ill-will to-
ward the Mormon church, - said Judge
Moycr. "It has never put any hard
ship upon the Mormons.
Judge Meyer declared that the pco'
plc should have voice in the selection
Of fhe city ticket under the constjtu.
ton of this graf country He then
showed how the people mad selected
the Republican, Democratic and Ctr
zons' tickets, but how. in the selection
Of the fusion ticket, i; had been the
viii of six or eight men aud not that
of the public, as provided for by the
constitution of the United States.
"What right have few men to nnme
ticket. regardless of the viii of the
people9i' he asked, -'and then 90
around aud demand that the people
support it.
Music was furnished by quartette
Nozzles Stolen.
S,,oo Yoiacreanf stole the DozzIcs from