Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-25
DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY OCTOBER % 1909

hysteria. and go up and down the land
armed with a search warrant Tor the
| hicfurch and whatsoever denies the
| hicrarch denies the faith. aud the an
1 athena Is pronounced against him a.
an inndel a hireling. a jack Mormon
I a fcrocious. triple curse which makes
an indictment FOR murder In the frst
degree look like compliment an1 e.
Christian blessing He who hcstates
to Join them II lost aud he whD
doubts the wisdom of their disturbanc,
w. damned while ne who Joins With
others IN an effort TO dispense with tn
nuisance deserves to he huns Tor trea
son
Now. my friends. let us suppose 90
case suppose that. four or five vcars
agn. "a large number ~ Mormons had
organized "a party FOR the purpose OF
lighting Che Ccntiles Suppose they hal
called this party the American pariN
and had adopted as their standard IA.
American Tag which they might have
done because anyone may stcal he
livery ~ patriotism to serve the devil
OF Intolerance. aud suppose they h0
declared that N they were succcssf %
81 tho polls no GENTLE need apply He
long would IL have been. DO You thin
before al tho Gentlcs and an tho Gas
minded Morinons would have unit
together and have made common eau.
against such an un-American iustlil
ton?
"ff such an organization had b.
effected with such an object iu view. 4
believe 70 would have been the pa,riC
duty Of an derent thinking fr'i
minded people 10 have united for ne
purroso of putting that sort Of an Z
grcgafion out ~ business. an thcr- is
not the SLIGHTEST doubt In he we -ld
that il would havc been done
FIGHTING BACK.
Nov. my friends. the question IT,:
/ Does the fact that the shoe is on the
other foot In any manner alter the
| quality Of the leather? Tho American
| party was organized by the Gcntiics
for the purpose OF fighting tho Nor
mons. In the case have supposed the
/ MOrmons are organized Tor the purpose
| OF fighting the Gentiles. N II bo right
| Tor Gentiles and fair-nnded Mormons
90 fight back In the supposed case, upon
| what theory can u be wrong for The
| Mormous and fair minded Gentilps 20
/ unite for the purpose OF fighting h0ck
in the real case?
Now. I don't know what You think
| about it, but ! think that any Mormon
who would not fight back under these
! circumstances, and fight the most effcc-
| tive way to win. is beneath contempt.
| and yet our American friends seem 10
! think that while IL is entirely proper
and patriotic for them TO heave stones
/ at the Mormons. FOR the MOrmOns TO re-
4 turn a brickbat. II he can get nj,
| hands upon one, Ia distinctly ungeu-
erous aud unchristianlike performance.
| G1aughter.) Suppose, for the sake OF
argument that the American party
| is right yet is il not the very depth Of
| intolerance for them TO attempt to deny
60 other people the right 70 disagree
| with them?
Suppose again. that a man agrees
| with them, that there are certain evils
| In this community that ought 10 be cor
| rected. but he believes that those evils
| can best be corrected through the in
| strumentality OF great national party
| rather than through narrow. bigOted
| local organization which he believes
/ was conceived In disappointed personal
/ ambitions and brought forth in hate and
! ess--(applause-is IL possible
| IN this free republic Of ours that he may
not exercise that honest preference 81
| methods except az the cost of being
assailed as a tool Of the Mormon
| church a Jack Mormon and by other
| gross and abusive epithets? My friends
\ such warfare Is neither decent nor In
spring. and there are only two classes
| OF men that resort to them. the born
BLACKBOARD and the bought blackguard.
MUST END AMERICAN PARTY.
The truth about II is that we have
got to put an end 10 the American party
| If we are to have sane politics in this
| city. 1t II the common enemy OF both
the old parties, and / think a. Is the
| duty or every good citizen who disa-
grees with it's policies or lis methods TO
work and 20 tight in the manner which
he may believe TO be the most efiectual
to bring about that result. Believing,
as do, that the Republican tick
ct is the ticket the only opposing ticket
which has a chance 10 win In this cam
paign, l naturally. therefore, think Il H.
the duty OF all citizens who feel about
IL as | do to vote that ticket, 10 the end
that the American party may be put
out OF business and that proper political
conditions may once more prevail.
Nearly score OF years ago the old
road which the'American' party Is tray
cling was by common consent closed TO
trafic Since that time, in the main.
we have been following the broad high
way Of national politics. Nine-tenths OF
all the people, including two-thirds OF
all the Gentiles in the state, have plant
| ed their feet permanently upon that
! highway, but One-third Of the Gentiles
one-tenth OF the people, have arrogant
~ erected at the old road that old sign,
This Is the way. and have beguiled
many good people into following Il on
into the swamps and thickets. where Il
has been lost and overgrOwn for AL
these years.
ITO my mind Il Is a perfectly vain
and idle thing FOR men 70 waste their
time talking about conditions which
prevailed 40 OF 50 or e. years ago. II Is
a perfectly vain and IDLE thing for them
10 waste their time quoting the expires
sions OF the leaders OF the Church OF
10 or 70 or GO years ago. the world
moves. and good deal Of water has
passed through the min. and under Tho
bridge and down the stream and into
tho ocean Of oblivion In the last 40 OF
% or 80 years We are not living h
the SOS OF CO.'S OF l0s. we are living in
the year OF our Lord. 1909. and the soon
e. the members Of the American par
~ discover that fact and get out OF
this old road and into the new, broad
highway. the better II VIII b. for them
the better IL will be Tor all the people
the better il will be for the State OF
Utah.
INFAMOUS sTOCKADE.
The American party has had good
deal 10 say about the sacredness of m,
American home, the purity Of American
womanhood and the necessity OF up.
holding and enforcing the laws intende,
for their protection, and yet the 'Amerl
can party, Ihile loudly and Nocfcrous
ly demanding that abe laws should b'
enforced for the protection Of the won
| en- in white under the law, is tbs mrs.
and only party ia all the history OF tn
country that has ever exalted the WON
an In scarlet above the law.
n don't mean 10 be unfair. ] don
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