The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17
WHAT AMER|CAN|SM
HAS DONE FOR ZION
Mayor John S. BransfOrd Tells
of the Progress of Salt
Lake City.
CHEF EXECUTIVE TALKS At
AMERICAN CLUB MEETING
j. +. Gibbs DisclOses Some In.
teresting Facts Concerning
Inner Circle of Church.

! Not an inch of space was available
at the headquarters OF the American
club. West Second South street, Satur.
day night, when Mayor John S. Brans-
ford and j. +. Gibbs addressed the
voters on the issues of the campaign.
Mayor Branstord. in his speech, was
particularly interesting. lie gave re-
sumo OF the work of Improvement and
progress accomplished by the American
party slnco NJ look control of municipal
affairs in 1906, and contrastod The
progress made during the administra-
| ton OF municipal affairs by tho Ameri-
can party and the administration Of af.
fairs by both the Republican aud Demo.
cratic parties, so-called, best known as
church parties, during the decade pre-
ceding the advent Of the American
party.
A. J. Weber, president OF the Ameri
can club, presided. Mr. Weber stated
that ON Wednesday evening. October
20, City Attorney Dummy and Judge
~. H Mckinney would address tho
american party voters aud that on
Saturday, October %, Judge George NJ
| sullivan and W. ;. Dalton would ad.
dress the club members.
You Can Lump It,
Mr.. ]. r. Gibbs, in the course Of his
! lthldIhS' Ndln: ABOUT the hrSt thing
that the Prophet Joseph Smith said 10
his people was: God made Aaron TO
| be the moulhpiece of the children Of
Israel and he Will make me TO be God
| 70 YOU III his stead. and the elders of
| Israel 10 be mouth for me. and if you
don I like it YOU can lump IL, That
was the beginning Of Mormonism'
Referring 10 The chastisement of Mr.
! Roberts by President Smith al the nc
I Nl, ,
Roberts read from The Key of Theology,
"a Mormon publication, wherein it wss
SAID that The Mormon priesthood holds
the power and the right TO give laws
and commandments To individuals
churches, nations, and The world, to APP
point, ordau and est ablish constitu.
tlonS, and kingdoms, to appoint kings.
presidents, governors and Judges. and
stated that anyone who knows anv-
thing about The history Of Utah during
the last number Of years will know
that the present descendant Of ono of
The prophets. the present yiceeerept Of
Almighty God here upon earth has 40
! pointed the governors and most of tho
| Judges Of Utah during the last decade
| From the justices Of the pence ND 10
the district Judges in Utah there is not
an officer that dare enter or entertain
a complaint of polyGamy against these
| apostles, on pam OF political cNtermi.
nation or oblivion. We oil know IL. No
man could he elected against The au.
thorlty, or against the desire ar pro
test of tbe present prophet. seer md
rovelator of the Mormon church, and
1 no man, woman or child that is able
to think upon this subject. at least
those who arc informed upon the sub
.iect, will dispute that. :"
Sympathizes With Roberts.
Referred To tho incident of Joseph
f. Smith upbraidiug Brigham H. Rob.
erts at The last Mormon conference, Mr..
! Gibbs said:
cat the recent conference. Elder
Brigham II. Roberts said that IL was
q dangerous thing for any people to be
Ieve that they arc the only favored
ones of the Almighty upon the earth.
He made the statement that it makes
them arrogant proud. naughty and i'm
pCdeut, and ii you don I believe il 90
out and talk To them awhile. ] viii
quote Elder Roberts 5 words from the
| Deseret News of October 6. 7 wOuldn I
like 10 quote II from tbe Salt Lake
Tribune, because they would say The
Tribune lied tlaughtcr). aud | would
hate TO get il from the Inter Nor
mon, because the people would know
that IL was lie (laughtcr and ap
plause). : II is a dangerous thing. said
Elder Roberts. for people 20 feel that
they are the favored Of heaven. aud
that God has made them His deposi
tories.
Mr.. Gibbs cited This us an illusira-
ticu Of the difficulties the Mormon peo-
pic had had in Missouri and in Illinois.
saying that on account of their impu
denec and arrogance they became oh
noXious, as n result of which they were
driven ont of the communities.
Referring To The testimony given by
Prof. Walter Wolfe before the commit
tee of privileges and elections of the
senate Mr.. Gibbs said that the follow
lug oath was testified TO by Professor
Wolfe rs being necessary 10 be taken
on entrance 10 the temple:
''Pctcr (Spcaking 10 the saints IN
the templc) You and each Of YOU
covenant and agree that YOU VIII pray
to ayengc TIE blood of the prophets up
ON this nation, and YOU Will teach the
same to Your children unfo the third
and fourth generation, All bow your
heads and cay Yes. -
"This testimony, continued Mr..
Gibbs. ''was given when the prophets
were irving to glue Smoot down IN ono
OF those senatorial chairs
Wolfe q Hard Worker.
Mr.. Gibbs said that Mr.. Wolfe for
many wears bad been hard worker IN
the temple at Logan, and was IN posi-
tion 10 know.
Nfr Gibbs then referred TO the fact
that Joseph +. Smith and the others
of the hierarchy who signed the peti
tioh for amnesty had broken their
pledges TO the uation, and that Presj-
dent Smith had made open confession
of broken pledges before the commit
tee on privileges and elections, in his
testimony ut Washington. In tho pcti-
tion for amnesty, said Mr.. Gibbs, tho
church politicians bad made solemn
to keep their vile hands off
thc votes of the people, and permit the
VI Mormou people to be free aud un-
Irammclcdl in the exercise of their fran