The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
NJ. E. WILSON TALKS
ON REPUBLICAN
MISRULE IN COUNTY

Mr. Toastmaster Ladies and Gentlemen
mllnneGlatclN after. the nomination. OF
MiDam y. Bryan for president in 1896
that stalwart Dcmocrat--and by some
people considered statcsman--thc Hon.
| David Il. Hi OF New York-said. II am
Democrat still. hut very still" Uaush
ter) Immediately after the landslide of
last November l said. and I now re-
peat u am an American still. hut not
! very still And so long as ] love and
Eencratc the memory and spirit Of my
departed sire, who struggled for .hat
! ilag between 1861 and 1865. ! Will De an
AmcEican, and viii be an American le-
gardiess of opposition, No man in Utah
| either in the Republican party or i'm ,hc
Democratic party, or even In the Amcrl-
can party shall prevent me from bcing an
American. But | have been warned by
I the Hon. 4 J. Weber that five minutes is
my time, and for ihat reason ] !auSt
pass 10 the subject and talk TO the
point.
| / am asked ia speak upon some cX-
.amples OF church Republican msrulc in
DSait Lake county, I would Ike t1 hav"
a Srammarian and logican 90 analvzc that
! example of church Republican misruic I'm
salt Lake county-church Republican? =?
| Where within the United States. or with
in tho world. have .you ever heard of a
church Republican, You might examine
| dictionary after dictionary. and encyclo-
! pedia after encyclopedia. ana set YOU
would have 10 come to Utah 10 find. out
what church Republican means. Who
= ever heard OF church, in this century
| so far forgetting its province as to under
take TO be political institution: Ii is
! absolutely contrary To the traditions Of
! the American republic. 1t has been said
! here tonight that the American party
! opposes no church, and ! am quite glad
10 repeat Il. The American party oppose :
no church so long as It remains within Il
churchly sphere: bDt whenever church,
under the gu lse- OF that name. becomes
| a political business institution aud q men
! ace to free government and free instj-
| tuuons. then every man who Is worthy Of
| the name American" should oppose it,
! But. TO come closer 10 that subject
| Church. Republican mlsrule-how could
J II be anything else but misru!c. il il Is
! correctly named? And church -Republi-
can misruIe in salt Lake county we are
! In sense responsible for the fact that
| IL is in Salt Lake county. No. TO get
! down TO specific cases for q moment. |
would like TO inform our POSTMASTER that
I am not in the criminal practice of the
law. II the people OF this county had
seen lit ! might have undertaken tho
prosecution. but assure YOU. Mr.. Toast
master, | Will not undertake the defense.
! tLaughter)
Real evidence is a powerful thing. and
I there are some things In the law and In
everyday life that speak for themselves.
~. Il and g" " you will-the county
{ commissioners of salt Lake county, /
think | might rest the matter right there
jury II could not be otherwise than that
Salt Lake county is misruled-not by
those threc county eolnnlssloners but
ruled. il you please. by the. dominant
church Of this state and by the "Smoot
Mouth"
The government OF Salt Lake county
main so until il Is taken out of the
church. Republican rule. II has been so
bad that they have even exhausted the
patience OF job daughter and applausc),
and ] know that my worthy and hon
ored opponent In the last campaign Is n
good deal more patient than would have
I u,i9b In 1s fts~bf ,.-lt ,,
with the "Smoot Mouth" | did not wish
hiiD success In tle last campaign, but
taA; him by Tue hanu now and say that