The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-10
THE AMERICAN CLUB MEETING.

The American Club of this city hclC
n right lively, enthusiastic meeting OF
Tuesday evening. An account was rem
: dercd in detail of the great lovefea
held in the Auditorium last month, ar
occasion which demonstrated the vital
ity and strength of the American party
That love feast was An eye.Opener tC
those whose political preiudiccs had
led them to hope that the American
party enthusiasm had received a set
back by reason of the success of the
church and liquor combination at tho
election last fall But so far from be
ing in the least disheartcned by that
defeat, which gave to the opposition a
victory which must prove its rum, the
American party rises up stronger than
ever, and with more determined pur-
pose. not only to retain its control of
this city, but 10 extend its power in
the County and in the State. First
class speeches were made by Mr.. Lipp'
man, Judge George Goodwin, Judge II.
]. Dininny and Judge Mckinney,
Mr. Lippman set forth the great
work done for the city by the Amcri'
can party, and gave If as his opinion
that the campaign should be centered
largely around this splendid work of
the administration. This has been the
position of The Tribune right along,
and there is no question but that the
opposition breads that sort of cam
paign more than any other, because the
evidences OF American benefits are 10
be seen on every hand, and II needs
no argument TO prove them. Similarly,
as The Tribune has constantly insisted,
Mr. Lppman urged that the great
building activity which has been such
splendid feature of the city during
the last three years, had its vital IN
centive through the triumph OF the
American party in Salt Lake City at
the municipal election of 1905; and
that triumph being repeated in 1907,
gave evidence to the world that the
American party was the party of prog
rcss. of life, Of improvement, and of
patriotic and business principles. and
had como TO Salt Lake TO stay. There
have been attempts of denial of this
American benefit many times by the
church press. but always with distin-
guished i'll success, The Deseret News
some time ago. when we urged this
public advantage rs the main issue
in the coming city campaign. replied
that it would he willing TO fight the
battle on that line, provided the Ameri-
can party would be willing TO admit
that il had not done much Of that work.
That is. the News would be willing TO
fight the battle on the line indicated
tho American party benefits TO the
city-provded the American party
would admit that il had not conferred
those benefits This was pretty close
quarters for the News to get out Of;
and it. did not get. out either, but
crawIed into its usual hole.
The other speakers developed in sub
stance the same lines. urging the ad
ministration of the American party in
this city and the great principles at
stake here, on all of which the Amcri-
can party is on the right side, the
patriotic side. the United States side,
After ALL however, the great prln
ciplc upon which the American party
was founded must be the high key
note of the coming campaign, as it has
been Of the campaigns in the past. The
magnificent benefits conferred upon the
city by the American administration
are the admirable consequences of the
enforcement Of the basic principles upon
which the American party was founded.
The American party has always said
that as long as the church political
rulers remained in control, progress
was impossible. and independent and
individual effort would be muzzled. 1t
was the setting free Of individual in
itiative and the casting OFF of the con
troll Of the church hierarchy that set
Salt Lake free TO reach forward in
her great advance.
1t makes no difference how much the
church opposition may point to build
ings put up by those who are not of
the American party, the fact still re-
mains that the building Improvements
came through the American party tri.
umph and il grew directly out of it.
The church built because others built
1t makes no difference who put up the
houses, il was the American impulse
that caused them TO be put up. 1t is
absolutely iuconcelvable that this tre-
mendous building activity could posi-
bly, have prevailed under the old dead
ening church control, 1t did not only
not prevail, it could not prevail under
it, the city being held in church fet
ters unable to break those fetters as
long a the people voted either the
" Republican or the Democratic
ticket So far as those two old parties
were concerned, it mattered not in the
slightest which prevailed; the church
iD either case was in the saddle and
rode the city to death,
1t was the coming and the triumph
of the American party in fhe aroma