Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-25

! 1T ~ nau not nron Tor Ilc intervention
of the Republican sheiin OF this county
ana hts deputies. that that shameful
thing would have been an accomplished
TACT today What n spectacle OF con-
sistencN thi. party OF purity and pocu-
latlun prosentsi ! can think of bot one
famllcl. and that would be- Tor his ss-
tanic majesty. while retaining his do
minion over the Internal regions 10
adopt the sermon ON the Mount and the
Ten Commandments as his platform
und cngige IN "a campaign for tho truth
ana righteousness FOR the regeneration
I of mankind.
"Now my friends those are import
| ant questions These are Important
! matters hut Co my mind There is ono
ISSUE which thwarts aud ovcrshadows
| every other. and that ia the issue of
I peace. For -four years. aye, for nearly
1--WE years this community has been
torn by discussions, divided into two
hostile camps. NOT from amy question
" municipal government ur politics
but from difference Of religious af-
iliutnns Tho cornerstone OF the
American party. its platform. its
height and depth and length and
breadth OF its whole political ph,los-
orhy is comprised n the single cy-
preston. no Mormon need apply Tho
governor OF this state Is Mormon.
aud Yet no fair-minded man doubts
I ms ANNtIMlNNNIt'Ns IIN NNlIAAha lliN aiN'A"
| csty OF purpose, his fairness Co every
class of our citizenship. Jew ana Gen
| tile, Mormon ana catholic
| "Two-thirds of the membership Of
| our legislatures has always been Nor
| mon ana yet our statutes discriminate
I against no class, but are fair and Jus:
! to an, and cannot be- distinguished
| from the laws of the most advanced
| states I'm this nation Hulf NJ the f'd-
| cral officials in the state are Mormons,
I and vet their offices are Administered
| with ability and hdelity, ana no breath
Of scandal or hint at mal-administra-
ton has ever attached 10 single 1ne
| OF them Half OF our Judges are Mor-
mons, and yet justice is administered
/ 10 all with AN even and Impartial
| hand
but the American party. in spite
| Of all this, seems 70 take tho astouud-
| ing position that 10 any Mormon, aye.
further. IN the Gentle who does not
| agree with their policies should Dc
| elected 60 preside over the dcstini"s
| OF This city as mayor, or 10 be charged
| with the responsibility OF drawing its
| ordinances as councilman. the whole
municipal fabric would go tumbl'ug
| into the dust Could any position be
| more narrow? Could Intolerance ANA
bigotry possibly 60 further? Could sny-
thing be more wlckedly and stupiiy
| insolcnt?
FLY on THE WHEEL
"'rhe American party points to the
fact that the city OF Salt Lake during
the last four years while II has been
! in power has grown mdrvelously. II
] has, and no one gloiies more in th1t
| fact than j. But ! commend 60 tac
| consideration OF these gentlemen ihe
| fable OF the ny which, by accident,
| chung to the spoke Of carriage wheel
! a.. RIO
| cried aloud. Behold how rapidly ] an
| making this old wheel revolve' The
| American party Is simply the ~ on
| the municipal wheel that Is all. The
| growth OF this city. the development
| OF this city have no more reiauOn 10
the existence OF the American party
/ than the revolution of the carUdg'
| wheel had 10 the existence Of the ny.
| Nov. let us see. the American
! marty has no power. II has scarcely any
| existence outside OF the city % SAT-
| lake. yet ogden has grown and pros
| pered. Provo has grown and prospereo'
| Logan has grown and prospered Bling
| ham. Eureka. Park City Tooele. have
| All grown and prOspered. The whole
| state from end TO end has gone forward
bv leans and bounds Our mines. ouv
smelters. our sugar factories. our pow
| er-developing plants. our agrcuNurdl
| lands our live stock interests have all
|
portions all the time. Prosperity ana
plenty abide everywhere throughout
the borders Of the state, and peace is
| nowhere absent save here, the very
home and citadel Of the American
party.
THE city % salt Lake has simply
| taken the lions share ~ this growth
| and development. Just as Denver has
taken 10 itself so much OF the growth
| and development OF the state OF Colo
RADIO. Just as Chicago and New hor.'
! and Seattle have absorbed so nnch
81 the wonderful development ~ M
| nois. New York and Washington SAT-
Lake Is the metropolis OF the sta ..
and everybody understands how every
Great city feeds and fattens upou he
| products OF the country. but Hhen ~
| country ceases 90 produce the cry
starves because Of 30 the forms IN
! which population concentrates. the
modern city Is the most dependent and
I'm time Of stress the most helpless
UrAHs FALSE POSITION.
I'm washington the state OF Utah
stands as high and in as good repute
as any state in this Union. Tho voice
Of reproach has ceased eNetyWheie
throughout this country tapplausel,
and N one today would hear anything
had about Utah he must come here
10 the capital Of Utah in order 20 hear
in II is an unfortunate thing when
your noighbors speak III or YOU nut
| when your ncghbors speak Wen and
| The members OF your own family speak
I'M II IS a disheartcnine and ineNcus-
| able thing
and now. my friends. what rs 10 be
} | the end Of ~ A good many or the
Z ! members ~ the American party are
| Republicans. who still believe in the
! | principles or that great party. Do
| they honestly believe that the Amer
| ican' party has done or can do as much
I | for tho material welfare Of the city
! | and the state as the Republican party
has done and can DO IN the futuref II
one Of these parties Is 70 go out or eX-
( | istenoe. which shall II be- In the IN
terest Of an the people. which shall u
be-? Voice from the audience "Ihr
, American partyiD
'"That one which has no existence,
which has no power beyond the con-
} fines OF a single city. or that one which
ls mart and parcel Of a superb political
organization. whose field and activity is
81 limited only by the boundaries OF the
% great republic itsclf'
eve have recently been considering "A
tariff bin in Congress A. least in part
because the representatives, nom TINS
! state were Rpubhcans. the Industries
Of Utah have received adequate protcc-
tfon hv the provisions of that bin Whirh