The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-14
THE AMERICAN SPEECHES.

| position press into spasmS. That press
| is especially panied at the thorough
/ comprehension of tho facts Of the com
muuity situation here and the frank
ness with which that situation was dis
cussed The sentiment that the dead
| hand of Islam had afflicted Utah for
! fifty years and that its removal by the
! American party was the signal for Salt
Lake City TO leap forward in a grand
| prosperity was especially resented, 1T
appears, and the chief church organ
holds that 1.-TWO greater falsehoods
never were uttered But the News al
ways says that when the evident facts
are against it, so that lis denial is al
ways to be construed as its crooked way
Of admitting The truth.
Again the organ harps on its rotten
string, the American party is assailiug
people to '.pmish - them for their
''choicc of religion which is also n
statement TO be taken precisely in re-
verse; for from the first the Ameri-
can party has diligently and consist
entity rcpudiated any such purpose. IT
is the distinct and crcditabic boast OF
the American party that it has never
in the least ostracized or attacked any.
one on account of his religion. And. we
may add, that the American party is
the only organization that can CONSIST
emily and truthfully make this claim.
The Mormon church and all connected
with it have from the first applied the
religious test in ostracising those not
Of rthe saints. Both Of the church
parties apply this religious test in their
nominations, taking care to have as
many of ''the Saints on their ticket
as possible, save only where for politi-
cal effect they want 10 make a showing
otherwise, and even then the religious
idea is at he bottom of the renuncia-
ton.
The church organ pursuing its usual
policy of stating facts by contraries.
says that religious persecution and
''the spoils' are all that the local
American party stands for, refusing To
look about it but, like the stupid, blind
mole that it is. burrowing in the dirt,
instead of opening its eyes TO the mag
niticent progress seen on every hand
as the result of American activity, en-
terprise, public spirit and love for Salt
Lake City and its people,
The church organ further in attempt
ed denial of the fact that "the real
governor of Utah lives in the tithing
house and the real legislature of Utah
sits in the tithing yard" meets the
challenge TO denial by saying squarely,
'tWc deny it, - And it cites the mock
effort TO pass Il prohibition bill dur
ing the last session in substantiation
of its denial. But such nonsense as
that won I do The head Of the church
and state didu Z want any prohibition
law passed. The Ncws's contention,
then, is that since the head of the
church. whose word is supreme, didn't
want that law passed, the fact that il
did not pass proves the absence of
surely. If it could lac shown that the
ruler of the church and state wanted
that bill passed, and his will was de-
MED or ignored, then the point of the
News would have some force; but, as
il is, It's contention, as usual, proves
the very reverse of what it wishes it
10 do And when the News passes out
the bouquet that it might be charged
with more apparent reason that - the
real legislature of Utah sits in The
hot ~
does us too much honor. We must re-
gretfully. but firmly insist upon the
bouquet being returned 10 President
Smith, to whom il belongs.
And so, the church organ offers lis
apologies, IFS roses and ITS dcuials, all
equally worthless and misdircctcd, But
the fact that the speeches made at the
American lovcfcast made the opposi-
ton "sit up and take notice IS a
proper subject for sincere congratula-
tiou. We trust that the opposition
will contrivc to read and discuss good
American doctrine Perhaps after 4
while they may become gentle enough
to cease railing at sclfcvidcnt facts as
presented and VIC may even suggest
the highly improbable idea that the
wild and fractions bigots might after II
while become so civilized and so tolcr-
ant that, as mere matter of news,
and of Justice TO their readers. they
would print some of those good Amcrl-
can speeches which they do SO hate:
this in order 10 give their readers some
fair TO middIing idea of what these
speakers actually said. As it is now,
| their readers can have but little idea
| Of what the rage is all about, so
mcagcr and 80 perverted arc the few
quotations they make. y remote pos
sibiIity, TO he sure, but one must have
| hope, for even the most improbable
| things come TO pass occasionally. But
if this possibility is ever realized, the
readers Of those papers will see how
imbecilc, how malignant, how unwor-
thy are the comments on the speeches
compared with The speeches them
selves