Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-22
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thousands Of splendid citizens from the
cas, west. north and south are COM
ing here 20 make their homes and go u-
vest their money! asks the Tribune
I'm futile effort 10 defend the so-callcu
american" party rule.
we can answer that question. WhAi
mnles salt Lake. and Utah. attfae-
o,,o 20 respectable home seekers is the
ppifit Of loyalty enterprise good rel
fowship moral purity ana cnhghteh-
mont that is Characteristic Of every
mormon" settlement This together
with The natural resources Of the re-
rion. which tho Pioneers were hrst ID
appreciate attract settlers.
Tho "Amcrican" party leaders ve
Vcnturc TO say have not attracted
many scttlcrs. Those who have adver-
tisod Utah as "a dovil-nsh on the Amoil-
cam man have not induced amy re-
spcctablc home seekers TO come here
The contemplate bcfoulcrs at their own
nest who have falsely proclaimed 60 AT
the world that Utah Is Prostitution
state where moral nth Is at q premium
aud whore people Do not dare To say
their soul is their own. on account of
"hierarchy" with absolute rule. have
not donc much for thc development ot
ttah. THAT needs mo- argument what
has been dome has been done in spite
of ttc ours that have been barking
day and night for years. hlling Che air
with dismal howls. Not tho slaudortrs
of Utah bui those who have fought tho
slanderers in the United States senate.
IN pulpit and press. and everywhere
have attracted settlers and capital
We maintain. and challenge anyone
20 successfully contradict our position
that the settlements Of Utah advanced
with marvellous rapidity as "a result
Of The wise efforts under the direction
Of President Brigham Young and his
associates. Witness the thousands OF
good desirable settlers who came here
from the states and foreign countries.
al a time when the country was AT but
attractive. witness the building OF
roads and bridges. the reclamation OF
land. the planning of public build
inrs. ctc.. on a scale that bears tcsu-
nlony Of the visions ~ future greatness
which nlled the souls of the Pioneers.
We maintain that there is no reason
why this marvellous developments should
not have continued uninterrupted but
Tor the obstacles interposed by anti
Mormon" agitators who considered
themselves entitled to all the honor,
and glory, and all the profit Of Offices
by virtue OF their hostility 10 Nor
nionism." which sentiment. by the way,
they in their medieval Ignorance. insist
cd upon being American"
This agitation retarded progress. But
for this conflict in which the Nor
mons" stood for the right Of conscience
and for the maintenance OF American
PRINCIPLES Of government against coer-
cion and bossism. Utah today would
have had a much larger population
than IL has. and salt Lake would have
been much larger city than II is. You
can deny this in every possible key
from the highest pitch ia the lowest,
but Il Is true nevertheless that the Lat
tcr-day Saints have labored necessarily
for the building up of Utah. while their
detiactors have worked IN the opposite
direction,
n You. citizens and voters of this
city doubt this. try two years of liar
mony aud good will by keeping out
ct the Citys offices the anti Mormon
agitators and their tools. You cam do
this by your vote at the next election
II you ind that the city does not adj
vance more rapidly during "a regime h
which the American principle Of toler-
anco enters as a factor. than Il ha,
done now. then go back to the rule o
hatred and bigotry as represented b,
the party leaders that falsely boast OF
bems Americans"