The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12

= conscience that his conception OF rcli-
gion is that lie. through his organization.
shall interfere With the finances. with the
business, with the politics of the common
wealth In which that Institution is per
mittcd-and properly permittcd-to live.
Now, if his conscience takes that turn;
that is the only thing on the religious
side that This American party insists
and will unto the end of this struggle in
slst Is its leading principle
As / say. this organization was cf-
foctcd since this gentleman who repre-
scnis-do say IT impropcriyy DO ! say
IL hlasphemonSly? He claims IL himself
represents the Most High--onc Of twelve
and he was sent because Of that repre-
sentation To the senate And then this
party was formed. Then this question
was raised; then this fight was begun
and then, look ana sc" what II has done
| will not go into details to describe the
beautiful change IN this crstwhlle coun-
try village 20 what promises To be a
beautiful city, the most charming in this
inteTmountaiD country-Donver not to be
excepted. We have clean streets: we have
"A magnificent water supply: we have
paved sirects-you can look from one
end To the other; we have built side
walks; and they howl because II costs
something. 1t costs something to build
home-I happen To know, because l am
solng through the throcs OF II. and II
costs something for the city to have Il
home-but by an that Is good and gra-
cious, let It's have the home.
But that is the least OF the things that
We dO-DlNSiHJI improvements, Il ntutll-
full city; il is pleasing; IL Is encouraging:
il is bopcfu--but above and beyond apd
more tar-rcarhing than that is the fact
that we create an atmosphere in which
men may grow-free from the gum
shoe. free from whispering. free from the
Clammy, icy chill OF ecclcsiastictsm. That
is what we stand for; that is what we
do: that is. what we arc promising, and
those are the promises we win fultill.
Then, let we tell YOU something else;
| After we have done these things, and
| IILCr have given our CnlIlTtn-yOni
| sons and mine, your young men and my
growing boys-a chance 10 live In a free
opposed us will be The people that will
! Join hand and hand with us and enjoy the
! fruits OF our labors; and We will not
| grudge il to them one bit.
| No man is a mossback by deliberate,
| premeditated choice. He Is moSsback
! because of his conditions, because OF his
| portunitlos, because somebody has not
| come along and pointed out 10 him the
advantages that exist right around him,
waiting TO be reached for and taken
! point them out to him, give him chance.
! give him "A touch Of free, pure atmos-
| phere. and even the worst mossback In
! the world will come in out of the wet aud
1 join YOU in your cry for better things.
/ ''oh." some OF them will say. but. the
American party did no{ build the u &C. G.
didn't, did we2 We'll. we did what was
iust as good, We put the notion into
your head; we started YOU in the right
! keep going
At the conclusion of Mr., Barrctte s
address, Mr.. Halloran said: "The past
remarks, ladies and gentlemen, were
very pleasing, but we are all going to
try and help n little to build that beau
tiful hotel which the last speaker re
ferred to, Oh the tithing house corner. y
Mrs. Hammer and Miss Frank ther
sang duet, which was encored, and
the ladies responded.
Then Toastmaster IIalloran intro
duccd N. e. Wilson. saying: "Ladies
and Gentlemen: 1t must be remembered
that while the American party has ful
filled its pledges, it has not harmed
any one, This is beautiful gathering
tonight of representative citizens and
heavy taxpayers, and l assure you the
party is to be congratulated on thi.
outpouring of citizens. j now talk,
pleasure in introducing to YOU Mr.. NJ
=. Wilson who will speak to you OF
the Republican Mislulo in salt LAX,