The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-25
SUTHERLAND OF THE PoT.HousE


Senator Sutherland in his speech in
the theatcr on Saturday night loudly
proclaimed his quality as pot,house
politician. lie rallied at the hired
liars aud scribbcrs" of The Tribnne.
and at once arrayad himself in a vol
untarN class of the samC sort in
dazzling way in which no one could
hope to rival him.
The whole tone and purpory Of his
speech was based upon the proposition
that the American party was organized
''to fight the Mormoqs. This. ot
course. is nm absolute untruth. Senator
Sutherland knows that it is untrue;
and il is astonishing that man OF hls
official position would so disgrace that
position rs 20 make himself sponsor
for such an absolute faischood. lie
knows that there is no such iur drawn
here by the American parry. SO far
rs there ever has been any such Inc
drawn ii has been drawn by ,he church
leaders against al ''outsidcrs.
50 far rs the American party - con
ccrned. it has made its disclaimer and
has acted upon that disclaimer, deny
ug amy animns against any person by
reason Of his religious views The
American platforms have been abso'
mlcly positive and consistent m TINS
regard. and have remained constant
throughout The American party has
never drawn any religions distinctions.
II has never raised any objection TO
any Mormon because of his Mormon
ism. It has Mormon voters by the
hundreds in It's ranks. 1t has Mormon
employees by the score ON it's official
rolls.
The claim that Sutherland makes IN
this respect is precisely on the par OF
the claim made hy The bcscrct News
that the fight against Smoot as Scna-
tor from Utah was because he was n
Mormon The News, of course. made
that claim perfectly knowing ITS false
hood. for Mormons had been IN both
houses of Congress before, without the
least objection from ANYBODY. The
only Mormons ever objected to III
either house prior to Smoot were Il. IL.
Roberts and George g. Cannon, ana
they were not objected 90 10y reason oil
their religious beliefs, but by reason OF
their polygamous practices. All these
things are fully known by Sutherland,
and vet he had the unreasonable I'm
pudancc to appear before the public
of Salt Lake claiming that th" rcIIg-
ous line had been drawn by the
American party. But so far Is rcllg
ion was the dividing line, aud 5" tar
rs any such line had ever been drawn
in Utah the church party has drawn
IT,. This he knows thoroughly, h."
knows that the only religious hnr EYER
drawu here i'm politics was that drawn
bv the leaders of the Mormon church.
Continuing his pot house. preyarica
tions, Sutherland proceeded TO say that
.. the American party while loudly
and yoctcrously demanding that the
laws should bc enforced for the pro
lection of the women iu white under
the law. is the first and only party in
all the history of the country Hhat has
ever exalted the woman in scarlet
above the law If Sutherland were
politically and orntoricaliy Il person Of
reputc, VIC should have 10 call upon
him 10 furnish evidence Of such an
astonishing statement, but as he Is
politically and oratorically neither re-
spectacle nor of good reputc, VIC shall
simply have TO denounce that state
mont as a barefaccd, outrageous false
hood one for which there is not the
least Justification, and one that is so
astonisbingly dcpraved that it is j
marvel that even couscicncclcss Suther
land should have given uttrrancc TO it,,
Proceeding in tho same vcjn Suther-
land made his attack upon Mayor
Bransford with regard 10 the rcd-light
district, prefacing his remarks with
tho statement that he did not mean
TO be unfair, That means that he is
absolutely unfair and urtruthful with
out meaning 10 bc so, and in apparent
uuconsciousncss of his dcpravity and
sin, lie is, therefore, a hopeless case,
degenerate entitled 10 neither consld-
Grafton nor respect.
Mr. Sutherland usually makes bad
spectacle of himself when he speaks on
politics before a Salt Lake audience.
He was, on Saturday night, at his best
Cor worst, as The case may bc,) as a
dcmagoguc without reason, conscience,
or truth either for his use or in his
support.