The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-24

Gates the open and fragrant violation OF
the laws Of the state and ordinances Of
the city which he has sworn to support
and enforce. and who approved the whole
sale public establishment of this
institution, which Il adk subversive o..
the home and insulting to pure woman
hood everywhere.
Good Word for Sheriff.
And you know and they know that If
/ it had not been for the intervention of
( The Republican sheriff of this county and
| his depuu 3, that that shameful thi1 8
would have been an accomplished fact to-
day. What q spectacle OF consistency
/ this party of purity and peculation pre-
sents. / can think Of but one parallel
and that would be for His Satanic Ma
jesty. while retaining his dominion over
the Internal regions, to adopt the Ser
mon on the Mount and the Ten Com
/ mandments as his platform and engage in
campaign for the truth ana righteous
ness, for the regeneration of mankind.
Now, my friends. these are important
/ questions. These are important matters.
But to my mind there is one issue which
/ thwarts and OvershadOwS every other
and that is the issue of peace For four
years, aye, for nearly five years, this
community has been torn by dissenSions'
| divided into two hostile camps. not from
any question Of municipal government or
politics. but from a difference of religious
affiliations. The cornerstone Of the
American party. its platform, its height
| and depth and length and breadth of its
| whole political philosophy is comprised IN
/ the single expression, NO Mormon need
apply. The governor of this state IS a
Mormon. and yet no fair-mndnd man
| doubts his independence, his ability, his
/ honesty of purpOse. his fairness to every
| class of our citizenship. Jew and Gentle,
/ Mormon and Catholic.
'"Two-t thirds of the membership of our
/ lcEisia lures has always been Mormon.
and vet our statutes discriminate against
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cannot be distinguished from the laws of
/ the most advanced states in this nation.
/ Half of the federal officials in the state
are MormOns, and vet their offices are
administered with ability and fidelity,
and no breath of scandal or hint at mall
administration has ever attached to a
single one of them. Half Of our judges
are MOrmOns, and vet justice Is admin
I ister6d to all with an even and impartial
/ hand.
But the American party. in spite of all
I this, seems to take the astounding posi-
/ ton that If any Mormon, aye, further, 4
| any Gentle who does not agree with
/ their policies should be elected to preside
] over the destinies of this city as mayor.
/ or to be charged with the responsibility
Of drawing its ordinances as councilman,
| the whole municipal fabric would &c tum
/ bling into the dust. Could any position
/ be more narrow? Could intolerance and
| bigotry possibly 20 further? Could any
thing be more wickedly and stupidity in
| solent?
A Famous Fable.
/ ''The American party points to the fact
/ that the city of Salt Lake during the last
| four years while it has been in power,
/ has grown maTvelously. 1t has, and no
/ one glOries more in that fact than l. But
/ / commend to the consid Grafton Of these
/ gentlemen the fable of the fly which. by
/ accident, chung to the spoke of a carriage
I wheel and in the acstasy of its new OK
perience cried aloud, Behold how rapidly
/ ] am making this old wheel revolver The
/ American party is simply the fly on the
municipal wheel that is all. The growth
/ of this city, the development of this city
4 have no more relation to the existence
! of the American party than the revolution