The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-05
4-.E Cl. .JRcH ORGANS TAUNT.

hcnever The Tribune prints an,
truth that especially gets under tn,
skin of the polygamous hierarchy, the
Deseret News retai:ateS by printing
some silly falsehuod about the American
party. Accordingly, on Saturday even
ing, i'll retort for the showing of it.
| falsehoods and of the treac cherry of The
church leaders respecting prohibition, il
had the following editorial:
AS IT Is JUST NOW
There has been some comment on the
TACT that the so-called American party
contrary 10 all precedcns. failed &c
make a partisan fight for positions on
the school board. The organ OF course
lent what little influence IL has to non
Mormon candidates. true to the last
10 Its policy OF bitter anti"Mormon-
Ism but there was no organized effort
10 make the conventions partisan. This
has caused some comment
Well. The so-cslIed American party Is
no, dead yet, but 1t is weaker than 1t
was. II has some unpaid campaign
debts, we are told. and such debts are
not conducive 10 unity and harmony, The
public treasury is exhausted, and there
is no immediate prospect OF another bond
issue to distribute among the camp fol-
lowers. That makes the future look
rather doubtful. for what can the "Ameri-
party without their arms Immersed in
public funds 10 their elbows?
More important StilI, respectable citi-
zens OF the party have become tired of
the rule OF crime and immortality In the
city for which the party leaders and
their contemplate tools must be held
responsible. They are demanding clean
government and the maintenance of the
the JeZebel OF the West Side and the
overthrow OF her rule, They are. fur
thermore. disgusted with the anti
Mormon Trades or The Tribune which
they know hurt the financial interests
OF the city. and they demand cessa-
ton Of the insane assaults upon the
church. This we understand. Is the
present situation in the camp OF ''thc
enemy" The forces are divided and not
I'm a condition to carry Oh a campaign
not even one of ylification.
tho decent citizens OF the so-called
American party Will take charge and
eliminate the anti"Mormon' feature Of
their policy, There is no anti Mormon
and In addition. work for morally clean
city. they will have the support OF the
people. That is all We have contended
for these years. We believe all good cib-
zens should work together for the good
cf tho community and that there should
he neither anti" -"Mormonism, nor anti
Catholicism. nor anti -Semitism, nor anti
any -other-sm I'm American politics. II
American principe and carry II out
there will be no further strife I'm this
community.
The church organ IS taunt on the
school elections has apparently started
something in the Fifth ward, where the
Americans, not caring to make a par
tsan fight. feel that they were be-
trayed by partisan trickery. The
dodge that it is the Americans who
make Il partisan school fight has been.
pretty thoroughly exposed this year.
They went into the plan of having no
contests, and were met with contest
by the Federal bunch forces in the
Fifth ward In the Fourth ward they
were entitled to the candidate, but were
beaten by tricky motion and by
pretended diversion that did not divert.
AS it is. ;he Mormons. with less than
half the voting strength of the city,
have six out Of the ten members of the
board, and claim persecution if any
attempt at an even division is made
The people of the Fourth ward would
be more than justified if they refused
10 be bound by the partisan .jobbery
which deprived them of their rights
and imposed upon them a minority