The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09
ENTHUSIASM OF
THE AMERICANS
Continued from Page One.


Gu someone to preside over the state
convention with such power that they
would not dare oppose such chair
man, and so they chose for their chair
man the apOstle.senatur, Reed Smoof
ana not ono of those men dared to
raise voice in that convention. Why ?
because 1T was justified IN their souls
that they dare not question the We
raeity of an apostIe.''
-, The speaker declared that he admired
me courage and honesty of James II.
mGyle, state chairman of the Demo
cratic party, at the recent Democratic
particulars admired the words Of Judge
william H. King, but he said he was
surprised to hear Judge King say that
ne would lay aside his personal predilec-
tlons and admit the right of the leaders
OF his church to dictate TO him upon
moral lines: Attorney Sanford declared
mat If Judge King was willing to let
Tor him, he must also let his church de-
termine what is a moral question. He
sald that he did not think Judge King
reallZed the Importance of those words
when he spoke them and that when he
comes to think them over bo cannot
stand by what he said
Refers to Lyons Defeat.
Speaking Of the recent Republican
county convention at the Salt Lake the
alter, Attorney Sanford referred to the
action Of the convention in defeating
JOB Lycn. for the nomination of county
attorney for another term. The speak
eTr outlined some of the reasons why the
church Republican crowd desired Mr..
Lyon s scalp, referring to the suit which
Mr.. Lyon, in the capacity of county at
torney, instituted against the county
commissioners to compel them to pay
back the amount which was illegally
paid to the Smoot "mouth'' for the
publication of the delinquent tax list.
Mr. Sanford showed why the E'buuch -
should desire the defeat of Mr.. Lyon by
showing who the stockholders of the
Hera Id Republican are, which includes
practically all of the United States,
state and county officials in its list He
declared that one would not wonder
why Job Lyon. who had manhood
enough to institute such suit was
not IN liking with the gang At
torney Sanford closed his address by re-
ferrlng to the personnel of the Ameri
can county ticket and forecasted victory
at the polls on November g.
Nelson Makes Strong Address.
o. c. Nelson followed Attorney San
ford with short. but strong address, in
which he declared that the only way in
which Utah Will be freed from the per"
is through the Mormons themselves
The Young Mormons.' he said. care
beginning TO see the light which is be"
ing held before them by the American
party. The Mormons who are defying
the church, saving hands off temporal |
affairs, arc among the best men of the |
state today There is not power on
earth that can forever dominate the |
human intellect. can see the dawn
now. The good work must 90 on. -
City Recorder Ben S. Rivcs began his |
address by declaring that this is an
American year. He said that when the |
junior senator used the term devil. |
Judge w. II. King was saying damn and |
Joseph +. Smith had to tell his own pco-
pie that they must not malign him. then
The American party certainly has got
hem going some. Mr.. Rivcs declared
that when the Mormon church drops out
Of politics and commercialism and fol
lows the example of the lowly Nazariuc,
the religion viii be honorcd as is any
other religion and no one will have any
fight against it,
King Roasts Reed
Continuing. Mr.. Rivcs said ".Jndpc
King said that the federal bunch had
made deal with the liquor interests.
He gave Reed an awful roasting and
apploglZcd for it the next minute hut H
he said that the deal was made and VIC
have every reason 10 believe that lich
= deal was made. hut The Republican
party denies it. We'll. ! guess they have
lust fixed up their side of the story and
ire sticking TO it,
not beat the American party at thc
coming election. We have nominated
, ticket, the personnel Of which is the
best of any ticket ever placed in tho
ficld in Suit Lake county want TO
ell YOU this is an American year. The
question which coufronts the Amcri-
can party at the coming election is Il
serious one. 1t dcvolvcs upon us so
AIRY this fight on TO n victory The
and III some WAYS it IS even ahead Of
Roosevelt, of the new uationaGsm,
which is sweeping this country from
,oast TO coast today.
- want YOU 60 realize that this is
m American year. The people through
nut the country are asking for speak
,rs 10 come and Cxpound 10 them theI
principles of the American party.
They want 10 know why the same good
hings which arc being enjoyed by Salt
Lake City cannot be theirs - Mr.
itivcs closed his address by saving that
ne saw no reason why the American
party should not carry Salt Lake
,ounty this fall by a majority Of $500.
Mr.. Gibbs Talks.
Although his name was not on the
,yening's programme, Josiah u. Gibbs
vas called upon for " few remarks
Mr. Gibbs told the meeting that he was
shortly 10 60 on mission TO Los
Angeles. aud beginning there he would
-ist the Mormon strougholds from the
'ity OF the Angels 10 Seattle. chal
enging the missionaries TO discuss the
,oIicics Of the church with him in tho
,pen and whether or not Joseph +.
Smith is a lawbreaker. TO finance
his undertaking Mr.. Gibbs announced
hat he had written n pamphlet on the
u Iountain Meadows massacre. IN which
,e has placed the responsibilities for !
hat awful tragedy where il properly
'elougs. Mr.: Gibbs ANNOUNCED that he
iad proven in this pamphlet that the
doctrines, teachings and revelations Of
he Mormon church were directly re-