The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02
Federation of Labor Hall Filled
at First Meeting of Party
in Campaign.
SPEAKERS GREETED WITH
UNB0LNDED ENTHUSIASM
Principles of Americanism EX-
pounded From Platform
With Telling Effect.

tend the first meeting of Americans
to be held under the auspices of the
American club These meetings viii
he held each Saturday night hence
forth until the close of the campaign
The audience was representative OF
Tho best citizenship Of the community
They were Americans and they knew
why they were Americans. They had
thought it all over, these serious
minded men and women, and they had
come TO the conclusion only through
the American party can this state be
| redeemed from conditions under which
rt now suffers and take rank with
other states in the Union. Having
| thus made up their minds, these
Americans went to Federation hall last
night TO lend encouragement by their
! presence to the movement that has Tor
| its sole aim the bettcrmcnt Of public
affairs IN Utah.
The audience heard with careful at
tcution the words of the speakers who
| addressed the gathering briefly. The
people who were there manifested their
approval in no uncertain way Of the
sentiments expressed by those speakers.
They subscribed without qualification to
the declarations that the American
party must and will win in The com
ing election, and they were there to
give their pledge of support
The meeting was called to order by
Judge A. j. Weber, who presided. The
American quartet, composed of Mrs
Corinne Harris Hammer, Miss Edna
Dwyer, j. Herbert Summers and j. w,
Curtis, sang beautifully; Miss Mario
RE Mulvcy accompanied at the piano.
In the course Of the evening the quar-
f,E 80 N.l,
Sweet and Low" "My Old Ken
tucky Home" and "Good Night. Be
%Ncross II, the Blue Ocean" The sing
ing was particularly pleasing and
brought forth generous applause from
the audience
The quartet has number of cam
paign songs in course of rehearsal, and
hcnccforth at tho rallies these songs
will be given.
Next Saturday night Judge Weber
will be the principal speaker, having
been voted by last night S gathering
to the place of honor next Saturday.
Why He Is an American.
H w. bennett, candidate for repre-
sentative in the lower house, was the
first speaker last evening. Mr. Den
nett has been member continuously
of the Typographical union for twenty.
seven years, and, he said, he would
continue to be a member so long as
ne was able to earn money enough to
pay his dues.
Nh bennett said he was an Amcri-
can because he deemed it a duty, and
he accepted the nomination because he
felt it his duty to respond to the call
of his associates in his union and Of
his friends in the American party. Mr.,
bennett said that American principles
only rendered it possible that there
could be labor organizations. He was
is the only place for an American citi-
zen, because the American party re-
pCdiated SmootIsm, Aldrichism and
Cannonism but it is the essence of
progressiveness. and because it stands
for American manhood and womanhood.
The speaker predicted that. AT the
November polls, the Republicans will
reap what they have sown, and that the
American party Will go to victory.
Mission of American Party.
Judge George M Sullivan, veteran
in the American party ranks, another
nominee for the house, addressed the
gathering Judge Sullivan called at.
tention to, the places taken by other
states of the union in the affairs of
the nation. but what place has Utah2
What has Utah evte done TO command
recognition What has the representa-
tiyes In ongrcss-senators and rep
rescntative-from Utah ever done for
he betterment Of tho nation? Moth.
ing. declared Judge Sullivan. And
this has been so and is so, because we
are living under n system which pre-
vents free thought and free action, and
ANYTHING which does that is a drag and
detriment.
Because of the fact that Utah has
never been given IL fair chance, the
American party was called into being.
So long, said Judge Sullivan, as the
public affairs of this state are dictated
by one man, or two or three men, or
by religious organization Of men and
women. Just so long will there be alb
solutely no use of trying to divide along
political party lines, as they do in
other states. Judge Sullivan, said
that the people must learn to think
for themselves and TO act for them
selves, and when they have done that
and have shown the ruling power in
Utah that conditions must be changed,
then and not until then can there be
talk Of dividing on party lines.
Judge Sullivan said that, in order
to do this, time and patience and en-
ergy and effort must be exercised
Every American citizen is in duty
bound 10 make sacrifice for the public
welfare. and therefore it is the duty
of every American party man and
woman to work constantly and with
out faltering towards the desired end
The speaker touched upon the ques-
tion of capital and labor, and declared
that this is one of the gravcst uues-
tions vet TO be solved The principles
of the American party gave assurance
that the laboring man can vote in his
own best interests if he vote the Amer
lean ticket
The speaker said that he had noted
much Improvement already under Amer
lean party rule in the city. and he was
convinced. after mingling with The
Younger members Of the dominant
church that these younger men are fast
coming TO see the benefits of the opera
ton of American party principles.
The Paramount Issue.
o. ". Ewing, also ono of the candi-
dates on the American ticket for the
lower house, WAS the last speaker OF
the evening, He said that the para