The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-21

of other people F" Well, who has done
so? And when it continues that 1T
would not brand those who do not agree
with it Gas liars, beastly criminals etc.
us the American party leaders have
DONE the question naturally arises,
what would it do when they arc liars,
when they are beastly criminals. and
when they have proved their bestlality
and their falsehood in d way which
be squarcly met?
When the Standard further says that
it "would try and right the injuries
The Tribune has done to commercial
interests, - etc, we must beg to be eS-
cused from taking any stock III that
sort of talk Tho Tribune has mot IN
the least injured any commercial inter
ests; but, ON the contrary, il has fos-
tered them all. And so far as the
American party is concerned, 1T can
point with triumphant cIatiou to the
beneficial results of its administration
of Salt Lake City, commercially, In the
growth OF population, and in every de.
slrablc form
When the Standard further saws thai
il will restore confidence in Utah, viii
bring money into Utah, will build Z
name for Utah that her people will be
proud of, whereas the American party
and The Tribune have destroyed conf
deuce. driven capital away, defamed
and disgraccd the fair name Of Utah
and her people, and so on. we must look
upon that sort of talk as simply the
vagaries of mnacy. Nothing in the
least approaching any such state of at
fairs is in any degree correct or
half way correct Neither the American
party nor The Tribune has done any of
those things. Quite the contrary. The
American party has built up confidence,
has brought in capital, has endeavored
to build name for Utah aud her people
to be proud Of rather than to crlnge
under the disgrncefuI lash of the priest
hood, and TO be content with The cond.-
tions that prevail upon the lawlcss rule
of the dominant hierarchy.
The Standard thinks that the . Amer.
lean party conduct is such as to drive
the members of the dominant church
into a campaign of lfdcfense and
unity of action But. as said before,
under whatever form the effort might
be made to shake of the church domin-
ion in politics, the same thing would
follow, that the priesthood acting in de.
fense of its own self assumed and sell
ish authority. would rally their people
TO their support. The misconception in
all this matter is failure to distinguish
between the people Of Utah and the ar
rogant leading priesthood of the Nor.
mon church That priesthood will fight
for it's supremacy, will call TO It's sup
port all of the membership of the
church wherever il can do so, and Will
fight TO the last for it's self assumed di-
vine right TO rule.
We trust that whatever disposition
there may be in this State land we be
lieve there is a greater disposition now
than ever to make an actual separa-
tiou of church and state. those who wish
Sncn actual separation VIII raIlN 10 lHe
principles of the American party They
are Just principles, that will harm no
loyal citizen. They are good principles.
They arc the principles that are in force
and effect everywhere else in the United
States except within the jurisdiction of
the Mormon church We believe also
that whatever strength the disposition
to throw of church domination has at
tanned is due altogether TO the teach
ing, example. and sound principles OF
the American party.
And VIC again say that the American
party is sufficient; that 1t is not guilty
of the things that its opponents charge
upon it; that it simply asks TO be Judged
bv its own declarations and acts; and
that when so Judged, candidly, fairly
and without Misrepresentation, 1T VIII
be found to be ample for all the pur-
moses of those who would throw Oil
church domination IN politics.