The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-25
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party county convention yesterday
wAs well prepared IN the interest OF
Tom Kearns and the Tribune. Il was
no more a finished product than the
program OF entertainment. with Agui-
lRldo Weber as fnterlocutor and both
end men. The advantage OF having
Aguinaldo 70 the fore Il that he can
appear IN black face without any
preparation IN advance. ~ illustrated
By a story that he tells hiusolf
Aguinaldo one evening was one OF
= GALAXY OF orators at an American
party rally. Ho received the usual
salvos OF applause. and LETT the meet
ing well satisfied with himself. As
no boitsred on tho corner for a car, he
paused 20 hear some OF the audience
discussing tho meeting. one OF them
was slightly bibulous. but had his
likes and his dislikes which he stated
we'll
4 liked the speeches pretty WELL"
sid tho bfbuious one. In fact, they
ali made a hit with me. But really
think the little coon made the best
speech OF tho lot"
By tho little ooon.- OF course. the
gentleman with the overplus OF liquor
meant AgIinRldo. weber's dark cast
OF couutenance was responsible for
tho remark
Ayuinaldo f. perhaps one OF the
most notable political scrubs in
the state OF Utah. His record along
that limo IS perhaps only equaled By
th0se Of Frank L Sefrit and Pat DAILY.
u was extremely fitting that he
should be. chosen ne entertainer FOR
the American party convention. He
always says something. generally fl IS
uztrue. but ne says Il I'm such an en-
tertaining way that the essence Of his
remarks r. lost IN the admiration Of
his auditors over the fact that he can
tank for full hour without once
enunciating a new idea
Perhaps his choicest paragraph yes
terday was that anent gambling and
violations OF tho liquor law In the city
under tho present American party adj
uinistrution. 70 ran like this.
The American party has abolished
the sunday raIocn. the aII-niEht
saloon. race track and turf room
gambling and other gambling.
How tho speaker must have
Rriuned IN the seciusion OF his cham
Der later over that statement Every
body who knows anything about salt
Lake At this time knows there IS more
gambling IN salt Lake Just now than
any time during the past twenty
years. There are scores OF gambling
dens IN tho city. and there IS one
block that has ten Of them. The only
difference between salt Lake now and
some years ago when gambling was
permitted r. that tho American party
administration gets tho rakeoff now.
and. before. tho city obtained Il to aid
in maintaining the government. In
stead OF going into the public treas
urJ. ~ n ala In the old days. the rake
Off nom tho gamblers goes into the
pockets OF those who are or the IN
side.
10 f. a wcli-icnown and notorious
fact that every gambling house IN the
city e. paying $50 a month for protec-
tion- Threo-fourths Of the money with
which the American party campaign
viii be run this fall will come out OF
the gambling privileges that are being
sold IN salt Lake. Occasionally. a den
IS raidcd. but II Is always months be-
fore an election. and IN few days
u ~ running again on full time. Gam
bling f. rampant IN this city. but the
Tamblers are not getting all the
money. II IS known that even the
smallest dive pays the $50 a month.
Perhaps some American party Official
win tell US where the money IS going.
Prom time to time the American
city council has passed n stringent
liquor ordinance that a never tried TO
enforce. There never was any inten-
tion 70 enforce IT. Il was passed sim
ply for the purpose OF grating the
saloon men. Just how far I'D tho
graft gets Is always a question. Every
body knows that It IS possible 20 get
drink IN Salt Lake az any time OF
the day or night seven days a week
Ar1iualdo rather ovcrreachcd him
self IN his discussion or the liquor
question.
he was az courageous. however. as
the convention itself. It's plank on the
liquor question f. an absolute strad-
die. Just as the enunciation OF prin-
ciples is on everything else that was
considered. With neither the courage
TO declare for prohibition nor declare
against Il. IT'S pronunciamento was
mild and tame. Being party without
principles. its stand on the liquor
question was as weak as could be ex-
pected Here 70 IS:
We donounce the political leaders o'
the church for their brazen at
tempt 20 deceive the friends Oi
prohibition BY having Democrat
write into their platform n dec