The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
SAY PRESENT ISSUES
ARE OLD, OLD FIGHT
Question Is American Rule
and Progress or Church
Domination.
WOMEN WILL SUPPORT
Enthusiastic Meeting at Which
Vital Points in Campaign
Are Discussed.
WOMEN WILL SUPPORT

Thai the issues in the present poDt-
ical campaign do not materially olilcr
from those of previous campaigns was
made clear at an enthusiastic gathering
of American party women IN Arlon hall
Yesterday afternoon. The attitude OF
tho Mormon church and the scarcely
yelled instructions given out to the
Mormon people on Sunday at the tab
ernacle and elsewhere seemed to have
the effect of arousing the spirit OF the
loyal women of the community aud the
interest manifested was even greater
on that account.
The meeting was addressed by Mrs
C.. +. Allen, Judge \. j, Weber, W:
Mont Ferry and Mayor Bransford, all
of whom were given hearty greeting
and bearing Mrs. w. n, Wilkinson
presided and explained that the meet
| ing WAS primarily called for the pur-
pose Of oganizipg for active work on
the last day for registratlon-tooa ay'
She called upon W. Mont Ferry. chair
man Of the American organization, TO
explain what was necessary TO be
done.
Time for Work Brief.
| Mr.. Ferry pointed out that this cam
paign differed from preceding ones IN
that only four weeks were given to DO
the work that in others had been spread
over several months. In other respects
| il was clear that the issues were the
! same, While the American adplnIstTa'
| ton bad made mistakes, he sald, 1t was
| entirely human-thesc mistakes had
been entirely of the head Had the ad-
ministraton been such rs the Citizens ,
so called, with ecclesiastical backing
| 4 !, hl II
no excuse for making mistakes. MI.
Ferry did not. however, consider that
any apology was necessary for the
American party.
.'There i 81 he said, "but one issue,
the same as that on which we have
fought out previous campaigns--shali
the Mormon hierarchy rule this city as
il does the state' The mask has been
thrown off and the issues arc made
allow the church to dominate affairs IN
Salt Lake City! There is nothing else
before the voters.
! In Mr.. Ferry S opinion. the most ef-
| fectiye method Of countcracting the
domination attempted WAS organization
by the women and faithful work, he
said, would bring about a splendid VIC
tory.
''Our central organization, he said,
ID DolUS WIFI IL I'iD W nav
splendid organization. but it is now
up TO us TO make the individual CT.
fort. Defeat means four years of
church rule On the ouc hand is the
American ticket, composed of clean-cllt
men: on the other arc men who are IN
opposition TO progress. who are against
public improvements. The issue is be-
tween progress and retrogression, We
cannot stand still
Urges Active Work.
Mr. Ferry urged tho women to hold
meetings in every precinct for each day
Of the campaign and said that ut these
the candidates should assist. He I'M
pressed the necessity Of individual and
personal effort
Mrs. G. l.. Allen in rouslDg address
told why she was an American. begin
ming with her coming to Utah twenty
eight years ago. when she took up the
study of Mormopisn. from its own pub.
| Iicatious and talks with its members,
all of which convinced her of lis er"
rors. She reminded the women pres.
crt Of the condition of the social evil
in former days. when like every other
woman she avoided passing many spots
| in the center of the city, She told of
the times whom to cross Second South
and Main streets it was necessary TO
wade through A sea of mud. There
were no schools then save church
schools. and some gentle men had
measured the school floor space of the
city and found that it was not more
! than sufficient for more than one.
| fifth OF the school population.
Need for Contest.
Mrs. Allen aroused applause by her
reference TO tbe slogan of the Citizens
party of .1Peace. Progress and Re.
| md ,bounJ lbo, tbn tbroa uynrc
incompatible. the latter two only com
ing by fight rather than by peace. She
reminded the women that formerly the
most open thing in the city WAS the so.
cial evil aud TINT no effort was then
made TO handle it, That it was not dis.
posed of vet was not the fault of the
city officials who mad done their best
but the problem was one existing every:
where. She had heard whispers of
schemes which would be taken in this
direction If the ether party won and
she wanted TO say that she would op-
pose with all her might thc suggestion
of "A municipal institution.
| 81 believe.' she said Ethat the
men on the American ticket are bet
ter set of men for us. They arc up.
right business men, while on the other
| hand are men who arc connected in q
straight line directly with the head OF
the Mormon church
1--WE know how they will find it nee.
! essarv 10 take counsel We have worke
! in organizations with Mormon women
and have found that direct eIpres
sion could not come from them until
they had taken counsel 1t was so in
the Women s Welfare league IT is so
in every case Mrs. Allen urged per.
sonsl effort Of all,
Weber Defines Issue.
Judge a. j. Weber insisted that the
lines OF demarkatlop were clearly
drawn and that the Citizens ticket
stood for policies that progressive
people have long discarded. The Amer
lean ticket. on the other hand he said
stood for bberty of speech, of thought
and the right Of every man TO vote rs
nc wjllcd. without church interference
So far as peace was concerned, there
would he peace quickly enough if the
church leaders would obey the law and
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