The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-21
UNITE To SUPPORT
AMERICAN TICKET
Representative Women Of the
City Behind Progressive
Candidate for Mayor.
Continued From Page one,)

patriotic administrative pol1cF SnOulQ
be selected as your mavor at this cleo
tiou.''
The mayor then made a statement re-
garding charges against him concern
ing the suppression of vice. He de-
clared that he had been grossly mis-
represented and his purpose scandalous
" abused.
81 have neither time nor inclination
TO reply TO scurrilous or false ncwSpa
per reports. ~ he said. "but 7 nm glad
Of tins opportunity 10 speak and coufer
with YOU on this subject. | have never
been in Judge Powers office TO con
fer on ANYTHING in the presence of MI
Mulvey. Mrs. Topham and Mr.. Marion.
cauX, aud know absolutely nothing OF
any conference whatsoever. | am not
interested either directly or indirectly
in the Citizens Improvement company
or the stockade and have never been
on the block or in the block contain
ing the stockadc since it was opened
Deprecates Mud-Slinging.
"L have been eight times a candi.
date for office before the people and
have never reSorted to mud Singing,
don { propose to start now, even ii
by so doing | can further my cam
paigu. / stand on my record as eiu,,
zen, and one who is deeply interested
1.-The social evil is a question un-
solved with the ages. and l have sought
in many ways and in many places Tor
at least Il partial solution of this gues-
tioo. For political purposes many have
questioned my motives, but mono has
ever attempted a suggestion Of Il solu-
ton. Even the 'rod light sheet docs
not offer solution, although those re-
spoDsible for its being arc loudcst in
nj nt y ~
to offer in lieu of an effort it is fair TO
challenge his sinccrity.'
The mayor declared that while he
was charged with lax methods regard.
ing the suppression of vice. 1T was a
fact that he was powerlcss without the
support of those whose duty it was TO
prosecute
1T is a potorious fact. he said,
@ that out of about 400 arrests for So
were had. and these denlzcns of the
street gave the police the laugh.
without the consent of the city
council | cannot discharge Il policeman
for being drunk declared the mayor,
land If the city prosecutor fails in IN
effort TO prosecute crime the respou-
sibility should be properly placed
' stand for clean. moral city, and
for policy Of progression and advance
VIII work in harmony with such pol
icy ! Will guarantee such progress as
VIC. have never had in city affairs. 7
thank YOU for this opportunity of ex-
planning my position in those things so
vital to your interests. -
The mayors address was punctuatod
with much applause and wrcn he had
concluded he received personal assur-
ances Of support from practically all
Of the women present.
Weber for the Ticket.
Judge A, J. Weber wds greeted with
applause when he arose to address the
meeting. He began by saving;
- appear before YOU as one who has
come back TO the American party. to
quote statement that has been made
with reference TO myself and Allen +.
sanford. want 10 say TO you that +
have not come back to The American
party. | have never left il.
81 am for the American ticket and
! am for it from top to bottom. ] am
not affaid of comparison of our can
dldatcs with those on any other ticket.
The Citizens ticket represents moth
ing, Then there is the so.called Good
Government Republican ticket. 1t can Z
be both good government and Repub-
lic2n, because have never known q Re
publican ticket that was good govern
ment ticket.
"IIowevcr, | think that this is the
best Republican ticket that has ever
been uominaed, because there are SO
few Republicans on il. Jim Decline was
an American until be failed to receive
the appointment as fire chief Then
there is this man Wood--a peach He
was an American only 50 long as he
could be in The city council Fcntou
left the American party because he
could not get franchise he wanted. J
won & say anything concerning Doug
las. except that he was first Demo
cTat. theu an American and now Is
Republican.
"We have had a strong American
administration. There have been mis-
takes. of course, because the men who
compose the administration are only
human and they arc not guided by dl
vine revelation.
cit is true that I sat in The Amer
lean convention an opponent of Mayor
Bransford s denomination and did all
IN my power 10 prevent IT. But | be-
lieye that the molority should rule and
so long as | am not in the majority
believe that | am wrong. I accepted
the will Of the American convention
and | am for every man on the Amer
lean ticket. Avery American nominee
is my candidate.
Record on Gambling.
"There has been much talk about re-
form, about gambling. No administra
tiou op earth can enforce TO the letter
the law against gambling, Before
American rule in Salt Lake. gambling
was wide open everywhere The Ameri,
ran party has prohibited public gamb-
ling and reduced it 10 the minimum.
% Now. if there is gambling who is
10 b!ame7 A Republican state legisla
ture has made gambling a felony and
has taken the power of enforcing the
law against gambling from the city and
placed 1T with the state. The prose
cutting attorney and the sheriff arc to
blame If there now exists gambling any
where. The county has arrested forty
alleged gamblers aud they have been
turned over 10 the district attorney for
prosecution with the result that there
has not been II single conviction.
1.-THE American party not oulv wants
progress, but gives progress. The Am
crlcan party moi only wants reform, but
gives reform. The American party Is
for u greater Salt Lake, for cleaner
Salt Lake