The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-11
PARKS FOOLISH INTERVIEW.

IL appears from talk which Mayor
elect Park is indulgiur in while on his
tour Of the Northwest coast that he con
sidcrs himself the special champion OF
Mormouism in defeating the ':anti
| Mormon ticket in this city at the re
cent municipal election. He is quoted
as follows in the Seattle Post-lntelli
gencer of December eth:
t'No man or institution whose motto
| is political, philosophical religion;
| intolerance can long survive. l wani
my rights and expect 20 cconcede, ,hc
Samuel G, Park, mayor elect of Salt
kake City, at the New Washington yes
| terday. when speaking of the anti
Mormon local ticket which he recently
sent down 10 defeat.
Mr.. Park is a jewelcr OF Salt Lake
and has been a resident OF that city
for twenty years In company with
George Il. Keyscr. recently elected com
missioner on Salt Lakes new commits
comes to examine scattlc's boulevard
and park systems, about which Inc de-
clsred he had heard much favorable
the cly's accounting system and divi-
sion of official departments in order to
be aole 10 condenso seventeen depart
menis in Salt Lake, as they existed
uIb'i 'IF plu pIdls lIllb llNN hlSNl'l''
heads. with commissioner aud the
mayor in executive charge OF ono each
Mr. Park said that the Mormon dues-
tion entered largely into the municipal
party styling Itself anti ti-Momnon;
which sought 10 elect a set of candi
dates. The ncw form Of government
was taken partly from Galveston and n
portion from that in vogue AT Des
Moincs, Ia, and some Of the now com
missioners have gone TO Des Moines to
bear hes r the titles Of finance. .and revenues.
safety streets and public highways
water, parks and public property. The
department OF public affairs is in con
by the nov mayor. The point has not
yet been fully decided.
Utah" said Mr., Park. "has long been
exploited as Mormon commmity, and
II has been subjected 10 protraCt ed
local strife, Al the last election tho
verdict was unmstakablc that the peo-
pie are weary of these chickering's aud
want them blotted out forever. The
fcated a so~callod anti Mormon ticket.
which for six wears had bccn in control
NJ municipal affairs. IN conformity
with the new note OF cleaner politics
the business men OF Salt Lake got to-
ecther and nominated four commits
sioners and myself on norpar,isan
basis There Is only one Mormon
among MS. II. r. Morris. Democrat
and highly respected citizen, am
neither Mormon nor believer III It's
doctrines although many Of my patrons
and some Of my childhood playma cs
and associates arc Normons
TN business the Normons arc above
rcproach. II is y part Of their creed 20
keep out Of debt and, when debt is un-
avoidsb 10 pay their obligations
promptly. and this they do with re-
marksbIe persistence They arc an in
dusirious and peaceable people. and
only small per cent of thcm ever
practiccd polycamous marriages In The
long-ago. despite the muckrailcr. who
so-called polyEamous MormonS. two ~
whom were driven out Of the church
ana three OF whom have been in their
graves more than twenty years.
''Mormons will he treated in my Off
cisl capacity as ans othcr people re-
Sardess Of their religion
From the above IT will be seen how
far Mr.. Park has Travelled on course
of pcryersitv and darkness, There was,
Of course. no anti Mormon party, much
less party styling itself such in tho
field at the election in this city. and
equally, Of course. the supporters Of Mr..
Park lid not consider him to be the
champion OF Mormonism, or tho special
safeguard of the Mormon church
against attack The whole Interview is
so absolutely pcrverse that it would be
hard. to speak Of it with patience,