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Show H American Column. Advertising. Edited hy Tho American Party. NOTtOK There will bo hu American Mmi Convontlou and a Rally at Rrlgham City Saturday, Octobor 20th, 1006. The Convention will bo bold 11 1 tho Opera House at 10 o'clock a. m., and the Unity in tho evening at the same place. The baud will bo in attendance, the Amcr-can Amcr-can candidate for Congress, the candl-H, candl-H, datu for Judge, and Hon. A J Weber and others will deliver addresses. All Amor-leans Amor-leans are Invited. aasa 1 Recollect that tho American Party has not drawn a lluo anywhere. It baa been drawn for us. About the time of tho dlvhlon on party lines, thu quorum of , the twelve adopted a rulo that members ' of tho quorum of tho apostles, presidents of seventies, presidents of stakes aud bishops of wards should stay out of politics least Jcalonslrs and ill fecliucs ) might arise. They were supposed to tie- j vote all their time to tbe church; they . were supposed to pouroll ou the troubled j waters; they wore salaried officials of tbe fl j church; held ther oOicea at thu pleasure j of their superiors and 110 member of the church was permitted to And fault with them. It vasn't the American Party ! tbat made the rule. Then three mouths aud two daya after statehood, tho rule ' was changed co as to permit them to jj anter politics provided they took "couu- acl" and wvru duly authorized to do o. Jj The rulo should be either lived up to Kl and all these high officials given a chaucu to enter politic or they should stay nut j of politics. The way it Is now, the lead- era can permit what men tbuy sec lit to 'f, servo the state aud they can absolutely preveut a man from serving tbo statu. r Tbe American Party Is not striving to I exoludo auy person from thu exercise of f bis political rights. It simply ioilsts ' that tho leaders cannot select the officers ( vrho shall serve tho state, Tbe right be- 'j louga to tbe people. Inasmuch as the leaders of the church have vowed to God, to the people of tbo I United States and to tbe people of Utah j tbat they will not Interfere In politics, It is the desire of the American Party to help them keep their covenants. 1 The covcuants were In substance that : the laws should bo obeyed, tbat there should be uo Interfvreuce iu politics or business, and that high oQJclala should itay out of politics. IJased upon those piomisca statehood came as a gift from forty-four other states, thu temples were returned, pro. aecutlous ceased aud tbe era of peace aud good will dawned. The division oa party Hues took place about fifteen years ago, and the boon of statehood was granted in 1800. Is that ( giving them time enough to ascertain whether or not tbo promises will be kept? ) Vet on Sept. 28, 1000, in Apostlo Sraoofa j offlcUl organ it sayss "But there is the complaint tbat tbe Mormon church inter-H inter-H j feres in- politics. It is current history i that tbe Mortnou church, through tbe i Influence of lis first president, did inter-' inter-' frro in tbe politics of Utah by aiding and assisting lu tbo election of Tom Hj Ktarus. Uo billeted it would be best for tbe state to bo represented by a gontleman( nnd bo may have been In- lluruced by tbo known furtuno that Kearns possessed, and which ho bad won In tho state. Tlioru may have been other considerations." According to this admission a gc noral election Is turned into what might be called a public auction. What do you think of it? The only thing tbat can be done now Is for tho people to maintain their honor; It is for thu pcoplo to maintain main-tain their pledges It has been determined deter-mined that 110 one elso can be relied upon. Cltletm, for tbo sake of your wlfo, for the sake of your children, for the sako of your state which you lovo so well vote to keep tho faith aud VOTE DOWN THE COVENANT BREAKER,. MCN AND WOMKN OF BOX ELDEK Couktt Wlien you vote put your mark up by tbo "American Flag" that ting represents the government that gavo you your buinertinds, tbat government which is the freeest and the grandest iu the world. By your vote you will be saying to tbat government I am not guilty of tbe sin of ingratitude. You will bo saying to that government I love my country, I did not make any false promises to get tho boon of statehood, state-hood, I did not maku any false promises upon which tbe temples ami other church property was returned and I did not make auy false promises upon which amnesty was obtained and tho era of paace aud good will dawned. I |