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Show AMEKKANS ARE FELICITATED first Battle Was a Glorious One, Thousands Enlisted for Even More Vigorous Campaigns for the Future. State Committee Says There Must Bo No Halt, No Retreat, but a Complete Victory. Tho American Parly of , Utah will not rcmovo Its armor until a comploto vie tory of Us principles has been won. It means to rcnow tho fight begun two months ago and to push tho battlo line nearer to the cilldal of Utah's enemies. There Is to bo no surrender, no retreat. Tho exporienco of tho past campaign will prove valuablo. It has demonstrated the fact that the new party has fully 12,000 friends in Salt Lake county. Not all of theso could oporato with -tho Americans In tho first fight becauso of personal or old party obligations. They havo theso obligations discharged now and aro ready to voto for and work for the American tickets of tho future. Next month tho campaign will bo fought for members of the Board of Education. Ed-ucation. Later for tho city of Salt Lako. Tho next eleven months promise to bo the most Important In tho local political history of a decade. It may not bo as closely a contested campaign as was waged by tho Pcoplo's Party and the Liberals but It will be a greater contest greater in tho numbers Involved and In the lmportanco of the Issues. Hundreds Hun-dreds of liberal-minded Mormons will help tho Americana. But a few assisted tho Liberals. In tills connection It will bo Interesting to observe tho views held by tho Stato committee of tho American Party of Utah. The following address is self-explanatory: Utah Americans Felicitated. To tho Americans of Utah: The Stato Central committee of the American party prccents to you its congratulation upon the magnificent fight of last Tuesday. In a little more than fifty days, an army of 000 has been enlisted to servo during tho war. How long that war shall Inst no one can now foresee; but that the Americnns mean to wage It to a bucccbs-ful bucccbs-ful Issue is demonstrated by tho fact that moro flags wero worn on tho day after electio'n. than on the clay before election. Volunteers aro coming to us and eventually the lino will be so drawn In Utah as that wo will moot but ono foo on the political battlefield. Tho event of last Tuesday denies for all time that our party was organized by disgruntled politicians or to serve the vindictive fooling of any set of men against any other set of men. The event of last Tuesday also proves that the party has Its abiding reason for oxlstcnco In Utah; for It is now Incontestnbly evident evi-dent that the Democracy of Utah Is ns much under ecclcslnstlcal control as Is tho Republican machino Gratitude to Workers. To all who engaged in tho work, the committee extends Its profound gratitude. Wo thank tho party workera; wo thank the contributors to tho campnltm fund; wo thank especially Tho Salt Lako Tribune, Trib-une, which waged the war throughout this State freely and devotedly for tho lovo of Americanism The mighty labors of Tho Tribune, and tho result of those labors, havo demonstrated that It Is a trusted leader amons the people. Such other nowspapsrs of tho State. Including particularly tho Bingham Bulletin, which gave a fair presentation of American Ameri-can party doctrines, are also thanked. Above all. a tribute of gratitude is due from this committee, and from all tho Americans In Utah, to the brave and Eplcudid women who fearlcssW and Intelligently In-telligently fought this great fight. To them belong a great sharo of the credit, and upon them must depend In larjfo degree de-gree the progress of this battle for an American Utah 'Die St-tio i-cmmltti-e propose to continue con-tinue the war every day and every hour until victory shall bo won. To that end, it calls upon all loyal Americans in Utah to Join the party In those localities whore organization haa not been effected wo Invite tho men and women who voted tho party ticket lust Tuesday, or who aro In sympathy with the movement, to make county organizations. No Pear of Ostracism. The State committee will aid to this end by every moans In Its powor; but largely thin wor.k must devolve upon tho people themselves. They Hhould have no fear of ostracism: thoy should havo no fear of tho commercial weapon of their opponents Behind us stand b2.000.000 people, peo-ple, who will seo that Justice Is done. Americans, organize In your counties, so that two years honco tho 6000 American Ameri-can voters of this year shall grow Into an overwhelming mass of tho citizenship of this State, determined to rescue tho Commpnwealth and the Individual rights of men, all of which arc imperiled by ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical control In politics. Wherever school elections aro to be held, let Americans organize (julckly In order that they may wage successful battlo for tho moat sacred Institution In our country, tho public schools. The Stato Central committee Invites correspondence cor-respondence from Americans who have effected or are desirous of effecting American Amer-ican organizations. Address all communications communi-cations on this subject to the secretary, room 222, Atlns block, Salt Lake City, Utab, Bv tho State Central Committee, WI1-lard WI1-lard F. Snyder, chairman; P. J. Daly, secretary. Tho American Slate and County committees com-mittees met yesterday aftcrnpon In executlvo execu-tlvo session to consider futuro compalgns and to close up the business of tho past. It was the sense of tho conference that an aggrcsslvo contest bo waged In all political po-litical or school elections until tho purpose of the organization shall be accomplished. It daily becomes moro apparent that the next Utah Legislature has not. been pledg- . cd in advance to any Who Will man for United Succeed States Senator. And Senator Kearns? pWe?0 such that they are practically prac-tically worthless. Inasmuch ns tho contest between two or more of the candidates mny result In a temporary dead-lock. In this ense men who promised to vote for a certain candidate may cast a voto or two and then declare tho obligation discharged. Some of tho Salt Lake Re- Cubllcan politicians now believe this will e tho case. This makes the situation a very complicated one. Already an organization Is being attempted in tho Interest of ono of Salt Lake's wealthiest men. It In said he haa absolutely abso-lutely refused to permit tho uho of his narao until ho Is convinced that Senator Reed Smoot haa not pledged himself irrevocably ir-revocably to Georgo Sutherland. Sutherland's Suther-land's friends, somb of them, Boy tho Apostle Senator has already given tho word. But tho moro conservative of the former Congressman's nontenants will not go that Car. Thoy will not say It la absolutely abso-lutely cinched. And thoy make It quite ct rtaln that tho deal Is yet to bo closed by tho manner In which thoy havo Undertaken Under-taken a Legislative organization. "If Reed Smoot wero committed llnally,' said an obsorvlng one, "there would bo no necessity for tho growing uneasiness of tho Sutherland crowd, nor cause for the Increasing activltv of tho othor candidates' candi-dates' frlonds." This, at lenst. Is logical. Georgo Sutherland Is the most active candidate, and has been for months. Mayor Glasmann Is also a candidate and has tho support of his Ogdon newspaper and his political appointees. Ho says he will have tho Bolld bucking of tho Weber county delegation, but perhaps has another an-other guess coming. He hns addressed a letter to tho gentlemen who will constitute consti-tute tho next Genorul Assembly, aaklng for support. Ho asks for "support and voto." Judge Georgo Washington Bartch announces an-nounces that ho Is a candidate, but will not enter Into an undlgnllled scramble. He says he expects strong booking from friends In tho East as well as In Utah. Tho eastern Inllucnco In Utah Is tho conundrum con-undrum of tho campaign. W. S. McCor-nick McCor-nick does not say ho Is a candidate, or that ho will be. Ho Is looking the situation situa-tion over. If tho election seems possible his friends say he will get In tho gamo with all tho vigor possible It was stated yesterday that fully six of the Salt Lako delegation will go to McCornlck If ho enters the fight. Ono of tho members of tho next session says tho banker has eight friends on tho local dolcgatlon. Ho says he has sounded them and knows. mm Somo ono called lip a well-known nows-papor nows-papor man and asked whero tho Republican Repub-lican headquarters had been removed. "I can't tell you, my friend. . Supposo you ring up Joseph F. Smith." All county and Stato ofllclals and clerks nrc unusunlly busy these days. Accumulated Accumu-lated work requires great effort to dls-ooso dls-ooso of. Late reports from the Seventh Judicial district lndicato the dofc-at of W. D. Livingston, Liv-ingston, Smootlte, by Ferdinand Erlckson. Democrat, for Judge, by a majority of about 22. Owing to errors In addition the voto of Judge Hull, a candidate on tho Democratic Demo-cratic Judicial ticket In thlB county, waa given as 1C.673. when It should havo been 10.673. This would make Judgo Morse's plurality over Judge IIall,S20, Instead of 229. as erroneously printed. It will require re-quire tho offlciol count In all Instances In this county before tho exact pluralities can bn given. |