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Show UE FOURTH WARD s Hall Entirely Two Small Accommodate Cheer- . ing Americans. JSIASMWAS Ij I GENERAL AND SINCERE ters of Ability Explain ! liy the American Party , I ; Was Organized. a$ ! 'R-$jLitest rally of tho campaign," was 1 is&ntmnnB opinion of tho hundredM .jStended tho American rally In the jjK'-vrard Friday night. Xnott's hall .jj&efnlly Inadequate to accommodate .3(al crowd present and no more en-ijKtlo en-ijKtlo gathering- has been held In the c2iifa elnco tho American city con Sip. Thomas Weir ca.vo oomo 60lind aB reasons why thero was mich a Tib the American party In existence. .jFgnmcnta were closely followed, 33-I'fa? 33-I'fa? tce 5'0UnE Mormons who " flpresent and upon whom Mr. Weir . mtc1 tangible reasons why they lllvota tho American ticket. EXiorge Crowd Indignant. flip T. Sanford, tho attorney, niad6 an J.oL and con-vinclns: appeal to the pec-Afjgalt pec-Afjgalt Lake generally, lie reviewed 'licent disreputable actions of certain ilia who had tried to palm oft upoii tlty somo Instruments which In. time iltwork Inestimable Injury upon tho lAfler describing the deeds and tho MSUonablo clauses therein, which wore forelfm both to contract ano r Kent as well as honesty, and the.n Med with tho statement that these MBwcre slpned by Joseph F. Smith jeldont ot th railway company, tho JtHcrowd present groaned their sur-L sur-L and Indignation. i. 'erry Makes Good Impression. l,Iont Fern, candldato for Council 3J Fourth, made a brief but pointed . !, which was woll received. Ho ex-kBM ex-kBM why tho city administration wns Jp.f so muoh Rroanlnjr over Uielr -rn by a story of sweethearts walk-"jjrough walk-"jjrough an orchard. Tho lover was entally Inclined and mentioned tho , i?tff of the swaying trees. His ewect-ijytjnentloned ewect-ijytjnentloned that he would groan too 7JDm all those green apples In his Hjh. Mr. Kerry was amonu hlo Jors, but ho inndc a good impression " 'orgo number of citizens from other HWho wero present. W. Church in Politics. . HUes In his usual splendid way ' ffiflno Impression. Ho began by stat-' stat-' 'Mat he was going to provo that tho JBn church not only was In politics, 'flit they always had been, and be-j concluded all wero ready to od-1 Sit tho Judge had carried his polnL Hited from tho beginning that tho Bn party was not lighting any ro-MMiry ro-MMiry any mnn's religious belief, ami Btto to religion and tho pcaco It af-ffiBsjikind af-ffiBsjikind was one of the most effect-r effect-r scholarly efforts of the evening. InKtPcople Must Register. T?"VVebor called tho rally to order &!jfclock. 'Sir. Weber stated that he ifl his opinion was well founded ? sa'u lnat M n'1 persons who Wero fjl3P to ecclesiastical slavery and In vfcf a greater Salt Lake, whero llb-..rjntL llb-..rjntL equality should prevail, would 1 liJr. and Yote, tho American party will MSeesful. Ho deplored tho largo num-i?Voter8 num-i?Voter8 In the Fourth ward who Htaot yet registered. lie Impressed lem that they can not vote unless HHra registered, and that if tliey wish HBw off nil restraint against trade lUpplncas they should vote tho Amer- Largo Crowds in East. have read." continued the speak- I 'jSthe hugo crowds and enthusiasm VL&o following that brilliant son of 'J6' Senator Frank Cannon, a3 he Is wsfflply and effectually uniting the great rrtajgalnst the Apostolic Senator from .Chairman Black Cheered. flTaij!Vcbr Introduced Georgo A. Black -.rlnnan of tho evening, referring to ouslma staunch and grand old soldier fco-tfhiB acoustomed to tight for liberty. bjV airman was frrcctcd with great ap-Fi,an1 ap-Fi,an1 h,B 3,10rt- t;ilk wna roundly . f.jji" Ho said he was there for the aSA' ot declaring himself a member rt,jSfArncrican party, that he had no politics from that tlmo on except icrifu1,8m' a,,tl thal 110 was 60InK to ucjibest to assist In bringing all Utah Hj-tfje. with the balance of civilization, ouwjjlr. Woir Talks Business. x pcrMVclr was the llrst speaker Intro-utfdtfMr. Intro-utfdtfMr. Weir Is always looked to bv lWndlcncca to give them a business m Iswnu he did not disappoint them last iru ".Stile said that thero was no such JiiB A 'utor question, the present jfflmlnlstratlon was more Interested Jlng franchises passed for tho pur-. pur-. 4C' enhancing bonds than they wero WifIns, nn adequate supply of water rui.e city. To bring water here need- aK cn sense. If Los Angeles rljlt oyer 200 miles for water, Salt n- VDt!urel' can Set- a sufficient supply w.aPe many mountalna near by. Tho slci tho administration has )!, K30. Bet water Is by driving a well 3r'..pa,rk' after thc citizens had .yeffW0" lt done. The Commercial club '- ll several occasions gone to tho tjand expenec of showing how a supply could bo obtained by tho Srfut the administration has Ignored . fcrescntntlvo body of citizens, fcericuns Not Compromised. 1 Mormon church was not contented IbBoluto political control of tho -,.-"lhn.d clty' but lnose in charge " .- V'l0c,"tr.01 lno Congressional end uiiiL ih.0. AH1(ir.,can l,cket wn tho . m In the Hold that was not coin- '. tirr: If a"' of the RepubllcanB or V ln,n thc, otller tickets are elect- "il.not, bo.no of them who has , S,t1?,,?n,te0 h,IIWelf and tho Intcr-S Intcr-S JLrn6??' Al over tno country alchlnP the political contest ife Za"nP for th0 Americans ' 3iiy' and then thc city will OAP COmo Krcat m she deserves be Pj ono will be benefited from th MErner up through to the capUal at! tS. business men will como out hero go In tho line: Mormon and Gon-IW,11 Gon-IW,11 th,-n have more ample op-lllll!ns. op-lllll!ns. to "ec"re work without hav- ItMr1,10 vlr cent taken out for ts do. Mr. Weir paid a tribute to fndldates for Council from tl" t$ fyTr' andi warncd the voters to IJteui scndln' uch men back as EtGood Government Tirst. I aFrHL1!"01"? A T. Sanford. Clialr-flfck,8.tlltei Clialr-flfck,8.tlltei brl0,lv that to Mr. 8an-iU 8an-iU duo the credit of discovering ,W Jtedfhed3 Thursday, and not can- thom U,h ,"POnnt matter rdutv of nnnASanord tnted t,,at in yr-fJnn A,"flcan citizen was ' int RtuoA Bovornrnont and to de-Swi de-Swi th0 l?1'3' Th05C who have Ii'.fU,?,d, paJu for the American 8houId no1 be cil't'd traitors &MCraThnn.1 a'way? siandsabovo nWnirr ,Fth?i 1,0 P,d lartlc aro ',r-nPn.?if th0 dornlnant church. n.'5l?n Vcovlc wero aa good but no f . better than other people. The children are raised by their parents to believe that everything that is uttered by tho priests comes from the Almighty hlmoelf. That any demands. he may make politically or Qtherwtao come from tho Lord, and In that they differed greatly with the so-called so-called Gentile. Tho minister of tho gospel gos-pel can vote and request votee In tho Interest In-terest of good government, but they do not claim to speak through God. Tho Mormons who made promises to tho world and to the Government have steadfastly stead-fastly refused to keep their promises. They have opposed all laws that have opposed op-posed tholr revelations and that the time had come for the people to demand that the leaders keep their faith with tho world. Hoggish Tendencies of Company. Many members of the church wero opposed op-posed to the way tho leaders aro doing, yet they are afraid to complain, because to do so means to be cut oft from their religion. Should a good strong American party become established here In Utah, It will furnish a weighty club for these, mombors of the church to wield ngalnst this rulo or mlarulo of thc church. Mr Sanford reviewed tho franchise end of recent history, showing how tho street railway company, through the efforts of tho hierarchy had gotten from under their obligations to the city, had hogged the .whole thing and left nothing for Salt Lako but miserable service. Tho company com-pany had refused to bury Us wires be- I cause it was so poor, yet it went on merrily mer-rily declaring dividends. Deceived by the Mayor. When the Real Estate association gave Its banquet to tho City Council Mr. Sanford San-ford stated ho attended. At this banquet no man was more bitterly opposed to' the granting of a franchise to tho hierarchy, hie-rarchy, nn man made more rash promises as to what ho was going to do and as to how hard ho wns going to tight than ilartensteln. And this man was tho llrst to break his pledge. Mr. Sanford told how Mayor Morris had assured him on Thursday that tho deeds from the streetcar street-car und power companies had been delivered de-livered and approved and that everything was all tlxed. Yet when these deeds were examined by him ho found that the City Attorney had not been given tho chance to even discover that these deeds were doctored and entirely foreign to the contract con-tract between the city and tho companies, compa-nies, and yet those deeds were signed bv Joseph F. Smith, prophet, nccr and rev-elator rev-elator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eznmplo Is Enough. If this was an examplo of bringing Christianity Into municipal affairs for tho purposo of purifying the cities over the country, this one example of Christian lullucnco was enough to discourage any future experiments along Mich llne3. Judge Hlles was lntrcuced by tho chairman as a City Attorney who would never let the church pull the wool over his eyes and permit doctored deeds or documents to pass through without his scrutiny. Tho Judge began by asking that the city have peace; that this was the cry from all over the city, and It comes from the ones who havo caused all the strife. The Gentiles aro not to blame for the conditions existing here. The Mormons have made pledges which they have- studiously disregarded. Good faith Is that which binds man to his fellow-man, fellow-man, city to city, nation to nation, and society to society, and he who .violates good faith calls upon his guilty liend thc condemnation of all good men and women. Smith's Latest Testimony. The Mormon church denies that It Is In politics, or that It has over been; but the history of the State sIiowb otherwise. other-wise. The last public utterance of tho president of the church, published In tho Out West Mugazlne, tells how the Aa-ronlc Aa-ronlc priesthood attends to the political affairs of the membership of the church, because politics Is a part of tho temporal life of man. This statement of tho head of the church Justifies tho claim that thc church Is In politics, for it has In the Aaronlc priesthood a complete machinery machin-ery for such matters. Some Damaging History. In 1S57 the Aaronlc priesthood had officials of-ficials In Utah Territory who were governing gov-erning It When the President of the United States sent officials out here to govern tho Territory they were Informed by tho church that they had better go back. Tho President had to send troops out hero and why? Was It not to enforce tho laws of tho nation9 In liW Moses Thatcher was ousted from tho Apostle-shlp Apostle-shlp because he crossed the plans of the church. In 1S37 during the October conference con-ference The Tribune. Herald and tho News had practically tho same reports of the speech made by President Woodruff to tho effect that the Saints should unlto to elect Councilman who appeared friendly friend-ly to the church. Thut God demanded that they unite In politics and business, and If they did so God would bless them. That Steering Committee. In 1S0S the so-call(Hl Republicans were In a majority In the Legislature. Yet on tho authority of Mr. Crltchlow, a member of tluit body, the church appointed a steering committee composed of so-called Democrats, and they went among tho Legislators to Influence their actions. Tho Mormon church elected Smoot to thc Senate against tho will of many Republicans, Repub-licans, many Mormons and most all Gentiles, Gen-tiles, simply to show the world that tho Mormons wero In power In Utah. Warned by President, They did this after the President of thc United States, Theodore Roosevelt, hod warned them that to elect Smoot meant tho beginning of strife and contention, that It would bo a misfortune to tho State and for he sake of Utah and tho Republican Repub-lican party ho hoped they would select somo one else. These expressions from tho President were read by Judge Hlles from an Interview of January C. 1MQ. President ITot a Mormon-Hnter. Yot no one could call the President a Mormon-hater Just because he was opposed op-posed to tho church dabbling In politics. Nor was tho American party a Mormon-hater, Mormon-hater, It was simply a party that stands up for the rights of each citizen whether ho be Gentile or Mormon. It Is n party that Is struggling for tho truest type of Americanism In Utah, and to establish hero a city of which the world will hear with pleasure and confidence. Tho American party drum and fife corps, fifteen strong, was In the hall, as were also llvo buglers and tho American partv quartette. These gave several musical selections se-lections which wero appreciated. Tho rally ral-ly lasted until half-past ten o'clock. |