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Show jlisiasfcic Americans Crowd the Salt MLake Theater to Hear Hon. Frank X;- J. Gannon and Joseph Wk Lippnian. SeNCE Of THE ORATORS jm. MOVES DELEGATES TO APPLAUSE 'H Platform is Adopted and a Pull State Ticket Placed in Nomination; Proceedings j in Detail. 'K AMERICAN' STATE TICKET. t KllHI For Governor: t JUDGE JOHN A. STREET OF SALT LAKE. ? iK For Secretary of State: r SjK MAJOR E. A. LITTLEFIELD OF OGDEN. -j f or JlICSe of Supreme Court: v &aR' OGDEN HUjES O'F SALT LAKE. lm&'' For Attorney-Genernl : l ''mt AY0LG0TT THOMPSON OF SALT LAKE. r For Treasurer of State: V gjK HENRY "WELCH OF PARK CITY. . ;!; For Auditor of State: i' M" GEORGE W. PARK OF SALT LAKE. r vjK Fur Superintendent Public Instruction : T PROF. GEORGE B. SWEAZEY OF SALT LAKE. ;; ,jl&m?' ' For Congress: T fJE L D0UGLS F SALT LAEE- ? inili in the history of Utah- has i:held such a mass convention gBsii which, assembled in tho Bait iter on Monday night. Men n, hundreds of them, gath-fcfcjj gath-fcfcjj show to tho people, not only Lake, but of tho State and -Alia' n as well, that the emancipa-Ssd emancipa-Ssd Ikreat Stale is near at hand. u&o3 ie great audience were j&jj, of persona who wero alive f 4 great emancipator, Abra- icoln, Btract the ghacklcs jW .million slaves and made e'. These same persons aro 5tli itriko the shackles from thou-aC- 3 untrainmu't' 111011 anc' IfE"1 any lntcrfcre"co upon tu both houses -of Congress'Tvitlr Ifonorand credit, both to his peoplo and to hira-solf, hira-solf, former Senator Frank J. Cannon, was'uever in bettor form, nnd he never made a better address. Ho was given an ovation when ho stepped to the front of the platform that would mako any man proud. nattering Receptions. The other gont'lemen who spoke wero likewiso riven flattering receptions. Jo-soph Jo-soph Lippman has talked to Salt. Lakers before, and he will talk to them in the future, but he will never talk better than he did Monday night. Every" sentence sen-tence was a telling ono; every word a I sledgehammer blow, lie, liko Senator Cannon, had the audience with him. His denunciation of the .iunior Senator from Utah, whom ho characterized as a Judas, was a terrible arraignment of a ( man who had practical!- sold his birthright birth-right for a mess of pottage. His perora-( perora-( tion was most fitting. Then, too, another orator appeared, t one who. while not a stranger in plead- ing before the bar, wnn a stranger to I many in the big audience. And tie, too, .before he concluded, demonstrated - to the audience that he knew how to talk, 1 and talk good, hard sense. This orator ' was tho next county attorney of Salt Lake county M. E. Wilson who had by en nominated by the county convention conven-tion in tho afternoon. Judge Street, who was nominated for : governor, was given a flattering rcccp-I rcccp-I tion. The ."judgo in his remarks was j brief but pointed. 1 Judge Weber, in calling tho conven- tion to order, rnndo a happy address. , Hut why should not the speakers havo been happy? Why should they not havo been at their best 7 Thoro was everything every-thing to make thorn happy. There was a great audience. There was a handsome hand-some auditorium, beautifully decorated, nnd the decorations wero the emblem of liberty, tho emblem of tho American partv, tho most beautiful banner on earth tho American flag Old Glory. There was patriotic music that made one's blood tingle. And as tho strains of 'The Stnr-Spanglcd Bnnncr" floated float-ed from tho State band the audience wont wild with enthusiasm and a little later, whon the American drum corps, in , tlioir handsome Zouavo costumes, marched onto the stage tho audience again went wild. Elicits Applause. The platform, which was rend by Mr. Joseph Lippman, elicited the henrtiest of applause and was adopted by a unanimous vote. It is a ringing document, docu-ment, means what it says, says what it means. Thoro is nothing omitted. ; nothing forgotten. It was adopted, as : Senator Cannon said, by a vote as I unanimous as a tabernacle meeting. ! Then a telegram was read by Judge Weber that, had tho right ring. It was ; from tho chairman of tho American state committee. Tt was and is self-j self-j explanatory. Here is what it said: New York, h'cpl. 27, 100S. A. J. Wooer. Vlco State Chairman American Amer-ican Party, Salt Lake Utah: 1 ttetfret that buslnuiis detains mc here, for I should like to bo thcro In harness to assist Koori causo along; Trust tho i Continued on Pago 'Two. ! ij j ' ' 'g 1 JUDGE JOHN A. STREET. E. A. LITTLEFIELD OF OGDEN. OGDEN HILES. Nomineo for Superintendent of Public HENRY WELCH, DR. C. I. DOUGLAS. Nomineo for Governor. Nominee for Secretary of State. Nomineo for Supremo Judge. Instruction. -NTomlnon for st.nt.p. Trftjisiircr. Nominee for Congress. - GREAT MASS CONVENTION NOMINATES STATE TICKET Continued from Page One. convention may be dominated by same - wisdom and spirit of patriotism In selcc-, selcc-, Uon of candidates that lias actuated for-mnr for-mnr movement from Inception, and the -American eagle is booked for a scream '. In Utah In November that will be beard . from Doxcldcr to Dixie. W. F. SNYDER. And when 'it was road the big audience audi-ence recalled another mcssago from the same man at a time when the Ameri- cans had lost tho county, election. That, former message read: ''Wo have iust hocun to fight." And so it is today the Americans havo just begun to light. Utah will be redeemed. I Full Proceedings of Mass Convention ' ' "When at S:lu o'clock Monday even-: even-: ing Judge A. J. Weber stepped from the wings upon the stage of the Salt .. Lake Theater, a mass convention ot the American party, called for the purpose pur-pose of nominating a State ticket, was called to order. When the gavel in his hand had fallen upon the table, Judge I . . Weber said: A Ladies and Gentlemen You will please j . .. come to order. I am requested by Mr. I lUcGlnty. the chairman of tho American " county, committee, to say that It Is do--slred that all candidates who were nominated nom-inated today report at headquarters early . ' lu the mornlner tomorrow, leave their . names and their full nddress, .o the .'. ticket can be properly certified and . placed on die and properly recorded. p ... - The work of this campaign was well .. 'started ' today because magnillcent work ' . . was., done by the county convention and r .:a 'splendid ticket was nominated a tick-.. tick-.. 6t that Is certain to be elected, and which " ' will mean a victory In Salt Lake county so overwhelming that it will be the bright . V harbinger of greater victories and better ... 'days to come. J am also requested to announce that J . ".at The Tribune office and at American headquarters there wJII be petitions which all voters arc requested to sign, placing . upon the American ticket, or upon Amer-I?:in Amer-I?:in tickets, tho electors of the other parties, par-ties, so that there will be a Taft Iwle-' Iwle-' nondfint tlfknt, which Americans who desire de-sire to. vote for Mr. Taft can vote" without .scratching the ticket. There will Ye a Tiryan American tickot upon which the Democratic electors will be placed, so that those who want to vote for Mr. Bryan, (and I suppose there will be sonic) can do ; , ,so and at I he same time vote the American Amer-ican tickot- You are requested to call, r . '. . '.say. at American headquarters or at Tho .T Tribune office, whorw those petitions will be ready for signature. T have called this magnificent conven- ' v tlon to order because of the absence of Chairman Snyder, who Is in New York City, and who has today sent this tele-( tele-( ' gram ihe telegram mentioned above. ' Committees Are (Named. ' r This being a mass convention held late In the evening, the time is necessarily 11m-;ted; 11m-;ted; and the state committee, anticipating anticipat-ing this slate of affairs, and knowing that -..the time was limited, some davs ago appointed ap-pointed a committee on resolutions, and T .shall now name that committee. And If there are no objections the committee Jieretororo named by the stale committee, and whose work is practically clone, will bo the committee on resolutions of this convention. I have the honor to name, by direction of the stale committee, the fol-as fol-as lhe members of this committee: Vllllam .kelson. Major K. A. Uttlcfleld of Ogden, B. IT. Jones of Box EkW county, coun-ty, Joseph Lippman and IT. J. Dlninny. This committee will meet Immediately, at the rear of the stage in the green room. 'I .. a.,n a,so "Reeled and authorized bv the state committee to say that they havo selected as the officers of this convention. the following: As chairman. Hon. Frank .1. Cannon: as secretaries, Hon. Alfred T Sanford and Hon. S. P. Armstrong Aow, ladles and gentlemen. I desire to Introduce to you. as chairman of tho evening, thru brilliant orator, splendid man. magnificent American, and beloved son of Utah, the Hon. Frank J. Cannon I Senator Cannon's Splendid Address As Senator Cannon stepped to tho lront or the stage he was riven an ovation a magnificent reception. Ho : spoke as lollows: ! iTtM?ie ??cn of ,Ftah! FreG women of ( ,bta,'! U Is well for us that we havo ( met here once more to renew our solemn ' vow io fight the mighty battle for the eterna rights of tho people of this eternal republic. Long after the church Republicanism Repub-licanism shall have dissolved Itself like the mist of tho morning, and long after the church Democracy shall have sunk in the shades of eternal (K) night, this, the cause that we espouse, which wo renew re-new our declaration for. and for which we will fight until the hour triumphant comes in the Stato of Utah and they stand victorious throughout the Nation-long Nation-long at tor that our principles and our work will remain to bless the State of ( Utah and accomplish tho redepmtlon I which once we won and since have lost History will marvel that four hundred - thousand people with good brains and good, strong right arms allowed themselves them-selves to be governed, controlled, unnl- hllated as an olcmont of citizenship by twenty-six men. By far tho majority of tho four hundred thousand of the citizenship citi-zenship of Utah have a' right to their freedom, and by all law of morality tho majority of the twenty-six should bo In tho penitentiary of Utah. Issues That Are Involved.1 In so. far as wo join In this great controversy con-troversy with tho other parties, let us see what issues are Involved. Upon tho Republican side is the execution by the State of Utah, the possible execution by tho nountv of Salt Lake and this Judicial district, of a bargain by which Reed Smoot. apostle of tho Mormon church, retains bis seat in tho Henatn of the United States against tho will of the majority ma-jority of tho people of this country. Thnt is the Issue. Reed Smoot was compelled to fight nearly live years to hold that seat, and ho dcslros to be vindicated, bix years to vindicate the previous six years, and then he needs twelve years to vindicate vindi-cate the preceding twelve. That Is tho solo issue Involved on the Kopumican siuo whether a man selected by tho voice of tho president of the Mormon church, ratified rati-fied bv the majority of the apostles in tho Temple at Salt Lake City, shall hold a seat In tho Senato against the will of tho free men and women of Utah. The Democrats went to Logan with a freight train load of Issues. They shunted car after car on every sidetrack, and by the lime they got to Logan they bad nothing but Uncle Josse and the sack. And when the president of tho Mormon church advised Uncle Jesse that ho wanted the sack and Bill Spry wanted tho Governorship, the Democrats lust the only issue they had. American Issues. We coino to the presentation of our issues is-sues In this county and judicial district, and in this State, with greater strength and brighter hopes than the American partv of Utah ever boforo bad the right to entertain. Tho first year we were a battalion; two years after we were a brigade; now wo are an army corps. And what is our issue? Whether wo shall stand under tho shadow of tho statue of Moroni and look to that for guidance, or 1 whether we shall stand erect under that ! flag, recognizing- It as the emblem of equal , rights, equality before the law, recognition recogni-tion of the Constitution and the right of the people to govern themselves. That Is our Issue Which will you choose, free men and free women of Utah? I know what your choice will be in Salt Lake county and in this judicial district and tho twenty-six are afraid that they know. They know as well as we do that If you carry this county, elect the judicial ticket and the District Attorney, that either they will go through tho doors of tho penitentiary or through the gatea of this country into some foreign land. Voice from Audience; TTow about Alberta, Al-berta, Canada? Several of-Them Thore. There were several of them there. Well, that was their summer residence, but the Canadian government has a body of con-Ktabulary con-Ktabulary called tho mounted police, and some of them wore chased across the border, bor-der, and. by Hying ship or otherwise, we heard of them next in Mexico. After all. Mexico Is better for them than Cujiada.. And I'll tell you why if you are at all Interested in the subject. Hickman, professor pro-fessor In the Brlgham Young academy at. Provo, tho tutor of youth, the man Into whose care Is entrusted tho tender girlhood girl-hood und boyhood, testified in Washington Washing-ton that when he wanted a plural wife be went down to Mexico with a girl to a town whose name ho cannot remember, walked out on a lonely walk until from behind a rock stepped a man whom he had never seen before and there and then performed ihe marriage ceremony. As between the Canadian mounted police to chose them and phantom individuals who step from behind rocks and force them Into marriage ceremonies wllb young girls, of course tbev prefer Mexico. And as that i3 ths land of the greasers, wc prefer they should go there. Is It bitter? Is tho tone loo bitter? Is It as bitter as the cup they have compelled com-pelled us to drink year after year? Are we as cruel in that as they have been to the people and the destinies of this State? For their own will and pleasure they have Immolated Utah to make Reed Smbot a senator, that perhaps three to five hundred of the Tanners and the Pen-roses Pen-roses and the Hlckmans a significant name that! and the Brlmhalls and the Cluffs and a few others, so that they might have unbridled license as teachers of the youth of Utah to load them Into tho forbidden sin. All Utah's destiny must stand transfixed, If we are bitter now. it .Is because we are In the fight, and there Is no lime to talk mercy now. Let us have peace, but let us have peace after the war Is over. And when this war shall bo fought and won, as surely it will, let no tyrant of the American party stand one Instant in Utah. Ho will not be compelled to slay a tyrant within our own party after we havo slain tho political politi-cal power of the tyrants who now misgovern misgov-ern Utah. There is not a man or woman In Utah who resides here but who remained in Utah because be or she lored this State belter than any spot elsewhere, on God's footstool, and we have a right to demand hero the same condition which obtains elscwhcro in the United States. That Is what we are waging battle for. and that Is what we will win if the free men and the free women of Utah will do their duty next election day. because by the election of the county and district ticket In Salt Lake county and this judicial district more than one-half of the whole battlo for the Stale will have been won. I . I i Ticket Is Presented to the Convention Continuing, Chairman Cannon said: 1 am Instructed by the Stale committee, commit-tee, as chairman of this meeting, to present pre-sent to you a result of long labor on their part and a most careful canvass of the situation. The Impracticability of securing secur-ing hero a delegate convention on this occasion, the fact that we were compelled to call a mass convention; tho added fact that many of the delegates to this mass convention would come here without any preparation In tho matter of selecting a tloket. Induced the State committee io take up the question of nominations, the purpose being iirst to secure siichsr representation rep-resentation upon the State ticket as would bo at once an admonition to the people of this State of the kind of men who should nerve them In public capacities; capaci-ties; and, secondly, to be well assured before be-fore this cbnventlon should mako Iheso nominations that tho proposed candidates will accept the offices to which they would r . v . . . I be named; not by way of dictation, but carefully, oandldly anil earnestly the Slate committor has performed Its work Thero will be presented to you, read to vou by tho secretury, a list of the proposed nominations nom-inations as tho names havo been selected for ihe various offices by the Stato committee. com-mittee. Bear in mind that this Is but a suggestion. This Is not a semi-annual conference, and tho noes will be called for (Laughter and applause) nnd any man or woman who doos not approve this ticket will not be Invited Inlo the rear room of the tithing office nnd have his or her head plunged into a tub of tithing office butter. (Laughter and applause.) l ou may say what you please In this convention, so long as you sav It as an American should say IL The ticket hero presented may be ratified In lis entirety or the whole ticket may bo laid upon tho table. You may segregate It and nominate nom-inate from the body of the house for each one of the offices. In tho proposal of the Stale committee wo have not done a thing In' secret. Wo aro frank to say that tho State committee comes before you and tells you exactly what It has done In preparation for this convention, as I said, not by wny of dictation, but merely by way of suggestion. I will now ask the secretary to be kind enough to rend tho list of proposed nominations offered of-fered to you by the Stato commlttco of tho American party of the Slate of Utah. Mr. Sanford will read tho proposals. The list read by Mr. Sauford follows: fol-lows: For governor Judgo John A. Street of Salt Lake Cit3r. For scerotnry of state Mn.ior E. J. Littlefield of Ogden. For judge of supremo court Ogden Hiles. For attorney-general tl. Wolcott Thompson, Salt 'Lake CMI3'. For treasurer Henry Welch, Park City. For auditor George W. Park. Salt Lako City. For superintendent of public instruction instruc-tion Professor Swoar.ev, Salt Lake City. For congressman Dr. C. T. Douglass, Salt Lako City. Chairman Cannon then said: "After ihe presentation of the report re-port of the committee ou resolutions, this convention will be asked to consider con-sider the proposal offered b; tho stato committee. You will havo time in the intervening period to consider tho names which havo bcou presented to vou and to determine what action you will choose to tako with regard to it. If the committee com-mittee on resolutions is prepared to ro-port, ro-port, wo shall bo very glad to hear from tho chairman. " The report of tho committee 011 resolutions reso-lutions was thou read by Mr. Lippman. It will be found iu another column. Adopted Unanimously. Sonator Cannon then nut the motion on the adoption of tho platform as read and announced: "Carried unanimously as a tabernuclo meeting." At this stage the American drum corps was introduced and discoursed somo patriotic music. Sonator Cannon then asked if it was tho will of the convention con-vention that they now proceed to a consideration con-sideration of tho proposals mado by the state committco for tho state ticket. There being no objection, the secretary read tho list of proposed nominations. Mr. Butterworth moved that tho ticket tick-et as named by the secretary bo voted upon as a whole. The motion secured many seconds and Senator Cannon then put the motion, which was carried without a dissenting voice. Cries wont up' for Judge Street, and Chairman Cannon iuvitcu Judgo Street toHho platform. Judge Street complied and Chairman Cannon introduced him by saying, "If he is not elected governor, gov-ernor, lie is a better man than the man who will bo elected governor." "I don't propose to make a speech." said Judgo Street. "You havo heard the orator or tho Amorican party, and I am not an orator. But in accepting this nominatioli that has been conferred upon me I feel honored thrice honored. hon-ored. T feel honored to stand on such a platform. It is a platform of advancement advance-ment in Utah, a platform of progress, of civilization, and with you we are fightiiiff tho battle of civilization here. I am glad to be nominated by such 0 convention tho intelligence of the slate of Utah and I am honored to be standard bearer under the flag, the emblem em-blem of our party. I thank you." Chairman Gannon, when Judge Street concluded, said: "Ho would mako n good, businesslike governor, wouldn't he'? And he would bo too busy to go twice a day up to tho head of State street. ' ' Dr. C. T. Douglass, the nomineo for Congress, was called for, but he was not present in the convention hall. New Stato Committee Tho question of tho election of a stato committee was then taken up. S. L Armstrong called out tho names 'of the members of the present committee, as follows: Willard Snyder, chairman; William Nelson ; P. J. Daly, secrcta-; A. J. Weber, vice-chairman; Frauk J. Cannon. Ho then moved that the en--tire present stato committee be rotaiue'd1 and bo empowered to appoint sueh-ad-ditional members as they might deem advisable. The motion was carried. A delegate moved that the stato committee com-mittee bo empowered to fill all vacancies va-cancies on the ticket, and to name presidential presi-dential electors. This motion was carried car-ried unanimously. S: T. Armstrong moved effectively that tho emblem of the party be the Flag of the United States unfurled from a standard; that tho name of the party bo the American party. Both; motions were adopted without dissent. H. J. Dininny was called upon for an address, and spoaking from his place in the convention hall, congratulated the party ou the ticket nominated at the county convention, and on tho state ticket. "Wo know at this time that the state ticket cannot bo elected." said 'he. ''It is a way that this party has to confer honor upon its adherents and its prominent membe.rs. Tho time will come, just as sure as God reigns, that Ave will elect tho state ticket, and I do not believe that that time is very far distant." Judge Dininny said they had presented to the peqplo of this county a ticket that will win, if abilit3', if honesty, if integrity and highminded-ness highminded-ness is nny recommendation of men who seek office to the people. Ho also be- ' lieved that they will elect a judicial ticket. All they had to do was to get together nnd work. Joseph Lippman's Forceful Speech From all over tho hall came cries for Lippman, nnd Senator Cannon invited Joseph Lippman, who occupied a scat on the stage, to address tho convention. Mr. Lippman said: "I am not prepared to mako an address, ad-dress, but no American should over be called upon on any occasion without being able io give tho reasons for tho faith thnt is in him. Tho American party, par-ty, founded as it is upon grand and glorious principles, perjnits every man to fipeak rightly and loyally. in "its bo-half. bo-half. The American party docs not stand for depriving any man or woman ' of his or her civil rights, but it stands GEORGE W. PARK. Nominee for Stato AuditcflVlR A jJPi" f PJiOitly eoutrol in political aF and the enforcement of it, it BtT . advancement and progress, andlisS tho ones who must carry' thof . 'Tho American party was iKf & vui vS a Prote1s.t 'ginnst ahygfiB. Tho Mormon rchgion is just Joln as nny other relion to pcopl& T I hevo in it. Tho young pco?c? v raised hero will see the ligbt&V f bo necessary, to sweep awayir-4 webs from their religion, lmj as I am concerned, I am williiirJfe&" ' cede to every Mormon the rigfUtGl hove in his iaith as 1 concedoHpIorri to any other religion." fttS-fowlc Denounced Practice of Polyji! Mr. Lippman denonuccd thoU.t! of polygani, and continuing, sir-man sir-man has a right to violato th" . that respect, and I have confich15' tho rising gonoration in thaijDtf1.' shall seo to it that ihat pruiB $ finally abolished. With thojk Ji. Bafl' that wo aro going to inako'fji Iipl younger mon and tho younger iPirnir this slato will rise totho occaiw, II. I predict that in tho ycaTS to ai will bo the strongest AmeriSUhn wo havo ever heard of. Thelrftie 0! Continued on Page Fld,Ra; GREAT MASS C0NTOTI0N ' NOMINATES.STATE TICKET Continued From Page- Two. generation will set an example of Americanism Ameri-canism that will lio wonderful to behold. be-hold. After they get away from the leash of the church we will bo but pigmies pig-mies to them. in their enthusiasm for the flag. Now wo need to give the younger generation a lesson and ax-j ax-j ample of our devotion to the flag, "When ! they sec such men as .Tudgo Ililes. Frank J. Cannon, David Keith, J. M. McMillan McMil-lan and others working for this cause without seeking any other reward, but merely ,for t.he good it brings to- this slato, they will sec that our demands arc not out of the way, and they will nid us to make of Utah ono of the moSt glorious states in the galaxy of states. Last year fully two thousand young Mormons voted with us. This year I expect to sec through that machine fully two thousand more voters. In five or ten years Utah will be .iust as-free an Amoncan stale as Colorado or California. They try to make it appear that wo aro against tie Mormons. The Dcseret iNews said, while I was speaking during tho bond election, that 1 was lighting the pioneers aud insulted them. No man, I say, has a higher regard for the pioneers of this state than I have, but it does not follow because those men have grown old in the service that we do not want younger men to push along the progress of this state. We need tho young men of this day to push along and make possible the great metropolis we are '! have here, the great county wo are to have here, and the great slate that wo aro to have here.' As to Liquor Question. Mr. Lippman then turned his attention atten-tion to tho Republican party, which he said had failed miserably on tho liquor question. "When the American Saloon association came hero." ho said, "the Intcrmountain Republican closed its mouth. Some one came to see them aud paid them a paltry sum. With the church in control, if they had desired to place the plauk in their platform for prohibition, did the- think that they could not have done so? They have I tried j foist upon this public the moral question. That proposition is so base, so vile, so infamous that I shall I not even discuss it. "Sheriff Emery has been in office for four years and ho has not once in that time attempted to clean up this city. If ho had desired to do that he could have dono it, but he waits until six weeks before election, and he and his cohorts, backed by the Republican, go out and arrest a few of those unfortunate unfor-tunate women to get a few votes. It is a dastardly proposition. While wc aro opposed to immorality and vice, we do not intend to use the poor people, these degraded women, as the means of making votes for our party, and hide behind tho skirts of these womon. This has always been the method of the leaders of the Mormon church. Every vice known to" mankind thev have tacked onto their thcor3" Mr. Lippman called attention to the fact that wherever the Mormons had lived there had always been trouble, aud suggested that they themselves should look into their consciences and ask if it wore not possible that they wcro doing some things (1ml were offensive of-fensive to American Ideas and to American Ameri-can principles. They should ask why 11,700 pcoplo in Salt Lako City last year cast their votes against the hier- ni'iliv Sxeerates Sutherland. "Ought not a man like Senator Suthorlaud be ashamed,'"' asked Mr. Lippman, "when he says that the American party is running up and down this stale searching for a hierarch? I think Senator Sutherland should have devoted his time to the principles of the Republican party rather than on a tirade and a Iraduecmont of the American Ameri-can citizens who compose the American partj". And then he asked what a .rack-Mormon was. He is the embodiment embodi-ment and ho is the emblem of a Jack-Mormon. Jack-Mormon. Tf there ever was a Judas it is tho .junior senator from Utah. Kc sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. pot-tage. He is a man who and of right ought to bo an American citizen, but he by ruilson of some political preferment prefer-ment has sold that birtliright. A man ought to bo oitlier an American or an alien. A man who would sell himself for nay office is unworthy of the name of American. You could not buy my birthriglif. as au American for a'seua-torship a'seua-torship from Utah. "T can syinpnthizo with a man like Smoot, a man brought np iu these mountains moun-tains and who knows nothing but the rule of the hierarchy. 1 have some respect re-spect for a man like that, who by environment, en-vironment, surroundings and traditions that man is forced to do what he is doing; but a man like Sutherland, with the brain, for ho bus high legal attainments attain-ments when a man of that kind descends de-scends to 'fight, the battles of the hierarchy for the mere office of senator, sena-tor, I saj- he is a disgrace to the state. Tie knows that the fight here is not against tho Mormon people, but. against the men who control and dominate the lives and souls and spirits and votes of the great mass of people who populate j IhiH state, and that is the fight, it is against the men who are controlling the J votes and political destinies of this stale.' Mr. Lippman was heartily applauded when he concluded his address, ono of the best he ever made. |
