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Show CHAfRMAIM CR&TCHLOW'S STIRRING ADDRESS TO COUNTY CONVENTION The committee on temporary organization organiza-tion of this convention has been mode the permnnent organization, and that Includes In-cludes among other things the election of 1 your temporary chairman as permanent chairman of the convention. ! I need hardly say to you. ladies and ', gentlemen, that It Is an honor to preside j over any convention of Americans, and : particularly so over a convention the size nnd quality of this which is- here assem- i bled. This is only the fifth lime in the h!s- I tory of this party that a convention has I assembled within this city to nominate j for important offices. It Is remarkable. ! as has been frcquentlv said. In conven- I Hons of this kind, thut here In this city ! In this late day in the historv of Amer- J lea we an llml a largo body of Intelligent, Intelli-gent, enthusiastic, patriotic citizens breaking away from the restraint of old ' parties so far as their local affairs are concorncd, and declaring themselves to be actuated by no other or different principle prin-ciple thap that which governs tho political po-litical conduct of people all over this broad land. I repeat, that with no other platform or principles than those which are implied In good citizenship everywhere every-where e.lse throughout this broad land, the citizens of (his community, to the extent of more than a majority of the voting citizens of tho largest county of tlis stale, broke away from the ties that have bound them in locnl affairs to the old parties and proclaimed themselves Independent In-dependent of them in local affairs. The result of that, ladles, and gentlemen, among other things, has been to wrest from the control of Mim old parties the municipal government of Suit Lake City, and as a result of that J doelaro and. weighing the import of my words, that for the past year In Salt I.ako City, we have had under the American party the-best the-best municipal government, or as good municipal government as ever wc have enjoyed In this city. (Applause.) Skeptical Citizens. A great many of our citizens are skeptical skep-tical as to the necessity of the American Ameri-can party. It cannot be that we are all deluded. It cannot be that wc are all In pursuit of some wlll-o-the-wisp. some phantom, which does not exist save in the realms of the imagination: and It cannot can-not be that In this presidential year, when throughout the land people are aliening themselves on grat national issues, we arc mistaken In affirming that as for ourselves our-selves in municipal affairs, In county affairs, in state affairs, which are local to ourselvoH. the Issues which Impend here are more Important than thoso which are dividing the parties; that as to whether there shall be a revision of the tariff bv this or that or tho other party; or as to whether bank deposits shall bo guaranteed; or as to whether thero shall be publicity in regard to political po-litical donations: all those questions arc as nothing, as wo say. In comparison to the one Issue which divides us here. (Applause.) Onlv two weeks ago a convention was held in this very build liur. a convention of emu of the j:rent political parties, and It wan In fune rc-spe-ts a remarkable convention, ladles and gentlemen, re- niarkablo In respect to the things which wero left undone The presiding officer of that convention wan a gentleman whom wo havo delighted to honor as the Junior Senator from the State of Utah. The presiding pre-siding officer of that convention gave us what lias been denominated In tho party organ tho keynote speech of tho campaign cam-paign throughout the State of Utah for I tho Republican party, nnd In that keynote key-note speech he stated tho principles and ulatform of tho Republican party as hb understood it. IIo gavo a history of that parly from Its beginning. He sketeiicd It until the present day, and attempted, among other things, to pay his respects to the American party. 1 say. .ladles and gentlemen, that that speech. If it bo the keynote speech, was pitched In a most unfortunate key. (daughter.) I say that, the Junior Senator from tho great State of Utah did not do Justice to himself. IIo did not do Justice to tho Issues which divide di-vide us in all sincerity In this Stale, in ansumlng tho flippant nlr, the tone of ridicule ridi-cule and flippancy In which lie attempted to deal with the lnsues which control the American party. Perhaps you don't remember re-member some ofthe statements made and 1 beg to call your attention to a few of them. Among other things, after slating the principles of the P.epubllcan party and of the Democratic party, he spoke of the Americans and of tho net result of the campaign which has been waged up 1 to this point, and of the principles a he pretends lo understand them which actuate actu-ate the American party up to date. What Ho Said. He sayn "the American party was organized or-ganized upon the theory that there was a ' hlerarch abroad In the land, roaming up and down frightening the women nnd chlldrun and blasting the crops and causing caus-ing sickness among the cattle." If that bo a calm and deliberate senatorial statement state-ment of tho principles which actuated the American party, I beg to say that either wc here In convention assembled or tho junior senator of Utah are mistaken. mis-taken. "It was tho heavy arduous mission mis-sion of this American organization to discover dis-cover the whereabouts of this mysterious and terrible creature and to capture or destroy him. The hunt for the hlerarch has been no quiet. Sabbath day enterprise, enter-prise, but has been carried on with the ringing of alarm bells, the tooting of hornsJ and beating of tomtoms. The participants par-ticipants In the chase have not only hunted, but they have howled. They havo not only howled but they havo abused, vilified every peaceably disposed citizen of the community who declined to participate par-ticipate with them, whether his declination declina-tion proceeded upon the ground that he saw no occasion for the disturbance, that he was tired, or that he really did not know how to howl. The proposition was to hunt, howl or pet off the earth, and the American who found fault wlth thc things which wore denounced as unpatriotic nnd tingonllcmanly. who complained of the men, was held up to public scorn as a Jack Mormon, a tool of the hierarchy. ' I say V you, ladles and gentlemen, that this was- unworthy tho Junior senator from t he State of Utah. (Applause). "The h-aders of tho American party seem to think that they stand alone in tho wav of thu capture nnd subjugation of the I'll I ted Slates of America by the Mormon church. I have been 'making some calculations" cal-culations" and then bo proccds to say that there arc approximately .TOO.000 Mormons, Mor-mons, and Hint there were just enough to 1111 somo of tho hotels In New York City, and that It would take about one-third one-third of a Mormon to ono hundred cltl-! cltl-! z.-ii8 of the United States, and ridicules tho Idea Hint there can be any such que?. Hon as disturbs us here in this Stale. He says tlnally that "they seem to be afraid that t)n hlerarch. HiHt. this minor fraction frac-tion of u Latter-Day Sr.lnt. one-third to ono hundred, is going to arise some morning, morn-ing, go out- on the range, round up. Insso and hogtie," whatever that means, (laughter) "on hundred able-bodied non-Mormon non-Mormon American citizens, and run tho brand of the hlerarch upon them before anybody discovers exactly what Is going on." And then he Interpolates Into this campaign, bv moar of this keynote speech a term which I had hoped and trusted had long ago been banished from the social catalog In this state, and that is a term Invented by President Brlgham Young to shnw his contempt and the contempt of all right minded people toward to-ward a certain class of citizens who made hypocritical pretenses, to a form of belief. be-lief. That Is the term "Jack Mormon." ami again the Junior senator of Utah has Interpolated into this cnmpalgn that term and -says that the American party should be denominated, "reformed, reorganized JjM-k Mnnons " v. i,i.v. un,j rroiitlerwn. in nil serl- ousness I say that that In my humblo j judgment was unworthy the dignity of j j jM the Junior senator of the United States M from the State of Utah. : H 3Tot Under Constitution. ' ; But as to tho hlerarch and hierarchy In 1 v any technical sense of course thero Is. I jl there can be no such thing under the American Constitution In this day and ' , I M age. Xever so far as my knowledgo of , J'M history goes, clnco tho days of tho Egyp- ', j tlans, the Persians and tho ancient He- I'jH brews, has thero been any such thing as ' mM ! a hicrarchal body, who simply wero ' S'l I priests, who by virtue not of the suf- ; al f rages of thoir peoples, but of a divine ; mH appointment, as anointed of God, held SH sway In local nnd political and public r H affairs, I any thero has been llone ' T'H such. Thero can bo none such In 1 - I'H all strictness since the American 1 ajH Constitution at least was adopted. But ill after all, It may bo that that name stands -nl for somo things that aro real. It may bo t tH Dial there Is an Idea behind thistcry ot " 'iil the hlerarcl) which represent.- something Bl wlilch is as real to us as the freedom 1 vl which is enjoyed throughout the rest of 'sH I tho United States. What Is hierarchy to 1 !VHH ' you and to mo and to the Junior sena- il tor of the United States from the Stato '?SI'H of Utah? What Is a hlerarch to vou. fJH to me and to him? I claim that that to , .i3 hierarchy which under any form or guise pj jjH ! substitutes the will of some one who f3 H purports to speak to mo In political and Alt H civic affairs by vlrluo of an authority ri given to him only to be used In ecclesl- ' fl nstical affairs. I claim that that man, t.'i under whatever guise he may come to me. Jlk under whatever circumstances ho may ffj ! attempt to Impose his rule upon me. that if man Is a hlerarch to mo who at tempts to ft 'n'H impose upon ine his authority, his will w jB In place of my own, backing up that au- If'tt'll thority by an Imposition of divine sane- t Il tlon given to him for other purposes. Does ' it?H my friend, the junior senator of the Unit- f, 1 ed States from Utah, pretend to say that ( within tho meaning of hierarchy as we L , H understand it. within the meaning of tho 'ijH term hlerarch as I have defined it, there tf l Is no such thing within the State of ijM Utah, nnd that we are trouble breeders, and that we aro bringing down upon this v - peopl.i turmoil and commotion, and giving iH it a bad namo In the United States? I ap- lH peal, ladies and gentlemen, not if the tT'diH gentleman wishes it. to our own ideas k UH upon tills subject; I appeal to a gentle- ' 'h'H man, a member of the dominant church j In this state, who within tho past 1 'Jfl week stood In a convention of the Democratic party at Logan and openly. vil proclaimed tiicrc, speaking to a res- nI olutlon which ho attempted to get Into tl their platform. Hint the real asset of tho ' ,H Republican party In tho State of Utah to- . , -1H day was a senator-apostle, and his In- 1 ft IH fluence. (Applause). What docs the Hon. i fcfl James K. Moylo. a man as fearless and flH Independent as he is honest in his dally K-VjfH walk and conversation, and as ho Is truo ''&-H to the church to which he belongs, I say, Tl H what did tho Hon. James II. Moylo mean iH except that It was a hlerarch that ho lH was attempting to oppose? ' ( ; jJ Afraid to Show Himself. y ; JH Again, another member of Uiat conven- I I i1 4 Hon stated In no uncertain terms his ' ! ideas of the hierarchy in speaking of the V- Jl senior Senator from the Stato of Utah, , b ' rfll a Senator who, by tho way, for I? JH the first time, so far as l" havo ' ?- M ever known In the history of poll- H" tics, sat behind the scenes in a ' ' State convention of his party and I ! L did not show himself before his con- I t?H stltucnts; sat thero grim, silent and j jH with unseen hand directing what -SigH should be done by tho convention, but j ) vH without showing his face; I say, another 1 ',H member of the Democratic convention 'iH said in no uncertain terms what ho un- I Pilil de rstood to be the matter with the Demo- MWI cratlc party, and that was that they wero j face to face with a hlerarch as he under- : 'H stands It. "Thero Is an apostle who Is ' i (JH reputed lo bo a Democrat who said to a 1 : .H friend of mine, 'Wo must send Reed ' ' '!H Smoot back again.' " )j ' v "What do tho men who make up the f. Federal bunch mean? But what makes ' fll the Federal bunch so strong? Because I "J '1 hack of these men is a United States , ,1 Senator, and an apostlo of the Mormon f iH church." So said the lion. R, W. Sloan In , W JH a Democratic convention. It may bo Hint is M wc aro mistaken, but If we are how is it ( K 'M that a majority of the Democrats aro ' H mistaken? And why was it that they 1 H would not put Into their platform Hie f lH resolution presented there by Mr. Moyle. . . -H which recognized this fact, excepting that , ,) H tliev did not dare to do It, because It l H would Imperil their chances. Not ono - ,VH word among those who opposed It at llH Logan In contradiction of the truth of i -j the resolution, but a rejection simply ) r JM becnuso It wasn't politics, and it would lose them voles. So much u 'B for tho testimony of thoso men. I -H both members of the church from I , H whom and from which hlcrarchs come, If I "3 thero be any. But better ovldcnce of Hint. , 'iH ladles and gentlemen. I appeal to tho U . gH Junior Senator himself. When the Junior fH Senator ran for Mayor of Provo somo six- ji - ijH Continued on Pago Eleven. .H CHAIRMAN CRITCHLOW'S STIRRING ADDRESS TO COUNTS CONVENTION Continued from Tagc Three. j teon or noventcen years ago, bcini; then I a resident of that city, he ran In opposition opposi-tion to the .very Idea that we are oppou-Ing- today.- Was ho mistaken then, or -have things so far changed In tlino? Nav, J ap-pcal ap-pcal from the Junior Senator of Utah, as chairman. of his convention, lo Uie Junior Senator of Utah, sitting: In the United States Senator. After he had spoken In behalf of the senior Senator, THr. Smoot. and In behalf 'of Ids retention In the United States Senate, lie went as he tells us; to the senior Senator and said: "Senator, t havo' spoken In vour be-hnlf be-hnlf because conscientiously J do" not believe be-lieve you ought to bo forced from your scat, but here ' and now I serve notice upon you that you shall never appear here ogaln, that you should resign your apostlcshlp if you propose to sit further In the Senate of the United States." Again, when the Junior Senator from Utah, being then a representative In Congress, announced In private and In tho public papers of this city, that It was unwise and Impolitic for Apostle Apos-tle Iteed Smoot to aspire to the United States Senate, wasn't It because he then and there recognized "who the hierarch was, and what was the meaning of a hierarchy? His Oliaugo of Front. Again, when tho Junior Senator of the United States came back here as he did. Just before election Inst fall, 1907. and announced to his friends und announced to tho public that If tho Honorable Reed Smoot over again aspired to be' a Senator Sena-tor of the United Stales from the State of Utah ho himself would appear publicly and oppose him In every way that he could. I say tho Junior Senator from Utah must then nnd there have seen a hierarch, and have recognized a hierarchy. Otherwise, Other-wise, why should the junior Senator oppose op-pose the senior Senator? And I say to'4 you, ladles and gentlemen, that when next spring. In the legislature of Utah, tho Hon. Reed Smooth. apostle-Senator, shall go before tho legislature of Utah and nsk for re-election, and wo shall see tho junior Senator of Utah opposing him there, then not only will wo say that he has rccognlr.ed the hierarch, ho has recognized recog-nized the hierarchy, and he Is doing as wo are doing, opposing him In this slate, i but wo will welcome the junior Senator ' of Utah as a full-fledged member of tho I American party. (Applause.) It Is without mnllcc or prejudice against any man that wo wage this fight. For present purposes the only hierarch la Reed Smoot. Whether his namo be Reed Smoot or Smith or j anything else, whenever a priest shall be i put forward as a representative In public affairs, then nnd for that purpose he Is a hierarch, whoever he may be. And when a few days ago, if It bo true, and I know not whether it be true or not, a distinguished citizen of this Stale, being tendered the Democratic nomination for Governor was met by two high ecclesiastical officials just before tho nomination was made, nnd seen by them afterward, when these men. If they did go to him, laid down to him the rule and the regulation which must guldo him, urged nnd enforced by a pretended mission mis-sion from on high, then I say for that purpose, at that time the Hon. Jesse Knight met tho hierarchy, and those who caused him to refuse the nomination wero his hlcrarchs. (Applause.) The wholo trouble about It Is, ladles ami gentlemen, we do not make these accusations, ac-cusations, because wc don't know; wc cannot know. Xobody but Jesse Knight and his Maker knows. But the great trouble about the condition horc In tho Stale of Utah Is this, that when those allegations are made, ladles and gentlemen, gentle-men, the condition of affairs Is Jus'l such that wc don't know whether It Is true or not, and wo cannot know and we must believe that In many cases It Is tine. Jt could not bo true In NTew York; It could not be true In Illinois, nor California nor Oregon, nor elsewhere. Only here In the State of Utah do we .have this trouble, and wc propose as Americans to stand here upon our position until Utah Is as free from this ovll as New York. California Cali-fornia and Oregon, and tho rest of ihc country. (nc worn mure, maies unci geiitiumuu. Now I say to you, and It Is probably within your own experience, that II Is true, that not only do you represent yourselves In this mnttor. but you represent rep-resent a very large clement In this community com-munity who belong to the dominant church and who no more believe In a lilt--, rarch and hlorarchy In political affairs than you or I do. IL Is not necessary to say why It Is that they cannot come here and Join with us openly and vote with us openly and act with us openly. Wc all recognize what those conditions are. and we olmnly say to them that wo recognize that all we can ask of you Is to come with us when you can I say to yon solemnly, ladles and gentlemen, that if II were not for the thousands of men and womon In the church. In Iho dominant church In this Stale who are In sympathy sympa-thy with us nnd who believe In the prln-ilples prln-ilples of the American party, and who sooner ur later will conic out when this state Is redeemed and join with us in our fight. I would be willing to " lay down this flghl today. When I remember re-member that lime and Umu and ugnln lliey have come and liavo said to nif. "you cannot afford to give up this flghl for our sakes ns well us for your own." I take now hope for tho light. Now. as far as the fight In thia county Is concerned, ladles and gentlemen, gentle-men, Ihere is no doubt In the world but what we shall get al the polls In November Novem-ber next the vole of thousands, or I will say hundreds of thest; same men .-iiul women who believe with us Silently. I without any ostentation and without any ' knowledge so far ns their people are concerned, con-cerned, we will get those votes. Wc air-going air-going to carry this county. (Appluuse). Wo are going lo redeem the county as w have redeemed the city of Snlt Lnkc. and when we shull have redeemed re-deemed the county of Salt Lake we shall have ut least one-half moral effect of the State of Utah. So. ludies and gentlemen, iu conclusion, I beg to say. I feel to congratulate you. uud we feel lo congratulate ourselves upon up-on the faith with which wo huve .held tho Issue here. We congratulate ourselves our-selves that no malice or bitterness Is In our hearts. Wo, fw-l to congratulate our- selves for this spirit: we congratulate ourselves that where we see people going from one party lo another, we see no ono dCBortlng the nmlts of the American Amer-ican party. They are coming to our ranks by the hundreds every month and overy week (Applause) When wc nominate this ticket, as we shall here today, to-day, It Is simply a question of gottim, together at the polls In November next and electing a full Hedged county tlckel for Salt Lako county. (Applause.) |
