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Show INSULT IS OFFERED TO MANYTHOUSANDS Lon J. Haddock, Secretary of the M. and M.. Malces Fanatical Fanati-cal Appeal to Mormons. MAKES NEPHI L. MORRIS j GO 'WAY BACK AND QUIT Closes His Address With Fervent Fer-vent "Amen;" Apostle-Senator Meek and Lowly. Lon J. Haddock, secretary of the M. & M, association of Salt Lake U l ,"1; cred himself of one of tho most lieme" speeches of vlllflcat Ion against ti e American Ameri-can party at the sixteenth ward nrnui-.e-mcnt hall Wednesday night that ! ever been given utterance in any campaign in tho history of Utah. Mr. Haddock disclaimed any pretense of being a politician. . . "Wo are rapidly approaching a crisis ( in tho history of Salt Luke county and the state of Utah." ho said, "and I desire with all the cojrnestness of my soul tc sav something to the young Mormon voters. The timo had como in this communitj for men to array themselves against tnc American party. Hio continued. A great, many men deplored the conditions, but they feared to Identify themselves openly because of the prejudice and warfare made against them by the representatives of the American party "A party without a cause, a party that Is waging not a. campaign cam-paign of politics but a campaign of arro-cance arro-cance and duplicity, an organization of men who are not organized to better conditions con-ditions In this county or In this city, but who are organized at the wish of a disgruntled dis-gruntled politician. They have bluffed the Mormon people, and are still trying to continue to bluff. We havo been sitting sit-ting supinely by while they bluffed ub to remain silent, and they actively carried on their campaign of character assassination, assassina-tion, of kicking and pounding the leaders of our church, and the members, brothors and sisters, so that it was with fear and trembling that wo daro discuss with ono another the local conditions before us. Welfare of Mormon People. "This county la In jeopardy. The welfare wel-fare of the Mormon people Is In jeopardy. You may not believe that the timo has come that this people's existence as citizens citi-zens of tho United States Is In danger; but thero 13 threatening us at this time that same element that banded together to drive this people from tho eastern states beyond tho frontiers of civilization, out to the mercy of the rcdmen to perish upon tho Great Amorican desert, "The same condition la confronting you and me, young Latter-day Saints, today; and now they Invite young Latter-day Saints to turn from their parents into tho ranks of the American party; to join that party whoso hypocrisy, mado manifest mani-fest In its practices, giving direct lie to lis professions." It was thus that Haddock proceeded with his tirade of abuse. Ho virtually accused tho 11,771 members of tho American Ameri-can party, who voted that ticket a year ago. of being "character ussasslon3. plotters plot-ters and tools." Ho said the American party wan "seeking control if the county, und when they do, God help the citizen of Salt Lake county who lovea honor and righteousness." Ho raid the leaders of the church had been assailed, and it was lo the shame of the Mormon people that they had remained silent and lnactivo so long. The speaker defended eectarlan teaching teach-ing in the schools: but said it was not being be-ing done now. He eald Joseph F. Smith had a right to givo Instruction to his pooplo sis to how to vote which ho gave in the Improvement Era two years ago. He claimed that the leaders of the church had tried to keep faith In regard to polyagmous marriages In the church as a church, and said the practice had been abolished for tho past eighteen years by tho church as a church. But men had prococded upon their own responsibility re-sponsibility to enter into this practice, and "those men have been deposed and disgraced In tho eyes of tho members of the church. There has never been a case where the church has given Its sanction sanc-tion to a practice of this kind sinco It was stopped; never been a case whero this has been performed under tho government oi the United "States." Tho speaker, however, did not mention Canada, Mexico or the high seas. Believes In tho Whisper. Joseph F. Smith's indorsement of Howell, How-ell, Smoot and Sutherland at the recent conference was indorsed by the speaker, and ho said ho accepted Tho Tribune's Intcrnret-ulon of It, He averred that I- rank Knox was defeated for the mayoralty mayor-alty by Morris becuusc word went out that under the former Salt Lake would be a wldo open town. llo said that after 10 o'clock at night, on Third South east of State street, und down to Fourth South on Stato street, I after he left his office, he had to run a veritable gauntlet of lewd women, openly and brazenly plying their trado on the public thoroughfares. He charged that when the county officials raided tho denizens den-izens of the under world the American press of the city supported tho latter. He referred to the establishment of a stockade by tho American party chief of police "And you must keep quiet." ho-EnJeth ho-EnJeth f0r Pr?stlttes and gamblers Sn?rtri,e niren ,n offlcc 1,1 SalL Lako Oltj. -llio Mormon people had bulkW here an Inland empire, nnd now tho Amorican Am-orican parly bad determined to drive thorn out Into somo foreign country. He charged that Judgo Street had said. i his address to youns Mormoiis that polygamous cohabitation wd? " li right unless it was brought to the light. Jf..,?Inen 'r3," hlde the evidences of as-f-Co,nt,0ni.w,tL1 tlloIr "iwhands. then It s all well and good." And Judge Street had said that his party was organized to protest against Joseph p. Smith'- thatTh(iltVmash,nBton' aml he denied mat tlie American party must now condone con-done Joseph F. Smith's statement He All this and much more, for the above tJelUoBaM,p,8 f Hock's frenzied attacks at-tacks on the party In power in tho citv Uts n)ei?lershlp the Mormon speaker Bae vent to In his tirade of one hour and fifteen minutes duration. Hs hea ine crj of Time s up" was heard frnm thoso In the audience. He talked "o long that Nephi L. Morris, who was alio billed to talk, could not get In cdJo ways, and Col. Squires, who was chair" thrust tn?c?l,n,R N Wm' Sm tne list and Introduced Apostle-Sen-itAr Smoot. who had sat on the stat Hstened Interestedly to the younlealot's effort-to achieve notoriety. aiot b Apostle-Senator Speaks. Jrhe..11po,3t.le'3ena,or dwolt Prlncinallv on national issues, discussing brlofli 1 1 ft tariff and the guarantee of bank depoS it 8. In referring to the latter he 2als that Bryan had never thought of Wv much money would be tied up and talPn out of the channels of trade by hs Daro" osltlon to provide- the guarantee fun,i tn pay depositors of defunct bunks- J" owed this up immediately afteV b dst.?'' Ing that statistics showed th at denosho ffl;losfUr-uvcIfth of on SoJ ' ,,aTXothor Heed Smoot thero would have been no American party. I say, my friends r i have mercy on a man tha : Hay! so ' doesn't know what 1Mb flL-ht il V HtJ ; thoy say about me. I care not wllt charges they make. My life iV ho&rl you; my life Is before this American tlon. 1 love my tato: V?cSr$HSL& try: and 1 care not what J'juiMEr4 care to hrlns upon my h (MSTtai Is that God gives tno tect the Interests of the ifa havo been called upon w goS1 Therefore, 1 say. I care n hatK?W ; I am personally concerned. r y. It comes from nor who H"'jv &ki& It Is false It never can lwiViMrg?:i Prof. Kent sang several .ffji'Maiifc; entertainment of the udXctriMK i When the POBtlc-senafor hjgjju duced Haddock greyed him vorllo ouotatlon, "Thanl: W ' jKJjr mAt tho close of the ftSBP'S harangue was the subject oi cmpp, discussion, and It did not upi?c very well with his hearers. FtH- |