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Show ANOTHER LIVELY AMERICANMEETING Enthusiastic Meeting Under the Auspices of Woman's American Amer-ican Club. PROGRAMME COMPRISES SPEECHES AND MUSIC Gathering Is Held at Home of George P. Goodwin, Judicial Judi-cial Candidate. There were fully 200 people in attendance at-tendance at a rousing rally held, Friday Fri-day evening, under the auspices of the Woman's American club at the resi-denco resi-denco of Attorney Georgo F. Goodwin, American candidate for district judge. Tho enthusiasm and patriotism dis-pla'ed dis-pla'ed havo not been equaled in the present campaign, tho speakers being applauded and cheered at almost ovcry utteraiico. Addresses were made by Professor George B. Swcazy. nominee for state superintendent of public instruction; in-struction; Assistant City Attorney Edgar Ed-gar A. Rogers and N. D. Gorser, candidate can-didate for the lower house. Delightful music, consisting of instrumental instru-mental selections and campaign songs, waB furnished by the Amcricnn Glco club, Mrs. Corrine Hammer, Mrs. C. O. Bulon and Curtis Cohcu, with Miss Margery Mulvey as piano accompanist. After p'arading tho principal streets of tho business section, tho Ameriau drum corps marched to Judgo GoodwiD 's homo and played in front of the houso until shortly before tho rally bogan, when they made their way buck to town. Opens W .th Song. The programme opened with the campaign cam-paign song, "Lot It Alone Joe." by Curtis Cohen, after which Mrs. Joseph Cohen, president of the club, who presided, pre-sided, introduced Professor Sweasey, who made a very timely address. Professor Pro-fessor Sweazoy congratulated tho women wo-men on tho active part they wero taking tak-ing in tho fight for the redemption of Utah, and strongly advocated their franchi8cmcut. Continuing, tho speaker said that the American party is the embodiment em-bodiment of tho w.ivo of progress ,and puritj which is sweoping oyer the cn-1 tire country. He declared that the American party is here to get right and justice embodied into the laws of the state of Utah. In this campaign the ; duty of every citizen of this groat stato ' is hero in Utah, he 6aid, and the na- i tional issues will take care of themselves. them-selves. Professor Sweazey said ho longed for .the time to como when everybody in the state would vote as their conscience dictates, and when that time comes, he declared, we can all work together for that; kind of civil righteousne?9 which osatteth a nation. Mr. Rogers Talks. After the campaign song. "Help Yourself," by Curtis Cohen, Assistant City Attrone'y Rogers was introduced and made a brilliant address. Ho began be-gan by carcfulh' explaining how to veto on the machine, and urged everybody present to also instruct their friends, Attorney Rogers excoriated L. J. Haddock Had-dock for "the speech he made at a Republican Re-publican rally several days ago, and declared that Mr. Haddock must have been bitten by some mad dog or something some-thing of the kind, for, declared Mr. Rogers, he was surely suffering from In'drophobia when ho said such tilings as he did at that meeting. In reference refer-ence to Mr. Haddock's attack upon former United States Senator Thomas Eearns, Attorney Rogers, declared that during the time Mr.Kcarns was in tho United States senate he did more good for Utah than any other senator cvei did before him, and sureb' far more good than any senator has done sino-e. In this connection. Mr. Rogers referred to the Smoot "Mouth" as the monumental monu-mental liar of the church Republicau party. N. D. Corser HeaxcL N. D. Corser was then introduced and spoke at some length on tho "old soldier" in this campaign. Ho began .by reading an excerpt from Orson Pratt's "Doctrines of the Gospol," in which tho writer declared that tho kingdom of God is an order established by divine authority, and is tho only legal government that can exist in any I part ol the universe. Further, all other governments aro illegal and unauthorized, unauthor-ized, and people atiemtping to govern themselves aro in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God. Ho called attention to the infanvy of this statement, state-ment, and thou referred to "Sol" Kimball's Kim-ball's "Bombshell Confession of tho Kearns Gang.1' Reed Smoot claims to be a gentleman, Mr. Corser exclaimed, and yet ho is tho author of such miserable, mis-erable, dirty and infamous stuff as this. Mr. Corser declared that never in the history of tho stato havo tho people enjoyed such liberty as they havo had under tho rule of the Liberal and American Amer-ican parties. Ho declnrcd that tho spirit of Americanism, as is constantly demonstrated by the American party, was to treat tho old soldiors justly. Tho speaker declared that '90 per cent of tho old soldiers in Utah would vote tho American ticket at tho coming election. elec-tion. Ho declared that tho fight which is being waged in Utah is very similar m its purpoeo to tho civil war. "Let us have a government, aB Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln said,-by the people, of the people, and for the people, instead of by and tor tho priests." he said, in conclusion. Several musical selections were rendered ren-dered and the programmo closed' with tho hoIo, "The Flag Without a Stain," by Mrs. Connno Hammer, after which refreshments, consisting of ice cream coffee and cake, were served. . ' Judgo Goodwin's beautiful home was handeomelv decorated for tho occasion Amoncan Hags being draped over all of the windows and doors. Red, white and b uo bunting was draped artistically about the walls. |
