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Show Speakers at American Party Love Feast JUDGE C. 0. GOODWIN. miles of "Sidewalk paving put In plnce, tho vnat Tamounts of sewer and water main extensions; the new residences ana apartment houses, and lo tho cred t or ail. those large and imposing business structures which have, become tho admiration ad-miration of all. from no matter where they come; nnd all these arc telling evidences evi-dences of the material growth and a-vancomcnt a-vancomcnt of our community. But Ono Purposo in Vlov?. New territory Is opening up on every side of our city, and' with tho construction construc-tion of now railroads which Is go ng on all tho time, connecting us with dir-feronf dir-feronf portions of the country, our business busi-ness enterprises are expanding In geometrical geo-metrical ratio, and I believe that the work of Improving, the beautifying and advancing of our city has but Just commenced. com-menced. Superb as has boon our work, thero Is still a greater work to be done. We ought to unite and work with a common purposo In view of a common end to bo attained tho making of bait Lake City, not ono of the best, but the best governed and most beautiful city in the grand galaxy of Amorican cities. It seems to me lhat no roal Salt Laker can look around and see what has been done, in the brief tlmo that the party has been In power, but with Increased enthusiasm en-thusiasm will look forward to more school houses, to more churches, to more business blocks, lo moro prosperity, to a tUeadlly rising tldo of Industry, the music of which Is rhythm in the ear nnd a song of hope to the heart. Answer Always, "All's Well." Finally, my friends, while exulting over what has been dono nnd what Is doing, I am sure that none of us forget that to those to whom much Is given, much is expected: that nono of us. at least, E. B. ORITCHLOW. rf a3 MAYOR JOHN S. BRANSFORD. MAYOR BRANSFORD ' S ADDRESS. Ladles and gentlemen: This great and Joyous gathering, so confident in Its faith, so exultant in Its enthusiasm, supplies tho absolute proof that tho American party In Il-i brief career has fulfilled the expectations and realized the wishes, the hopes and tho desires of all who, from the day of Its Inception, as well as thoso who during Its progress have given to It their earnest support. It has passed beyond be-yond the experimental stage; It has fulfilled, ful-filled, I believe, to a very large extent, the expectations and tho hopes of the people of this city; and wo may presume to say further, the expectations and the hopes of tho people of the whole stale of Utah In a larger degree than any other party that has ever held power here. I say this with all due respect for those who In the past made up the rank and file of other parties and who always had borne on their shoulders tho burden and the responsibility of carrying on the work and the affairs of this city. American Party Born. ' In the past there were many handicaps. There were ancient customs to be changed, ancient prejudices to overcome, ancient, beliefs even to be proved unwise un-wise and untrue, and there came a blight upon tho city which had to be thrown oft and a now regime was conceived It was out of these wanLs that the American Ameri-can parly was conceived. Its birth was not a premature birth; It was not bora in hate, but it came of the stern necessities neces-sities of the time. The onward march of a newer civilization, which is transforming transform-ing so many cities in America, was here knocking at the door and It had to be admitted. Right here in the hcjirls of men there was constant friction. On the one hand was the thought that in tho long ago some devout men had founded here a civilization. In tho perils, in tho hardships hard-ships and privations of tho frontier thov had built a central station nnd that their methods, their ways, their beliefs, ought to still hold sway, and that no other progress than such progress as could be brought about under such conditions was to be desired. Reason for American Party.-On Party.-On the other hand, (hero was the thought that what, is old and obsolete ought to be sot siside, that what Is retrogressive re-trogressive and moro or less bigoted had no place here; that over the darkness of much of the past a new light ought to bo kindled; and what put a brake upon men's best efforts, nnd what " w-as un-American in men's acts ought all to bo thrust aside, and In the light of the swiftly advancing civilization of the present, the people of this city should take their places In tho steady, onward sweep, and m.ako Salt Lake City in truth a real, progressive, expanding, splendid American Ameri-can city. And so n few men gathered together, without mulice, without prejudice, preju-dice, but looking tho truth fairly In the, face, saw whore tho city was lacking and determined to break away from those ccndlt.io.ns. Has Kept tho Faith. I believe that the party now In charge of this municipality has so fully Justified its existence that no Impartial-minded man or woman will dispute. But It must not bo judged alone as a political party. It has from tho Inception been a moral ifnd social force In (he life of this people, peo-ple, and has achieved results which have earned for tho city the reputation of being be-ing one of tho best governed cities In the United States. The proof Is not only seen In the change In Its physical aspect, but In the fact that the live men of other states are treading this way as to a new Mecca, Mec-ca, coming here as home seekers, bringing bring-ing their capital to be united with ours: bringing new Industries to swell the trade of the city; hrlnglng their wives and children to swell the numbers In our schools and churches; uniting their fortunes for-tunes with our fortunes; uniting their labor with our labor; uniting their best (alent ami experience with such talent and experience as yo have to make this It- w JUDGE A. J. WEBER. WM. C, A. SMOOT. tho capital city of Utah, the capital city of an empire extending from the rock-ribbed rock-ribbed mountains of the east lo where In the west the soft winds from across the big sea bring tho story every day of the oldest empires In tho world, awakening awak-ening from tho lethargy of the ages and beginning to lako their placo among modern civilizations. Has Performed Groat Work. This is no dream; what has been done Is prophetic of what shall be. The party has performed magnificent work, but it is still In the creative stage, that Is, creative for the city. The old sentiment senti-ment that "there is a tide In 'the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." has become a belief of our people, and it applies sis much to a city as' to an Individual. Since this llood-tlde of prosperity has boon bearing bear-ing on the municipal bark of this city for tho past half decade, the American party, to which was committed tho duty of managing affairs, lists been in control. con-trol. Tho great advance has been steadily gaining in momentum and power, and still there aro some who borrow .trouble for the future. Why should not the splendid, splen-did, start be fully realized? No city could be more superbly located, surrounded sur-rounded as It is by mountains which for geological ages have looked down upon si valley of matchless fortuity, under a climate as soft as that of Italy; its mountains holding within their stubborn breasts potentisilitlcs of wealth beyond the measure of the human mind lo conceive; con-ceive; alleys of Inexhaustible fertility; In extent an empire In Itself: In resources greater than any pen lias yet described. Why docs It not hold within itself the power to make magnificent and splendid lis achievements? Americans for Square Deal. When all was ready the American party look hold. It did not make extravagant ex-travagant promises. It said that tho HgHt of liberty under the laws should bo Its light; lhat justice should bo Its motto; that a square deal should be Its rule; and up to dale It has kept Its promises, prom-ises, kept them more nearly than anv other party ever did in this slate, and now It Is in your hands to carry on the work that men may be happier because order Is to be maintained, law Is to be respected and. so fsir as possible, the luxuries nnd tho comforts of tho unparalleled un-paralleled sluto shsill be realized by her What Americans Are Doing. We In Salt Lake City are' striving to make this city the best possible place in which people can live, and while wc are endeavoring to reallzo tho hopes of the most sanguine in regard to our city, we sire trying to keep In mind that cities and states rolled the kind of people who live In .them; find so we want by all legltlmsitc means that tho population of this city shall Increase: and wo want more than that that tho quality of the citizenship of our people shall also Improve Im-prove In tcxturo. for we sill know that upon the quality of the manhood and the womanhood of a state will rest the happiness, hap-piness, the welfare, the good name and the destiny of ,tho pooplo. So wo aro trying to foster the highest Idesils; so wi- are trying to make sure a righteous civic government, nnd wo are doing this by trying to open to ovcry citizen everv opportunity for any legitimate exertion that lie can make to secure his life and his property from danger. Must Be Judged by Work. It Is not worth while to give any extended ex-tended detail, of whsit has been accomplished accom-plished since tho American party took hold here. It must be judged bv its fruits, nntl they are visible on every hand in tho list of Improvements which havo becb repeatedly culled to tho attention atten-tion of the people, and which are far moro enduring than any encomiums which I can utter. The stranger coming here gazes with delight upon tho wonderful improvements which hsivo been completed com-pleted during the last four years, and which arc still in progress, miles of street paing construction; the m:mj who arc in office, for a momont forget lhat we aro all accountable directly lo this people: that while they siro a generous gen-erous peonlo and cheerfully give credit where It Is due. they still are watching and will hold us responsible for any breach of faith, for any carelessness on our part; that they expoct from us that wc shall shirk no public duty; that In the city's interests we shsill be soldiers by day and sentinels on guard by night, sind bo always ready, when the watchman watch-man makes his rounds and calls, "What of the night?" to be able to answer, "All Is well." But Ono Safe Plan. Parties often plan how to make a successful suc-cessful campaign. To a party In powor the only safe plan Is to so meet Its duties, so perform Its mission, that the people measuring what him been done and what Is doing, and the spirit behind tho work, shall decide that they want no change. Po. rejoicing In what has been dono. and exulting over the promises that shine out for the future. I close as I beg.an. with congratulations to our party of enlightenment en-lightenment and progress, and with all good wishes for the health, prosperity and happiness personally of you all. W. O. A. Smoot Introduced. When the mayor concluded he was given round after round of applause. There was another piece of music given by tho orchestra, and then Toast-master-' Wcbcr introduced W. C. A. Smoot, one of the three surviving mom-bers mom-bers of Brigham Young's eoinpaii3', which entered the Salt Lake valley July 2'J, 1S'17. In introducing Mr. Smoot. Toastmastor Weber said that Mr. Smoot vas present at tho time of tho so-csillcd flag incident on Ensign Peak, and that ho would tell about lhat, and also some othor incidents of tho early dsiys in Utsih. When Mr. Smoot stepped to tho front ho was given a royal welcome. He is in his eighty-third" year,- but is hale, hearty and vigorous as a man many j'ears his .junior. Ho was at his best, and in his address was very earnest. lie has boon a resident .of Salt Lako City for sixty-three .years; henco he know what he was talking about. He denied the story told that when the pioneers came to tho Salt. Lako valley thsit it was covered with sagebrush, but declared that the valley val-ley was covered with a luxurious growth of bunch grass that was about waist high, and that he had never seen sagebrush within the corporate limits of Salt. Lake, and as he had helped to survey the town, was confident that, ho knew whereof ho spoke. This statement, state-ment, ns others ho made, he declared, would not be contradicted by the Mormons Mor-mons until after he was dead, and then they would s.xy that ho was si liar, .but this would not bo dono until he was dcsid. lie declared lhat he was a ii.-itlir.nl-bom American and a Democrat, and that all tho Jonnons wero Democrats until "1 fauna got in and gave u little monc3' -'tnd enabled some of the IIor-mons IIor-mons to got a few sheep by tho tsiil, and then every d d one of them bo-came bo-came Itepublienns." During his address ho wsis frequently interrupted by ap-plsiuse ap-plsiuse and laughter as ho detailed a number of incidents, lie spoke as follows: I j MR. SMOOT ADDRESS. Ladles and Gentlemen r was one of that party that came here, July 27, 1SI7 with Brigham Young, and have boen here ever since. 1 hardly know where to commence. There has boon so much that I have passed through since I came up lo the- present time that it would take a long tlmo to tell it. so I will only try to tell a small part of it, 1 nni an American. I was not born here. I am a Democrat and I am a Mormon, Mor-mon, and everything you can think of. I am getting along In years. I came here when I wsis not yet 20. I stood guard for Brigham Young at Fort Bridger every other night. I lay out in the bins In many a storm around what is now tho city of -Salt Lake. I am gulng to st-iv hero to sec Salt Lako City grow and become be-come the pride of tho land. I packed stakes to survey tho city and drove them Into the earth t0 mark (he streets ami I want to see you men msike It greater than it Is. Now. I will give you a llttlo reminiscence reminis-cence of my life, i cnmc 0ut hoe with a band of men-a good lot of men. I wsmt the Mormons to havo their rights but no more. This Is all I ask. The company with which I traveled and w l o were known as pioneers wore organized Into a company to go ahead ami put seeds into the ground and prepare for the women and children who wero to fol-ow. fol-ow. smd have everything ready for them before they arrived. Wo were divided Into two divisions the Brlghams and the Hcbcrs. Each dl- vision was divided Into companies of : fifty men. each under a captain, as were the Israo lies. Wo were well organized. 1 BrWium Youns dltl 11. Hrlglmm Young was a fine man. He was a mnn among men nnd he wan superior to many of Ho was a loader and kindly toward his people. He would not starve n horse to death, as some of tho leaders have done and then turn the horse out In tho held to try to pick his living. We came Into this valley and did not know where we were going, supposedly to California, for such were our orders. Cut those orders wero never carried out. Thero was plenty of grass and wsitcr, so wo made our camp and established quarters quar-ters here, and put In our gardens for our-families our-families who were to follow. Grass and Water in Plenty. Bear yon In mind, now, I saw no Inspiration In-spiration everything Just natural ovory-day ovory-day affairs. Wc had a fine time. We were well provided for. Now. It Is said that the laud wsis dry and barren, but that the Lord made It bloom and prepared It for tho coming of our band. I never snv anything of the kind. There was plenty of grass and water when wo arrived ar-rived on tho 2Mb of July. Tho beautiful valley, green and restful, lay before us. I had heard of It before wo arrived. Wo sent out explorers to look over tho country coun-try to tho north and cast. To the south the valley stretched one large field of green grass. Bunch grass It was. It was dry when we got here, though like some hav It retained Its color of green. There was no timber. So Brigham oung started out the explorers 1 havo mentioned. men-tioned. He sent three men up Red Butte and three men up City creek. They came back nnd said Ihcrc was timber enough In the hills to last for years. While the men wore gone into the hula wo were lying- around Idle, having put in our gardens. It was very warm weather. Ensign Peak Flag Incident. Brigham Young. Ileber C. Kimball and his associates went up on the hill and toward Ensign peak, which was Ihc name they gave It. as Kimball said. "We will some day hoist an ensign here." When they got to the top Ihey looked out over the country and 'saw a slrestm to the west and called It Jordan. While they were up there looking around they went through some motions that we could not sec from where we were, nor know what they meant. They formed a circle, seven or eight or ten of them. But I could not tell what they were doing. Finally they came down In the evening. The president decided lhat wc would not go on, as wo hsid heard of the fate of the Bonner train a year before, In '-lli. They hoisted a sort of a flag on Ensign peak. Not a (lag. but a handkerchlet belonging to llcbcr C. Kimball, one of thoso yollow bandana kind. This explained ex-plained the actions of the party when they first went up on the peak and which we could not undorstand. Now, we were not told to hate the flag, Wc were not taught to hate the government gov-ernment of the United Stales, for which our forefathers fought and died. If I could go back and tell some things, J could tell things that" would hurt. Therefore There-fore I won't do II- As I said before, I am an Amorican and a Democrat, and I believe and I know that tho Mormon people who were Democrats have been run out of the old ranks and Into the American party. They were all Democrats at first. Out In my ward wo had a Democratic bishop. The leaders sent him a note to the effecl that lie wsis to work for the Republican parly, and he did. When he and I were bishops we could run the whole thing Democratic, but when he got the note everything went Republican. I am with you. gentlemen, to build Salt Lake City. I havo a pride in Salt Lake City. I have reason to have a pride. I have lived here sixty years, since there was nothing here in tho valley val-ley but grass. There was not even any sago brush here. Tho brush that Is now on the bench around tho city was not thero when I first came here. It has taken root and grown there since we came to the valley. Taught to Despise Gentiles. I like the people that live In Salt Lake. 1 love my fellow men. I was born and raised a poor man, I never cheated nor took advantage of si man, and I hate men that will do dirty tricks Our Mormon people arc more to bo pitied than you think. For years they havo been taught to ha to and desplso si man who was a Gcntllo. They vote as they aro told. First they voted the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket Then they turned to the Republicans. And lf the Democratic come into power again, the Mormon people peo-ple would be to "Vote the Democratic ticket now as a matter of policy. They will help us" I remember when General Connor marched down Main street. I heard some one say, "The Boldlers are coming In." I looked up and I have never seen an Amerlcnn Hag In my llfo but what my liesirt fluttered with joy. And when I saw that flag going down the street my heart fluttered with Joy. General Connor Con-nor camped east of the city and established estab-lished what was called Camp Douglas. The Mormons were scared when they saw the patrol of fifty or perhaps a hundred men parade along- the hill. The people thought they wore after Brigham and they would yell: "They're after Brigham! They're after Brigham!" What Utah Owes Gon. Connor. Every citizen of Utah owes to General Gen-eral Connor more than any ono else in the building up of Utah. He opened the way for mining In this country, and if it had not boen for the opening of mines here, where would this city have boon today? I believe lhat if tho mines stop, Salt Lake City will stop. The Mormons dared not go out to a mine. Opening up the mines, it was known, would bring Gentiles hero, nnd their coming would corrupt the Saints. But It was General Connor who opened the way. Ho has done more to build up the American party par-ty than any one else, because he opened the way for outsiders to come in. That's why I am sin American party man, because be-cause it Is sigainst tho party that wants to rule or ruin. I thank you. When Mr. Smoot concluded, J. P. Barker of tho city engineer's office gave an exhibition of sleight-of-hand nnd showed how easy it was to gathor tithing nnd then make it disappear in tho mysterious way that the high church officials did. Love Feast Is Concluded. George M. Sullivan read a paper prc-pared prc-pared by William Nelson on the Gen- 2j cral Connor memorial f2 Toastmastor Weber iB Critchlow. In view fit near midnight Mr. Crite to make a speech, andf feast concluded by theii ing "America," Tho 1 a most successful one'f big andienco dispersal 'il determination to begin i preparation for the can redeem Salt Lake count it what it has of Hioa demption of Salt Lake' the redemption of ttiB'jj |