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Show I I I ....... i ..... L.I 1 Ten Thousand Residents of State in Tabernacle Meeting Give Demonstration Demon-stration of Patriotic Support of Government Govern-ment in the Hour of Stress and Peril. SPEAKERS GIVEN WARM GREETING Senators King and Smoot Address Mon- j ster Gathering Called by Governor ; Resolutions Resolu-tions Affirm Purpose to Stand by President in Present Crisis- Taking tho lead of the commonwealths common-wealths of the Union, the state of Utah, through a mass meeting of her patriotic citizens, held in the Mormon tabernacle last night under call of Governor Simon Bamberger, pledged answ her loyalty and service to the president of the United States, the flag and the government govern-ment in any course which it may be necessary to take in the present crisis with Germany. More than 10,000 strong, the citizens of Salt Lake and other parts of the state gathered in the tabernacle in re- ; sponse to the call of the governor and in what was perhaps tbe most enthusiastic enthusi-astic patriotic mass meeting ever held in the state adopted a resolution presented pre-sented by President F. C. Richmond of the Commercial club of Salt Lake pledging the loyally, support and service ser-vice of Utah and her people to vindicate vindi-cate Old Glory and maintain the principles prin-ciples of liberty, justice and humanity, . for which it stands. A copy of these resolutions, which arc given herewith, will be turned over to Utah's delegation delega-tion in congress i'or presentation to i President Woodrow Wilson and the con- ; gress of the United States when it meets in extraordinary session April 3. Pledge Money and Men. Utah and her people not only pledged their moral support, but wrent further, and the state pledged its resources and j its people their services, on the battle- ! field or on the sea., if need be, to maintain main-tain the honor of the nation. Practically every organization in Salt Lake, including the commercial bodies, religious, military and civic, was rep-rescntcd. rep-rescntcd. and the people of the city turned out en ma:?se. All classes and creeds wore represented. Religious, political po-litical and racial lines were obliterated and tbe thousands of people as united Americans raised their voices in unison for the "Stars and Stripes" and the nation of which it is the emblem. Patriotism saturated the atmosphere, and like an overcharged battery the audience au-dience broke forth at frequent intervals in rousing and prolonged cheers, as the speakers touched upon the fealty of the American people and their love of liberty, lib-erty, justice and humanity. It was with pride that Mayor W. Mont Ferry read 1 to the audience a telegram from Howard H. Cross, president of the Universal Military Training league, asking that he join with ten other mayors in 'calling patriotic mass meetings, and announced that it would be his pleasure to wire Mr. Cross that Utah, as usual, had anticipated an-ticipated the call and had already held a monster mass meeting in wbi-b her people had formally and officially bespoken be-spoken their support of the president and the country in the present war crisis. ' ' Senator "VT. H. King, junior senator from Utah, struck a popular chord in the hearts of the great assembly when he declared his belief that war would come with Germany, but that in going into such a war the United States would not go to war against the German people, peo-ple, but against Prussian militarism, in an effort to spread to the world the ! principles of liberty, right and justice guaranteed to tho American people under un-der its great constitution which, he believed, be-lieved, was destined to spread its great humanitarian influence, in time, to the whole world. Senator King 's speech was greeted with a storm of applause that continued for several minutes. Governor Bamberger briefly explained the purpose of the meeting and addresses ad-dresses that appealed to tho innermost patriotism of every American were made by Senators King and Smoot, Mayor W. Mont Ferry, the Rev. P. A. Simpkin, Captain J. C. French of the United States army and President F. C. Richmond of the Commercial club. The tabernacle was packed to capacity. ca-pacity. Every soat on the main floor, in the choir loft and in the balcony was taken and many stood in the aisles, unable to find seats. Members of the Commercial and Rotary clnbs formed in bodies and marched to tbe tabernacle and occupied special seats reserved for them. Each member bore a small American flag and the organizations made an imposing appearance as they marched up Main street to the place of meeting. Grizzled Veterans Attend. Gray-haired veterans of tho civil war, including a number of the Woman's Relief corps, gathered at tbe Hotel Utah just before the meeting hour and, headed head-ed by N. D. Corser, department commander com-mander of the G. A. R. of Utah, who carried a large American flag, marched to the tabernacle and took seats just to the right of the speakers' stand, which had been reserved for them. Members of the national guard attended the meeting meet-ing in full uniform and in a body, occupying oc-cupying a section near the front of the house. Officers of the guard, in full uniform, were given seats in the speakers' speak-ers' stand. Members of the Citizens' Military Training camp were a.lso represented, rep-resented, though not in uniform. One large section of the main floor, near the front, was reserved for University Uni-versity of Utah studeuts, who wore out en masse. Hundreds of young men occupied oc-cupied the seats before which hung a banner inscribed with the legend; "University "Uni-versity of Utah, U. S. A., We'll Help." While waiting for the meeting to bo called to order tho enthusiastic young men, many of whom may be called upon to do military service in case of war, kept the audience in a fever of excitement excite-ment with their college yella and their lusty cheers for the flag of their country. Boys Rouse With Songs. Under the leadership of their veil-master veil-master the boys joined in singing in rousing voice, "Us Mormon Boys," which brought rounds of applause from the audience. The high school cadet band, under direction di-rection of Professor L. P. Christcnsen, gave patriotic music and the high school cadets, in full uniform, were present in a body and acted as ushers for the occasion. oc-casion. The tabernacle bad been elaborately elabo-rately decorated in the national colors and "Old Glory" was displayed from every point of vantage. Red, white and gallery rails and from every available gollery rails and from every available point in the building. The arrival of the grixzlrr veterans of the civil war was tbe signal for an outburst of applause that made the house echo and reecho. The appearance appear-ance of the Governor find other officials and speakers was cause of more applause ap-plause and outbursts of enthnsiasm. Promptly at 8 o'clock Governor Bamberger Bam-berger called the meeting to order and the audience stood while the band played a march into which wa s i ntcr-woven ntcr-woven parts of "The Star Spangled Banner." C'. W. Pmrore of the first presidency of tho Mormnu church offered of-fered tbe invocation. Seated on the speakers' staud with Governor Bamber ger were Presidents C. "W. Penrose and Anthon H. Lund and Mayor W. Mont Ferry, and below them were seated Senators King and Smoot and members of the city commission. Park City Promises Support. During the meeting Governor Bamberger Bam-berger received a telegram from the citizens' citi-zens' committee of Park City rsprss-ing rsprss-ing the regret of the people of that town that they were unable to attend tbe mass meeting, but declaring their loyalty to the president and government govern-ment and giving the governor assurance that the people of tbe city staud behind be-hind him in whatever he may be called upon to do in the present crisis. After the invocation by President Penrose the band played "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Mayor Ferry, in a brief speech, introduced Governor Bamberger Bam-berger as the chairman of the mass meeting. , Two Classes: Patriots, Traitors. "We stand tonight on the threshold of tremendous events,' said Mayor Fern,. "It ia soon to he determined if this country is the melting pot of the world or a conglomeration of selfish persons. per-sons. There are but two clauses of people peo-ple in the United States tonight Ameri- j cans and traitors. It nlakes no difference differ-ence in what country a man drew tho first breath of life. Americanism ia not a question of birth, but one of mental attitude, and we mufet determine what the mental attitude of the people of this nation Is now." Mayor Ferry then read a telegram from President Howard of tho Universal Univer-sal Military Training- league asking him to join with ten other mayors in calling patriotic mass meetings. "I ahull ho proud to Inform him," naid the ma yor, "that Utah, taking tho lead as usual, has anticipated this call and has held a meeting that leaves no nilstn Ue as to the loyalty of the people of this cit y and state. I shall be proud (o inform him that the people of this state anl 1 city are back of the president, first, last and all the time." The mayor then presented Governor i Bamberger as tbe presiding officer of the j meeting. "I issued a call for this meeting and here is the answer," said the governor, as he surveyed the a.udie.nce that pocked the big tabernacle to its doors. "Wha t better answer could he asked than this? Governor Speaks Briefly. "I wa-s born in Germany and to me it means more than France, more than England, En-gland, but it don't mean as much to ma as America, ' (The governor was interrupted in-terrupted by prolonged applause. ) "No country ever did nor ever will," he continued. con-tinued. "It U not my intention to talk to you here tonight, us I desire to talk Thursday Thurs-day night to some of the unforunata foreigners who, I hear, don't realize t he advantages given them by thiF country. I will reserve my talk for that mcrt-Ing. mcrt-Ing. But I desire to say, as the mayor has saJd, that there are but two claarra of people In this country today Amoii -cane and traitors. Let's ah be Americans." Ameri-cans." The Rev. p. A- Simpkin was next introduced in-troduced and delivered a Mirrlng Address, Ad-dress, emphasizing the nccessll y for loyalty, unity and service, especially the service which, if tho need arose, would cause the men of Utah lo "let tholr rri blood flow in the stream of lo a Ity in their country and its principles of liberty and humanity." "The people of Utah met tonight to fpeaJ their loyally to the president and to the government of our beloved America," Amer-ica," said he. "Let all the di t'ferencc.', that may have ever divided the people of Utah be obliterated In this gia ve hour and let us all stand united in loyalty to our nation. "We Hre here to FpcaVc our loyalty to principle?, not to the pla.tlt nds nf politicians, but to the Christian hrjd "f our nation, who is necking to uphold lis honor and the principles for whhh it Htands. We a re hero to bespeak our loyalty to the Institutions of America, loyalty to this flag (npplantel. the ring t ha t never flew anywhere but for trut h md justice, humanity," brotherhood and rii;ht. We are hrre to bc.sprak our loyally loy-ally to the A merican t it utkne t hat arc the basis of our demof ra r . Says Chasm Is Bridged. "We may have been dlvlocd here by cha. Tn8 of all sortB in tinvs pone by, but tonicht there is unity hen-. un'Jor the roof of this tabernacle." The t-p':a;r v. a? interrupted by long appiau? Ho ,cm-tinucd ,cm-tinucd by saying that he honored ih man who loved the ton cue in which he (Continued, on Page Three,) MIJUS OFFER THEIR SERIES TO COUNTRY Enthusiasm Runs High at Meeting Attended by-Ten by-Ten Thousand Persons Per-sons at Tabernacle, (Continued from Page One.) babbled when a b;i.by, but he declared that the time haF come when the bebble must, be wiped out and aM must be one In spirit. "It is not enough to be united," Raid t speaker. "We must be united here and everywhere in a spirit of service and sacrifice. sac-rifice. There must he a service and sacrifice that will lead everyone to do hiB part. He must give his life, if need b to the caufe of justice and humanity. Vrrui?t write upon the pages of the ffo.e world the principles of democracy anJ humanity for which our president The audience stood while the band plaved the "Star Spangled Banner" and N. D. Coreer, department commander of the (i. A. R. of Utah, stood before the audience au-dience and waved "Old Glory" to the stlr-rincr stlr-rincr rhythm of the music. Sena tor Smoot was the next speaker. "I nevpr saw a more inspiring sight than this here tonight." said he. "It is fin honor to address this audience, yet I feel some restrictions in doing so in view of mv position as a United States senator who will be called upon shortly to act with the senate In judging events of the world with relation to this country's participation par-ticipation in them. I would like to pour out mv heart and give my opinion a to what should be done, but I think it rather inappropriate at this time, for In a week the senate will meet to judge what should be done to defend our liberties and rights. Senator Defends Preparedness. "I abhor -war, but know there are a thousand things worse than war. Rather ' than suffer loss of our national honor, I would give my life, my sons' lives. I would rather be dead than a slave to any foreign power. Honorable death is a thousand times preferable to this. "I have been criticized for my belief in national preparedness and no one could have made me believe that so many peo- ! pie didn't believe in preparedness until I received thousands of letters protesting against it. &ome people pretend to believe be-lieve that if we had no array, no navy, there could be no war. That is not true. "1 am willing to risk the criticism of appropriating money for a navy second to none, as a first line of national defense; de-fense; not for offense, but for the defense of American people and American rights. ("Applause.) I look for a day of universal military training when men will be trained to defend themselves and their country. "The time is coming1, I believe, when the principles of our constitution will cover the earth. I believe that at the end of the war there will be few crowned lieadrin all the world. JnoLVQ no fear for the patriotism of -rle people of Utah. If there ia a call upon our people they will respond as they did In the Spanish-American war, and I fl have no fear for the record they will make when they respond. I cannot say if there will be war or not, but I can say Vnow the people of Utah will say to the pXfdent, 'M'e are back of you in what-eveNis what-eveNis right.' Will Defend the Colors. "The American people will not allow this flag that stands for liberty and right to be Insulted. And I believe the man of foreign, birth who has lived here long- enough to become naturalized will, when the time comes, be on the side of liberty and right and will be behind the 'stars and stripes.' " Captain J. C. French of the regular army delivered a short address in which he told how small are the regular army and the national guard forces of the nation na-tion in comparison with those of other nations and how necessary It is for the people of the state and union to voluntary volun-tary enlist in the guard and the army to bring these lines of defense up to the proner footing. He asked that able-bodied able-bodied men of Utah rally to the call of the governor and voluntarily enlist In the National Guard of Utah, that they may be trained properly to protect their homes and country in time of stress. He pointed out how necessary it Is that the citizons be trained in the art of defense, just as it is necessary to train ball players play-ers for contests of aklllv Senator King's address was a fitting and stirrfng climax for the meeting and he was interrupted at frequent intervals by rounds of continuous applause. Senator King's Address, "This is an hour for sober thought and a searching of our hearts," declared the speaker. "It is not an hour for Jubilation, Jubila-tion, not an hour for jingo talk. It is an hour to calmly measure up and see how we are prepared. "We had hoped that the day of federation federa-tion of mankind had come; the day when the banner of war had been furled for-, for-, ever, but the selfishness of man has I spread war and it seems that the world must again be devastated. "But the time is coming when there will be no more war, else humanity is a failure and Christ was not the Christ1 who came to redeem the world. But, under the present conditions, we must pledge our lives and our all to maintain the principles of humanity. It was war that laid the foundation for this great government. .We did not have this symbol sym-bol of liberty, our flag, until after the battles of Bunker Hfll and Lexington. "Out of the war of 1812 was born this great republic. That was a war In support sup-port of the right of the- American people to travel the high seas of the world. I echo the sentiment of the senior senator when he said that he would rather be dead than live in a country not worth sacrificing my life for. "The war of the rebellion was a war for the rights of humanity, and all the wars of this country have been for the rights of humanity. Such will be the cause if our nation is plunged into war now. Our country has always stood for humanity, liberty and right, and it has fought for these principles when necessary. neces-sary. It will ever fight for them if such is necessary to maintain, these rights and give them to people to whom they are denied. "Out of , the war of 61-63 came a more splendid republic than ever a united republic. There is no north, no south; no east, no west; we are one people, peo-ple, consecrated to the principles of justice jus-tice and humanity. Says German Threat Insult. "Across the sea Is a powerful and puissant puis-sant nation that has Issued a proclamation proclama-tion in opposition to the principles for which this nation stands. It has Bald that our ships shall not go upon the high seas and that Its submarines can shoot down non-combatants. That is an insult to our flag and nation, one which the people peo-ple will not overlook, one for which the people will arm themselves. If necessary, to maintain our flag and rights. . "The president lias stood these insults patiently and quietly, taking criticism and censure when Americans were murdered mur-dered on the sea. He has been accused of cowardice and been called pusillanimous, pusillani-mous, but ho lias taken counsel of the people of the nation and has proceeded cautiously. Some months, ao the people were not so united as they are now, and to have entered a conflict then might not have been attended by the unanimous support that such a move would meet now. But now the people are united they are one behind the president. We are no longer Republicans or Democrats. We are one for the maintenance of the flag. "In my humble opinion there will be war and, we will be there, at least on the sea if not on the land, and perhaps on the land. I can say that our senior senator, sena-tor, as one of the leaders of the senate, and myself, as a member of the senate, will do all in our power to provide the means to maintain our flag and the honor of our nation and the rights of our people. "If war is declared Monday or Tuesday, or at any other time, I am sure the people peo-ple will "be behind the president and will fight for the principles of liberty, not only for themselves, but for all peoples. Says Tyrant Threatened. "For myself, I will be glad to see the Stars and Stripes side by side with the flag- of France and the union jack in the cause for liberty and for right." The audience drowned the speaker out In its wild burst of applause at this remark. "As the result of this war one tyrant has already lost his throne and may lose his head. When the war ends there will be no kaiser and no house of Hapsburg. "If we go into war with Germany It will not be a war against the German people, but a war against Prussian militarism. mili-tarism. I am ready to vote for war for the maintenance of liberty and for vindication vindi-cation of our flag; I am ready to vote for universal military training, to prepare men for the defense of their country and their liberty." The audience stood and sang "America," "Amer-ica," after which Mr. Richmond presented a copy of the resolutions and moved that they be adopted as the sense of the meeting. meet-ing. Governor Bamberger called upon all those in favor of the resolutions to rise, and the audience stood unanimously. A vote of thanks was tendered the Mormon Mor-mon church for the use of the tabernacle for the meeting. |
