Show I WHAT IT STANDS FOR i A correspondent writes asking what the American American Amer Amer- ican party part demands and what it proposes to do The rhe correspondent must be a new comer The American par party J simply demands a square deal and proposes to enforce a square deal With that it proposes to continue continue continue con con- the progress which it inaugurated when it assumed assumed assumed as as- control of the aff affairs irs of this city i to maintain maintain maintain main main- tain order and law to account to the taxpayers ers for every dollar paid in for taxes and over o all to eliminate eliminate eliminate nate church control from both the elections and the management of the affairs of the cit city To io make it in m in truth an American city where Americans may meet as do the citizens of all other American cities on common ground and where the ballot will be untrammeled and all men ma may vote and find think as they ther please The rhe party was born of a ahard ahard hard necessity For eight years rears the Mormon church had full control here We Ve all played the farce of concealing from ourselves the fact that whether we nc spoke as Republicans or Democrats we were nevertheless never never- nevertheless mere puppets of or the ecclesiastical power that 1 ruled here which threw a sop one year to Republicans cans the next to Democrats and all the time had a contempt for both being all the time engaged in building up this other kingdom here which has in truth nothing h in common with free government The effect of the work is already apparent When hell the party came into power two years ago the cit city was vas under t the spell that had bound it for years This year ear more new houses have haye been built and more are under construction than had been in any my r previous two years ears And yet et a 3 gentleman on Sunday Sunday- last advertised a house honse for rent and received six forty applicants before i 1 p. p m. m the next day day- The rhe proposition proposition is is to keep up this thi progress s until Salt Lake Cit City as assumes umes her rightful position among the cities of the land 1 I Further it is to extend the work until from the Idaho line to St. St George the political rule of the state shall be in the hands of the people until it will be impossible for a high priest to name the whole state ticket and have haye it elected regardless s of the tIle merits of candidates until if a high priest tells the men of one party part to vote the other party parl ticket they will answer back lire We Ve will give to the Lord the things that are the Lords Lord's but let the Lord keep out of politics |