Show CHRIST I MINISTERS MINISTERS' SUPPORT Of MEN WN MERIAN J A SM It has long since ceased to bo be a secret cret that in Utah and md our city tho dominant church has not only endeavored endeavored endeavored en en- to combine church and state but today Is actually t trying to control our municipal government governments The The Rev v. v Charles Curtis McIntyre Presbyterian The Tho issues in Salt Lake Lako are arc new and the the relegation of church authority authority au to its proper spiritual sphere the demand of a a. city of souls that tho the queen city of a a. tract of American American American Ameri Ameri- can soil Boll one one fourth fourth the tho area of the United States shall shaH be allowed to develop de as an American city Tho Tho t-Tho Tho Rev Albert Buxton Christian If Give to the men who vho have havo achieved cd with such unselfishness the beauty and prosperity we now enjoy the thanks which they so sa e deservedly ly merit The The Rev Francis Short Metho Metho- 1 dist cUst I It HIt is high time that wo we made a new the resolution the n-the the resolution that our Dotes 1 shall hall no longer be bo given to any my sort i of ot oligarchy for any eort sort of pin piu- but that in every election we v shall make our votes otes count as our forefathers intended nt nd d they should forthe forthe for forthe the inauguration of genuine democracy racy The racy The The Rev William T. T Brown Unitarian In pra Fc several chur churches hee yesterday the pastors pas tors impressed their con congregations rc with tho the importance of tomorrows tomorrow's election and the great reat responsibility which r rests upon upon on Christian voters A number of ot the clergymen discussed the question of political domination lamina tion by br Mormons and null nearly nead- all ur urged independent action tron I intimating that this is possible on only through tho the American part party Dr McIntyre 5 Warning At th the Westminster Pre Presbyterian church yesterday morning the Rev Re Charles Curtis McIntyre said sud Although our national government O ha hat hu forever r mad the church and the state separate and distinct Institutions yet It has Ion lone since M d to be a f e fr r lr re t that in Utah and our city the dominant church hats haa not ocl only end endeavored a to com com- the two t but today Is actually try try- ing Sing to control our municipal government o I 1 b believe lIe e It Is the dut duty of or every er Chris Chris- s i tian minister everywhere c to urge ur the vol vot I IMS faithfully to perform their duties lothe to lo the State Stute at the poll polls But Dut In of or th the peculiar and aud unusual situation In I civic In Utah I foci foel more keenly nt my flu obligation to urge urle every eo voter here hero tonight to b be sure to tn do his and her Christian dut duty at the ballot hallot box bo next I Tuesday While hile W directly the church and slate state are arc separated yet vet Indirectly thc they are In In- In I separable God GOJ who Is the tho head held of ot the church Is the head bend of or tho the state The moral condition of ot the church determines th the moral status statu of the state Likewise that which vitally concerns the tha state has hns Its effect upon the church It Is b therefore there there- fore oro not only for tor the highest civic and In Industrial good of Salt J. J Lake lk City but also alo for or her r best religious welfare that er e every cry Christian ote vote and vote ote wisely In this hour of ot crisis In our municipal history Dr Buttons Button's Appeal In la his hi on ou MenI Men cn I II I in in Politics at l Central Centra Christian I church last ni night ht the Rev Re Albert Bux ton said Mid When the old Whig and Democratic parties lost their peculiar e end I wore were voting straight partisanship j I like cattle the Free Soil party entered d 1 the field to tn Ji give a new turn tuni to thought I and develop new principles Tho The lie He publican and d Democratic parties have I each cach mot met and aud controlled issues that are arenow arenow now often obsolete and in new ne issues I 1 a a. new left handed handed man is m no r til t tn give i c a new MW and much touch need needed d dbl bl blow v w wI 1 The The ie issues u in Salt Palt Lake are arc n bow w not I tariff or finance or any au- of th platforms plat pInt forms orme of the tbt oM old parties but new De- and unique unique the the relegation of oft church au ani i to its it's proper spiritual sphere phere the demand of a city city of souls soule i that queen cit city of oP a n tract of Amori- Amori m r can nn soil toil fourth one tho area arca of th the e United States shall be allowed to develop develop de Jo r as S an nn American city Wear Vear No Political Label At th the Unitarian church hurch the the- theRe Re Rev William T T. T Brown Drown ur urged ed upon his his- hearer hear er ert erg the folly of oC following blindly an any my P political party or tr other pow power r. r Dis pis Discussing I cussing the subject Democracy anc and 1 the Ballot he said f rl in part The principal argument if nt 1 If argument nt t Itcan It t can be hE called advanced railed advanced In c certain newspapers newspapers news I pape papers which I could name has b been n nou You ou should hould vot vote tho the Republican ticket because you OU art are nr a Republican You Tot u should hould vote ote the Democratic ticket b because aue e J you OU n aro ar ro a Democrat L Bu But t wh why t should am any an man consider himself lI a Republican or ora ora ora a Democrat And b by what right may tho the editor of ot an any paper assume that any manof man manof manof of his acquaintance Is today todar a Republican or or ora a Democrat whatever er he may mar have been yesterday or last year jear A man ma may he be born with a red skin akin or a black skin mid and he will always be an Indian or 01 a A. negro If It Is a handicap It Is at least lust one from rom which there Is no escape nut Hut no man Is J horn a Republican or a Demo Demo- crat Xo No part patt name Is stam stamped ed on us In our OUI Infancy We c are aro no more born to toan an any such handicap than we wo are arc born toa to ton a n mural moral handicap And It would be just as sensible to Insist that because a man has once belle believed ed some Mme exploded superstition superstition super super- he must therefore always a adhere to tu that superstition because a man has once believed ed or been taught ht that the earth is flat or that It was created In six days or that some somo Divine Being demands demand the sacrifice of or a sheep or a goat In expiation cx- cx of ot his sins therefore he must al at- at W ways S 'S hold to these foolish superstitions Just as 38 sensible would It be as to say efty or think that Lt because a man has once been a Republican or a Democrat he must al alwa's always al- al ways was be bo one or the other If It Is a sign of ot pro progress for n n. man to outgrow some somo old and exploded theo theo- logical creed d why vh Is It not equally so for tor him to cast aside an outworn political creed If It Wi we are right In expecting eve every Intelligent man to make constant revision lon of his hIli scientific Ideas to ke keep p pace with th the stead steady and lIng advance arl of knowledge what Is the reason mason r ason that we I act upon n a totally different rent principle when hen It comes to political action Why Is It that h here ie we expect men blindly and meekly to follow tollow the leadership of ot a no po Pl po- po machine and p permit that machine tf to do their thinking for them I am not saying that men should or should not vote voto a ticket libeled Republican can or Democratic I J am simply saying saving that It Is an Insult to nn any mans man's intelligence Intelli intelli- gence as 38 well as all to his manhood ns nil a n citizen to t tell him he belongs to the tho Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican party or the Democratic party part or ora a any 1 other party A man who mortgages mortGage his own manhood i to any part party who ho consents consents consents con con- to belong unthinkingly and meekly to an any part party Is Ie a lost man He has hall put his manhood out o of his own keeping and Into the tho th keeping of or a conscienceless po political po- po machine It Is high time we people of ot this country served notice on all these I traffickers In our votes rotes all these thes In tors of men for tor utterly sordid ends end that I we are not their property properly It Is 18 high time we e made a new nOw resolution the resolution the reso j I that our votes shall no longer be bo beI i given ghen to an any sort of ot oligarchy oligarch for tor an any I sort ort of ot plutocracy but that In ever every elec elec- I lion we shall hall make m our votes count at III atour atour our forefathers forefather intended t they e should for tor I the Inauguration of ot g genuine democracy Praises Present Officials Dr Francis Burgette Short said at atthe atthe the First church last night night- Honest politicians The They belong to every cry great political party They are hero r in 10 in Salt Lake Cit City and through their influence and direction dire we Wf ate aJ led Jed I to believe e that great things are ar i in store for us Let U us hope that the day a ahas has come for better things thing things give C give to the men who have achieved with such un unselfishness t S the beauty and prosperity we now enI en en- I jO joy oy the thanks which thc they so 60 deserved deserved- merit t J i 1 y I |