Show SHOULD THERE BE A RETREAT Tn Th the late election the American party was defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de by hy fraud flaud colonization appalling falsehoods and the dominance of a a. merciless theocracy working upon the tho superstitious fears of a n deluded and cn- cn trailed people And now that thrift may the more more effectually follow fawning we hear in certain quarters quarters quarters that the work of the American party should en end that the people are weary of the ceaseless agitation agitation agi ngi- tation and that it hurts business Is not business about as good as it was when the American party took hold of things in in this region 1 What does the I plea for a letup really means 1 Is it not when i analyzed about this We Ye know that the church rule here is shameful intolerant and debasing we we know that the iwar way Reed Ot dictates the politics of the state is shameful and enslaving we know 1 hat the press he be directs is foul and conscienceless beyond description we know the government the church would prescribe if left left- to itself would in I twenty years reduce this state to the le level el of Tt Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key ker f we know that it has not within it one element of progress we know that even now polygamous marriages are being regularly solemnized in all the temples of Ut Utah h j we know that this city has hns progressed progressed progressed pro pro- gressed more in three years than thau it did in fort forty years linder the the old regime reg we know that the power that rules here has not one loyal thought toward the government government gov gov- of the United States we know that the building up of Utah on American lines is never intended intended intended in in- tended b by that power which rules here we know that you ou have never ne asked anything except that the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of Utah shall be obeyed ed we know if they could be the progress of the state in a single year rear would eclipse all her past we know that Utah can never be a real American state until what you ou demand can be granted but we are not reformers reformers reformers re re- re- re formers we are mere politicians or business men and that our chief desire is to make what we can for forthe forthe forthe the time being by keeping in with these traitors to nati native e land and then if things get so bad that we cannot remain here we will have enough to get to some sonic other state where the people obey the laws as asa asa asa a matter of course Is not that a fair statement nt 7 Does it not tersely state the position of those wIo are Etre re demanding that the agitation shall cease and the tyranny here be pern permitted to have its way 7 And this should be a Do real American state This should be a place to be proud of It should be a place to attract health seekers The reproaches that attach to it should be wiped awa away The Sol Kimballs Kimballs Kimballs Kim- Kim balls should be eliminated lim from office and from the regard of decent men Young women should learn to look upon polygamy as a degradation which if left to itself would make them in a a. little while first playthings and then slaves and young men should learn that obedience to righteous laws is the first duty of citizenship |