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Show . N( U k. w-X J Lj L' - U lur 7iD..UMiajaiiia, TUS A1EC2ICAN PAETT DECLARATION. In view of tha recent determination of the United States Senate in favor of . A post! Emoot as a member of that body, the Americana of Utah wish fo record the Lr emphatic objection to that determination, and to declare: , ' " Hint That the protest azainat the aeating of Apostle 8moot in the United r:tes Senate was fully sustained by the evidence; the protestants made an absolute ab-solute case araisst him. becond That the Senate, in reaching the judjrment M did, departed . from the record, ignored the proofs, claimed as facts essential things which had no surport in evidence, fact or law, and decided the case on fictional propositions we.l known in Utah to be untrue. It also, as a court, having referred the caae to its Committee on Privileges and Elections, set aside the report of its own regular regu-lar subordinate body, as referee, overturned its judgment, and distorted the testimony tes-timony taken and presented. We declare, therefore, that the judgment- rendered was a false judgment, . "precisely as a preverse judgment rendered in a court would be false if delivered undeT like circumstances and with like departure from fact, testimony and law. . The Americana, so far from consenting that such a determination of this case is conclusive, consider it a call for a renewed effort, for a more thorough pre-eentation pre-eentation to the American people of the evils of a treasonable church domination domina-tion in political and civil affairs, to the end that no public man may henceforth have even a semblance of excuse for want of knowledge of the facts and. of the community evils which this usurping domination imposes. The banner of Americanism Ameri-canism for Utah must be lifted higher than ever, our devotion to it must be more fervent, and its glory as a beacon light of freedom made manifest to all of our fellow-citizens throughout this broad land. Fidelity to truth, love of American liberty 'and of American justice and fair dealing are stimulated by such a perverse judgment as that in the Smoot case; and we pledge anew our devotion to the cause of the emancipation of Utah from priestcraft and its civil and political guile. We do not ask, we demand, a true hearing and a just judgment from the free people of the United States. , political '-'-,e;'.i'trl condition In tv.!s , futi .whlui cor e the cuens of a State be. lev 1,1 a' dominant creed, to field ti. 't political Independence to that lea la to f row and becorre prevalent. It i to become the ru'e tnrougnout the United tiates and finally - to become . recosrnlied as. the American Idea. Trfaajh It Cure, . -, - The second ' Is, that as sure as there Is a content on now, it is an irrepressible conflict. There was a. time-when that term and that phrase was prophetic in Its meaning-. It was strucic off by one of - the greatest statesmen the United States has ever known. It struck fire in the hearts of the American people, and they recognised as they never had before that In the fifties and the early sixties there was a eonfltct which must go until It was decided in favor of one of the Ideas or the prevalence of the other Idea. As I think you will - agree, the-conflict of Ideas In this State is equally Irrepressible. It may be that you and I will consider the sacrifice too great; we may not live long enough to see peace come: but so sure as the principles prin-ciples for which we fight are grounded In right, so sure as we have placed our confidence in the well-meaning and the right-thinking. In the consciences of the American people, this conflict with you or with me will go on, with one inevitable conclusion. So I take heart; I think I have more confidence than most people, and In some way, somehow, In some Inconceivable method to us, the solution of this question ques-tion is to come, and Is to come not in some future years when you and I are gone, but out of some outpouring of the great heart of the American people that will strike a responsive chord throughout through-out Utah. There will come a revelation that will make our State grand free State. The faith that I have is the faith that I have in an over-ruling Providence and In the good cltisenshlp and patriot-Ism patriot-Ism of the people of this State; but whether or not It be so, for me and my house, If we stand alone we shall stand for this principle. If it Is worth standing for It is worth fighting- for; it Is worth your sacrifice. It Is worth my sacrifice; 1 It is worth everything besides, to stand In Utah free and Independent American citizen as in any other State In the Union. , JUDGE WEBEB'S SPEECH. Judge A. J. Weber spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, ladles and gentlemen:-It gentlemen:-It is hardly necessary to urge this adul-ence adul-ence to adopt and embrace the ringing resolution that have been read because the cause will sustain them as unanimously unani-mously as they do things up at the tabernacle. ta-bernacle. (Prolonged applause). Our oopponents tell us gleefully the American party is dead; If that be true, this Is the most cheerful funeral that I ever attended. Tbey tell us that a few ambitious gamblers are dancing the Highland fling upon Its coffin. They tell us in this morning's edition of the church paper and In the evening edition of the church paper that the people were to be beguiled Into this theater tonight to be coerced coerced Into defending and to supporting the chief of police of this town. Now you are here to be coerced, remember that. Why. they don't know the people that compose the American party. They are not the kind of people to be coerced because every American thinks for himself. Why, my friends, George Sheets is not a political issue. This is not the time nor is this the place to discuss the issue. The slogan of the American party ia "Let no guilty man escape." and if any member of this administration ad-ministration has done wrong, let him be punished. We defy our opponents to adopt the same battle cry. We dare them to say it In a Republican convention or a Democratic convention or In the Tabernacle; Taber-nacle; because If they said it and meant It, there would either be a riot, or many hurried departures for Mexico, I went to say more about strictly local affairs. I do not say that the- present city administration Is ideal In every respect; re-spect; I have some faults to find with It myself. There are too many holdovers from the old administration. (Applause). It may not be Ideal, but It is the best administration ad-ministration Salt Lake City ever had. (Applause). It shows the most for the money that has been expended.' Life and property are safer than ever. The city has had a phenomenal growth' because it has been known throughout the world that this is . Two thousand man and women gathered gath-ered within the wall of the historic Salt Lake Theater last sight and listened to tinging speeches criticising the United States 8enate for Its failure to unseat , Reed' Smoot and giving notice to the world that the American party In Utah proposed to- fight until church Influence wu no longer a part of the civic affairs of the State of Utah. In language respectful but firm resolutions resolu-tions were adopted dissenting from the verdict of the Senate in the Smoot ease. . The audienee comprised men and women wo-men of all walks of life, the millionaire and the laborer, the society leader and the housewife, men with grav hair who have fought tor years for the political liberty' of the people of Utah, women with the mark of time on their face's, who through years have been hoping and praying for a better and brighter day for the State of Utah. T 'acock In Chair. tfter selections by Held's band irge R. Hancock, one of the nineteen wh who signed the protest against the seating of Reed Smoot, called the meeting meet-ing to order, and announced that E. B. Cntchlow would act as chairman of the meeting. Mr. Critchlow drew the original origi-nal protest against the seating of Smoot. Mr. Cntchlow made a short but vigorous speech, during which he stated that the fight ia Utah would be kept up until such time as there was no longer any question of church influence in the politics of Utah.' ... Following the address of Mr. Cntchlow Cntch-low the resolutions were introduced and adopted. '' , Judge A. J. Weber was the second speaker. Seldom had Judge Weber not Republican, not Populist, not Socialist, Social-ist, but It takes the name of the nation itself, and declares -warmly the Issues here for true Americanism. Ample Discussion. There has been no lack of discussion of these quetslons here; there has been no lack so far as the questions mooted have been concerned, - in tha Senate; there la no lack of information, of means of information, upon the rreat question which has just been decided in the United Uni-ted States Senate. We have been called upon by our friends here at home who do not agree with us upon this question to allow this to be the settlement of this question. They have said that "we will attempt to build up a great commonwealth: common-wealth: we will attempt to exploit the. mineral wealth that lies within our mines, and to bring In railroads and manufactures. manufac-tures. You have had your decision in court, now let us have peace." That Is the situation today, ladles and gentlemen, and we are today confronted with a question as great and as deep as ever confronted American cltlsens. The question here tonight is, "Shall or shall not the decision of the United States remain re-main forever the decision of we, the people peo-ple of the United, of this State, and the United States, at large, or do we appeal to the country from this decision?" There comes a time in every contest In courts-at-law when one or the other side Is defeated upon the Issue there and then presented to the trial court. It then becomes necessasy for the litigants and their counsel to calmly, dispassionately dispassionate-ly with all the facts against them staring them coldly in the face, to determine whether they acquiesce In that judgment judg-ment or whether they will appeal. If I may change the simile just a little, there comes a time In every strife, in every warfare between nations, when they are driven back, it may be in disorder, it may be in severe loss, disheartened, discouraged. dis-couraged. The question then Is, "Is It a final defeat, a decisive victory or is It a mere driving in of the skirmish line to go forward again to an ultimate, victory?" vic-tory?" ' . We cannot always recognise the de- in the Improvement Era, the A. Milton Musser letter and the bold setting apart of hundreds of Democrats to vote the Republican ticket upon election day, why Isn't that proof enough? Denials of No Avail. . Deny it! Of course hey denied it. The Dereset News after election day said that there had been no church Influence; that the Americans couldn't prove that there had been. No, not by direct evidence, evi-dence, not by confessions; but we can prove It by circumstantial evidence; circumstantial cir-cumstantial evidence much stronger than that upon which men have been convicted con-victed upon capital crimes; stronger in lta convincing power than has been produced pro-duced against many a man who has swung between Heaven and earth as If he was fit for neither. We need not discuss that; but what's the remedy? What's the remedy offered by others? Why the Republicans who have made all the trouble, or nearly all the trouble, or to be absolutely fair, some of the trouble at least, tell us to vote the Republican Re-publican ticket; keep that party In power and let us gain that perfect calm which Is vouchsafed to those who obey the will of the Lord as expressed through his chosen prophet in Utah. The Democrats Demo-crats say vote their ticket because they say we always opposn church influence, alter election. A wise man has said there Is no choice between rotten apples. There Is no difference between the Republican Re-publican church party and the Democratic Demo-cratic church party In Utah. The Republicans Re-publicans have every year sought church Influence and have generally obtained It. The Democrats have every year sought church influence and have generally failed to obtain it. One has been a successful suc-cessful suitor for the hand of the church, and the other has been an unsuccessful suitor for the hand of the church, and both Republicans and Democrats sustain Smoot whether it be. in the Lower House of the Legislature or in the tabernacle. Isn't that true? I will aak the Insurgents who were making a noise a while ago; they will even admit that It is true. teeu heard to better advantage man last night. - His speech was clean cut, vigorous, and from time to time drew applause from the great audience. Allen Al-len T. Sanford followed Judge Weber in masterly defense of the present eity administration. Cannon Stirred Them, . Former Senator Frank J. Cannon was the closing speaker. Senator Cannon was at his best, and he was listened to with marked attention and frequent applause ap-plause by the large audience. : 'ME. CBITCHLOW SPEAKS. Ladles ahd gentlemen, fellow -cltlsens: It Is not the custom to debate political Issues in a time of profound political reace, when no great issues are dividing people, upon an evening like this, at the mere suggestion of fellow-cltlsens to assemble as-semble en masse as we see this magnificent mag-nificent audience tonight. There must be something of more than ordinary In-tsrest In-tsrest in this community to bring you together. Let me. If I may, go back a few years and sketch just a few of the Incidents that have occurred, aa a preliminary pre-liminary to outlining what seems to me to be our present situation. A little more than four years ago there itad been n election of a Legislature. A little later, and still but little more i four years ago. the election of the And States Senator. Prior to the tak- c of bis seat, a few persons joined in a protest to the Senate of the United States - against the administering' of the oath to the Individual elected according to all the forms of law to take his seat In the highest law-making body of this nation. The protest. If I may be permitted to speak upon it, wss couched in calm and deliberate language; there were no extravagant ex-travagant phrases, there was no attempt t hyperbole, there was no attempt to play upon the passions of the American people. It went not Into ancient history of long-forgotten wrongs, but calmly, dispassionately dis-passionately and without undue emphasis empha-sis it laid before the Senate of the United States the reasons which actuated that ' handful of men to protest against the administration ad-ministration of the oath to the newly-elected newly-elected Senator Into that high and august body. Not much attention was paid to that protest, and It passed as a mere matter of form and was referred to a committee; commit-tee; it slumbered there for one year, and three years ago a hearing was begun upon the facts stated In that protest. The firlnclpal witnesses In support of the al-nations al-nations of that protest were not those that framed it or signed or supported the protest, but witnesses from the very class at whom the allegations were point, d and you will remember, as this entire en-tire nation remembers, what a thrill of horror went throughout the community When the testimony went forth as to the true conditions, both political and social, that esist here In Utah; and you will remember re-member that but three years ago It was upon the Instigation or rather upon the suggestion, that the people of this State, without regard to creed, without regard to religious beliefs, agreed to support a new departure in politics, based upon a condition of affairs that we had said for years had been prevalent; and It was In portest against that conidtlon thst the American party wu born. That tearing was delayed upon one pretext or another and not. for three long years did the actual test vote come before be-fore the United States Senate, and then after deliberate and long debate, by Senators Sen-ators representing the one and tha other side, it was decided by a vote of ST to (1- that Hon. Reed Smoot was entitled by right, by law, upon every right of law and justice, to retain his seat in the United States Senate. That was the vote, J iay, by which it was determined that for the 8enate of the United States, 'r Reed Smoot is entitled to a seat in t body. During all these four long nry years, we have had strife and con-on, con-on, we have divided upon this great .Hon just as we had divided years j. excepting r this, that new and . nh fires have broken out; the flames . c( passion and prejudice that 'have deal de-al royed and marred the peace and good i.l which we had formerly believed had come to stay, increased, and for the past two years we have had in this city and Ptate an anomaly, a party par-ty that calls itself not XJsmocraUc, that those who saw the battle of Bull Run formed the opinion that the ques tlon then at issue had been finally and forever decided In favor of one of the competitors. But It, was not so to be, and the question that confronts us is whether the facts as they were set forth, as I have said before, calmly and without with-out extravagance, in that protest, have been disapproved or whether they remain firm and lmmunable so far as the present pres-ent situation is concerned. I hold to this, that either you and I and all of us are monstrously,- outrageously and Irrevocably Irrevoca-bly wrong In this matter, or we are gloriously, heroically and everlastingly right. No, no; we are not swayed ty political prejudice, we are not swayed by religious prejudice, : we are not to be swayed by the Ignoble passions which might Influence people in a political campaign; cam-paign; but I take It to be your duty and my duty to face this thing tonight and calmly and Judiciously to determine now as to what our course shall be in the future, as to whether we shall yield In the demand that Is made that we give up the fight, that we acquiesce in conditions condi-tions here or. whether we . shall continue; con-tinue; not accepting the decision against us, but maintaining that we are everlastingly everlast-ingly right, and that we will remain with It until the right triumphs. Beading the Signs. We cannot all feel alike. I have no closer Intimate friend, and I esteem it an honor to call him a friend, than the Junior Senator of the United States from Utah, a man whose personal worth 'and private characterare highly esteemed, and yet, with as much information as you or I. with all the opportunity to observe ob-serve the present end past conditions here In Utah, our friend, the Junior Senator, Sen-ator, stated on the floor of that body that since the accession of the present head of the combination church in this State there has been no Interference of the church In politics in this State. (Cries from the audience: "Aw, come oft".") Ladles and gentlemen, calmly and seriously, seri-ously, fully appreciating what to most of us seems the absurdity of a question of that kind, either my friend, the Junior Senator, does not read the signs of the times, or else I am seriously and absolutely abso-lutely blind to what has been occurring In our midst In the last six months. Go to. the City and County building, where there Is today in session the Legislature Leg-islature of this State, and behold the men down there who are Just as honest. Just as sincere. Just as high-minded In their Idea as to what should be proper legislation In their attempt to serve the people of this State, and see some of them, members of a domlnsnt church of this State, bowing themselves with all the devotion of a Hindoo before the Jug- J:ernaut of an ecclesiastical machine that s rolling on them and crushing out every spark of manhood In their bodies. On the other hand, men just as conscientious, conscien-tious, just as willing to do what they think would be to the best Interests of their constituents, rolled flat Into the mire by the political road machine that Is running run-ning over them, and leaving hothlrr of them except a reminder that they once attempted to exercise some slight degree of political Independence under this political po-litical church machine. I say there are times when there comes defeat; when there comes victories, but the sacrifices that are obtained through a victory are greater than the harsh results that can come from a defeat, and I think that In the contest that we have been waging and are waging, we are not to make the sacrifice which the cltlsens of this free country would make In surrendering to an ecclesastlcal despotism, des-potism, that a victory obtained by It is merely temporary. As it seems to me, to any thinking person per-son there must be two propositions which are self-evident. One is. to place it In the shape of an alternative, either the idea which is dominant within this State which has brought us all the sorrow sor-row that has been io prevalent here in the past year Is to remain, is to increase, in-crease, is to go on from more to more, is to extend beyond the confines of this State throughout all the Western States, and finally become the dominant idea religiously and politically of this entire country, or else tt Is finally to become an extinct Idea and that this State Is to become like the rest of the American States. I ssy. to put It In another form and to assjypa whj A" Jft aMnm. hjj an American city and that American people peo-ple and American capital are welcome. That Is the magnet that attracts men and . money. To hold - high the banner, the bright banner of the American party means the progress, the advancement, the betterment of Salt Lake City, and her people and the ultimate redemption from political thralldom for the people of this State. It has become axiomatic that truth will prevail over falsehood and that right will triumph over error, so In this contest, truth and Justice will Anally triumph. The crucial question Is whether wheth-er the people of this State shall be governed gov-erned by a hierarchy who have arrogated arro-gated to themselves and exercised In the fast the power to dictate to the people n political as well as religious affairs or whether the people In this State will think, act and vote as they please, that Is the paramount question. The seating of Reed Smoot has settled nothing except to prova that the bargain bar-gain that was made between politician and priest has been carried out. (Call from the crowd: "Shame on that statement," state-ment," and other Interruptions). Stands by His Statement. The same- old statement and just as true as ever. Reed Smoot, the fifteen-thousand-dollar opponent of polygamy, whose first breath was a protest against the divine Institution, against a plurality of wives; Reed Smoot, the incarnation of lingulstlo purity In whom prophecy has had a splendid culmination and a glorious fruition, Smoot and President Roesevelt. his dearest friend. (Calls from the crowd of "Hurrah for Roosevelt.") Mr. Weber: My friends, I recognize that there are emissaries here from headquarters head-quarters and If any one of them want to talk upon this question let him come upon up-on this platform. Now come up, you who want to talk upon it, and We will divide the time with you. I don't care who you are.. - -We will proceed. I say that Reed Smoot - (Here the calls from the crowd made it necessary for his talk to cease). At last, continuing, he said: Flays the Eowdies. - Someone has said that I should not Insult the President of the United States. All I have done Is to associate his name with that of Senator 8moot. Is that an Insult? I was going to associate his name with that of Joseph F. Smith. Is that a further Insult? Reed Smoot and President Roosevelt and Joseph F. Smith (and I want to mention men-tion his name with reverence and all of these gentlemen I want to speak of with the utmost respect and greatest reverence). rever-ence). I say all of these men are merely Incidents In the contest In which we are engaged. Thomas Kearns, brave and big-hearted, upon whom the wrath and maledictions of the hierarchy and their hirelings hss descended like benedictions upon the blest; Julius Cesser Burrows, who, undaunted, braved the opposition of a majority of his political party In the Senate and defied the administration that insisted upon a compliance with the terms of the contract made by Clark with the Mormon hierarchy; Fred Dubois, the noblest Roman of them all all are more Incidents In the contest, and dwindle Into absolute'lnslgnlflcance when we consider the momentous Issues In which the people peo-ple of Utah are interested and which must be decided, and decided right, both by Utah and this nation, by the Mormon leaders and when I speak of Mormon leaders, I am not speaking of the Mormon Mor-mon people, plaese remember that. Mormon leaders have established themselves them-selves In Utah and Idaho that have ever since 1895 controlled almost every election elec-tion in this State. Here In Salt Lake they have sought to control city elections and generally have controlled them. Reed Smoot Is the political representative of the Mormon church In the United States and his victory was regarded by the hlerarcy as their victory. The Mormon hierarchy seek to control the political Independence of this country, by controlling control-ling politically Idaho., Utah and other mountain States. They have dreams of vast empire and of great dominion. These are facts which every American knows to be true, and which every honest Re- Subllcan and honest Democrat away own In his Inmost heart knows also to be true. Why, there Isn't any room for discussion, these are the facts. If more evidence was needed the campaign of l44t,jAl.'0uid, Surely U. TheTtnrla Stay by the Party. What, then, is the remedy? Why the remedy is to stay by the declaration of Independence as promulgated by the American party. We may not succeed this year, and we may not succeed next year, but, oh, my friends, but we will ultimately succeed. No vote that is cast for the right is ever thrown away. No effort that Is made for principle is ever a useless effort. They say to us: "We want peace, by having the Americans lay aside their principles and pass under the rod." We want peace, but It must be the peace of another Appomatox, at which the sword of ecclesiastical tyranny must be surrendered, and that without condition. It Is In the power of the Mormon leaders of this State to give us a blessed peace; they ran stop all the strife and the turmoil and the bitterness. bit-terness. It is in their power to restore that era of good feeling that existed when Utah was first ushered into the union of the States. How can they do it? Why, easily. Let them say "Utah shall keep her compact with the nation." Let them nay that the laws of this State shall be respected and enforced. Let them advocate obedience to the law In spirit as well as In- letter and then let them say, further, that the political yoke shall be taken from the necks of their people; let them say that the people of this State,1 and let them mean it, that the people of this State may and shall vote and act and think as they vote in other States. If that be done, end how easily can the leaders of the Mormon church bring It about, if that be done, how soon we would have a permanent peace, and until these conditions are brought about and become the normal and permanent conditions con-ditions of Utah, meetings like this will be held and the American party will continue Its efforts, fearless and persistent, per-sistent, to Americanise this State. SANTOBD'S ADDEESS. Allen T. Sanford said: Ladles and Gentlemen: That Americanism Ameri-canism In Salt Lake City lias not been killed by . a vote of the United States Senate we need not further prove than (Continued on page 12.) ... J' distress. Suppose we were back in th old days before Statehood, with a minority of 2 per cent of Gentiles ruling absolutely in Utah by the power of the. Federal Government, would we not have) a quick concession of all that we are demanding de-manding now? If the nation were to sav under such circumstances. "Statehood shall be yours, a free government, no dis- franchisement for past offenses, all for- given and all forgotten, except you shall not reopen the grave, would not the) church yield the very things we are de manding now? It did yield in words. TNf American party Is here to say eternal that the end shajl be attained, that the) yield of words shall become in effect th thing itself and Utah shall become Amerl can.. Have Love for Utah. If the men and women who compost the American party had hate for Utah ill their souls, they would leave Utah unde ecclesiastical control. I know of no worse) fate for the people here than would take place after having once tasted th sweets of American prosperity, liberty1 and freedom, having gained our immortal immor-tal heritage as a part of the nation should we turn back to be trodden upon by the iron heel of that greatest nf all despotisms the tyranny of the chuWch But it is because that Americans1 rie this State that we fight for an honq f ' Ma peace within the State. , I have no sympathy with that sVnd ment of the Governor, who. by title, holds that place and who In many respects is a most excellent gentleman the man who wrote within the past two montha or signed, written by others, a sertea of letters to the people of the United States in which he Intimated that disloyalty dis-loyalty does not exist here, and the country was broad and full of promise.' I maintain that so long as anv man shall sit in the executive chair in Utah, trusted trust-ed with the sublimity of the people's might within his custody, when he can think solely of the fame of one church then this fight must 'go on, I care not what the name of the church. Read Governor Cutler's letters and see whether we are under ecclesiastical rule and whether there Is any union of church aid state here. In every line was breathed a sentiment of high praise for Mormon people, a tribute to their industry, indus-try, frugality, thrift, their possession of all the virtues that go to make up good citizenship, except one the courage to resist tyranny. He said no word of that, or, through all the long letters, not one word to indicate that the Methodists, Baptists or Presbyterians had anv virtue within them. Thus, so long then as public pub-lic office shall he used as a requisite for the propaganda for one particular church. Just so long miiFt Americanism fight to redeem -this city from such a condition. And to the young man who interrupted the earlier speaker, let me Fay this: Your fathers wrought their work under the most trying conditions under ecclesiastical eccles-iastical rule before the compart, with the government was made. Thn followed fol-lowed that they must make rslstance to coercion In order to be true to themselves as men. but by the same reasoning you who have ben accepted In the nation as equal citizens owe it to your honor and your manhood to keep the comract that your fathers made. Honor of Utah. Statehood has been achieved.' All that we ask now and what you should fight for more than any other class of citizens. citi-zens. Is the maintenance of that honor and integrity which used to be the repute re-pute of Utah, but which has been yoe-fully yoe-fully lost within the past few yeaWl say there is no room within the,. , for the unmlngled rule of church 'ln'f7ft',. affairs. The experience of manklnd-jMs demonstrated that there must be a separation sep-aration in order to secure an Integrity of the faith and in order to maintain the perpetuity per-petuity of civic , government. The first, time I ever stood In this hall after Utah was admitted. I thought then of the brilliant bril-liant promise which our friends had made for us. I ask any man belonging to the other church if it is not true that because of the evil revelations made at Washington by witnesses who stand high In the church, civilization was so horrified that Utah's nnme since then has been a hiss and a by-word. We have the elements for one of the greatest States in the Union, but Utah will not achieve that destiny until she frees herself from her domestic troubles. What is asked? One cruelty? Not one. One dishonor? Not one. One violation of law? Not one. One breaking over? Not one. Only reverence for the constitution consti-tution which we ourselves have passed, only submission to the nation whose protection pro-tection we besought, and only ohedienra to the compact which we and our fathers made. AMERICAN RALLY. (Continued from page 7.) by this audience. We bear In mind that Reed Smoot has never been more than a mere incident in the problems which confront us in the determination of the church to control the political and commercial com-mercial destinies of this State. He is but a symptom of a political disease. The church leaders, in order to establish estab-lish a precedent giving them the right to enjoy the fruits of their victory and serving notice upon the. young Mormon of political ambitions that the best road for political success lies in the line of priestly preference, decreed that Reed Smoot should be elected United States Senator, an ambassador of the Mormon church at the seat of gdrernment at Washington, and the State of Utah and the Senate of the United States have confirmed con-firmed this decree. . We are here tonight to simply give utterance ut-terance to the fact 'hat Americanism still exists in Utah and that we are still fighting fight-ing for those principles which are fundamental fun-damental to the existence of our Government. Gov-ernment. The young Mormon who began be-gan to study statecraft and began to observe ob-serve that there was a clear line of demarcation between the obligation to State and to Church, and who began to be careful of advancement in church lines has by that decree of the Senate and of the church been given notice that he who best serves his church stands a better chance of political preferment, and that he who holds an ecclesiastical position posi-tion is best insured of political advancement, advance-ment, and that the sure way of political po-litical success Is through the priesthood. If there is one fact that Is evident in development of this country in the last few vears as a nation. It Is the growth of nationalism. This comes about through the wide news gathering of the papers and through the easy means of travel from one part of the country to another. The people have come to think that if onlv the Government can he Induced In-duced to take action upon any problem, the solution is ready at hand and that we have nothing more to do than to shift that responsibility to the hands of the National Government. The protest-ants protest-ants in Utah entered their protest to the right of Reed Smoot to his seat in the Senate of the United States, but the Senate needs Reed Smoot and has decreed against us. That there were Involved In-volved some serious constitutional questions ques-tions no one will doubt, but that some people, outside of these constitutional questions, were swayed to some extent bv some political expediency we all declare. de-clare. But they have resolved it against us. Must Eedeem Ourselves. So the question Is brought back to Utah. We must redeem ourselves. The question ques-tion is before us stronger than It ever was before, and Instead of It being a discouragement to us. every laborer of our cause should swear new allegiance to the faith and we should remember that enforced obedience la not goodness and that an edict bv the Federal Government Govern-ment that there shall be no longer a union of church and State and that the church shall no longer control the destiny of the State would not accomplish that result. It can only b brought about by the people of this State realizing that we cannot have free American institutions institu-tions until these principles are established estab-lished as a result of their own working it by themselves. We cannot by a decree de-cree make a people believe any better principles than they inherently think are right, and so it Is for Utah to hold aloft the banner that there shall be a separation separa-tion of church and State and that ec-clesiasticlsm ec-clesiasticlsm shall not hold sway in political po-litical and commercial affairs. Our opponents tell us that we should have peace, and we say also that we should have peace. I bejieve that no one dislikes the kind, of a fight that Is necessarily nec-essarily carried on here more than those who are carrying the banner in the lead of American ranks. They took up the fight not because they love to fight, but because they believe there Is a principle here fundamental to Americanism in this State, and thev make It for these rea sons. It Is not to be a truce, except to bridge over temporary difficulties, and id shall live hereafter at every political pri- mary and election, carrying on the samel fight with the political parties that ex-j lsted before the organization of thej American party, but when it does comej it shall he on such a basis that the peo-j pie of this State shall realize and detec-j mine that there Is no longer any dlcta-J tlon, political and commercial, in the affairs of this State by any ecclesiastical institution. Develop State Morally. They say that In this time of great prosperity, when the industries of Utah are thriving, when our resources are bet Ing developed, that we should join hand and go together and induce capital t come here and develop these Industries to their greatest productiveness. We say that we believe In the commercial de velopment of Utah, but we also bellev In the moral development of this State and that the church In this State shall keep Its compact with the nation upoa those great moral questions which are si vital to the welfare of the State and Nation. And we say that this State shall also develop along lines of true Amerii-can Amerii-can politics, which can only he upon the basis that there can be no church diet-tatlon diet-tatlon and that we can have no true, no permanent and no good development by shutting our eyes to the evil and upholding up-holding the wrong for a temporary gair. They say that we are disloyal to our city because we speak frankly of evil existing here. We say that tru loyalty can only come by exhibiting the disease and fighting to remedy it. I wish you to bear In mind that those who have done most to upbuild this city, that those who have put their money In this city have been, and are, Americans, and I wish to remind you that the church itself has shown the greatest disloyalty and the greatest lack of confidence In this cltv of any organization that has ever been within the State. The public utilities util-ities of this city, until recently, were under un-der the control of the church. What was the result? They had tracks which wrecked cars and cars which yet smelled of the mules which formerly hauled them. And why? Why, they said they did not have the money to keep up the sy-tem In order that it might keep pace wt.h the gr6wth of American development develop-ment here. At the same time they were takine out of the State their millions of tithing funds and developing it In Mexico and in Canada. It Is only when the church gts out of the commercialism which It entrs for the purpose of milking milk-ing th public and when the industries gt in the hands of the well-wlshlag American that we can hav the proper growth and development in these lines. Good City Administration. j The American administration of Salt Uake City, realizing that they have a magnificent future, have outlined a plan of puhlic improvement. They say the streets shall be paved, sidewalks shall h laid and adequate preparation shall be made for the 150. 000 , which are to he here within five years. They know that this cannot be done without the expenditure expendi-ture of money, and when money is legitimately legi-timately expended for these lines, the opposition op-position cries out that It Is wrong. Of course, it is wrong, because It Is an Inducement In-ducement to bring outsiders here and that lessens the strength of the church I in this State. For forty years the church had absolute sway In this State. They governed It aa a State. They governe.d It as a village. Although its leaders were endowed with prophetic vision, it laid ut a city not properly planned for anything more than a village in which every man should raise his own garden stuff and keep his own cow. But they held lt in the background until Liberalism and Americanism gained control, and then within a few short years a second city was established and preparations were made by the ungodly and those who did not have the prophetic vision for a city that was sure to come and that has come. Swear New Allegiance. J And so I wish to sav that there is only one thing for the citizens of Salt Lake Cltv to do. and that is, "Swear a new allegiance al-legiance to Americanism." Xet us remember re-member that we have as our principles those priceless principles which have come to us aa a heritage of the ages, that we believe in these principles, that they are essential to the very fundamentalism fundamen-talism of Americanism. But let us also remember as Americans that these principles prin-ciples can best be Insured by good men to enforce them In every respect, and let us remember that these principles are most sacred, and that no man I care not who he Is has a right to permit himself to become an Issue to the detriment and the promotion and advancement of those interests. And with this renewed allegiance alle-giance and that progress and prosperity that is coming to us and from the Inroads that are coming from the outside and from the Inroads that we mav reasonably reason-ably expect to be made from within, let us take hope and courage, and prenare for the future, bearing In mind that It is not merely a question of electing certain cer-tain men to public office in Salt Lake City this fall, in Salt Lake county next year and in the State of Utah the year after, but that we are contending for those principles which must finally prevail pre-vail wherever an American State shall hav endured. live as an American State, and upon that basis let us put on the armor and enter the conflict, and by so doing, be we'l assured that, success must eventually and not In the far distant future be ours. I thank you. FRANK J. CANNON SPEAKS. Frank .T. Cannon said: Mr. Chairman and Ladles and Gentlemen: Gentle-men: Which Is the better for the future of Utah. Eccleslasticism of Americanism? It must .be one or the other. On their part, the priests will not permit us to divide the Government with them, and on our part, we refuse to permit them to divide the city government with us. One theory or the other must become the dominant practice in this State and In Its perpetuity lies the fate of Utah for future generations, because I believe that Americanism is necessary, because 1 believe be-lieve that It must prevail, as I am sure in my inmost soul that it will prevail, and because I believe that these resolutions reso-lutions and all that they Imply of a renewal re-newal of our folemn covenant to our country and to our God are good. I shall second the adoption of the resolutions which have been presented here, and shall ask their acceptance. -I said there could be no division of the rule in Utah, and all of you will agree with me. because all of you here $re either Americans or vou are followers of the prophet. The prophet of the Lord upon his oath as a citizen, upon his word as a Senator, upon his honor as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, said: "If the laws of the country Interfered with the liws given by his prophet, he would leave his country." I say to you that if the laws of the Constitution and the law of the United States Interfered with any decrees of our church, would we leave that church If we are American citizens? citi-zens? And there is the dividing line. It Is the deadline In Utah politics, you who Interrupted the speech of my friend. Judge Weber, you. my Insurgent friend, who came here to interrupt this meeting. meet-ing. lt me ask you. what will happen to you if you cross that deadline? .lust what happened to nie when I said that I held my loyalty to the nation above any decree of any fal.e prophet and crossed the line. The church shot me down. And so It will you. And when you come to an American meeting to exerciathe freedom free-dom which is a lowed here, but which you are not permitted to exercise elsewhere, carry home some of the spirit with you and the next ttme you are asked to vote In the Tabernacle for something you do not understand, dare to rise and ask a question. Wants Peace for Utah. I take It from every side there has been enough of sacrifice to Justify a demand de-mand for peace In Utah. The people have suffered enough. If I could be convinced con-vinced that this victory for Reed Smoot at Washington and that which would Inevitably In-evitably follow, if we were to lay down our arms, would be the best for Utah, I would counsel peace and non-resistance, with eccleslasticism triumphant In the parties of Utah. But no man of conscience con-science In this audience will contradict me when I say that-1, more than anv Gentile, should dread the inspired rule of the oliurch. than the Mormon young men and women should dread it. When In the throes of travail, after many, many months of patient toll,- after promises freely and willingly tendered by the church, upon the faith and honor of all ' the people. Statehood was given to Utah, It was with the pledge that In every civic domain the nation and the State, should he supreme and the church should keep within the boundary line which civilization civ-ilization for the safety -of mankind has set around every church. . All that wa. ask them to do is that the same gratitude grati-tude shall animate trie leaders now that animated them when they were in their |