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Show Text of Platform end Prhdplcs Adopted by American Party I The patform and principle of the American party, aa adopted at the man meeting at the Orpheum theater thea-ter laat night follow: "We, a maaa convention of eltl-en eltl-en at Salt Lake City. Utah, having hav-ing In mind our rlghta and duties aa cltlsena, and being dealrau that every realdent within thla city have the fulleat meaauro of and the freest right to exercise his eltlsenshlp, make and adept the following declaration dec-laration of principles! , . ' i. i ; "We Insist upon the strict compliance compli-ance with the following provisions of. the eonetllutlen at the slats of Utsh: . . "There shall be no union ef church and state, nor snail any church domlnsts the stats or Intsr-fer Intsr-fer with Its function.' " (Art. 1. Bee .) Tha wise principle announced In this provision of our constitution Is bora of centuries of experience. Its observance, will bring us paace and a deserved prosperity tie violation mesne continued sulfa and ultimata disaster. v Ml.' ' "We charge that ths violation of this provision of our constitution Is a breach of faith with the United H Late a of America and denies to a large portion of the cltlsena of this stat rlghta Innate In every American, Ameri-can, ' In a material way our etate has been hampered la Its normal growth and oar city denied that progress which it deeerve and which- otherwle could coma ta It. Men and women who ought most to Interest themselves In civic affaire have shunned their civic duties be- eauas af tha fact that eligibility to political service has not been based upon fitness, but upon ability to control Influence which should be extraneous to and divorced from rolltice. While other Western cities ava ahown unusual growth, ours hss lagged because those resident here have not been permitted to en-Joy en-Joy that full measure of eltissnshlp which belongs ef right to every Americas. , t. "We charge that our entire civic structure. Including tha different municipal organleatlone and our public erhoola. la being dominated end controlled by leaders of the Mormsa church. . . ' "Realising that It I vital to the growth and prosperity of our elty thst tha burden af taxxilon be reduced re-duced t tha lowest poeslbls minimum, mini-mum, consistent with efficient business busi-ness administration, ws pledge our candidate tw bring about ouch reduction. re-duction. ' ' " " a. ' With a fuTl realisation ef tha fiduciary poallion of publio servants. w atronaiy advoaate and pledge our candidates to ths Installation of an approved budget aystem. to tha end thst ths administration of ths flnsnces of ths city be put upon a business baala, , , "To th n that w may devote ourselvs to th furtherance of the foregoing principles, wo hereby organise or-ganise ouraetvea Int a political party to be hereafter known a The American Party.' " |