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Show sstn s rff i. ...J J 1..-L I i puts;z P.ilTY I.. 1 1200 Alien J I'.:m : Orpheurri TTeatre I -dorse City Tic!.: t 11 ed by J. L. C ! POLITICAL ACTIVITY I OF CH U3CI I Platform an J rri.-c' ' t' Allege Violit: n rf U. S. Constitution ty U. .1 i of-Church tri L f tri aTrtwM pM-'tst. pf P- - rt.tin church anil m x-m A Iran l'Hjr wii 0rmf mi t nlJTht. Th ipfahera n--; rrt t th e1rr of th Vi.rmon rh.it had dtctnta.fi in mnA dnmmsii p -Itloa. In Utah contmnr to tm pr- n -t mad Whn I Hah wnsj Irin;H m ;'-- hood. Tha ipMkn el1- i auch activity from '. i powar htxil1 atop 1 thm t bat way to affect " a '( " would ha to form a w i ' y, h - . tha oraanlavavtinn aa .t0, ct i Airtarican party. Tha maaiina waa ca!!M hv eomtnttt of 12S. Thm conn waa an outgrowth of a n , called in tha auma th".t-, l-f ruary, whn dtrniiri"1 p'ot-i mad ajratnut tha anm emr-i U-Tha U-Tha mmmiltN ba f--r ia i ' E. 1irni fnr n'vr a 1 i L. William., anfl irfs N 1-, : ranr for city pom mi, n . oven uoo atti n x It waa pointed out t r- ' throiifh aiirh a pHy ri i t -pi ba rsprntd br nisn f- ft-church ft-church dictation or drui n . a rMult, tha n.itnr. af-- i"! at laaat 1 too pronsi wnt on r- -rd In tha ndnptmn of a p n ' and at of principle that It " " praM to furUiaf en urea activity . pot it lc. H. O. Allan wa chfrirn of t maatlnr and H-rhert H. waa tha ehiaf imwan-r. V ... th ipa:hi, tna ptaform a princli wra raad a"d V-'. -Kay lmmdiatly r a rf1"" i for their adoption. 1 m 1 i aeond4 and carried tr - ' "l am not mu n of a p - ar," anld ' r. Aun In t meeting", "put I flem t a -honor to ba oatled uin to i at thla metinr, for I r. . i a naw llbny uail ba born in T bar thla maht ach'ml chi - wa wera tauaht that our an-- " ft their lturopeaa hoina of rlilooi npresmifin, 1 v alt know of tha birtn In thm r d 1 -dcpvndenoa 4h)I In I itua-ie-n t a ovtmmnl by n-1 f"r Xum i( fiut wa In Ltah find tnat a control lad, not by tna ivmmfi.;, but hy on a man who rifi bee ane' f hi aoclralaatlra) poalnnn. RECALLS FEBRUARY MECTIM "Tea will all remember the er-"t maaa meeting hs,-l lst Fabruarv n thie hall, when tnoe who war'-l liberty erow1-d It to eielty. J ' e flret accomplishment of tusl m-"-ing waa the appointment of a committee com-mittee of fifteen to wait upon t leglalature then In s-asion. I i ths sppointment of the enmmi'i we experienced one of the meat humiliating hu-miliating spectacles thst svr cuxe before our eyes. The coimpt-e had to havd conferences viwi trrs individual snd his emlsanri-s. I don't know how this Impr-i-wd yoi. but nsvlng Just come from the United Statee Into Utah, I felt the humiliation of a red blooded America Amer-ica n." Another accomplishment cf V committee of lis, Mr. Allen S'at- I. was ths opening of the way for te organisation of a Party of frel"n and he followed by telling of toe committee's long snd earnest lahora . In many quiet sessions elnce r-b- ruary trying to eelect suitable candidates can-didates for the city oftlcee this fail. Men hars been choaeu who have no , political affiliation, he declared, end who have mode success In their owo buelneeo endesvors. COMPROMISE OFFERED. "Ws bad of for after offer of compromise, com-promise, but the committee refused to barter away your birthright for a mess of pot tags. Another peculiar pecu-liar and humiliating lnatance the committee found waa the dosena and dosene of men who are absolutely abso-lutely afraid to look at the American Ameri-can flag and say they ars America re and aay what they bstlsvs. fto fr aa tha committee Is concerned, e Contlnued on pare 7 I Mass Meeting Puts - American Party in Race Lake CUvT H'l loo feed we cannot can-not all err out, 'She'e U right1; but we tint," declared Use spsaksr, ana ha man proceeded, to say that because ot church domination In political maltera, ' hundreds ara leaving Utah whe otherwise would not da so. Tha speaker declared that a local furniture packing houao had report-ad report-ad to him that during tho laat Ihraa rears six Umaa aa many famlllaa had moved out of tho tui aa had movad Into it. Utah baa tha waalth and raoourcaa and hold a mtnaral waalth In har bosom which no othar atata holds, yat Salt Laks la standing at 1 11. ha Mid. This ttino I am going to be frank In mr statements. Soma peo-bio peo-bio follow tha biddings of tha church leadera, saying 'Wo ' founded thla atata,' and hold tho attitude that tho Oantllo ta not wanted aere." Continuing on thla subject, ha said not Ion aro a latter was directed to tha praaldent of tha Mormon church asking point blank the ques-tlon ques-tlon whether or not tho Oentllea ware wan tad la Utah The enewe ot stockholder whoa they go to the sella, aae If tho present oeeu pacta of tha city and count building- have gives you Irlah dividends or honeet-to-Ood dividends. Tha men wo have aelected to run for office of-fice have been picked after months of careful deliberation. Some aay they ehould be picked by a maa meeting, but you all know that Candida Can-dida tat are placed In the field In a municipal election by petition. :if you believe In the eonetltu-tlon eonetltu-tlon of the United Mtatee and of the atate of Utah, you ehould meet the enemy with a aolld front and do not divide your vote. H you divide your vote tho eooalled OeirtUe, the real Amerloana of thla community, will have 11 van tip their liberty and people peo-ple outelda the atate will aay that the Angel Moroni and tho Ooddeaa ot liberty have ahakaa hande; the Oentllea have their eigareta, the Mormons their modified garmenta, and there la peace n Utah." Introducing the next apeaker. H. It. Maemlllan. Chairman Allen aald thjjjeJninilrjrajadJUaJfrOTir tho United atataa of America, lone before 1 earn to Utah." "We have met aa Americana; Americana to flint tho name old battle of tho eanturlee and against Ignoranoe. bigotry and Intolerance," aaM Mr, Mecca 1 11a a, Tneee, ara strong woea, but I maaa ovary oae of them. We, aa oltlaena who baao our rights upon tho eoneUtatloa of tho United Btatee and tho atata ot Utah, aro demanding that no claae of men and no eeot by Ita tnfluenoe ahall dictate a single vote In the fature. I have so quarrel with the Mormoa church or thoao who worship wor-ship according to the dletates of Iba Mormoa cburoa. If you aro a Methodist Meth-odist and believe It a sin to dance and play earda or a Baptlel and believe in Immeraloti oven though tbo water la cold, that la all right with a RAM HIADS OF CHURCH. "Wo have no quarrel with any religion, hut a quarrel with those heads of the Mormon church who VlamtheljhrtjMxelglon with polttfos of tha atata. 1 am a party maa and want to eea any party and Ita eaadldatea succeed, but t reeolve here tonight that my party ahall not receive my support, i but I ahall fight tor tha dissolution of ahurah and state. Tha expert once of eeoturtee lolls aa that tne Illegitimate union ot church and state begeta bigotry, Ignorance and IntoUeranea." Mr. Maemlllan declared that ha had many frlende belonging to the Mormon creed wha aro oppoeed to the dictation of the church In political po-litical mattara. If the Mormona were given a chance to vota on the question they would, by a great majority, vote for tha separation sepa-ration of church and state, ha declared. de-clared. The constitution says that no religious teet ahall be the qualification qual-ification of any man for public office, of-fice, ths speaker aald. He charged tha leaders who dictate the affairs of the Mormon church as "being tha sinners" In this Instance. "What's tha matter with Palt i , (Continued from Pago 1.) are not attacking any church or re-Drloua re-Drloua organisation, but wo attack the Influence which - attempta to oontrol tha civic and business inter- oajs of a community. If tha men , ' a a present for your sonelderatlon are piaoed In office, aa man will be Ivan a political appointment ne-cauaa ne-cauaa of hie religioue belief. This Is not a religious fight, but a war unon tha leader of a certain re-lialoue re-lialoue organisation, because the laat few years he has asurped the liberties relinquished In tha days of , the American party." "Ton always hear any set of candidates can-didates attacked: that Is a peculiar American Institution. People are Pwtja-njrurrandfrtessnd their vote-getting quellflcatlona We are fighting one ot the moat efficient effi-cient political machines In ths country, coun-try, ens that has got Tammany hall backed Off the map. The Tammany ward captain has hut to pass his political word along, hut here the word captain haa alao hia religious ' word to pass along. That machine la not divided and we want you people, it you want clvle and political liberty, ta put en- a solid front at tha poll a Don't nuen , to whispsrlnge. We ara too prone to look upon an election as a political politi-cal affair." CITItS CORPORATION PLAN. "Voters are stockholders In ths municipal corporation and they hmilrtj.jirne'TenetsJjW I o( the church head, Mr. Maemlllan J charged, was evasive and did not satisfy the writer of the letter on the matter. He charged various heads of ths church with holding the earns vlsw, thst Gentllee are not wanted here, and declared thie was a breach ot faith with the people and violated the constitution of ths United Btatee and tha atate of Utah. -I propose to ebow that the constitution con-stitution haa been violated,'' said ths speaker. POLITICAL CHI MI ALLC&ID. Quoting from a talk delivered at a priesthood meeting by the late Apostle Kranota M. Lyman at Heber - OMr en 4SSI, wtttr the speaker -clared was the platform of the Mor-moa Mor-moa church, Mr. Maemlllan accused the apoetle of committing the church to political participation. At that time. Apoetle Lyman was alleged al-leged to have said that It was the deelre of the church leaders to have an almost equal political division among the Mormon population, with a few neutrals, so that both great political parties would eater to the church voice In order to secure oontrol oon-trol of the territory ot Utah. -Thla platform has been lived ap to ever sines that time," Mr. Maemlllan Mae-mlllan declared, "from that time both parti ea have truckled to the Mormon church and used every scheme and contrivance to make believe be-lieve that the Mormon church favored fa-vored their party. When Joseph F. Smith was elevated to the prssl-denoy prssl-denoy ot the church the Republicans rejoiced because he wsa a Republican Repub-lican and whan Heber J. Grant was msds president the Democrats rejoiced re-joiced because he wma a Democrat. Party leaders have used their Influence Influ-ence to have the church leadera Identified with their party and have gone so far as to have their party candidates ride In carriages with ths church heads.'' RAPS HARRy s. JOdlPM. Referring to political manlpula-tlone manlpula-tlone now going on In the city, Mr. Maemlllan aald: -Don't be disturbed dis-turbed by the gyrations of Harry a. Joseph. I will admit that so far aa Harry Joseph Is oonoemed, be can be more numerous In ons dsy than our entire committee of 12s. But let him have rope to hang himself with. I openly charge that Joseph, with his candidates In ths field, la only truckling to tha leadera of the church. 80 don't par attention to the grratlona of Harry Joseph, for soon he will have so many csndl-datss csndl-datss la the field that one will defeat de-feat the other." . The apeaker of the evening then went back and rehearsed the story of how tha church Ire, what he charged a revelation from Ood secured se-cured In anguish and tears, had abolished polygamy and petitioned the president of the United Btatee for amneety, which was granted upon ths promise that there would be no church domination In politico. Church leadens have broken the promise since that time, declared Mr. Maemlllan, and the leaders of the Mormon church, claiming the right to dictate the temporal aa well aa eplrltual affairs of Ita members, haa repudiated the pact with the United Btatee government. FACT COMMUNICATION. The systsm of communication practiced m the Mormon church can reach more people In a brief space of time than the moat efficient telegraph tele-graph Instrument, which are mere pigmies In comparison. When ths church leaders think ths tlms sxpe-dlent sxpe-dlent to make their desires known It spreads In a minute from the northern boundaries of Utah to the southern boundary and from the east to the weat. "Coming to the oigaret law, who paased ths elgaret law? The leg-lalaturef leg-lalaturef No. It was an apostle of the Mormon church. When the law wae passed threats were made to have It repealed and George Albert Smith, an apoetle of the Mormoa church, went to Mr. Loufburrow, chairman of the Republican county committee, who waa managing the campaign, and told him that the Republican legialatlve candidates must keep hands off tha elgaret law or ha would defeat them. Suppooe Elmer L Goshen or any other Malt Lake preacher outside tha Mormon church had gons to Mr. Loufbur-row Loufbur-row with such a request. , Would they have been recognised T No" Mr. Maemlllan read a letter from Richard R. Lyman, an sport I a, to J. H. Garret, president of the Young Men s Republican club, written In mo In reply to aa Invitation attended at-tended Apoetle Lyman ta attend a club amoker. The letter set forth that It would be Inconsistent for the writer to attend a smoker on Tuesday Tues-day night and deliver an sddrsss -erslnst smoking at Ogden en Wednesday night. The letter further fur-ther set forth that tho Toung Men's Mutual Improvement association of the Mormon church had a slogan which decried the uee of tobacco, and If necesaary would make a fight on eiaareta. The letter declared In substance that the mutual hoys were prepared to boycott any merchant mer-chant who eells or uses tobacco. NO GENTILES ON BOARD. Reference was mads to ths recent suto touring park trouble when ths chamber of commerce employed a man to dlsssminsts facts about Utah's great resources, but Who Is s reused ef preaching Mormon is ro to the tourlate. Mr. Maemlllan accused the present city commission with being without with-out a single Gentile. -We thought there were a couple or Gentiles on tho commission, but ws have found I out there Is none there." The contract for the drawing of! plane and specifications on the' Warm Springs bathhouse waa given to a brother-in-law of the present I mayor of Bslt Laks; another broth- I er-ln-lav of tha mayor secured the I contract for the construction work, I and still snot her brother-in-law su- I pervised the work, the apeaker de- I clared. Mr. Maemlllan said the I original estimate of the cost of ths I . (Continued oa page tea)- amj J MASS MEETING (Continued from par. T. building w.o IM,ooo and bond, for that .mount wr. !ud. but th. truotur. remain. Incampl.t. at prnnt and ha. alraady coat ovar I400.004. LAW VIOLATION CHARGED. Th. ttrttti department ot th. city waa accused ot violating a alat. law In letting work (or a price in exreae ot what regular eon tractor, would do It (or. Coming lo aa .n.lreH of th. Mat. legislature, h. declared that out of Mventy-flv. mcmbera, all but (It. wer. Mormon -How many officiate offi-ciate of U. Mat ar. Gentile. V he aaked. When Mr. Macmillan rferr4 to th. famou. Harrlea caaa a roar of laughter and applaue. reaulted. The ubtle Influence of th. nn at the head of tha .treat worked day and mint while other, al.pt, he declared, and aald he had nothing agalnat Harrica eic.pt that he formed aa umawful combination wltk tha leader, of the Mormon church. Their aay the Minlaterla aaaocla. tlon waa aiao Involved. But what doea the Mlnuuerial aaaoclatlon amount to compared ta th. Mormon church T If th. Jianiee eaaa aver cornea to trial the people', area will be opened In aetnnlahment. 1 mak. the prediction that Harrlea wul re-elan re-elan before th. uial.- . PRIESTHOOD WltLDS POWER. During th. eourm of hi. apeech. Mr. Macmillan made reference few Urnea to th. power profeeeed by on. holding the prleithood of the Mormon Mor-mon church to "name rulera, rover . norm, hinge, eta, etc." Mr. Marmlllaa nod hi. dlerouree aayiag that tha last legiauuure paaeed a law permlttlrur tha uaa of echoolhouse. tor other purpoaca ' than schooling, excepting oumraer-olal oumraer-olal purpoeea. "They think more of their furniture thaa of the hum of ebildren." he declared. Ending, he said that -Inasmuch aa the head ot the Mormon church haa had a revelation from Ood regarding- the abolition of polygamy and - I for the modification of th. L. D, I garm.nta, he bad better now have a revelation calling for the cessation of church domination In politlce. Announcement waa made by Chairman AUrn near the close of the session that trie newly-created American party would open head-quartera head-quartera before long and will organ ixe for a ylgoroua campaign In the ' Interest of the tjeket selected by the committee of 126. H. reed the declaration of principle, and W. W. Kay moved their adoption, which waa don. unanimously, .-. ' . ' |