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Show URGED TO STAND BY PJIICIPLES Americans Do Not Forget Real Issue in Political Situation in Utah. PROMINENT MEN AT ENTHUSIASTIC FEAST FranK J. Cannon Principal Orator at American Clob'i Bi Rally. "Thar littt tM leM," fit far-mar far-mar fiaatir rnak 3. Oaaaoa, at tha aiwlraa lav f4uri, hald atWUr tha aaapicaa af tha aVaaarloaa dab at tha Kaiffcta af OoUmboj hU . atetanU lfht. "Hull Utah, ba a fraa aost aqoal atata, far fraa man, or thall TJtah ba dominlaa, aodar an alien klnir" Thla waa tha kevneta af a banQt at which aaea aa woman from all walk of Ufa attend and erewtUd tha haO, lad at which aama af th Waden In thaajht and boalneaa of tha atty (poke. ' Frank . - Christensan xnr eased th earn Idea ia different wording. He had been Introduced bv President X. J. Wbr of the elub as tha man who "not onlv knew all about politic, but all about theology, and who ie best able ta 'answer the question, "What shall wa d ta ha sevet" fins eaa openly hold a city convention that will name candidates. " Weir Ii Oatnpokea. Thomas Weir' address waa ia the nature of an exhortation and a warn inn; to the members of the party to be true to ita principle. The loeal aitu-ntion, aitu-ntion, he eaid. had not materially changed eince he came here . sixteen year ago. The warning wa to those who would attempt to "plar politics" without regard to the principles for which the party fi lighting. Speaking of tha attitude of some mere here of the party oa the liquor question, he said: "I em not dlecuselng the merits of pro. hlbltion." he said, "that la not th question ques-tion with m tonight. 1 am simply speaking about a tendency of soma members mem-bers of ths party to deal with tha ptibllo In tha faahioa of the politician of the aid part la. "1 believe." he said with emphaols. "that tha American party to live must be something mora than a chaperon for rh deniaen of tb atocluul and the red light district." "Wi must have th moral courses ta sea to II that the American, party doae not stend for snm of th thing that tt has atood for la th past three vaars." Arthur Moreto spoke briefly for the continuation of ta work of the Ameri ran party until it Included the Met ns well na the eitv Mr. Cnriatensea fol lowed, and, after advocating the policy pol-icy of "hewinjr to the liue" in the work th Amenr.hu party set before it whea it waa formed, continued: About That "AgiUUon." In 144. when aJt take wae as dead a a door nail, th err raised by the church waa 'Don't agitate!' Now, some of ur own pont ar teeing oouraga and ar raising tha aama cry. 'Don't agitated agi-tated Thee at th waak-kaeed. telly-narJcd telly-narJcd Americana" I Th pakr then pointed out that dormer dor-mer th hut eerada In Salt Lake City, where th agitation had be carried on. the rat of growth had been 71 per cant, while m th outside districts, where all had been paaee. It had only bssn II per cent. H emphasised tha neceaslty for party control bv shewing that under a non-partisan form of government thoee in power wer lponlbl t no on, and eonoiuded with an earnest exhortation to put real Americana, not "Jelly backs." (?oaneiIma J. W. Jfc Kinney, ia a brief but pointed addreee, declared he did aot believe the rnak and flle of the American party was la favor of all the acta of each and every American city official ia the past few year. If he thought It did, he said, he would resign re-sign hi official position. But be did believe ia the American party and in the work It had set out to do, ha doae and la doing. He pointed to the marked advance mad by Rait Lake City eince the American party came iato eontrol, and front rested the spirit of that party Mr. Chrtataneen sdmlttee) that h was aa authority on thwiogy aa K waa rar-tioed rar-tioed la Utah, ant aad4 that It mlaht aot he true thaeeagy. It had never annealed an-nealed to him ee such He ana wared th question. "What shall we do to he anveejT" Br aaytng: "Keep In mind th aim and purpose for which th Amarl-oan Amarl-oan party wae rounded. Don't let oom-pUcaUone oom-pUcaUone erwsp tn: aon't (tteenpt too much. Lot u ds th thlna we eet ot ta So rid th city and staia mt ehurek and arteat oontrol. The keyaota sneer af Toast mart er Weber waa la the aama vein- He aaid ia Prt: "There la aa much necessity for th Amerlraa Party today aa when In 144 th outraged Qen tiles 7 Salt Lake City er- tsniaed to enforce th demand that the lormoa church should keep Ita pesdgaa with th nation. Th Amarioaa party haa seam la thla fight through tha yean sue-ceedtng sue-ceedtng and aspect ta continue In the corneal until tha whole of Vtah shall be emasrlpatad (rasa cktueh and priest r "purine tha nerlnd af American party eontrol la Salt Iks Cttv. brief ae It Jet la, wa hare accomplished many thing. Or one. we hare made tha leaders at the ehurch cautious about seme thlnge. It la not ton aaw sine Joseph V. Smith, that prophet of prophets, stood kl hla PulpH and declared agalnat polygamy. Before that time every Mormon and every tsick-Mormon tsick-Mormon la Salt Lake city waa graciously Permitted ta ksep elleae ansa fkla polnL Oe raoTa Kllnringaatl. Judge Weber I ken turned ki attention atten-tion to tha Breeeat pohtiral prablem la Rait liake Citv, slsisg np the re eeat legislature anal aaa af its enacipal aaartmenta ae followsj The laat leatslature. partiapa the moat tnfamoue la th history of I'tah, composed of a few bonast man. many wholly Incompetent, In-competent, a large number of church-controlled church-controlled politicians and a few eerhre and Intelligent grafters, passed legislation legisla-tion Intended and dealgned te kill th American party by enacting a kill wro-ridina wro-ridina for the oonimlsslan rarra af aonrv ere merit, "It took th ree Moln Mn aa He sandel and then eliminated tram that bill every good feature that tt possesses. Ftut If the Amertcaae will atlok tosjathar. Instead of placing eontrol ta the hands ef the deeoot, w will haw more posrar thaa ever Wore. Wa eaa sly the people peo-ple a more economical and staaneslve admlnletratleet thaa they have had In tbenaat. "We aaa cell the Americana together tn a aoa-parusan American cnnewatloa. nominate non-partisan Amatioane ae del-eaete. del-eaete. have them select aoa-partlsan American eandldatee and go te the polla and vote for sea -part lean Antarlcana. Ia reply ta the charge that migbt k mads that sack actio wsuld be sgslnet te eririt ef the rovnatieeioa form af rorsrawent, Mr. Wrber said: "If threw ar four of the federal knack eaa bold Meetings la secret as 4 agree apea their candidal if iva af the federal huack ran hold meat i eg wilk Sva aa called Aanvriraaa, and ei prv, to Bffre apea mutosjry satisfactory satisfac-tory ease i.latee, ae has been don in lb laat few daya aorely tba Ameri- with areleeiastieiem. Senator t'aaaon, wka era welrersed by aa ovation that lasted several mia-utee, mia-utee, said! ia part: Waara Piusikailkg Oowms, "Many raise the ery that ff yen agitata you will hurt bnslneaa. They pretend te plead for prosperity, pat atllt the Issue remain: Shall I'tah be a free state of tha Amerlean union, er a halt it ba toe appenange of a political prieecraft ? "Haa It com to this that you must heed the requests ef tha eaemyt Let me remind you thst this la aot a new cry. After 114 some e4 th real man who had broken away free th forbidden marriage relation heard per and there among their frleade that the ejueettoa of plural wierrlegee must ao4 he diseueaed. 'It will hart buslines; 1st aa keep ajutet oa thla point was th plea. "Slnoe tha American party haa taken eontrol In Bart Lake City there haa been more prosperity thn ever.ther waa before. be-fore. The rsneue show that this city and those part of th state tir the church 1 not dominant hav made the gmateet strides In population and prosperity. pros-perity. Kleewhera In th state you had peace. There waa no agitation, and there waa aa prosperity. Several thousand persons left thoee peaceful radons aad oama ta Salt Lake and Its prosperity. "If you abandon thai nght yea may have peace, but you will have the peac ef thoaa part of the stat upon which th blighting band of the hierarchy haa been laid and which have not pingrssasd. "If you say we must hs peaow by the surrender ef American princTpiaa. the arte to high we will not par It. Oreattr thaa peac fa the 'Mes without a atal.' . a Tanner aad sVoberhe. Tf Joseph Smith had kept kl faith with th people J. M. Tanner had not taken seven plural wlvee. There la no flattery a pleeslng te the ktrvg like fat-lowing fat-lowing hie eeratHtlelne exemple. "Count that man a reward and a traitor trai-tor who surrender hie American Ideals aad prttvslpl. "Ton , renMrnkor th talk and th pledges about party llnea and then you remember that the king; who controls eat apart a host of rwnscrtli to vote the Aeon hi lean ticket. "I know ntrthlng of your local eonrro-verey, eonrro-verey, but 1 are proud ef Tom Weir, who had the eourea to stand hero tonight and say what he thought. I am prouder till of you American who beard him with careful consideration. M you If any man could stand tn the laoaraacte and ee exnrwje bis views t - "B. r. Roberts, m some respects the blest sits left In th church, aroaa timorously tim-orously In the tabernacle aad .admitted that there had heea certain oetoaeea In the church, certain small eg ansae, which would be corrected In time. What waa the result? Joseph T. Smith arose and , declared that M did aot lie ha th ssoulk 1 of man ba erIUoiee tha prophet sf Ood. "Much haa been achieved by the American party. The Bght ha' become aetien-wlde and le still growing., la thla ' time for any man to ult th tent aad ' bead the voir of the oaeesyl Ooodl Moaie BHarael. . V linaie wa readre4 at iatervale dur 1 log the bannaet anil tb speeches by ! the Woodruff trie, rruupoaet! f kltM 1 Ethel Nettletoa, H. U WoodrsS aaa . O. bmithi Mra. Cariane Harris Hs'n mer, Mise Kdns Pwvar, Thomas Rowsn: the Ameriraa club quartette, enmpoeed of Mr. Hammer. Mis Dwrer. T. Ash worth and Willerd 8uiree. and Mr. Squires ae a soloist. The work of eaek waa highly apureciated. Among tboee present were former Senator Krank J. Cannon, Judge A. J. Weber, Thomas Weir, Judge J. W. Me Kinney, Judge H. J. Dininar, J. B. Morotoa. Thoaiaa Hobday, M. A. Daugh ertr, Arthur Parsoaa. A. T. Mooa. W. 8. Oaltoa, Arthur Moretoa, Boa a Rivaa, H. Warraa Smith, A. T. Baaford, Pat Connor, F. B. Ckriateaaea. |