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Show DUBOIS DISCUSSES PRESENT COIMIS l LETTER TO ClUB Fred T. Dubois, former trailed States senator, kaa seat th following letter to P. E. Coaaor, saersury of th A at ericas eri-cas club, is response to aa iavitatloa to attend tha recent Americas toe feast: Washington. D. C. April IS. 1911. Dear 8ir: I save your gracious invitation to participate ia tha third annual lore feast of th American clnb, as oae of tha speakers, oa April It a ext. Tour invitatioa was forwarded from Blaekf oot asd found ma here. I certainly ahoald Bars availed my- , self of th a it ended privilege had I been at home, and re (fret that I cannot be with yoa ia person. Th present 1 aa opportune tima for "your meeting;. Tha object which ?ou hop to attain are worthy of he bast efforts of every tras lover . of th institutions of hi oonatry. The continued and flagrant dom-iaatioa dom-iaatioa of the Mormon chareh ia political affairs ia Utah and adjoining' ad-joining' states, and th continued practice of polygamy ia becoming batter known and understood . throughout th east thaa aver bo- for sine th auaifesto. It is essential es-sential that tha American party ia .Utah keep no its splendid organization organ-ization and continue Its magnifl' cant light against tha teachings and fractieee of the Mormoa hierarchy. . t would b littl short of a calamity calam-ity if th American citUens should lose eoatrol of Bait Lak City. Th faet would be heralded abroad aa proof that tha ssBtiment of those living among th Mormons had changed, aad would b claimed aa a recognition of th fact that the Mormoas had abandoned tha snioa of ehnreh aad state, aad tha praa- tie of polygamy. Tha sentiment in tha east will rmpoad to a dsmsnd that th spirit aad tha letter of th Edmonds law be anpKed to th state of Utah aad to th Mormoa people everywhere, th same as it was ia territorial dsvs. Tha Edmonds law waa effsc-ttv effsc-ttv thaa and will be effective aow. Th church authorities recognixa th impressions which tha article . ia the magaaines aad eastern periodicals hava produced aad will coasent to, even if they do aot favor, fa-vor, some amendment to tha constitution consti-tution for tha regulation of mar-risgs mar-risgs and divorea. They will desire, de-sire, however, some ragtiiatioa which tha states will aot ratify, or if it ia aa amendment whieh the atatee can ratify, oae whieh will not be effective.- They will hav ao objection, for instance, to turning ovsr to tha federal government the power to punish most rigidly those fuilty of th offease of polygamy. . hey would object most strenuously, strenuous-ly, however, aa they alwaya have, to giving the federal government power pow-er to punish these living in unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. The American party with its or-'ganixatioa or-'ganixatioa will be the most powerful power-ful factor to guide the people of the east and the congress, when it -comes to enacting le-risjatioa to enrb tho power of thia organisation. organisa-tion. ....... Please extend to every member of the superb American party my personal regards, and assure them of mv full aopreciatioa of their splendid services. Bineerelv yours, FRED T. DUBOIS. To P. E. Connor, eeeretary American Ameri-can club. Salt Lake City, Utah. |