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Show C0J..CIL F.tltEVS L'ISTBUCMIS TO : . STOP SOCIAL EVIL McJUnner Qmotes From the Records to Show Position of American Party. A fatftutloa lnatructin Um efatat mt potV to cioea the- atockada, atop Um operation of fambitrta; Itouaati and pmt mm end to tbe IllecaJ eale of Intostcatln liquor waa y d by ananlraoua toio of turn olty covDctl teat night. Tho roaolutkMi wu adopted a tho to rait - of tho iBYOstlfmtlon held a week At tho bclnnlnc of tho Broooodlav hut nlsht thero wu dtecuBalon M to wlrother or no th matter should bo poBtpontd for ono wk or bo acted on at cmcm. Tho tatter prordura prevailed, arid tho anmbera of the council rt down to buatoae after eorae lllUe die CUMlfkB. MrKinner referred to a. number of rao-olutlone rao-olutlone adopted at various meetings of the American party onraniaatton and Araertoan party supporters, showing that It had always beea the policy of tho American party to enforce the law an) net the social evil. Irrespective of where It may be found. McKlnney declared de-clared that the reeolutlona showed that the American party had made great ef- I forts to bring about the enforcement of tho law. He said that as far baok as September, IMS, the American club had , denounced the etovkade and called upon the state officers to dissolve the corporation, corpo-ration, which they had failed to do. He read from the American county platform of I which declared: "We unequivocally denounce the proposition propo-sition to establish a red light district la any part of Bait Lake City, and expressly ex-pressly protest airalnst tho establishment of such a district In the wast side of the rlty." Continuing. McKlnney said: "Now so far as the American party Is ooncerned. it haa always been opposed to the 'stockade. Buch aa Inst I tut ton la contrary to law. to say not hi ng of morals, and no officer who Is mindful of the oath which be has taken to support sup-port tho law and tho constitution oan give It any encouragement or protection.' protec-tion.' . |