Show REPORT DEPORT OF THE FIRST AMERICAN PARTY convention tu in box elder county the acl owing met in the city hill colinne utah october olti 1906 rev A T 1 rankin C B II if joritz rev J 1 V cody cod v I 1 mayor M abor william flou house ic F r 1 IIan john johansen chris rudolph kalser kaiser J C gates jeremiah stearns steams J A woodworth lis its james T pitt and mrs tora tom pitt PI it upon motion ot of mayor house P F J a Hami nerland w was a I 1 elected chairman his HI remarks in pirl part were an appeal to throw off the yoke the church puts I 1 on and vote vole as free americans should without fear and without dictation I 1 upon motion of B it II jones ru 1 dolph kaiser was elected temporary tempora secretary upon motion of rev rankin rank in 11 11 tones jones was called upon to make inake an address lie he said in substance I 1 e has never been an election since statehood out but what the file church has interfered there has never been ft a legislature in session but what continued on page seven REPORT T OF TYE TEE FIRST AMERI KEARNS PARTY convention continued from first page i the church has had its steering corn dictating the laws which should be enacted I 1 the senate committee on privileges and election has decided that a union of church and state slate exists in utah the republican party in its last state convention voted down a plank which declared in favor of such a separation although the ilie plank was clothed in the very language of dent woodruff when he came out in a declaration that the church authorities who do not interfere in politics i the only party in the state of utah today to day that presents a platform which any honorable man can uphold I 1 and sustain is the platform of the american party the declaration of independence guarantees ti to all the rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happ happiness ness but in this state you get those blessings providing that liberty anti and pursuit of happiness does not acme in contact with the wishes of the leaders of the mormon 2 church on the of last september every mormon was begged to vote as a unit begged to vote as senator smoot desired the union of church and state is as plainly seen in this state as it is in in russia the political pard parties es do not meet this issue and every man who stands on either platform stultifies himself rev rankin as was next called for I 1 he ie said in substance if t there heie was no american ticket just as sure as I 1 live ive until election day I 1 would vote the democratic ticket as far as the state and legislature is concerned then venting his feelings at the church authorities he added if I 1 were to do over in brigham what men over there are doing every night I 1 would be put where I 1 properly belong in that steel celled house just south of the court house the man who loves this state its laws and has hopes lopes for the future must vote the american ticket the mrs pitt sang the amerl ameri kearns campaign song upon motion of D B H jones F J I 1 hammerland was made county chair many man rudolph 4 kaiser secretary sec secre tavy and treasurer mrs J T pitt vice chr chairman arman wm win house 2nd and vice chairman louis H getz 3rd ard vice chairman A S yoder ath man A T rankin ath vice chair man but he declined on account of having promised that gallant and liberty loving young hero bero of idaho fred T dubols dubois that he would spend two or three weeks in idaho campaigning this fall and therefore would not be able to do his duty here this fall so john johansen was made ath vice chairman B 11 II jones was made state com eeman and E B C wheatley A M T rankin rudolph kaiser dr E A roche and james raleigh the executive committee rev A T rankin roved moved that steps be taken to call a county convention and that it be held after the other two conventions rev cody moved that the convention be held in brigham city saturday oct at 10 a in carried reported by lorenzo V W anderson |