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Show .. -Make It Unanimous j rnp HE NEWS asks "Why can we not unite 1" X That would be easy under certain condl-j condl-j tions. For instance, if a voter was to cast 1 i an untrammeled ballot, uninfluenced by any creed, i t where candidates will be pledged to do the right ' thing by Salt Iake and its advancement, and this without regard to anything but the good of the ) city; the propor administration of its finances; I the upholding of the schools; its maintenance of I order, and the enforcement of the law why, the 7 American party on that kind of a platform, will t nominate a ticket. What more does the News demand? It will not need the sending around of the teachers to instruct the brethren how to vote. It will re- move the necessity of Elder Morris going from ward to ward to acquaint the people with the Lord's will in relation to their voting; the elder brothers and sisters will need no coaching on elec- . tlon day; it will remove from the News the necessity neces-sity cf jeopardizing Its immortal soul by Its mon-, mon-, umental provaricatlons before and after election; x It will be a splendid evidence of appreciation of what the party has accomplished in the past four f( ;s, even though it lacked the cordial support of the News during that time; it will bea splendid splen-did thing for the city to be able to advertise that its people have found rest and hope at last on a broad American platform. What does the News demand In a platform that the American platform will not supply? It says its church does not interfere in politics, that while as men and citizens the high priests sometimes some-times express their opinions and give friendly advice, ad-vice, at such times they leave both their ecole-, ecole-, , astlcal robes and authority at home, ana appear , t with no apparel, except the American citizenship j .iin which they are wrapped around. -, , -', Then why should they not eagerly seize upon a ff certain plan through which, to secure the city f government which they affect to desire? There are certain facts which the American party can present in Its favor which no other party that ever had control of the city ever could. Among these we may mention: i The doubling in value of all the realty In this J city in four years; the doubling of values of Mormon and Gentile alike. " The silencing of the cry for water from the east.1 and north benches. More nowly paved streets and walks than the city had secured In the fifty-eight years of its career before tho American party took hold. The elimination of all public gaming places. A wholesome restraint on the liquor business, to bo still improved upon. More safety to life and property than was ever known here when the city was not half its pres ent size. A vast increase in population and business. More real Improvements than had been made beforo in five and twenty years. Is not the above a pretty good showing, both as representing the purposes and acts of tho American party? The News has for an outrider the motto, "Truth and Liberty." Is not tho above true? Does it not represent justice? And has not every citizen the liberty to do any legitimate thing under the laws? How can the News refuse to support such a party without stultifying itself? How can it refrain re-frain from rising up and moving that the rules be suspended and the American party candidates be declared elected by acclamation? |