Show AIU YOU lOU A AX AN AMERICAN A It is no idle question a and d it Is not notto r to be taken as a a. reflection Wo We want to talk with tho the men and the women r k of character and of or sense who ho have ha r gone honc honestly into Inlo tho the American party Look 1001 back at the causes caLIse which have hll led you rou to take tako that stop step It i IS IS' comparatively recent You can well wel remember e cr every factor actor which helped to compose your our determination to come conIc out from the old party part and all ally t yourself with tho the new What hat were those causes Whether you OU had been heen a Democrat or or a Republican before you OU being honest and sincere and not bitten w with the tho bug bUE of ot J political 1 ambition had before your our eyes a hope for fOl oi reform You wanted to see the city of or Utah better governed go than it had been In Inthe J. J xi V the recent pasti You were displeased Vf f with the extravagance and the mismanagement mismanagement mis mis- t management manns-ement o of the city go government Co eminent an and you you hoped for an improvement In Inthe the burden of or taxes In the expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures lures ot of mone money In tho the conduct of public pub pub- Th lic He servants it Was Vas that it i 2 Well Veil the American party has N been een in office th the better part of a year acar oil and your our taxes have o been raised The I f number of ot men employed b by the elt city has has been Increased Their wages wag have ha q i been advanced advance and th they y ha e beep been assessed as as- L t h. a a tenth of or their theIr Income Incon e for the use of your new political party part So 2 far as tho moral tho moral life lite of the lawless Jawless clement is concerned you ou can hardly claim it has been bettered Were Vere you ou out t offended because the saloons were cre open pen open and doing business on Sunday 1 Well Vell I you must know thc they are open 2 now on Sundays as much as ever they were were were-as as much as they dould could r. r be without taking out the sidewalks If Were you ou offended at the al prevalence nc of or gambling In th the tho city Do you OU know gambling still exists and is being being be be- bC ing InC protected b by the tho police Have Ha the r mana managers of ot your jour our new ne' party told you gambling had luul been suppressed in Salt r L Lake ke If It s oo o o. o they ha have hae e deceived decel you ou 7 You must know that the fallen women wo r i men of or Commercial street and their kind in I other other el I parts arts of the city give gl C twelve twel thousand dollars dolJan a year car protection pro money toward the expenses of your city government and that the thc city It officers from mayor maor down receive recel k that price of ot shame as alS a part of or their salaries You know of or the nuisances that i have been fos fostered ered b by tho the officers of or orI I the health department and that thal citizens citi i- i zens have hav been forced to cause the arrest arrest ar ar- r rest st o of the tho the commissioner himself bej beJ before be- be j J fore the they could compel the abatement i oj of of a nuisance which injured their health and amI destroyed their comfort I I. I There has been no S S No that wa was wag not the reason you OU went out Down under all In mos most cas casts cases s. s it was antipathy to the Mormon people You cherished t a n certain sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment touching them and It was fostered fostered fos ros- b by all the craft o of the American Ameri Amerl can party managers until toda today If it you Oll will sill closely examine your our heart there is in it an an anger r toward that portion por por- S. S tion of the citizenship of or Utah Ulah And Ancl you are arc less and less startled when hon you ou hear tho the common statement of or your political leaders that The TheS S Americans are going to take control 7 7 of ot this and It country run it You find less leS and anti less sense of oC offending in the sentiment that the Mormons i will have to fo go You are arc gradually gradual I g getting tUng to a condition of or hatred to toward toward toward to- to ward them xo so violent that the tho original cause o of yOur our change of party part is la lost to sight Ight and hatred of or Mormons has hasS S be become ome to you as you as it is to tho the test rest of ot the tho tho new Thew new party the party tho ono one dominant thought of the tho campaigns campaign's activity Well ell then let us talk a little to to to- gether gethel f S First let lel this proposition bo be made very cry clear cleal to you The Tho political batS battle bat bat- S tl tJ tle this fall CaU Is between tho the Republican and tho the American party There Thero Is n no ni uncertainty about this Either theS the tho American party with Tom Kearns S S as its head as Its lU dictator a as Its ItH one ruling presiding lg- lg and paying genius I will win this tills election or the Republicans cans will win It There will be no no place for tor tho the Democrats as a part party Now Kow you OU are arc a friend of or Utah You are a friend of oC Salt Sail Lake City You stan stand for or clean life liCe for fOl true loyalty S to the nation You arc are for tor good citizenship citizenship citi citi- for pro prosperity for the advancement advancement advancement ad ad- of ot tho the community And you OU are big enough to do whatever Is 18 nece necessary In tle securing these things S with the help of ot yourself and l k other othel cn and women like you ou the tho he win yin this olec olec- American party parly ma may tion What hat will Ili happen when that I Is accomplished S Look closely and anil you OU will realize there is no thought of purifying lif life of or greater loyalty to the nation o of order and pro progress b by the men who are arc managing their campaign n. n Theris There Ther is but one aim with them and antI that 1 Is Isto isto to secure control The They want control contro of oC the count county That will give she them an excellent strategic position for Cor the tho capture cap cap- ture lure o of the thc state In 1908 That will wll put them in a po position to exercise o al althe all the power powel the command of the thc state tato can bring First and foremost in their theil declared program I is the disfranchisement o othe of oC the Mormon lormon voter oter of oC Utah This I Inot Is not our OUI statement except as it I Is I based on the Die known public notorious declaration of ot intention b by the leaders leader of ot that hat party themselves rhey They propose a a. war of ot lion against the Mormon ormon people The will disfranchise them They rhey c They hll have 0 said Id so BO The They will confiscate their property by ly the processes es of legal leg 1 procedure which will be entirely In their hands Thc They rimey will drive e the Mormons out o or of Utah Uta h They have o declared their purpose to todo todo todo do these very things and there can cai be no escape from your Jour responsibility with them If IC you remain attached to that thai organization Now do O you want anything of or that kind S S 'S There are two classes of you ou as to familiarity with the case One class has lias lived here for Cor or years ear and remembers bers hers the period of or distress and of or disturbance dis dis- when when prosecutions against Mormons comprised the business s of the he Implacable You remember the anger inger of oC that tIme line the open quarrel between Mormons and amI Gentiles a a quarrel quartel that reached into the time most intimate relations o of business and social life You know the they wore were driven to themselves and anti you OU maintained a crowd by yourselves You know that many of ot them suffered an injustice for which tho the prosecutions were responsible an and that many of or them theta without fault Cault of or their own were grievously grievously Crie afflicted b by the hostility of or the themen men who led the Mormon anti ormon cru cru- sad sade c e. e The other class has come later and can know of those ba bad times only b by hearsay S S III S Suppose you jou are arc of or the former ormer Do ou want to lo go back baek to lo it again aln Have Ha ou any pleasure in conflict Docs Does it amid add anything to the value of or property to the peace of oC your our mind to the progress progress progress pro pro- gress of the community You have e lived Ived past that era once once and in th the years that have ha followed you ou have ha seen a better bettel feeling cultivated Mormons Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- mons and Gentiles work vork side by sl side e for the good of the town for tor the advancement advancement ad ad- o the of-the the state for the honor honorof of or the nation Since that time you have ha seen the war var with ith Spain and you know that Mormon boys went side sideby sidey b by y side with your our own bo boys hoys s to that conflict conflict and to the years cars of or sQl soldiering In n the Philippines and that they did yeoman service under the flag we all aH love ove so well You know that the tho Utah batteries In that war won a name that thatIs Is s honored wherever soldierly men menlow mennow now low congregate You know you OU were prou proud of or those artillerymen men i and you OU know that there were no lines dividing dl Mormon lormon from froni Gentile Boys of e cr every faith ralth and of no faith fought side b by side and thc they won their victories to together together to- to gether Side b by side the they slept In the fields of or Cuba in the marshes of or Luzon and in the ships which brought ht them home whether hether In health or on cots cols of or pain You know that those lads without a shadow of oC distinction suffered wounds suffered from th the fevers suffered the tho rigors of camp life And you know that death eath carne came cameto to ono one and the Iho other with the magnificent magnificent magni magni- impartiality of or an unchanging destiny Death did not know any distinction distinction dis dis- dis- dis Shall you OU be less merciful than death S S S III But Bul you ou remember too a 0 more significant because a more normal norma thing Business s men have ha for forgotten otten the tho harsh temper of or tho those e days das The They have ha risen above the dividing dl lines hues of oC I church Tho The lime time has blessedly come when one does not ask whether he ho is Is in a Mormon or a Gentile store He lie looks for the tho best bargain nothing bargaIn-nothing more The time has come where men and women do not ask for Cor more mote than thai that Hero here In Salt Sail Lal Lake e scattered al all all allover over o the city elty are arc men in Sn business and the they ar aro prospering without regard to the old question Is h he a a. Mormon Some Somo of ot them are and t some Ome of ot them arc are Gentiles Some of or the tho Mormons 1 customers ave arc Gentiles and they ge get g-el precisely the same bargains that th the tho Mormon orm n patrons get gel Mormons go t to the stores kept b by Gentiles an and the they get precisely the themo samo mo treatment THERE IS NO DISTINCTION OF CREED CHEED S The city is better bettel for or It Wholesale houses housed are liro cultivating and enjoying the Iho trade o of Mormon lormon met merchants merchant chants out in the state stalo Vise Wise men mci men who o are aro the Iho backbone of ot this corn com do O not liot care what church their patrons belong to to and thc they do no not want you to revive a condition where that line again aln will be drawn You of ot COUI course arc aro a Gentile But Bu you have o been bu buying of ot Mormons an and 8 soiling selling to them You have ha been tra tradIng tradIng trad trad- Ing with them You have ha been asso asso- elating with them In man many ways way Your You children have been going to school with Mormon children and arid they have hav progressed on the basis of ot ability an and without regard at al all to tho the consideration consid consid- of or church affiliation When hen de devastation struck San Francisco Fran Fran- cisco deco there were meetings throughout the tho nation and there were meetings meeting here liere You know you OU sat side e b by side with Mormons and that thal they were touched b by the sorrow orrow of or that calamity as ns were you ou You know they contributed contributed contri contri- buted as you ou did lo to the alleviation of that suffering You know in short that the they were factors In this community community com corn Ju Just t the ramo sarno as were ivere members mem mem mern- bers o of other churches Just precisely precise precise- ly Iy the same Mme Right flight down to the present ent time Ume you ou were fellows with Mormons hat What hathas hathas has happened to make malte you ou want to ton n assist In a a. war ivar of or extermination against them We Ve are arc not championing the tho cau cause e of the Mormons WE VE ARE CHAMPIONING CHAM I PhONING G THE CAUSE OF THIS CO COMMUNITY l You can not prosper with a quarrel You have hn prospered in these years ears of or quiet It Is to the tho Interest est of eyer every man woman and anti child of or this community to stop the eternal quarrel on church lines and get safely fel and solidly and permanently on reasonable normal nn and business J II lines n cs Now another thing You were here at tho the time lime of oC the thelast thelast thelast last prosecutions at tho the time when Mormons were being sent to tho the peal peni You know what was the situation sit sit- nation then Y You Yu u know what it Is now We Ve ask you ou If there has lias not been a difference on the very cry lines which have ha influenced you in taking up your part and l lot t with tho the AmerIcan American Amer Arner ican party Have Ha not you seen an improvement In the regard which I is Important to you ou You arc are opposed ed edlo to lo polygamy You know there are arc arenow arenow now fewer persons In that relation than there were iere then You know there theres Is s less church chUlch dictation now than there was then You know tho the whole situation situa tion has changed for or tho the better In these hese y years rs Can you OU make anything b by arousing the an angry ry passions which were so disastrous to every ecly Interest then hen and which would bo be even e more so 80 now S S Supposing you belong to the other othel class the class the class crass which came hero after aCler- ho tho peace was declared declare after afler the prosecutions ceased after aCter a admission slon sion lon of oC this state Into Inlo the Union You have ha lave no interest here which can be conserved b by strife You are arc a Coo good citizen clUzen an and you have no desire lesire to lo reIdo re- re Ido sido in a community where goo good citIzenship cit cit- J Is not appreciated Well Ve if you ou and the rest o of the American party ally win ln the election in November you ou will ivill see seo the beginning of 01 a period of f strife of hatred and intolerance of angel nger of one portion of the community against the other which will seriously serious serious- I ly r affect every interest you OU ma may have ha The he party to which you have allied yourself has hns declared by the mouth or of f its Ih leaders that it Il means to disfranchise hise chise the Mormons unless it can dictate tile tile- tate ate their political their social and their heir religious life And disfranchisement disfranchise disfranchise- ment will ivill eer certainly come comae if It that party part wIns Ins the state You can not be helped by hy that quarrel So far Car as social conditions are arc re concerned your own ai arrival arrI rival here has as reduced the percentage of Mormon influence in the community Every inan nan ever er woman cr c every family which has as arrived here since the state was admitted to the Union has hns Increased the ic |