Show II LEADERS AJI S AND I FOLLOWERS in Ivanhoe Do you VO remember that line fine pa passage on a heel bed of or pain begs beg wounded knight lying Iring where re tl th tho J the tle window and arni report to toV toY Rebecca to look again from V Y him the pro progress of a bl battle lle s so o fi fierce It almost blinded remember his interest In tho Black 4 her eyes pye Then you ou I J And when he found that giant of power did C not not- blench from flom the fury of or tim the defending ln faction cried I. I ot out nut t in pral praise c to 10 his God because p. p he lie knew deliverance would come For as the leader I Is so o will ill hl his followers h be r. r And AnI that was tas tru true g cried th the he wounded knight T fd 1 r It is true truo here and and now We e should he be glad to talk for a few fos minutes with those con conscientious people who followed self appointed leaders In tilA American J party port and amI who are mc halting r c today h between that natural pride prid of or con consistency which i v would h hold J them t to th the party part and an Inescapable disi discontent dis dis- r content with the rec record rd that lint organization has hns made S Sf f i A There Is a fundamental reason for Cor a a. good man 01 ot ota a a i good woman acc accepting pUng the cause which ass assumes assumes mes devotion devotion de de- de- de to purity of life Ufe No thing in the articles of faith faith held held b by the American party art was was wa more moro insisted upon than tho protest t against Impure living JIving in the cult culi attacked It may not be bo known to 0 the politicians but hUI that implies a n purity of life on the thc part of the lead lead- ers ers era Ho However wever much of chicane there the was at h headquarters ers the thc m men n and anti the w women men o of the American party part who sho were pre moved by the tho clamorous protest against ties Us were WIO themselves moral H However willing to tread trend the primrose path of dalliance those leaders may haw have p been they were calling Into their lr train a lot of good gool men rind and good women who whose e lives If are art virtuous However cr 1 steeped In stimulants the prophets prophet of the new faith I. I J might be their followers w were rc sober tober r. r However lacking h j In the thc elements oi th I. I m r dealt le 1 j with all men However full Cull of hypocrisy y those thoo ho who manufactured th he the l promises es' es of the new party the themen themen men men and the women who voted the ticket ticket outside outside the mortgaged riff riff-raff put riff put a prayer of their souls soul's sincere sincere desire Into the ballot box with their votes on hat chat hat November November No No- vember ember vember da day In 1905 They wanted a I better city They wanted more purity of life lICe They wanted efficiency and rectitude in inthe inthe th the offices for or those were the thc landmarks of or their conduct conr con con- r duct in business and at h home me The They had so high a hope fo for their party that tha the they believed Its chosen hosen standard standard stand stand- standI I ard be bearers would realize I In their private lives all the 1 virtues that mon should possess And the they were so fO moved o d by the splendid periods and prophetic paragraphs paragraphs para pam 1 graphs of those who vho vho hel-al hel heralded ed tl their ch claims that they felt In the fervor feor of their earlier action that they could I entrust their spotless souls fouls to the keeping of those who spoke for tor them S S S S SI I Now we do riol not mean to embarrass any gentleman I r. r at the head of the American party part with a catalogue of the reasons why he should not grasp the hand of or an h honest net man nian We Wc do do donot not care tl to exp explain aln to him why his touch contaminates the very cry garments of ot any good woman woo wo wo- wo- wo o 1 man he may encounter We have havo not the time and c certainly not the space to recite the reasons why the leaders of or the tho American party part have ha no license to preach righteousness to the people of or Hell let Hell let alone to the 1 g good d citizens of or Salt Sail Lake CIt City S But you know who they are arc You know what their L' L past pat f has been You know you wo would ld not c care re to meas measure re your o e lives by hr their own You know they are not good men mim I 01 f J Jiw S S 0 j 5 And If IC you ou will HI look look 0 for for a n moment at the candidates candi- candi dates date they selected for tor your Jour voting you will observe how cl cleverly I verly they have tricked you ou Take Tako a city directory ami n read down don the list of or official names and ask yourselves your your- ic selves 1 es if IC th they Y exemplify that purer life liCe which the Amerlean Amer Amer- lean party part was waR to usher In Ask yourself If a man who In Insults tho the women women who ho teach school for a living is j n a nr r pr proper p r r. your oUr own Id Ideas s 0 of chastity and manJI man man- JI Inis A Ask yourself lf If one who Jo JoI I is h dishonest in hu bus husi- husi lne l- l nc ne ness d dealings lInSs lInS's will vili fairly express the Ideal you have for tr trusted ted public servants Ask Asic yourself o If it a n man mon against whom hom paternity charges have repeatedly been made Is rightfully entitled to lo stand as ni the exponent of or your our unsullied honor Ask AIk f yourself ml if Ir a a man of ot known Inte in intemperance intemperance In- In te temperance perance Is a good example of or the party which was wa c- c called from tho the community by the bugle hugle of or better he- he havior Ask tk yourselves If Ir a man who never bound his life In marriage to an any woman but hut who has had more wl wives eR than Woman th the V man at atthe the Well Veil ever had hU husbands handl I Is In jany 1 Y way way fit to usk ask an execution of or your our laws against offenders S 4 f y wh n y you ou ha have hav count counted rl the gen general ral af officials an and the appointive officers turn one glance at the city co council It is a little thing but bUl the whole membership member member- slip ship of tf the American par party y in the city olty Council pays i a little more than two hundred dollars 1 of each year r. r That Is Js not necessarily condemnatory for poor poo men are arc usually honest But are these representatives representative of of J your your- party Ar Are they properly or properly or in any true tru I I I. f penso your your o your leaders Do they Illustrate In their private lives the principles of or righteousness your our very party was was wS established to compel S S S Si i Let us go co a bit hit farther Let us take tho the whole of ot that lead leadership aa as expressed In the tho m men n who organized 4 1 and and directed the activities of or y your ur party and the men who who who- by their election o 0 o office stand today as as' as the ithe measure t the party's probity probity Are they any to correct No sought better than the condition you ou the they said of ot their neighbors matter if Jr all the tho ill things and CIUI seriously I osk were true ju Just t pause for n A moment IN leadership or In the thi have hn In either your yourself lr if It you 1 0 till the Improved employed character of the tho mn n your votes R situation S. S S S As s tho ho lender leader I Is ui o n will his hl followers tollo ho be That Is 19 true truo rho only ill when the i followers lII IJ know Iwo leader and loader and continuo continue In 1 his train If Ie hn lao have haYl 11 de deceived deceived de- de following him on the tho faith of them they are arc fair anti and Just what th they belieVe him to be But BU men for tor further de tIt women In Salt Lake Jake have l little call cause e They have joined In a a aru cru ru which ha has roused rous rous- ed eel a harmful sentiment sentiment- of or cont contention h between neighbors neigh There Thero m 11 bore bors who could h have tI lived In harmony to bo ho warrant for the action G Good oJ people believed there were evils that nef needed t d correction antI and they y hl believed II though th they disliked strife that the St struggle ruggle I would bring to the city the sunlight of ot a day clay Thy y now no know that it IL did nothing of the kind They ThY know the American voters were wr exploited that the men en who sIo they lund hud no high purpose that no not good men that thai they were cre impelled by lIy no noble sentiment ent that they began hegan In vengeance what they sought to carry to conclusion con con- clu lon with chicane and fraud They know that th the city offices are aro filled flied h by men who are are va vastly lly incompetent tent that those offices have been lIeen grossly grossl mismanaged They know that tho the purity of or homes and and the tho honor of men rind and the fair fame of oC women is wor worse c for the no noisome noi 1 some seine dispute Into which a a. mad leadership plunged 11 I the tho city 0 The They have gained nothing nothing- for fur private purity ty They lost lost itt in the tho absolutely have have gained g nothing they nothing they matter of public service r The They have hen been deceived by hy past masters in the arts of deception Anti And th they can Iun not longer conscientiously y follow In the steps of such shelL a n leadership I S S S Th The day lay of the Black Prince and the Wounded I Knight has r passed ed In tho the castle of life today each of or you Is a yeoman and each a king You the People speak your our commands and your legions mu must t tobo obo obey AS YOU ARE SO WILL YOUR FOLLOWERS VEItS nfl BE These men are not your our followers The They assumed to o be he your lenders leaders an and you ou gave them that grace It Is la lafor for you OU to win your battles battIN- b by making them follow Collow you you you- or quit your army for that band of brigands beyond the walls a Us where by their habit the they belong It Il is for you to strip yourself of passion and look at that dl discredited cI party which promised so so much and amI gave so o little and a ask k yourself if JC there is Js on any obligation upon you further to 0 to follow v its shattered fortunes ItIs It Itis Its Is s for fOI you to see iEe that It Jt was made of or pretense called into nto bc being by selfishness and a fevered desire for re- re enge It Is for you OU to leave a party part which in Its con con- control rol never expressed the honest sentiments you OU cherished cherish cherish- ed in your soul It is for you to come como out of or a party part which can no longer even pretend to 10 sincerity It Is Isor for or you ou to quit with perfect ean candor or that organization which has deluded cl you as it has offended ju justice lIc It Is Js Isor for Cor or you ou to rebuke by your our disaffection the ba bad men who vho pr presumed umed to lead you who deceived you who lied liedo to o the whole world both hoth the condition the they pro pro- tended ended to correct and their motive in moving It I Is for you to to stand up in the splendor of your Independent manhood with p perfectly calm pul pulses de- de dining pa passion as an argument and refusing hate hato as an excuse It is for you to prove your our pc perfect AmericanIsm American American- J Ism sm m b by n abandoned that stranded hulk hulle which m made made so tle so fair a r a launching ng and which under under- vile commanders com corn manders so manders-so so swiftly sr and st so steadfastly chose the pirates pirate's course The American party part is Js the part parl of Americans and andall andall all II goo good people are arc included in tho the term You belong there not here not In the following of that mailed and hooded night knight of infamies who sho has dared to make mockery of what your our heart held pure |