Show l EITHER OK OR NEITHER 1 Some men talk In their theil sl sleep ep Some Sonic men address loiters Jotters to them themselves elveR The Tribune Is in the thO latter class Nearly ever every morning mor It prints a letI letter letter let let- I ter solemnly addres addressed e 1 to the Tribune and so arranged an in Its Us terms by their theil own writer letter as to b be readily an answered an- an l 1 from the Tribunes Tribune's standpoint t I Yesterday morning thc they varied tho the rule by hy having a prominent Mormon say ay In the thc Tribune L If ir the Mormon church is not in politics Poll poli tics It It will not nor object to my Joining the thc American party part party for fol for It will have no Interest In the subject If f the thc church i I Is in politics I ought to join the American Amerlean Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican party to assist in correcting the thie evil situation hero here You ma may take taliO either horn of or the dilemma you please k The Tribune evidently takes both hoth t. t horns Reasonable people take neither I Even if Jf the Mormon lormon church were Jn In politics politics mid and it Isn't no Isn't-no no man alive to join the would he be under obligation atlon American party Not in a hundred years carR By so o doing he would not assist assist assist as as- in correcting the the evil situation lucre here and arni would only tinly to the extent of or his Joining help to create an evil situation For It IC ever there were ere an anevil evil situation it Is that of the called Q American party We Ve arc are not In the councils of or the Mormon church an any moro more than In those of the American party And Arid we dont don't know what is the attitude e of the former organization organisation toward the latter JaUer We e do know that man many of theother tho the other churches not churches not by stated authority author author- Jt ity but by general action of tho the individual indi- indi y vidual members were members were In favor Cavor of the J. J i. i American party at th tho latest t city elec elec- tion And there seems to have havo been warrant arrant for Cor their attitude The city had been miserably misgoverned Many men prominent in the new nev movement move move- ment arrogantly assuming the broad and splendid lendl l nante name 0 of American Americ n. n were of tho the best citizenship of oC Salt Lake Back Bacle of them unknown to 0 them was vas the clever manipulation of e Mr fro Kearns who had been retired by hy bythe bythe hythe the Republican Republic n i party and who had launched himself on a career of ven yen With Ith tho the skill of or the adroit politician he ho I kept out of oC sight while constantly maintaining his hold on the new organization and shaping it to the one end which he desired The pledges of that new party part were without hound bound or limit Was Vas thelen there thele anything n in the city that offended citIzens citizens citi citI- zens zens That would be Lc righted lighted when the Americans got In power Had the expenditures of been too great They would be less under the new regime Had idle men cumbered the departments departments' They would be be sent scurrying ying when tho the election was over I Had ad the streets been heen neglected or the health department prostituted to base basc uses or printing hills bills been gant or was graft too common All Alland and nd several of or these things would be he beet beset set et right with the strong hand and tilE the h. h superior judgment of oC the new American party as soon as the solid people eople o of Salt SaIl Lake Lalee Installed them In fower power Many churchmen believed and voted for or the alleged reformers Their Theil ca cause sc was suc successful And we believe v e state the fact when we say that not Tot a pledge has been redeemed by the politicians of the so called American organization We Vc believe we will not be contradicted when we say that the churchmen have seen every evil aggravated ag ag- ag- ag every extravagance in increased ln- ln creased every error repeated repealed every mistake multiplied That Is how tho the new party parl repaid the best citizens forgoing fore for foregoing going Into politics and anti accepting as aM astrue astrue true the promises of the Insurgent poll poll- It is likely no church Mormon or other would would at an any time have of- of ticla ly recommended Its communicants to vote tho the ticket of oC any political party part It is certain no church either cither directly or by inference officially or 01 orby b by the suggestion of oC its membership would encourage any man alive voting t again for Cor tho the American party Just Justa once was enough to show tho the incensed d a people that that was vas not tho the wa way to correct the evils into which the city had fallen Callen Just once was enough to demonstrate the tho real leal purpose of or the thc called so-called American organization Just Just once w wits was enough to 10 write rite the doom of or tho the arrogant leader Iader and antl his Ir Irresponsible foll followers erg who t seized the only ottly benefits that could be derived In tho the loot of or the public treasury fi It ma may seem seem clever t to tho Tribune to toV tot V offer tho the two horns of t It-t Its alleged alleged dl- dl t i lemma But neither If teed need ed he chosen te by any man nian alan church member or other t l The Mormon church chuich l 11 is not in politics r T Neither Is the Methodist church church Mort Mor- Mor t V are arc So are arc Methodists and f Pre Presbyterians b and Baptists and Catholics Cath Cath- dies olics and all the tho rest real of or them They citizens and have arc oro re American a aright 1 i. i right to b be Surely tho the membership the bell belief r In hereafter in a t church a t t. t the hope of eternal l rest do not strip from a aman man the right t or the obligation atlon I I L' L I 4 L S A H k u Au to live his life lucre bore re In this world and to make mako both life liCe and anti world as much better as possible And because of oC this members o of nil all churches and anti of or orI I no church will Join In their ballots as they chey have hav already joined In their theil conclusions conclusions con con- elusions and will drive from power the hue men who have abused It There Thero will not after the discreditable discreditable discredit discredit- able record of the tho past six months Inthis Inthis in inthis this city be any e extension of or power to the alleged American part party |