Show THINK IT II OVER Elf Most of or the tho strength th of the American Ameri- Ameri I can part party It Is h said was as recruited at atthe te the e expense of or the Republican party We e would like bike to speak for fOI a moment moment moment mo mo- ment with the gentlemen who compose composo com coin pose poso this clement element of ot strength in the J 1 defection either hose whose new ew cw party part temporary or permanent Is to the tho Injury inJury In- In jury Juno of at the Republican part party I In Iii a national way way- there are going to be but two political parties They are the Republican and ud nd the Democratic Demo Demo- cratic parties It is hopeless we wo think k It will bo he conceded to expect the American to become a a- national party Its mission la is local At the it could not extend beyond beyond be- be very er mo most t 3 yond yontl three states Utah Idaho and Wyoming would be the farthest limits extend its Influence could to to which Based as It Is on a demand Involving In a debasement of ot Mormons it could not be expected l to become an organization organization organization even een in the smallest degree in interesting In- In to th the people of ot the rest of the country Only the most hopeless information as to the Interest lack Jack of ot Utah affairs b by tile the rest ot of taken token in ill convince any man mati manhat L I could the he the country of or the American party that that hat the ten e F the tile paramount Is Is- c could uld ever be made sue In a n national campaign Upon It could auld not be anything approaching approaching ap ap- ap a national movement mo The changed sentiment of oC the people of the states th their lr view as shown b by their refusal 1 fo to dispossess Senator Smoot of oC his seat scat their disinclination tion at any time In three years to trust that motion to a a. vote ate the failure fall fail I ure nrc of or Senator Dubois Dubols to win even en the empty honor of a test oath in his statehood measure the acceptance of ot Senator Sutherlands Sutherland's point of distinction distinction distinction tion between a t belief In the doctrine find md a belief bellet In the practice of polygamy polygamy amy as ns applied to immigrants the I total discrediting In Washington of all the men Identified with time the American movement and the absolute absolute absolute lute termination of their Influence with the tho national administration administration- these are arc the salient reasons which mUs convince con the thoughtful man that there Is no hop of a great party in that thal movement mo People East do donot donot donot not care for COl It The They are tired of it Here tire are in this nation over of oC people and their destinies for or weal or om woe are in the hands of oC tho those e ewh who wh are arc called to represent them Inthe Inthe in inthe the halls of national legislation If It that le legislation Is bad as us was the case casein in III the the- years of Cleveland not Cleveland not to revert revert revert re re- re- re vert to the ancient history of oC antebellum antebellum ante ante- bellum days the days the people suITer suffer such disasters as 38 are expressed In the phrase hard times No words wOlds can spell the unfortunate results which tollow the adoption of or a bad policy In i national legislation The army of breadwinners suffers first and most severely s Least able to so master affairs as to compel an adequate re remuneration remuneration remuneration re- re the they find work with difficulty difficulty difficulty dif dif- and see Its pa pay dwindle to the vanishing point There Is distress Inthe Inthe in inthe the heart and suffering in the home The wage earner carner for the sake of oC himself himself himself him him- self for fOl the sake of oC his wife and his children can enn not afford to see any change In the control of oC governmental affairs The he seas are dotted with the tIme cargoes of American goods doln doing I Ithe at nt fair price to the most distant markets marl mar mar- l Jets ets of oC the world The mills of oC th the nation are aie running with such Impetus as never neer has hns been known before The Th mines are being searched by such numbers and with such sagacious and antl practiced skill as is new In the tIme annals of If time The farms are yielding In g. g groat r volume to better husbandry and Und for bigger financial returns than at any date late since the time first sod was broken b by the hand of oC man The Time rall- rall toads loads were never nevel so bus busy never so prosperous er never so useful to the time people of the nation Never has there been such provision for education for Cor refinement foi fo arts and letters Never have the schools been so crowded with searchers for knowledge and arid never has lIas the pay of teachers been so good Never have hn the time people of or the tIme countr country from rom the poorest Immigrant to the captain of of commerce had so much nione money noney stored in banks or waiting In In- In vestment From ocean to ocean from the lakes Jakes to o 0 the time gulf from mountain to prairie and from mighty rivers to the waking deserts of oC the West tiie Republic of America Is living the ful ful- UI- UI ness of oC life And It Is In obedience to the policy that the time nation has chosen and persisted In following that the happy condition obtains AVe We believe the d s of these of people demand a continuance con con- of ot the Republican party part In power We e believe the man who loves Joves his country wisely will serve that part party We e believe that thal If ever er he re regarded regarded regarded re- re himself a part or of the great organization his reasons for so expressing ex ex- ex- ex pressing himself are greatest toda today And we ve believe If ever he held dear to his heart as a patriot the principles for 41 which that party stands n now now w Is L I the time for him to bear himself true and faithful In Its cause This state of Utah Is Republican to today to- to day It has three electoral votes voles and every obligation which can appeal to the soul and conscience of a a. man c corn com m- m mans him to so measure his conduct as not to Imperil those votes In the final counting of national results A strong and gi owing growing and vital American Ameri Amen can party In today might en easily mean an increasing influence in Idaho and amid Y Wyoming That would mean the Impel imperilling of nine votes otes In the contest contest contest con con- test of 1908 The Time whole fate of the party fart has been decided by one vote in inthe time the past Can an any man to whom the lie Intel interests of Republicanism are important im un- un to whom the destinies of his country countr nr are arc dear give adhesion for forone forone forone one hour to a movement which In- In olves valves possibilities of oC so grave a consequence cease conse quence Shall It b be- be said there is no Intention intention tion of using the time American party part for forthe forthe forthe the damaging of ot the Republican National National Na Na- organization or for or time the divertIng divert divert- lug Ing ng of oC Its purposes Republicans outside of oC Utah do not t so o view the case Loyal Loal to the tho party part in every nerve and fibre of their being they recognize as assaults on that party marty h In Utah to be a a. blow biow at the organization tion everywhere c And because of oC that tha they have ha expressed their disapproval of or the course of or the lie American managers managers man man- agers in no unc uncertain terms term throughout through through- out the whole of at C the past year e l' l Never Ne once has hns the tIme leader of ot that defection made good one of his prophecies a as to Influence In Washington It was u us you know one of the time Inducements inducement with which he lie gilded his imis Invitation to your our Joining in lit what his managers managers manag manag- ers era ers described anU anu you believed was wasa a patriotic movement Mo Have the representations representations rep rep- b been cn made good Against his efforts n against the combined labor labo of the American party men Unfriendly unfriendly un un- friendly to Jho ho straight Republican cause have been removed Men byal loyal loy by- al to the party part of the nation have hav been appointed In their place Men In office opposed by the thu American J party part and true to the Republican have hao not been disturbed But tees tee made by by the President have hav been fought with a n. bitterness which only that good temp temper r grounded 1 In strength could forgive Their re reI re- re I by the senate semIte has been hEen pledged ed etl with all nil the positive bonds that words could utter False char charges cs have ha been heen made against them Have IIa the they theyon on on once The Time Republican party part of oC the nation Is united It Is one otto and indivisible over over all the tho realm where floats the hag flag It h has s no kindergarten It foments no strife between Its Us mem mem- bers It whets no rio knife for the revenging of or Imagined wron wrongs s 's by Republicans Re Re- publicans against Republicans Surely Sure Sure- I ly It C can cLim III have hn no word of ut hope for forthe tIme the party of Utah an Utah an organization organization or or- so hostile to Republican In Interests In- In crests of the nation that it can seek seck the the overthrew of of that party in a n state of or the Union so bitter that Itcan it itcan itcan can refer In terms of or Insolence to Theodore Roosevelt with words like these And nel the time President of the tIme United States ho Ito Is s d to have ha sonic some MM MUse 10 permits thc c people to winel him about their political little linger The Tho President hn has sense e. e No man manin manin manin in the nation either cither now or ever gave ave proof of or a sounder truer truel s sense of or right for or the nation and propriety for Cor or Republicans The Insult drawn i repeated In a thousand varying vary vary- ing lag forms ever since expressed In Inactions Inactions inactions actions that speak louder than words Is th the Irrefutable attitude of members members mem menu bers of the American party part toward the time chief executive of the nation the foremost representative of the Republican Republican Re Re- publican part party Can jou you write jour on such a 11 slur I It is not needful to repeat in the ears of or a a. man who vimo has bias served the time Republican party part how grand a work that hat party part has bias done in the nation ItIs It ItIs Its Is s not necessary to tell him how he ime shares hares In that fellowship which was Gl Grants Grant's nt's the honor horton that was McKinley's McKin- McKin ey's eys an and the credit which Roosevelt has ms achieved It Is not possible furher further fur fur- ther her to stir sUr his pride to rouse his enthusiasm en- en to wake his patriotism He HeIs Heis Hes Is s a Republican In his soul and lie ime cannot annot annul that which holds him ilin to the greatest political organization organization the time most effective for fOl good the most wonderfully founded and splendidly followed In all the tIme history of oC government b by man It Is necessary only to show him that If It he lie leave the Republican party even for the passage passage pas pas- sage of a day he gives aid and comfort com com- fort ort to his country's enemies lie has hasby hasy b by y that defection planted a thorn which he ought to uproot b by an Instant instant In- In stant tant return to the time old fold where his I heart eart and his conscience tell him he lie belongs If In local things timings there be bc defects let him correct them at home Let Lct him help hell his fellows to wisely direct and successfully control the thearty party arty in his state tate in his county in his cIty Ity and nd through these out through all 11 the avenues of ot the nation at large Think It h over o gentlemen and anti come home ome |