Show GENERAL him S IP speaks eats plainly and asia asis some very pertinent questions EDITOR TUB will wili yon you kindly eive give me space to bay say a few low words concerning concer clog the jubilee of the salt lake democratic liberal party held in the grand open opera house in this city on saturday night the liberal parly party was organized to 0 o oppose two essential on un american features of the mormon church polygamy a crime against the laws of our country and church and state states an evil which would sap the very foundations and principles principle a u upon on which this great republic is reared ers we the liberal party claimed that as no country should interfere between a man an and d bis his religious belief BO so shall no interfere between a citizen and hla his country in religious religions matters a man mans a allegiance may be claimed by bis his church but in all matters political a citizens allegiance belongs to his country and american citizens will not riot tol tolerate elate any church within the borders of these united states being beings a political factor daring the piat past years we have called on out the mormon people to die discard polygamy to cast off political allegiance le legi glance ance to their church and to meet us on the broad plane of american citizenship unfortunately the tw two 0 parties instead of representing polygamy a and nd debutch and state on on one 0 side aide and war to the knife against these un american features on the other had bad resolved themselves into mormons cormons Mor mons and anti cormons mormons BO so that our cair calr to meet us on the great plane of american citizenship could bot be responded to by the mormon people without a repudiation of their faith which we bavo have no right to ask for ari prior to the last list city election d dissatisfaction eor in the ranks of the liberal party arty caused a split which resulted la in the nomination of the citizens 11 ticket and the anti ring ticket in op opposition position to tho the regular liberal tal ticket et and subsequently to the elec 0 lion of our present worthy mayor and several members of the city C council 0 O C this was followed by b y the proposed pm d division of it the people on the lines of national politics this division enables tho the progressive seive and intelligent members of the mormon church to place themselves them Belvea la in harmonious relations with all other classes of people without repudiating their religious faith that they have not been slow to take advantage adran advant tago ag 0 of this opportunity the formation of clubs the convention of the republican clubs the organization of the republican club league and the meeting of both the republican and democratic county conventions gives ample proof the e object of the salt lake jubilee at the opera house on saturday was to induce the members of the old liberal party in weber county to believe that the mormon people are not sincere in their dl vision division on party lines that it is not safe to lot trust them and that the liberal organization 0 lz a lion should be retained arm to my y fellow republica nai say bay look at the men here in our own city cit who have come forward openly a and a ly fearlessly and declared themselves republicans john houtz edwin stratford frank J cannon sidn sidney ev stevens thomas J stevena stevens ben E rich the Wrig wright lits david kay E 8 woolley I 1 L dark clark and a host boat of others honored and respected citizens of our city putting honor and honesty out of the question for the moment can these men afford to themselves by ruing going back on the professions they have mad it if they did BO so the finger of scorn would be pointed at them for ail all time and the coming together of the two national parties with a fusion ticket like an avalanche would bury the them a so deep that they would never ba be beard heard of again aln oveat what right have we to assume that they are not sincere Formy for my partI part I 1 consider a doubt of their sincerity an insult to them and to our own intelligence look at the grand results to be attained tal eted why should we not relegate to the past the strafes and animosities of years and keep them behind us for all time the proclamation proc of the president t of the mormon church confirmed by the pe people cople of thatcher that tha church cb in regular C conference n arence nazem assembled bled has ba abolished polygamy this division of the people on party lines ends church and state what then is there left for the old liberal party to fight it should die a natural death and the mourners at the funeral funer a of the two old parties should be few and far between why wit y should wa in utah endeavor to continua continue to hola hold religion as a factor in politics in politics we should not know methodist nor roman catholic episcopalian nor or mormon baptist nor presbyterian resby t brian every man should stand and be known as am an american citizen and in his home and in his church bo he should worship I 1 bis his god in the form and manner I 1 dictated c bated by bis his conscience without I 1 let et or bin hin drance in the name of god is not this movement worthy of a fair and honest trial R 11 G MINTY |