| Show THE separation OF CHURCH AND STATE in fact as well as name the he principal idea of american party A POST ELECTION RALLY in the dewey theatre wednesday nighta night A I 1 weber satirizes republicans and democrats and roasts the mormon hierarchy prominent crit C ally themselves with party which promises to become a factor in park city politics next municipal election an oiling filling about one half of the seats scaly in the dewey two of the gathering being women were present NN ednes wednesday day ee evening ning the occasion being a post election rally conducted by the american party parly A J weber defeated america american party candidate for county attorney of salt ball lake county wits was the principal speaker but vi its as preceded on the bland by frank R christensen albo alboff of suit stilt lake who talked briefly TOM abl ND H S Tow nond prodded presided at the meeting which was opened udby up by the rendition of the star spangled banner by miss bessie barnicott mr christensen was vos their introduced by the chairman chu irman the speaker challenged tiny any one to show how that the mormon church Is not very cry strongly mixed up in the states politics political and bo be dwelt upon the result of the recent election as ou on example of the alleged extent to which this interference Is carried he reviewed the question of poil gamy I 1 sa or the state stale si since nee statehood was waa obtained and ended by appealing to the mormon people to join the american party parly v he setd was the only party in the state to which good 3 Morn ions could conscientiously declare al allegiance legi ance TALK follow ing the remarks of mr mir ti ensen miss gane gae a oeal nocal be to action v which inch was heartily encored after which mr tov tom introduced mr weber this thia gentleman stated that thai he indeed was among the also rans of the american party candidates candid alca in salt lalo lake county the result in the election in salt lake county hovi hotte cn er cr in his bla opinion ocindo n wits was not a defeat er before lie said has the mormon hierarchy shown show a tho the black hand of church interference its avs it did in the lust last church election and on the day after election the defeated party started a onerous campaign of their cause something unprecedented in ili the history of american Anic rican politics lie ile spoke of pre previous elections in tile history of state politics where hierarch lea interference had bum it and continued ilits in speaking of tile archy I 1 do not speak or the mormons cormons as a people except us its they support this ibis hierarchy I 1 speak of the law break brcak Ing criminal fifteen who conduct the affairs of that church the mormon people usually are its as industrious sober and clean as any other people he mentioned the hie aims and purposes of the american party parly the pran pal idea being tile the separation depuration of church md and state stale in ili fuel US well as ad in name conditions are arc only the hie bame now lie declared its as they hac been for forbears cars past and pointed to the hie election cle cllon of reed smoot as an example of the churche churchs power la in things political smoot ho he sold bald was elected because he was wl sel aside by tho the and given its consent to become a candidate which really amounted to an endorsement dor or of him blin by the mormon church and made his hid election practically certain the speaker indulged in a sarcastic and scathing ment 0 jos F smith m hom lie he declared clor edaa as not only the head of the church in utah but the absolute ruler of both the republican arid and demo crapio parties in ili the state and he used reverence in speaking of the latter which affirmed lie lic was man dead the news 11 said mr weber declares that thai tile the church does not interfere in politics arid prior to tile the last election the hie ll hop ant and 1 other chils of the church u ere to told to instruct tile the morino to vote for ill lenir L ir fric friend rids mho beroun cro undoubtedly T not in the american party ranks no 20 direct evidence it is true can be obtained but men ha hac c been sent bent to prison und and cen swung between Il licten Caell and earth on oil much less con convincing inching e evidence the dan harrington resolution presented fit at the republican state slate convention mention co in ili salt lake this year mie disused dic discussed used also the he letter of A milton millon tile the church it arid and according to au writer of indecent pani on ell 1013 ganly a nal ne e conica coll lett also the hie message 0 of jos jm V F smith in ill the hie erit m almli ili i branded tire americans the of irlue supporters of ice corruption and robbery anti anil the llie spineless gentiles lie ho said tell fell oer them to lo get into tile republican parl to support smoot and smith ism ini A rich means the de defiance flance of low law interference in politics opposition to progress and an asiatic not american chIl civilization mation 11 LABOR QUESTION the speake r dwelt at some borne length on oil the labor question in utah stating that the mormon church avitts m as opposed to union labor and to hla 4 assertion recalled the carbon county strike when nhen striking miners were replaced by mormon boa from the country lie held also that the bringing of congressmen congressman littlefield of maine whom he declared to be tire the arch enemy of organized labor to utah by the church party parly was another 0 proof of the opposition to labor by the iho mormons cormons Mor mons the american party parly Is I 1 not particularly a labor party parly said weber but by destroying tile die hierarchy it vill mill wonderfully improte the condition of the workingman in closing lie appealed ap caled for the thaoe ON er tb throw ingot of the hierarchy for 44 when hen that occurs lie ite declared there vil mill be room in utah for a true republican party parly a truo true democratic party parly and a true socialist Socia liht party parly the american flag will then mean in utah what it does in california in illinois or in new york and the commonwealth m faill ill be one in which one m wife ifo is ii queen of the homo home a state stale among the sister atutes chairman informed tile the audience that he had declared himself liim self through with the Rt publican party when lie he was hooted at in ili th the state estate convention for tho the marrington resolution nad and the rally adjourned |
