The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-04
REPUBLIoAN OPPOSITION TO STATE
HOOD.

HOOD.
In the heat of a political campaign
a great many things are said which
would not be uttered on ordinary oc-
casions and with calm reflection. Also
reports of public speeches are fire.
quently exaggerated and distorted and
the speakers meaning improperly con-
veyed. This is not always intentional,
and different persons may obtain diff
ferent impressions as to the same
thing.
Reports from one party of the say
ings of the other are often unreliable
and are to be taken with due allowance
for political bias. The Herald desires
to be accurate in all respects and will
not Intentionally misrepresent any per-
son OF party. Should errors occur in
its reports it will cheerfully correct
them when they are pointed out.
In The Herald of October Is a re-
port appeared of Republican meeting
at Kaysville. in which Mr.. Frank J..
Cannon was represented as Hrenounc-
ing statehood absolutely unless we
could have it bestowed upon us by the
Republican party" Our correspondent
stated, further, Mr. Cannon said:
Let statehood take care of. itself.
had rather see Utah remain in terri
torial vassalage for another genera
ton or more, than to see US sell out
for a Democratic mess of pottage
They demand too much for statehood;
we have paid enough already
This reported reputation of state
hood unless it comes from the Repub-
lican party occasioned much futtering
in Republican quarters. and some ex-
pressions of doubt as to it's truth
Yesterday morning The Herald re-
ceived the annexed communication:
Editor Herald:
Kaysville, Utah, Nov. I've the
undersigned do hereby certify that
we were present and heard Frank ].
Cannon's recent address at this place,
and further, that that part of the re-
port regarding it published in the
Ezerald of October % which states
that Mr.. Cannon declared against
statehood renowned statehood. abso-
lutely. unless bestowed "by the Re-
publican party is utterly false, and
a base Misrepresentation of the facts.
CHRIS BURTON, JR.
E. M. WHITESIDES.
DORA VESSELS,
SARAH B. LAYTON,
F. H. LARKINS,
n. L. SHEFFIELD,
E. P ELLISON
Later in the day we were waited
upon by two Republican young gentle
men from Kaysville, who told us the
foregoing statement had been mailed
the night before, and they expected
to see it in Fridays Herald AS it was
not received here until the morning
mail was distributed, that was an i'm
possibility. They were satisfied how
ever with the information that it was
filed for publication this morning. We
questioned them both as to what Mr..
Cannon really said in their hearing,
and they repeated the following, which
we wrote down and both affirmed that
it was the substance of the language
used on the occasion referred to:
II would rather remain for a genera
ton under territorial vassalage than
sell out for a mess of Democratic
pottage."
How much difference there is be-
tween their report and that of our
correspondent we win leave the public
to judge. Last night we received
another communication from Kaysville
and here it is, to be compared with
the signed document inserted above:
Kaysville. Nov. 8. Reports have
reached here that certain Republicans
have publicly declared that the pub
lished report of Frank Cannon's speech
here last week is false, and that he did
not speak against. statehood, thereby
creating an unpleasant reflection on
The Herald correspondents veracity.
In order to show the tenor of public
sentiment about the matter The Herald
man this afternoon secured the sigma
lures of a few men that he met who
were present and heard the now noto-
rious speech, and their statement is
given in full below. Others by the
score can be found who would will
lingly assert that Mr.. Cannon did
make the statements credited to him,