Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-15
ArfACK on pREsiDENT ClNNOA.


TIE Washington Correspondent Of
the Salt Lake Tribune has sent 20 his
paper a trief synor,is OF sevcn-c3,
umn article which appeared in th,
New York Imes Of the 1870 lusi.i
charging President George @. Cannon
with tho political sale o. this Terri
tory 10 the Republican party, and With
various corrupt aud dishonest grausac-
lions In bis own private tusintss Rnaii1i
one Of these being hA requirement Of
stock In tho BulIIJn.Butk mining
properly, and this followed by the gou-
cfnl charge that he has "mado p1iltI.
cal deal to help his business enter
prlsos."
In the absence Of the full te8t Of tho
publication any attempt 20 reply cz.
pllcItly 10 iis accuJa,lons would be nee
ossauly premature. Bus enough u thc
Fplnt " the article ~ at hand % show i,s
utter basuntfs and inihmy. President
Cannon in n short interview obtained
by a Tribune reporter, brands the io'o.
graphud statements az false n every
particulaf-a declaration which T.
surely not necessary among a people
with whom he has lived in
unthakon eatoom md uuqueslionod
honor for upwards Of nHy year,.
Nevertheless, he enters a categorical
aud emphatic denial 10 each statement
made, Abiding 10 tho charge that
Republican success 10 the Territory Of
Utah was due % his efforts aud bis
ecolesiastioal influence, President Can.
non sayG 81 took absolutely mo- part
In Frank J. Cannon'e election, quietly
or otherwise, and, 10 fact, was very
careful TO refrain from 70 doing be.
cause Of my position Ia the Church. 1
wish TO DO understood and q iotod rs
stating most emphalioally that duflug
the campaign approached no one, In.
directly or otherwise, with reference 10
Frank J. CanEon's Interests, aud ava
not contribute a single dollar to his
campaign fund. Neither dld / have
any dealings with J. 5. Clarksjn or
Jos. Manley relating 10 Flank J. Can.
mons election, and for that matter, u
- well known fact that neither
Clarkson nor Manley had anything TO
do with his election"
Referring 10 the statement that his
family has lived from the profits Of his
Church position, President Cannon
answerG al do not draw a single
dollar from tho Church formy services,
hut Instead, pay my uthing from an
Income which 1 derive from legiti.
mate business enterprises. wish 10
state, further, that have never made
auy money out OF the Church In any
FORM"
Coming 10 the statement that his
stock 10 tho Bullion. Beck aud Cham.
pion mining company was secured BY
fraud, Prosident Cannon saysi "Aiy
holdings In tho company have been
acquired only by direct purchase, aud
whoever says TO the contrary tells au
unqualified falsehOod. "Aud on this suit
Ieot Mr.John Beck, who according 10 the
7tHleP writer was rwindled out Of his
mining stock, very promptly comes out
in published statement In both the
Salt Lake morning papers OF this date
to the effect that Mr. Cannon paid tho
cash for the stock he purchased, that
the Transaction has never been ques.
toned, that II was perfectly straight
and that any charge Of fraud is rldic
ulouH. There 10 no doubt that each other
Islander Ia the whole vile horeod whom
It shall DO received in ils iullucss eau
DO refuted with equal ease, and With
out President CannOn'a being put to
the trouble OF further noticing II at all.
Meantime the motive for the malev-
olsnee Of the 7wles' writer (the article
IL said 10 bear Salt Lake dalo line)
naturally exollos comment, and HE
identity gives rise to speculation.
But whoever ho 10, and whatever his
motive, his false aud oowardly nature
lie shown In his handiwork Since
almoat the beginning OF time there
have been wreiohos vile enough 10
glory In the assassination Of honest
mons roputationa--ioul boaala whose
pleasure was attempts at the destruction
Of character and the doing OF evil
Such miserable beings aro gem
orally found cut at last and
their iniamy shown IN the
light Of day. Ia tho present instance
the intention doubtless was 10 maliEn
more than one man or iAmly-lt was
to defAme and iulurs vast intorosls and
a whole community, It viii Ail, as
fGlsehood must ever fail; TO author wal!
have his chagrin Tor his palms, and
oven now, unknown though no Is, his
portion IL every decent mama sc0rn.
aaaa=s
BLAND AND SILVER.