Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-18
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT CANNON.

ATTACK ON PRESIDENT CANNON.
Tho muuh.dscuasod attack Of the
New York Tmss upon PRECEDENT
George q. Cannon, and incidentally
upon the sons who bear his name, and
the enterprises with which he or they
are associated has ut length been re-.
ceiyod IN oil iis Shiny length
OF venom and falseh0od. The
houorcd names Of many leading and
influential men are also mentioned DO
flippant and sarcastic criticism and by
a scheme OF distortion that IN without
even the merit Of Ingenuity the
namolOas alandofer seeks 10 cast sutpi-
oion upon eventq and transactions that
are In truth a. open ami honest a8 the
day. President Cannon's great crime
In the eyes OF this deiamer appears 10
be that he has had successful life,
and that ne a result OF half century Of
association with and labor among the
people Of Utah, no hiss acquired In
fluonoo among them. Tho head aud
front Of his offending Ia this-snd
nothing more. Beginning with lie,
the assault IL continued In tho
same strain through several long
columns, ana almost every
paragraph concludes with the
charge that thus has this "rcmark-
ablo man" become an owner OF mining
or mercantile or bank or manuiaotur.
ing stock, an editor, farmer, a railroad
proprietor, n cattle raiser, n promoter,
n politician, or a counselor ia the
Presidency Of the Mormon Church, as
the case may DO. Such at-
tainments are the very essence Of
airoolty, this base scribbler would have
ua believed AMI yet President Cam
non's mail Ia ut present heavy with
congratulations from far and neAr-as
the leader OF n great banking house In
Now York expresses II, congratula-
tons ton past achievements In tho adj
Vanoement Of mighty enterprises Tor
.hs welfare Of your part Of the country,
ami congratulations on the influence
to inatltuts and carry on new enter.
prlses, which even an enemy IL forced
to give you credit for"
Each and every charge OF fraudu-
lent, dishonest or even questionable
conduct In the accomplishment Of the
purposes with which President Cannon
ia accused, It lie Fate and easy to deny,
70 brand rs false, and to prove TO DO
false 10 the satisfaction OF any fair
minded person, An honorable mans
life and record arc Of themselves a
sufficient answer to any lies that
onylous and degraded souls may put In
circulation. And as 10 the fact that
the assallant In this case happens 10 be-
anonymous. We Imagine that close
analysis Of his work will go far toward
showing the anlmus and motive behind
II, II not Indeed disclose tho very
identity Of the hand Itself.
We shall hardly have time or space
10 go through the whole article today,
or to subject II 10 the searching snalysis
above hinted aL But the fret two or
three columns may receive little at-
tention, ana meanwhile tho obsorvanl
reader will DO able 10 note, we think,
certain evidences that viii lead him 10
the conclusion that not the Church
ITSELF not the Mormon people a. such,
not the leaders OF the Church
with whom President Cannon Is asso.
oiated In all tho various enterprises
mentioned, but he aud ho alone Is the
object Of the yillAiu0us assault. prlmar-
lily, then, Jealousy ot or hostility
toward him personally may be- looked
upon IA the motive, he appears to have
full reason for the mental a1lillquy that
''somo enemy hath done this thing.u
That some Of President Canuon's
family or relatives have had moas-
uTe Of success In business, It.
erary or political aspirations,
is cited with great junction.
but surely this Is not 70 be charged
in dishonor to him; yot Il is one OF the
sublecta on which hu IL attacked, Nor
does It appear plain why no alone
should be blamed because Con. j. s.
ClarEs0n aud "Joc" MauIoy gave
oieusg to the lmaI writer by
conlugt to Salt Lake Uily lat yulE As
a matter Of fact, other gentlemen
ula1 came, some OF tnem i,0m tho
Eaai, some from the West, somo from
Europe and We think We call q few
diplomats from iar-0G Japan anu one
or two learned men from India. Tho
arraignment should have included oil
these.
Mr. John Beok's statement 90
to the charge Of fraud in Pfcsi.
dent Cannon's requirement OF mining
stock will probably need no addit ional
endorsement; no is the man said 10
have been Injured, vet no inaista tbnt