The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-04
TWENTY SIXTH YEAR.

ungrateful ito complain of the results
L am proud that Utah, in spite of
the desperate efforts of the enemy to
prevent it. marched in tune and kept
pace with the grand national process
sion OF the 9Th Of November last
hope that by discreetly remember
ing the old adage 1.-The price of safety
is eternal vigilance" the party and the
state may continue to maintain and
Improve upon the vantage ground they
have so fairly won
l do not hesitate to say that it was
to your earnest and persistent efforts
and untirins exertions, more than to
the efforts of any other man in tine
party, is due the greater part of the
achievement of our splendid victory.
l congratulate you upon the laurels
you have so nobly won in the last
campaign and hope you will wear
them with becoming grace and dignity,
SO that the party may not be unmind-
ful of your services.
l have but one thought or wish to
express now, and that is-instead of
dlsgracing the new state by attaching
to it the vile name Utah) of an indo-
lent, thieving, cruel band of savages.
now almost extinct, / would dignity
1T with the Indicative title of Deseret,
the honest bee. a fitting symbol for the
people inhabiting this mountainous
hive of industry. Let the former home
of the degraded, idle, savage Utes be
changed to the hive Of Deseret and I
will be content therswith-and good
Republican government.
Yours truly,
JOSEPH T. SMITH.
November 90 1894.
My Dear Charlie: I have been writ
ing congratulations and acknowledge
ments to some of your committeeman,
but to the one, yourself, to whom
most is due I cannot-in this way
express the depth of admiration and
gratitude which l feel for your noble
work. which has made Republicanism
triumphant in Utah. There are some
sentiments too deep and holy for
words; such sentiments as are kindled
by courage, devotion and unselfshness
like yours. No man can write the full
appreciation which belongs to you; no
man can speak it. AS time passes,
and your magnificent achievements
stand more completely in the light of
pubic appreciation, every Republican
in Utah will entertain proudly for YOU
the feeling of thankful admiration
which now animates all with whom
you have associated in the "Redemp-
ton of Utah.
Your own heart must interpret what
1 feel for you; and by that interpreted
ton, by its generosity and manliness.
am content to stand in your regard.
Affectionately your
FRANK J. CANNON.
January list, 1895.
My Dear Charlie:
Your kind postal card bearing good
Wlshes was duly received Accept my
thanks also congratula May 1895
be your year
Yours as ever.
FRANK ]. CANNON.
These letters merely give an idea of
me way in which Charley Crane was
deserted by the men he had helped to
build up. Frank Cannon. it will be re-
membered, wasaon of the most active
opponents of Crane in the convention
He was ungrateful, as he has been
wherever he has had an opportunity
to be so. He deserted his best friend
IN an hour of extremity and the Crane
men do not feel too well towards
either him or his party. They have
had taste Of Tribune dictation and
they want no more of it. They are not
yet ready to pay the great price for
republican victory.