The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
SENATOR CANNON ON UTAH.
POINTS or INTEREST CONCERNING
MORMONISM IN STATEHOOD.
Friendly i:eIntIons OF the Mormona and Their
Former Opponcnts-The End OF PoiSEamy-
brigham YouhE's chicSements-The Tariff.
silver. and Agriculture In Utah.

ETInnutN W. ~ wv oHNuoN na N"Nt
Former Opponents-Tho End OF Foi,Eamy-
brigham YouhE's chioVements-The Tariff.
SILVER. and Agriculture In Utah.
WASHINGTON. June 5.-Unitod States Senator
Frank j. Cannon isa compact, light-sct, medium
stnturcd man OF 80 years, one OF tho youngest
Senators. He was born at Ogden, Utah, In 1859.
so,nc two years before the civil war.
lie has already mndo his mark in tho Senate
ms a speaker and dchater and as an individual
mind, partaking OF his State environment.
,,s rathcr, George y. Cannon. was the Dele
satc from Utah fov q period Of years, and vas
rac OF the Twelve. or Great Council, OF the
-h..rN OF Latter Day Saints. possibly n Bishop.
The present senator was for some time clerk
nj Washington for tho Utah Delegate, John T..
Cainc, and hns been city editor OF tho San Frun-
cisco Chronicle. lie also studied law.
Senator Cannon has n high crown Of dark
riuglcitcd hair. n 81 unro forehead and head. q
g, utylish dark brown curling Nandyke mustachc,
bluc eyes, and clear white skin. He dresses in q
uuit Of pale brown or dun color. Is graceful. and
would PASS for n bank clerk or young merchant.
Nothing in his look indicates n peculiar or
np,rt sort of being, nor is he above his years in
nodcsty and freshness. though his methods are
reflective and composed. He seems to be n col.
lcgi,tc man OF the century next to come, on tho
verge OF which he will close his second term.
made him n call on Sunday morning at tho
Auburn Hotel ut q corner block OF Pennsylvania
avenue near tho equestrian statue of Washing
ton. and ran over informally some points OF in
tcrCst concerning Utah and national events,
somewhat in the line OF what follows:
Utah fioated over her long. withheld admis'
sion to the Union almost In n moment T.
THAT arose" said Senator Cannon, from tho
Temporary exhaustion Of the wave Of opposi.
tion. | give full credit to many Of the form'r
opponents Of our Statehood. when they saw our
opportunity and the immincnce Of our admis-
sion they rallied to the help of Utah as its citi-
Iens, and tho result has been to tranquilizc past
differences and produce the happiness of tolcra-
ton with q suddenness almost as marked as
our political entrance into the Union
The opponents OF the Church were long quito
militant"
YES. II was n long fight, but l am nlso glad to
say that in the solution some OF the stoutest ad-
yersarics, from the strength of their characters
as opponents, have become our hearty and mag
unanimous associates. We. in turn, look back
with respect TO the good traits and probably
sincere motives OF many who led us q long chase
and a valiant battle"
when l was out there. more than twenty
years ago. Chief Justice Mexican of Saratoga,
n. V. was trying the church members for
polygamy.'
Mckcan threw n great many people in
prison. and was a rigorous opponent, but he
$ pure man in everything but that ferce
at itude. His personal life was honest. think
lie meant to act for the good of Utah, though
thousands of our people suffered from his en-
forccmcnt of the statutes and Advocate
methods. Our potent adversary was also the
Salt Lake Tribune, but nobody has behaved
more kindly since those times than Charles
Goodman, the editor of the Tribune, and Pat
Laren. the proprietor"
Where rests the institution or practice OF
polygamy now
1t is ended. In 1890 the constituted heads
or central authority of the Church proclaimed its
abandonment, and that was confirmed by the
democratic or congregational departments OF
the Church. Like the patriarchal institution in
former ages. 1t lapsed. and our society by author
ity and assent took up the social order and form
OF the society around US and means to act con
s~;stently with that declaration"
What is the population of Utah and how
many people in America are what arc called
Mormons !"
are probably half a million m They are
numerous in Idaho, California, Nevada. Mon
tana, Wyoming. and Colorado, also in Oregon
and Washington States"
That is as many rs the Jews in this country
"ls it We are not as continuous on Broad
way. hope we shall not repay our Affections
with the duration and force of the good people
OF Moses, VINO nave Tor U long while past turne1
the tables upon their oppressors."
Have you in the Mormon fold any material
lists. evolutionists, or agnostics !"
Not as you ask it. There is not the necessity
for them as in other churches. Joseph Smith
had a boundless faith in the progress OF the hu
man spirit. He taught that it could project 1t
Belf by the power OF light and truth till it might
in later existences do creative acts like God him
self and mould new worlds. Thus some of oul
associates are almost like the Thcosophists else
where. having a nearly mystical belief that thu
spirit can accomplish what others look to science
to attain. The last Of the revelations, nearest t.
e .he 'en msne %ns 81 that fiS 81 Jos snS e smith
t was particularly American, We have als'
been aar a mat %ste I.sds and M meeh% Wbols MINDED dec . people
We left Observation-Disclosures. trades. an orig
Anal agriculture. and the arts and amusements
The last OF our works was to complete he grea
temple at Salt Lake.. which many predicted WI
would never do"
salt Lakef'
II have not the figures at command: Thu
goes up into the millions. but cannot be com
puted on account of the offerings In labor from
y"%ss M many nI @ii Rs m s%sy. 10 ana az for l yea Gsn noth
Ing but wagons hauled those mighty stone
in blood. Brigham Young. with his forethonght
Ieit that temple long unfinished to be a stimu
ih" had Sof sRRitsFp sI.s to to d the PPfGS sp2 ws Ms9 lin sS%f 70 Fee
great ENCOURAGEMENT in that far OF place. Ha'
the temple been hurried II would have ceased 4
be n hope. After he WAS dead the great project
with the superior facilities President Young lief
N railways and machinery. went on to Its dies
iinatiOn, and TO my Partially II Is one OF tn,
beautiful churches OF the world"
Has IL a great auditorium
" 1t has several church or congregation halls
but Is in much IA temple for ritos and cere
monies, such rs the Baptism OF the Dead and tn
81 do not quite understand that"
"Blptigm takes a very high place in our ritua
pafAtlvely late among churches. many OF OIL
people. remembering their fathers. husbands
relatives and friends deceased, wished thos
70 have their just admission by BAY
tl,n into the Church; their marriage to b
made divine also, for we regard maj
Tihgc as, eternal and to be n marriage no
here only but in spiritual states TO ensut
80 hv devotion. affection. and preparation tn
ly;nS gather into their congregation the love
s,i reyered people who preceded the ~existenc
o. The Church or had not its opportunities. GU
hilh and communion chn be both retroactive
hhd protective. We regard marriage AS =
s,cTcd that II is part OF the future state. no