The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-08

it was fraught with grave import and
Well calculated TO produce i'll feeling
among the people. Its urgent insist
ence 1(lat the Mormon people SHOULD
Unite in busl1ess and politics, had the
rf1g of the days that l had hoped We're
gone and ilh comported with the aQ-
parent era OF good feeling which i'm
pe!zed Geintlles TO vie with Morgni-ls
IN our celebration of the Jubilee year,
| in doing homage to the Mormon found
erS of THIS STATE"
To tine Gelltile, it seemed to be q
challenge, and the leaders of Nle
dlomsnant chuTCll should hesitate before
issuing a def. If they attempt a
untcn once more, in business and
pcCdtics, they VIII find that me Genetles
VIII meet 5lle Issue. It SEEMS 10 be
forgotten that at the historic meeting,
ti-a last held by the Liberal party, that
Tie party Gid not disoand. 1t reiJaed
on its oars. There was a fear in mems
hearts. that tlle time might come when
the organization might be needed, and
the city Liberal committee WIS di-
rected To cease its functions, until such
time as in the judgment ce It's oSlafr-
man e should again be called to duty.
was one of those who welL down in
the last ditch, and 1 saaM want pro3e
of an imperative necessity, bafore I
will deem it wise to turn from party
such necessity be made apparent dur
ing my life time, 1 Gtlall net hesitate
to act.
Il have too nur0 faith in the honesty.
good faith and iuiept-1ence of the
Mormon people, TO btslteve That their
political acton VIII be Controlled by
spiritual advisers. It has been solenaly
church are entirely free in all pcI.iti-
cal affairs" and VITA the Australian
ballot, I believe that they VIII remain
free. We fought tsle matter out u our
party in 1885, and 1900 voters declared
against dict3tt-rR
7 have read and re-read the version
of President WcpIrun's address, as
published in the Des9ret News. AMI
am glad to see that the MCrulcns are
only advised to unite IN temporal bust
IssG and in politics SO far as it is
wisdom" They may conclude tLat it
VIII not be wise to unite at an and
much that is open to eltTCEg c1GtiCicIl
in The Herald report fades away in
the News report The speech as
printed in fGla News seems to be an
effort to bolster the 'n0n-paTtis2n'
cause, now en- its hast legs, and inter
feres in the free agency of the people
10 vote fer their party candidates. 1t
has not the merit of frankness and is
open 10 two C'otastructionS and while it
win MT strengthen the citizens move
ment it VIA not help to bring us
neaca.
Men ought not to consider this mat
ter fran a standpoint Of passion. If the
sole object CT President Woodruff was
tie bettoL nlelt of politics, them no
is' n wt-l be dome. Let us do nothing
+ rsl'.ll foTcsd by circumstances that Wifi
destroy The sod feeling which for
some mt-a.hs has existed between
n
eunastai1ces, if iile Citizens ticket win,
1t VIII be a bad sign. This is a year for
Republicans and Democrats to support
JtIeir respective parties
ANGUS NJ. CANNON.
Angus NJ. Cannon, president of the
Salt Lake stake. in reference to the
remarks of President Woodruff. said
that personally ne (NIr. Cannon IA
vored celebrating party lines in mu-
nicipal affairs and voting for the best
men and seeing that rascallS who would
rob and plumber the people were not
put in office.
Asked what Interpretation he put on
President Woodruf's utterance in that
regard, Mr.. Cannon said that as the
president was here and framed his own
words, he (Mr. Cannon) had no right
to take the license to interpret the
sayings of the president. who was
amply capable TO do so himself But
! if the president we're not here Mr. Can
non would say that his remarks were
called forth by the knowledge that the
people had been plundered. and owing
to maladministratiOn, we're grooming
under the burden of high taxation, and
by his desire TO see good, honest men
elected TO office who would give a
clean. honest and capable administra-
ton in municipal affairs. From private
conversations with President Woodruff
he was Of the opinion that the presi-
dent referred only to the obliteration
of party lines in municipal affairs and
had no reference to state or national