The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-19
PRESIDENT CANNON ON SENA-
TOR CANNON.


Hon. George Q. Cannon is in the east
at present, and was in Washington
Friday, where ne expressed himself
( very freely upon the course Of his son,
Senator Frank ]. Cannon. in voting
against the tariff bill. He says Sen
ator Cannon made very serious per-
soaal and political mistake; that he
does not approve his vote and told
him so. Mr.. Cannon's talk. which is
=. very long and unusually outspoken for
him, shows plainly that he thinks his
son blundered in walking out OF the
St. Louis Convention, and that his
{ course in politics since then has been
q series Of blunders, eliminating in
his vote against the tariff bill If
Senator Cannon has changed his poll
tics he is not without warrant and
I illustrious example in so doing, the
Hon. George Q. Cannon, when delegate
10 congress from Utah. having pro-
claimed himself a Democrat Then
wise men often change their opinions;
it is only fools who never do.
Mr.. Cannen says that the people of
Utah favor the Dingley tariff bill and
want it passed as soon as possible.
Senator Cannon, who represents the
state in the senate. says they do not;
Senator Rawlins. who also represents
the state in the senate, voted against
the bill; in the house, Representative
King, who directly represents the peo-
pie. having been elected by them last
November also votes against the bill.
Yet Mr.. Cannon says the people of
Utah favor it. How does he know? If
they Go, is it not a very strange thing
that their representatives in congress
do not favor it?
If the people of Utah favor the Ding
ley bill and want it passed as soon as
possible. as Mr.. Cannon says they do,
how is it that the people of Utah cast
64,S51 votes for Bryan and the Demo-
cratic theory of tariff and only Is. 461
votes for Mckinley and the Republican
theory of tariff? Mr.. Cannon, an ex-
traordinary hand at explanation, can
probably explain this. It is the fact
that the people of Utah cast 81, $50 more
votes for Mr.. Bryan than they did for
Major Mckinley that causes Senator
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prove his course. Senator Cannon can
quote facts TO sustain his contention,
facts that Mr.. Canaan cannot refute
It makes no difference what the mo-
tives were that prompted Senator
Cannon TO vote against the tariff bill,
whether they were worthy or unwor-
thy. patriotic or personal. his vote was
right, for the Dingley-Aldrich tariff
bill is a most infamous measure. The
position of the son rather than that
of the father toward it is to be COM
Senator Cannon is not at all in ac-
cord with his father on the question |
the people favor the Dingley |
bill, for he says he will appeal, at the
proper time and in proper way, when
the bill has been tested. ito these same
people to learn from them" whether he
has carried in an acceptable manner
the responsibility devolved upon him.
1t would be impossible for him to
make a palmer declaration that he
thinks his father is wrong as to what
the people favor, or a palmer one of
MS intention not to be guided or infu-
anced by him in this matter. Will
MS father also appeal to the people at
he proper time and in the proper way
IN this same question? Who can say?