The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-27
FUSION CAMPAIGN.
Cannon People Meet Frost-Mr
Richards Interviewed

Richards Interviewed.
The Cannon people held meetings in
the larger outside precincts of Weber
county last night, making a desperate
effort to overcome the popular feeling
against them.
The idea Of capturing the Democratic
primaries has been abandoned by Mr..
Cannon, and there now remains moth
ing for his forces to do but make up
an Independent ticket, an outcome that
has been inevitable from the first. The
Herald announced the details of their
plans a week ago Sunday, which were
to bring about a bolt if they failed TO
control the convention by silver Re
publican, Populist and fusion Demo-
cratic forces.
In almost every case the speakers
who went out met with a frost But
very few attended the meetings, and
these mostly out of curiosity. There
was little or no applause. The straight
Democrats counteracted their work by
the address published elsewhere.
The personal fight which has been
made on c. c. Richards proved a sort
of boomerang. for he refuted several of
the misstatementS in an interview con-
corning the charges against his silver
record. Mr.. Richards said:
THE charge is absurd and false. For
years past, ever since the silver queS-
ton has been before the public, 1 have
fought with my party for the free, in
dependent and unlimited coinage of sill
Yer at the ratio of 16 to l, and have
freely expressed such views in every
campaign we have had, and in nearly
all of the principal towns of the state
The files of your own paper, as well as
the other dailies. show that in the re-
ports Of my speeches throughout the
state in the Bryan campaign, and in
campaigns prior to and since, l have
not only raised my voice for the imme-
date restoration of silver, but have
also worked for its recognition in all of
our conventions.
In 1896, on an emergency call from
the campaign managers of the east, 1
raised on short notice a large sum of
money for the campaign, and tele-
graphed the amount east at once.
only few month ago, at the official
request of the Washable club, which
claims to set the principle of silver
above all others, appeared before that
club and made a speech upon the sub
ject of bimetalliSm and pure Democ-
racy against nom partisanism. 1 spoke
at some length. outlining my views as
clearly as possible, and apparently in
tereSted the audience for l was enthuSi-
astically cheered all through my re-
marks, and at the conclusion at least so
of the Washable braves, including the
great chief, the grand wendego and big
medicine man and officers, personally
congratulated me upon my remarks in
the most complimentary manner, and
urged me to then and there become a
member of the organization. They at
least were satisfied with my views on
Democracy and silver at that
time, and, as l have made no change, L
see no reason why they should
Concerning the charges of his being a
party to improper voting at the Second
ward primary, Mr.. Richards said:
Il deny those charges and all other
charges impugning my honesty or up
rightness of purpose. L brand as untrue
thee harges' conveyed by innuendo in
those resolutions that l in any way
sought to coerce, bride or intimidate
or that l used, had used or
sanctioned the use of any improper
methods. 1 have lived here the whole
of my life, and / could not if | would
and 1 would not if 1 could; CONCEAL what
my life and my life work have been. 1
invite the closest scrutiny of my char
lcter, either socially, morally, politically
or officially.
Il am not afraid of a comparison be-
tween my personal, social, moral, po-
litical or professional life with that of
any one of the gentlemen who are OPP
posing or aSSailing me"