Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-10
Mccune."

hence my desire for the election OF Mr.
Mccune."
Suppose Pat Lannan had said tina
ten years ago. We would have said
that he wanted to sell senatorship
ior nus gwn private pocket. Would not
News have sud. the Deseret News.
even with It's present editor7 II would
We snid that this II what the Saints
got Tor admitting oentlics into Utah.
AT the time Of the Moses Thatcher
hRnt Two years ago. President Wood
iuu told me that Of all the men mem
TONED as prospective senators. The
would prefer Mr.. McCunc."
A dead man IL TO be dragged In In
The ccrements Of his coffin 10
strengthen some mans broken financial
anatomy. Whatever shall say now.
or at any time. on this issue. j mover
VIII say ne base thing 40 Heller !.
Grant said when he dragged President
Woodrun's name into this controversy.
And here IN the worst Of NIL f.
" King had money. do not doub.
thnt ne would use his money az well
~ his time for his own advantage, and
would say II was all right. To allow
one man TO use his time TO try to get
INTO NC United states Senate. and to
hccuae MS opponent Of dishonesty be.
cause he used his money for the bonont
Ridiculous"
on course II would be ridiculous,
when a man has "A mind 30 bluntod az
u expressed In these letters, ANYTHING
nut inc use OF money. for any purpose.
u simply ridiculous.
THE sPEAKER's OWN SINS.
Here Ia the most wonderful pariln.
fnentafy body In the world. the scnnt.
" the United States, whose walls yet
srhp with tho voices 81 Webster and
'onklin, but now We are 10 send a
man there whose great qualification Il
that he braces up Mr. Grants financial
anatomy. ApplauseD oh. how you
talk have a right 10 say this TO you
now. Whatever may have been my
WRONGS. my sins. they have not been
those Of disloyalty 10 you. and az they
relate TO me and to my attitude toward
my God, l viii answer them to Him.
tAppiausc.l | have the greatest right,
perhaps OF any man within his sia;c
TO say my warning TO you. You pick |
out or this State the greatest aud best
man you have. and send him 20 the |
senate. Six years " the term. And /
what may not six years bring upon US /
y year, Twelve months last past, has /
seen q political revolution In the world, |
has II notY Don't degrade the method /
by which mon shall b. selected FOR
Office In Utah. Keep the Church In line
with progress II you can; keep politics
on high plane. Let every man. Jew.
uentilc ana Mormon" who In u pro-
clasp hands ana say: The
destiny OF this State IL ours. and We
WIN carry Il forward ms long nH we
have breath" ApplnuHcD Let ~ say
70 the rcnctionists Of the Mormon
church. let ua say a. them. YOU hay.
no part IN this; the dcst.-y OF Utah Is
onwsrd on. friends think Of this
wonderful opportunity. Five years ago
N this house I spoke from this plat
form. little over ave years ago, xix
years ago, rather. I did not know, nor
III you. that We would have statehood.
We were Just thea trying 10 evolve
ourselves; but, oh, what promlsca and
pledges we would have been willing TO
make n we could have been asked at
mat time. There IN not a man or wO-
nan In this audience. including SIR.
smith and AIR. Grant. but would have
stood M ana said. ''ff We can have
statehood We pledge ourselves to the
highest methods In politics"
a man owes highest duty 20 tho
tate; this state owes IT. devotion to
ne country, and God II over all II ".
20 Just.
This ended the meeting proper aud
ne audience commenced 10 rise. Mr. |
irant was among the flrst to get on his
cot, II was thought he did 40 with
he Intention Of speaking. but this was
mistake AZ the gentleman WIS slim
ny atraightenlng up after having put
N his rubbcrp. senator Cannon was
me 81 those who suspected that he
VAS about TO attempt reply and
bringing from his seat and going forth
o the footlights said with great ear
iestneaa;
Mr.; Grant. you canno, talk In this
Meeting. am willing TO give fair play
o any man. You may speak In ali tho
ab.rnacics and meeting houses Ia
Itah. They are at your command.
iou may speak In them or anywhere
lne. and I will follow you. I will an
wer you on this subject. n not In the
nbcrnnclea and halls. then out under
he stars. and I here and now consc-
cstruciion Of your methods. Mr. Grant,
with great cmphaHls). you cannot
peak Ia this meeting.
The upronr that followed Il probably
lthout parallel In the history OF Utah .
0liticn, and Misses and hurraha were ,
reely mingled with cries OF That's I
shit" Give the man chance" Lot q
I'm defend himself.' ''lio an Amcrl- y
an" NO. no. Coward" rent the air. c
hen Femhlance Of quiet came, ana
enator Cannon. directing his remarks a
) the great audience. declarcdi I
My friends and fellow citizens. for !
N long years this man, ilchcr J. (
rant. has bounded me. he has said 4
thin the confines Of the fraternity In
hich !, too, should have had some d
ghtn, the things which bruine and q
ound. came and hired his theater n
might In order that | might. before ii
! the world, ding into his teeth HIS i
IN inlquity, ana he shall not speak. &
This audience IL now dismissed. q
The orchestra. which had been en- "
'nvoring 20 play down the tumult and "
Icltement ~ the dramatic conclusion y.
the occasion. struck up another air, ~
hlle scores ~ persons sprang upon
n stage ana crowded around the -
'nator. Meanwhile the many hundreds ~
persons who fillcd the main audi y,
rum and galleries filed out inio the a,
orm commenting varlously upon 4,
hat proved 90 he one OF the most ex- ~
aordinary meetings ever held In the n, M
NJ Lake Thcater. 4,
Mu. GRANT INTERVIEWED. =,