Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10
Hon., George Q, Cannon interviewed
for Pittsburg Dispatch.
HAS AN INTERESTING TALK.
The Mormon rsitb-Tbe Wines, uaii-
roads aud Resources OF Utah Tho
Roberts Case aud the War.

George Alfred Townsend better
known 20 the newspaper fraternity q
ih, United States as Gath" sends tho
following interview from New York
60 the rlttHburg Dispatch under date
ri June o;
q rode from Washington to Sew
York last week with George @. Cannon
and uyrum CinvHon. the former said
60 be- the visible head OF the Mormon
church. aud Mt Clnwuon the head q
iiH commercial unltlea. Mr. Clawaon
married "a daughter OF Governor Brig
ham YOUNG. Both these men are old
aud hale. they viii never De cruclnei
head down. I have known Mr. Cannon
@, years. tir a. sincere believer. aud IL
aa perfect bishop aa rolycarp. Potter
0r any N them. You believe your creed,
and that ~ tho whole 0f II. ! believe all
CrogdH more or less think each u
them was 10 belief Tor the purposes ana
Intellect of a. period. 80 I NJ down BY
an honest Mormon ua I would by any
0thor faith curcrnnd when say. "iow
ls Il with thee. my brothcr7" I do not
stab him under the nuh flb. except
with "a question. Also, the best way 20
start an Interview b. 10 Eiyc one. Lead
inr questions are no more fair In news
paper than in law. 10 l said 10 Bishop
Cauuoni
when Garfield was nominated for
President went 90 call on his family
nt Mentor. By way Of Kirkland. tho
nrat capital and city u the MormonH.
wcrr you ever az Kirkland. Sir. Can
non. 10 sec ~ remarkable church and
splrc Of that date. sometime In the
s0a7"
Yes. have been there. General
Garfield was Oar away the most rchoi-
nrly ~ our public men upon the doc
trlucH and Institutes VI tho Mormon
church. ~ u our tradition that some
members of hiu family hal been con-
ncctrd with the Mormon Church. puasi-
by his wifs'a family. az the church
was originally 90 Kirkland. uArneld
was a vivid reCouutor ~ ioHeph Smith
casting out "a down and. doiuE miracles.
some " which he told 90 Geurrui Sher-
mans wonder You may not know
that sidney iliEdpn, one NJ tho earliest
NJ IuHnphH converts. was Campbell
&C. preacher nc or near Kirkland. He
heard uf Joseph smith through Farley
Pratt, who told him ~ tho Mormon
revelation. i,lFiuu went 90 SEQ Io-
Hrph ana was converted ana baptized
hy him. ana therefore the Cnmphcllita
followers ~ Rev Mr. RiFdnn welcomed
tp kirkland tho church Of t.attor.dhy
Saints GARFIELD uH Cumpboilita
member ana preacher there. NECESSARILY
Investigated tho doctrines his prudrcra-
Hur UHpnuHrd. I sat up one whole niHht
Boz railroad train when I was travelling
with Garfield, arguing 40 hts desire.
tho doctrines uf our church To my
mind. q d. the most beautiful rrvela-
tl1n NJ any ~ the churches ~ was
made hY God Co America and an
American. itH tribute nH 20 marriage
90 construed ln heaven a. great COM
tort 10 believers"
JOSEPH SMITH As An ATHLETE.
did you personally ever know Joseph
Smith, the pr0phet2' I asker Mr Can
non.
"Yos. ! was Wcli.Erown boy az
NuuNpp. whore Joseph was murdered.
] rnculleci him very VOL. before tho
mob tore him 20 pieces. some time be-
Tor" hi murder, he was u model %
manly beauty ilp walked under a
string ak feet three inches high. then
turned around ANA jumped over the
string. tie gave the spirit % his nthlet-
lCa 90 u1r people when some contrn-
tempt him 10 an encounter he stopped
down ana drvW I liur ana made Jump
from ~, 'Nett that Jump said Joseph.
before you measure faiths The -elec.
ton NJ tho Mormon cities, Kirkland.
Nluvu0. Kansas city. Council nun1.
salt Lake. ill attest tho atntramiu char.
ucrr Of our leaders. The site of Nnuvop
was not the least beautiful OF them I
rrcullect tn my youth nH the most beau
iiful site river and prairie ever made
together. The river loops az Nauvoo,
20 that the main street ended both
WayH on the river Since We lpft there
q has not revived. but Salt Lake city
has 1000 people. ana tho british are
CunNlnr our people up 10 Alberta 20
settle, Just over the border. some 400
miles from salt Lack city"
10 Utah mines pays"
"Snmo ~ them DO. However only q
few out m % great many mines prove
10 De valuable. The railroads are not
being multiplied either, but the good
ones are doing much better. have a
sympathetic feeling Tor the men who
built those great railroads, The gov-
grnm,nt should not be too hard on
them"
"Are your churchmen peraecuted az
much ne formerly"
No. You have seen the attacks on
Roberts, I thought Il was mistake
Tor him 90 run but he IL a notable
speaker and you viii lind can defend
himself re n rather Newspaper man
than anything else ! suppose we had
Hs many speakers IN Utah ne IN any
state ln tho Union, You see nearly all
! m our young mon have been sent on on
! missions 90 preach, and they learn to
vXpnund"
"Wh1t do you think ~ the wars"
~ think our astonishing success II
/ due 90 Providence. Spain 10 deliver IN
90 Admiral Dewey the Philippine navy
then 10 lose ns pOudiguly the navy In
I the Antilles tho hand NJ Providence
w1s ON our side nat I think that
| srhlry was not properly treated ana
! the people should stand mp hy him. JUS
t|eH iH never dear I flreaoe fnr AmcH-
! c1 a great future, her states an ouen 70
each others trade and not veNei Ike
| Europe, by rival custom houses. The
! Americana are probably going % lead
| the trade ~ the world, France, ! know,
] is declining. and I DO not helieve Eng
| land or Germany can keep mp with us
| The great feat NJ the war n seems to
! me was the wonderful performance OF
| the Oregon, which advertised nearly