The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-10

Before one of the greatest audiences
ever assembled in the Salt Lake theatre,
Senator Frank ]. Cannon last evening
made his promised address on Sen
. atorial Candidates and Pharisees."
The senator was in his best oratorical
vein and his audience was with him
from the first pretty little eDisode-the
presentation of flowers from Ogden
to the last dramatic climax. When, in
scathing terms he denounced Apostle
Heber J. Grant. Apostle John Henry
Smith and ex-senator Arthur Brown;
when he stepped from the stage to the
aisle below and confronted Apostles
Lyman, Lund and Woodruff, while he
talked over their heads at Jteber j.
Grant; when he described the ideal SEN
ator and when he read Victor Augo's
tribute TO poverty; through all these
periods The great audience cheered and
shouted its approval.
The most sensational incident oc-
CURED just before the meetings close.
Senator Cannon had finished his speech
and ascended to the stage, where he re-
sumed his seat; the orchestra struck up
America and the audience, somewhat
reluctantly, was preparing to depart.
Among the dozen or so who accented
the muSic's intimation that everything
was ended, was E1eber J. Grant, who,
with his wife, was sitting in the dress
circle. Mr.. Grant arose. The tail form
of the apostle was visible from every
part OF the house. Immediately one
thought possessed the entire audience.
Grant is going to reply" they guessed,
and almost breathlessly they awaited
the muSic'S close. Before it came half
OF the friends Of Cannon in the audi
ence were shouting and hoOung at Mr.
Ill
straight before him at the orator Of
the evening.
Let him speak," and GO on!' we're
mingled in the cries of "No!" ''No!"
Put him outi" Amidst the din Mr..
Grant stood, rigid as a statue. He was
still standing when the orchestra began
q second selection, drowning the shouts
of the partisans. Then he sat down.
When the music was ended and order
restored, Senator Cannon began again.
He told the apostle he could not speak
and he voiced his intention Of exposing
Mr.. Grants iniquity
During the minute or more that Mr..
Grant looked from his place over the
audience there We're aDDrehensionS Of
q riot Chief Pratt saw danger ahead
and sent q detective TO Mr.. Grant to
dissuade him from speaking, but before
the officer could make his way through
The crowd TO his side the incident had
ended by Senator CannOn's dismissal
Of the audience
Mr.. Grant said afterwards that he
arose to leave and was putting on his
rubbers when the disturbance began.
He said he had no intention Of making a
speech.
Besides the large number of church
officials present, there were numbers of
prominent politicians, practically all
the members of the legislature, p. H. !
eral leading ministers Of the city. 4. T.
Schroeder and p. J. DAILY We're cOnspic-
uous figures or the stage and led the
VOCifeToUS demonstrations OF delight st /
Senator Cannon'S attacks on Apostles
Grant and John Henry Smith. George /
O. Cannon occupied one of the upper /
boxes, but left after his son had been
speaking about fifteen minutes. John /
Henry Smith came in too late to hear |
the sentences directed to him
Promptly at s O'Clock Senator Cannon /
came on the stage and was received !
with wild enthusiasm. He took his seat |
In the center Of the stage for a few mo- /
ments and then stepped down onto the |
floor Of the house. in front CT the or /
chestra, from which position he made /
his talk.
Representative johnson of Weber /
county walked W. and in the name of .
the ladies of the Weber 3imetallic .
league presented the senator with an
enormous bouquet OF roses as a token (
Of the high regard in which, he said, 1
Mr. Cannon is held by those Of his own
home who knew him best and love him
most
SENATOR CANNON'S SPEECH.
The senator replied briefly and then
launched out into his address, which
was Dunctuated by frequent applause.
oOT1niete verbatim reDOrt OF the
speech follows:
MY Friends and Fellow Citizens-No
verdict Of all this world, however friend
ly TO me, however advantageous to me in
its results would be to me so much as the
token of affection and regard of the peo-
pie of the town where have spent all the
days of my manhood. (ApplauSe.) In
this city ] was born, and for Salt Lake
with all the wonder of her history, with
the inspiration of her hills, her sea, her
air, have every sympathy. But for Og-,
den, which took me at 1S which has stood