The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-14
FRANK CANNON'S
GREAT SPEECH
Big Ogden Audience Aroused
By His Oratory.
GIVES HIS REASON
FOR CHANGING PARTY
Flights of Eloquence Applaud
ed to the Echo.
Especial to The Herald.)


Ogden, Oct. 13.-The Democratic cam
paign in Weber county was formally
opened this evening by ex-senator
Frank J. Cannon. The meeting vas
eminenrly satisfactory to the Demo
Gratis. There was a large audience. one
that filed the stage and the two lower
floors of the opera house, while many
people stood in the aisles and foyer
The audience, too, was drawn in great
measure from Republicans ard some
who came to scott remained to cheer as
they listened to the orators mastery
presentation of his reasons for aIlying
himself with the Democratic party. In
terest was added TO by the fact that
it has been just twenty-seven years
since Mr.. Cannon came to Ogden, which
has ever since been his home, and
where had been fought all his great
political battles. The speaker alluded
to this ane entreated the audience on
the ground OF personal frie~ hip, for
the sake of old times ar E honors
they had helped to give m to dismiss
all pre1udices and consider carefully
what he had to say, and consider it
just as If there were no platforms or
parties in existence.
At first his voice was a little husky,
but toward the close it rang. clear.
vibrant and defiant as he scored point
after point and carried conviction to
the audience There never was a more
attentive gathering in the opera house
There We're no scenes of wild tumult
but every listener was Interested
eagerly intent, following every point
made by the speaker until they were
swept out of themselves by irresistible
logic.
Frank r. Christensen was introduced
by Chairman Hammer as chairman Of
the evening. He spoke briefly refer
ring TO the great issues of the day and
the service of Mr.. Cannon in working
for their settlement.
Mr.. Cannon's Appeal.
After making the appeal to dismiss
platforms, Mr.. Cannon said he would
stand on the fundamental proposition
that it was the duty and desire of
every good citizen to uphold the con-
stitution and preserve the Declaration
OF independence. He then recited the
principles he favored, beginning with
bfmetallism and currency based on
non-interest bearing bonds, tariff for
revenue only, and such tariff to be
placed on articles manufactured at
home. He was opposed to trusts and
advocated protection of organized la
Dor; the election of senators by direct
vote; direct legislation by the people
and q graduated income tax. He was
the establishment of militariSm.
Mr.. Cannon aptly illustrated the diff
ference between currency issued as
greenback money and national bank
notes based on interest bearing bonds.
He asked if anyone in the audience had
ever seen a government bond. One lady
answered yes. and Mr.. Cannon asked
was it working when you saw it. There
was great laughter and applause. Mr..
Cannon further elaborated the point
showing that money based on non-in-
tereSt-b bearing bonds would do the same
work as other money and do it traits
while the government bond would soon
double the Indebtedness in interest, and
the government still had the bond to
pay.
He was opposed to the ship sub.idy
bill because. FOR one reason, sit would
permit the Standard Oil company 10
pump its own oil from its own wells in
its own United States (aPplause), load
it on its own cars, carry it over its own
railroads, load it on its own Ships
carry it over its own ocean, sell it in
its own foreign markets Mt its own
prices and receive pay from this gov
eminent for its work" Great ap-
plaUse and cheering.)
Other telling sentences were the fol-
lowing; when the laws of a country
cannot control the trusts, it is evident
that the trusts are controlling the
laws"
I'VE have already paid $3.50. 600, 900
endeavoring to sUbdue the Philippines.
That sum would have created a reser-
VOir system that would have reclaimed
all The arid lands of this continent, and
I would not give arid America for all
Asia" (Cheers.)
Toward the close the audience was
in close sympathy with the speaker and
applauded him to the echo.