The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-01
CANNON CHALLENGES ALL
UTAH REPRESENTATIVES
None Alive Not Opposed
to Present Machine.
Good Meetings Held in Four
Utah County
Towns.
Especial to The Herald.)

| nROVO, Oct &--Ex-Senator Frank J
Cannon put in a busy day campaign
ing in Utah county. After his speech
in Park City last night he was driven
with Major Sam A. King to Heber City,
arriving there at O'Clock this morning.
He and Major King. who is chairman of
Utah county, took the early train to
Provo, arriving here at $50 a. m They
We're Joined by Joshua Greenwood, and
the three made a tour which included
Benjamin, PaysOn and Salem. and ended
IN Provo. where rOuslng meeting was
I held tonight
one of the principal features Of Mr..
CannOn's speeches was his challenge TO
Congressman George Sutherland and eX-
Congressman c. e Allen 10 declare pub
licly that they approve the policies and
methods OF the present republican ma
chine IN Utah He did this at Benjamin
and later at Provo In both places he
called attention to the fact that all the
! living men who had been elected TO con-
/ gress from Utah, except Senator Tom
kearnS, were opposed 10 the present Re
publican machine He mentioned eX-
Congressman John I. Game Senator j.
L. Rawlins, himself. eX-COngressman
| Clarence Z. Allen, ex-COngressman W H.
King and Congressman George Suther-
land
The first meeting was held in Benjamin
at 1880 a. m. There Major King read
extracts from former Rotations OF Sen
ator kearns, made in 1896 showing MN
TO be directly opposed to his present
stand. Joshua Greenwood called atten-
ton to. the fact that Mr.. Cannon was still
championing the same principles
Time to Fight.
During his speech Mr.. Cannon touched
1 upon the Philippine question.
If the German emperor should invade
what would you do?'
There was an impressive pause. A g.
/ year-old boy in the rear Of the hall broke
sFd fight" he piped out.
The audience rOared.
That's exactly what the Filipinos did
At Payson Carl Hush presided. After
/ the meeting there a big rally was held In
! Salem Ira 3. Tiffany presided, the Pay
son band played and the Young Ladies
/ Glee club of Spanish Fork made a hit
with local songs. Major King spoke first.
/ dealing with the trusts and the Philip
/ pines In his speech Mr.. Cannon read a
! quotation from one of his speeches In
! 1855, republshed in a Kearnss newspaper,
/ in which he criticised the financial policy
( OF Grover Cleveland Mr. Cannon re
called the fact that after he had made
1 those remarks the Republicans intro
/ duced measure approving this bond IS
sue and giving the president further pow
I er along the same lines This was done
! against his protest When he was sent
/ to the senate he helped to defeat this
/ bill, and worked for his free coinage
| bill If the Republicans repudiated
4 Cleveland as a Democrat, why 90 they
/ follow his policy, asked the speaker
Great Crown at Provo.
| The party then went to Provo.
/ Here an enthusiastic rally was held
| III the opera house, addressed by
/ Frank J. Cannon and Noses Thatcher
/ The Democratic women had decorated
] the stage in a most artistic manner with
1 flowers. on either side of the proscenium
| large pictures of Colonel w J. BRYAN
and Major R w Young occupied prom
County Chairman King spoke briefly.
/ bringing the report that everything in
/ the state, from one end TO the other.
-presaged a glorious victory for DemOc-
/ racy- Joshua Greenwood cOrrobOrated the
{ statement of Mr. King. and stated that
/ conditions for Democratic success were
/ most favorable He understood that
I great efforts We're being made in this
county against the proposition of Senator
| Rawlins being reelected to the United
( States senate, because he was a traitor
| TO the government Mr.. Greenwood then
] read from the speech of Senator HOar
wherein ne arraigned the conduct OF the
! government towards the tlhplnos III
/ stronger language than had been used
! by Senator RawlnS- Yet Hoar was not
| denounced as a traitor.
! Mr. Greenwood denounced the argu-
| ments that had been advanced by Repub-
! lican speakers that people should vote
I the Republican ticket because il would
/ prove OF financial advantage, and ap-
{ pealed to the people not 10 be sWayed by
/ such SOrdid arguments.
/ 1T has been stated by Republican
! speakers, said he that the Democratic
| party mad no principles If that is true,
why did not the Republican candidate for
/ congress dare to appear on the platform
/ and discuss the issues of the campaign
| with the Democratic nominee"
| Chairman Frank J. Cannon, who had
been delayed, came in at the close of Mr.
| GreenwoOd's speech and was greeted with
! vigorous applause
Kearns on towards.
Mr.. King again spoke and referred 70
! the acton OF MeSSrs- Cannon, AearnS and
Allen in leaving the St. Louis convention
] because of the action of the convention
I on the question of silver, and read from
| a speech delivered BY Senator Kearns on
/ his return in which he said that he would
I stand by principles rather than by his
! party, and denounced anyone who voted
/ for Mr.. Mckinley as a political coward.
| He wanted TO ask Mr.. Kearns. and
/ wanted the people to ask him, WY ne
/ had abandoned hiS=principles-
/ A j. SOuthWick, Democratic nominee
| for county treasurer, spoke briefly, prom
/ ising, if elected, to do his duty, and
/ thanking the party for nominating him
Mr.. Cannon commenced his remarks by
stating that this IS good year IN which
{ to be heard IN discussing poAucaI queS-
! tons He made the statement that of al
| men living who had been trusted to repre-
! sent the people OF Utah in Washington,
1 there was only one hving-ThOmas
/ Kearns-Who was in full accord with the
| Republican machine methods. he chal-
! Ienged Clarence +. Alle,l and George
4 Sutherland TO come beiore--he people and
! say that they approved the method Of
/ the Republican machine IN UIah- be re-
! ferred to all the representative living
! from Representative Game down. pointing
! out that they were all with the Demo
/ cratic party. p. H. Roberts vas sent
/ back by a Republican house, said he.
/ Two men have been sent back for the
! reason that the public there think they
\ know more about conditions Of Titan than
| the people here do"
! He said he hoped no more men viii be
sent back TO US. and added: I hope you
/ viii not provoke the good Republicans
| 100 far
These men who oppose machine rule
had studied the political questions and
! are true to Utah, but their opinions
should not be taken as conclusive. be-