The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-08
cANNoN's CLOSING SPEECH.
Says Roberts Now Is Not the Rob
erts of 1895.

q - Va 1000.
The American party held the closing
rally of the campaign last night in the
| Utahna park theatre, J.. J. Daily pre-
sided. There was a large crowd pres
ent and Held's band played a number
OF popular airs before the meeting was
called 10 order. AS usual Frank J.
Cannon was the principal speaker. br
( he enuneiated no new ideas and did
arouse the customary enthusiasm. He
devoted most Of his talk 10 assailing
Brigham II. Roberts, who seemed to
have aroused his ire by statements
made in a speech at Brigham Saturday
night. When he poured hot shot into
the American party.
Mr.. Cannon began his speech by say
ing. We are on the eve Of battle for
American rights in this commonwealth
Our numbers may not be as large as
those of our opponents. but We can hold
the pass until the reinfCrcements come
up There are S2,OOO,0O0 behind US. and
SO.0O0C00 are ready to bv soldiers wich
US in this war. We viii hold the line
until they storm and carry the enemys
works. We can take TO ourselves one
comfort, and that is that the opposi-
zion is demoralized. Instead Of meet
ing here in salt Lake in battle array,
Where the fight is going on. they are
on dress parade at Brigham City"
He said Mr. Roberts had gone TO
Brigham City to answer the charges
made by the American party in Salt
Lake City As well might the Rus
slams abandon Port Arthur and go TO
the island of FOrmOsa and fight d three
days sham battle as for Mr.. Roberts
10 go to Brigham, sixty miles from the
point of attack, to repel the accusa-
tons Of the Americans. There had been
times in the career Of Mr.. Roberts. Mr..
Cannon said, when he was in antagon-
ism 10 the supreme authorities of the
Mormon church, and again times when
he was in subsection 10 them. His
speeches i'm this campaign didn't sound
like the utterances Of Brigham II Rob
erts Of 1898.
Not an act had passed the legislature
since 1896, he declared, to which the
church leaders were opposed, not an
act had failed to pass that they IA
Vored; no man had been elected in Utah
To whom they were opposed. and no
man had failed CT election whom they
wanted elected
+. =. CritchlOw preceded Mr.. Cannon.
He reviewed the local and state pOliti-
cal situation from the American party
viewpoint. He asserted that the Nor
mon church was sappA : and under
mining the manhood of the people of
the state, and that il had many so COM
pletely under it's subsection and con-
troll that they did not dare TO protest
against it's domineeTinS and blighting
influence. The high church authorities,
he said. would not permit anyone to en-
gage i'm the production Of salt. i'm the
production of sugar, i'm the handling Of
agricultural implements. in manufac-
turing shoes, or in other lines OF bust
ness Of which the church now has "A
monopoly, unless they collect tithes
from those so engaged.
William NJ. Ferry, candidate on the
American party ticket for governor.
made speech in which he gave an out
line sketch OF the history Of the Amer
lean colonies and the United States
from the landing at Plymouth Rock up
10 the present time.