Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-25
Republican Women Have a Gath.
ering that More Than Fills
Their Hall
JUDGE BOWMAN THE SPEAKER.
Talks About the Flimsiness OF Some
Of the American Party Charges
10 the Present Campaign.
Especial to the "Ncws")

Provo. oct. 25.--The womans Repub-
llcan club held It's meeting last event
ing nthe Republican headquarters. the
club rooms not being large enough to
accommodate the big attendance.
Judge j. II Bowman OF Salt Lake
delivered an address ON political issues,
speaking principally upon the different
positions Of the two parties on the tar
IN questions. Towards the close Of his
address he discussed the American par
~ taking the position that Il gas or
gained to defeat the Republican par
~ reading from a speech OF Frank j.
Cannon. and from an editorial In the
Tribune written. ne claimed, by Mr..
Cannon In support Of the claim that the
aim Of the American party was to defea,
the Republican party He referred to
a statement made by Judge Hiles in
Bingham some nights ago to the effect
that in 1896, Mr.. Cannon had been
called to the Church headquarters and
been Informed that II was considered
best that he should not be a candidate
before the Legislature for the United
states senate. and tina; afterwards the
matter had been rescinded and Mr.
Cannon had been permitted to be elect
ed. The speaker aid not know II II was
true. He had been Informed and be-
llevod however that all there was Of IL
was "a conversation between Mr.. Can
non and his father President George
@. Cannon, who also had ambition TO
become a United States senator on the
question Of which of the two should be-
come a candidate, and that neither
President Woodruff nor any one else,
other than the two mentioned, had taxi
en- any part in the elaboration II this
was the case. Ii was no credit to MI
Cannon. who was present at the Bling
ham meeting. TO let this statement OF
Mr.. Hiles pass uncontradiCted. And if
Il was true that Mr., Cannon had been
called on the carpet and Church inilu-
ence had been used In his case, 1t was
strange that II had taken him eight
years to find It out The claim that
the Mormon" Church wanted Judge
Powers elected and that the appearance
Of b. II. Roberts on the stump for the
Democratic party was a proof OF Il, as
had been stated In the Tribune was
taken up, ana the fact cited that Mr..
Roberts had opposed the election Of
Powers In the Democratic convention,
as national committeeman, and had de-
feated him, securing the election OF Mr.,
Peery. After Mr. Roberts had taken
part In that convention and had won
on that point or whether he had won
or lost and Judge Powers had become
the nominee Of the party for represen-
tatiye In Congress, was Il not common
courtesy and political decency the
speaker asked. for Mr. Roberts to do all
he could for the election OF Judge Pow
ers and the Democratic nominees The
position OF Mr. Roberts In this regard
was caustically contrasted with the
leaders Of the American party to the
decided advantage OF Mr. Roberts. In
closing, Judge Bowman said he felt
that every Mormon" regardless OF his
political belief, should vote for the Re-
publican ticket in resentment Of the
false charges OF Church influence that
had been made against them, and this
idea, he said, was not the result OF
Church Influence, Tor he had not con-
suited President Joseph +. Smith
about H.
After the meeting the audience was
served coffee, sandwiches and cake by
the club. The ladies OF the Womans
Republican club are very enthusiastic
in their political work and are very
successful In having large and inter-
estIng meetings They expect TO con-
tlnue their regular weekly meetings
after the campaign, and take up @
course Of study In history politics and
political economy.