The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-01
State journal Still Democratic.


Senator CannOn's speech ended the
convention. 1t Is stated on authority
that Senator Cannon will immediately
sever his connection with the Ogden
state Journal of which he has been
editor for a year past. Is is announced
That the paper will continue to be a
Democratic publication Senator Can
non s name. which has been carried at
lhe head of the editorial page since he
became connected with the paper. did
not appear in last nights edition. The
senator was not prepared yesterday to
discuss his future affairs. further than
10 say he had some business interests
that would receive his first attention.
During the convention Mrs. G. G..
Plummer sang The Flag Without a
stain so pleasingly that an encore
was demanded.
American flags formed the chief part
Of the decorations of the building. Sus-
pended above the stage was a banner
with the inscriptions; THE union 81
church and state only converts good
Christians into bad statesmen and DO
hucal knaves into pretended Chris
tians."
wish he were here. because he said.
on be sure to tell the audience that:
II VIII ne the strongest argument YOU
have got
Another man told me that ne did not
much like the immediate motive that was
behind this movement. He Thought that
perhaps somebody had been disappointed
had failed 90 get what he wanted. and
the movement therefore was not quite
according 10 his ideal and / said to
him: "Once when 7 was a yOung fellow
in OGDEN. and rather inclined to be adj
dietcd TO hOrseTaciug. in very mild
way. they brought down from Oregon
q speedy four-legged beast that cleaned
anH Hnsa 49,.
was a cry out that we couldn't match
THAT horse in the state. And VIC knew
Of a beast that was not mucn of a
locker but good deal OF a goer. and
three or four OF us dubbed together and
we sent for this horse. and got him up
there and of course al went To look ut
him. And one OF our friends who had
been inclined 10 put up the most OH that
horse looked at him, and al at once
he said
why. he has got white foot. and
] never did Ike horse that had white
was not very keen or logical at that
time. but I said:
at strikes me that the question is not
what is the color Of his foot. but how
fast he can run
Not Question Of Motives.
And say now. that it is not the issue
whether one man or ten have been dis
appointed as 90 What caused the or
EanizatiOn OF this American party: the
question is: What will this American par
Is DO for Utah2 You WflLfind an through
life that men are overlooking the great
issue. which is. how fast the horse can
run. not worrying about the color Of IFS
foot. You Will find ia shis issue IN Utah
today a great many men who are wor-
rying about the motives Of AR. Sny-
der and Mr. CritchiOW and MIR DalV and
perhaps Mr.. ogden Hiles worrying about
their motives personally as TO wheth-
or they are disappointed. instead OF
asking whether this American party is
going 20 work Out finally and forever the
redemption OF Utah, which We thought we
would win with statehood
I sOrroWed as only a man of vivid at
faetions can sorrow in the old days OF
turmoil IN this state. had my part
with the people who then believed.
were being prosecuted. and who I knew
were. in many instances. prosecuted. 7
loved them then. aud ! love them now.
7 would have been<WilinG- IN those DAYS.
TO lay down my life If / could In order
70 have seen full freedom come to them
in the battles which antedated statehood
I was often at Washington TO represent
IN my weak way. the cause OF the peo-
pic whom I loved. When, AZ last the
manifesto was declared. and ] saw peace
come. when I SAW the American people
50 generous in f0rgiVing what they
thought was wrong. when ] saw state
hood come TO us by the Slft Of forty
four other states. when J. saw Utah re-
coived with love. when / voiced the
pledges which were sent by the highest
men then in authority in I1tab. when /
myself gave those pledges at Washing
ton. saids 81 for one. wiz keep that
nledpe.F and J. for one, have kent it.
j did f. not because 7 expected then
TO become senator IN the United States
but 7 did IL because all my fathers life
~ far as / knew, had been one OF tur-
ore ~ anxiety for community affairs.
and there Was little tOw-headcd boy