Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-16
is FRANK A MEAN MAN 2
Question that Ogden Standard Asks
About Editor Cannon of the Trib

ogden Standard, Dec. Is! Probably
the meanest thing man could say OF
his church and its prophets has been
told In this mornings Tribune by
Frank ]. Cannon, the new editor Of the
Salt Lake Tribune. We reproduce the
editorial referred to in full and before
reading II let each person please re-
member that Frank Cannon has all his
life professed to believe I'm the Nor
mon" faith and the Mormon" pro-
phets and authorities and also please
remember that his own father was one
of those prophets and approved of the
now famous manifesto which the son,
Frank j., laughs at and rldlcules. Here
il the editorlal--Now read II and then
aske: Did Frank Cannon ever believe
IN the Mormon" faith? And, If YOU
say yes, then ask yourself the question;
Could a man, under those conditions,
have any sense of decency left In his
makeup when he writes an editorial
like this?
A PENROsE EFFRONTERY.
Charles w. Penrose was one OF the
men who edited the revelation known
az the manifesto. Testimony OF Geo,
Reynolds.
IF 1t were not blasphemous, the most
farcicai - ldent ever related would be
that where Charlie Penrose was en-
gagged In revising a revelation from
Almighty God, correcting It's grammar
and punctuation, while endeavoring In
a condescendlng way to preserve the
sense OF the document.
Think OF Charles w, Penrose editor
OF the Deseret News, revising copy
sent direct by the Great Author Of the
Universal
"Of course, there would be no doubt
In the penrose mind OF his ability 10
improve upon the Infinitely Perfect
How he would splutter and fume at
every photographed error! With what
superior air he would fix the lenses
and the moodsl With what line dis
elimination he would differentiate be-
tween shall and "willW and how
he would urbanely send word TO his
Correspondent that the article was
fairly well written-the style a little
archaic-but with constant effort at
self-improVement the Writer might
become passably acceptable as O Reg
ular Correspondent!
Charles Penrose as a corrector and
reviser OF the words Of the Maker OF
Heaven and EARTH
Except Tor the blasphemy, IT is to
Taught"
The Standard is willing to admit
what George Reynolds has said about
Editor fenlose editing the manifesto.
1t will be remembered that Wiliord
Woodruff was a very old man when he
wrote the manifesto, 80 old that his
hand trembled, and that his eyesight
was dim and his handwriting so bad
as TO be only readable TO those VINO
knew his handwriting WELL
Charles w. Penrose, his close friend
and trusted co-laborer, was selected TO
prepare the manifesto for the printer.
What more natural than that MIR.
Penrose should cross ~ here and
dot an 'P' there or re-write word
that printer could not read2 We
reIeat, what is more natural then than
that Penrose should have done that?
No one knows better than Frank Cam
non that the managing editor OF a
newspaper does just such work for
the very best written articles, Be-
cause Frank Cannon knows all this
is why We believe him to be the mean
est man in the State OF Utah, for
having taken advantage OF that which
is held most sacred by 100000 people,
including his own father and thus
rldicule the whole Mormon" people
About six months ago this paper
asked this question: rs Frank Cam
non going cra2y?'
We think the most charitable way to
look Il the matter Is TO answer the
question aftrmatiyely,