Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-04-01
THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE DEED.

VI 'Oooph II omlln ana printing StO-
rles about the church starting insur-
ance and ice trusts and trying to con-
troll all the business interests of the
state.
What ails this town-"Joseph f.
Smith, the monarch"-is the daily cry
of the Tribune.
what ails Cannon and Kearns. is
what the public wants to know.
When did Joseph f. Smith become
so terrible to Tom and Frank?
Has Joseph F. Smith changed per
sonally the last six months or changed
the policy of the church?
The cry that the church is trying to
control all the business interest of the
state and freeze the Gentle element
out is all rot" and nobody knows
1t better that the Tribune.
Cannon's great cry is Commercial
ism. Polygamy and the church influ-
ence in politics being delicate subjects
for Frank, are left for his boss. the ex-
senator. The senator's effort on these
subjects in the u. S. senate, according
TO his own organ, was second only to
Webster's reply to Haine. The i'm
mortal Webster has been accused OF
being "full' at the time he delivered
his great speech. 1t is rumored that
Tom resembled Daniel, at least in this
respect. Websters effort was nothing
to be compared with Toms. Daniel
wrote his own speech and delivered
it in English; while Kearns' was writ
ten by Cannon in English and deliv-
cred by Tom in Irish The ex-senator's
speech will go down in the annals of
history as the greatest feat ever per-
formed on the floor of the u. S. SEN
ate.
Cannons editorials show that he is
as mad as a March hare and strikes
like a rattlesnake in August. This
state is made to suffer for the person.
al disappointments of Frank Cannon
and Tom Kearns. They strike friend
and foe alike Ask yourselves. Gen
tiles, who is suffering the most from
the present agitation and, Matchmaking
stuff that is printed in the Tribune.
In our opinion where a Mormon drops
one dollar Gentle loses a hundred.
When did Frank Cannon become
converted to believing that CONNER
cialism in the Mormon church was a
crime? Commercialism was in the
Mormon church before he was born
Why at this late date charge Joseph +.
Smith with it? Does any sane person
believe that Cannon would be assail-
ing Joseph F. Smith, and Matchmaking
this state If 1t were not for revenge
and money? Cannon states that he
wishes the public to understand that
he is not fighting the Mormon people
or their religion, but is fighting JOS
eph f. Smith, because Smith has gone
astray
1t is rumored that Cannon is labor.
ing under the impression that he is
inspired, and has been raised up as
a liberator of the Mormon people.
Just think of Cannon in the role of
a reformer and leader and being in
spred. His political record is a world
beater, and enough to convince the
public that nobody who knows Frank
Cannon would have any faith in him.
If he makes as good a showing in re-
ligion as he has in politics it will keep
one changing his religious clothing ev
cry twenty-four hours to keep in har.
mony with him.
Some people are led to belive that
Cannon is hurting the church with his
Matchmaking stuff. The facts are that
he is hurting the state, especially this
city. The Gentle investors and real
estate men are the sufferers of the
Tribune crusade, and not the church.
There is no more hope Of Cannon