The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-30
TO
END THE FIGHT
Frank ]. Cannon Says Apostle
Asked for Terms of CeS-
Sati0n of War.
SURRENDER DEMANDED
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT RAJ
LY OF "AMERlCANS."

a tremendous, but rather unenthuS-
] iastic audience gathered in the Salt
Lake theatre last night to hear Frank
j. Cannon, former United States sena-
tor, and other American" orators rhe
| torically dissect the hierarch and scat
ter the fragments thereof to the four
winds of heaven. Every seat on every
| floor of the building, with the eXcep-
/ ton of the topmost gallery, was filled,
and on the first and second floors
| hundreds stood throughout the rally.
| Almost at the beginning of Mr.. Can
mons talk he made an assertion that
thoroughly startled most of his hear
ers. 1t was a charge, in effect, that
an attempt had been made by an apOs
| tie of the Mormon church to arrange
! q peace with the American party
| This is the way the speaker put it:
AN apostle of the Mormon church
sat in the Office with me not long ago
! and said: What do you desire of us
! for a settlement of this controversy
And / said to him in reply, 'UncOndi-
tional surrender"
Senator Cannon did not say whether
he meant surrender of all the offices,
nor did he go into further details.
The meeting was under the auspices
of the Young Mems American" league
and was presided over by Douglas
Rodeback, president of the organiza-
ton. The auditorium was gaily decor
ated with flags and with bunting in
the national colors, and all corners
were presented with tiny flags. Held S
band and Mrs. Charles G.. Plummer
furnished the music. and it was in ev
cry respect worth hearing.
Mr.. Rodeback was the first speaker.
He read the history of the organization
of the league. The feature Of Rode
backs effort was his reading OF the
name of Reed Smoot as one of the
leagues organizers. When the gale of
laughter over the slip had subsidized, |
Mr.. Rodeback announced that he had
intended to give the name of Mr.
Reed of Ogden. Edgar A. Rogers fol- |
lowed with a short talk, and them
Judge Ogden Hiles gave the first really
serious speech of the meeting.
JUDGE HiIes Interrupted.
Judge Hiles was in very bad voice
and it was practically impossible for
people in the rear of the house to
hear him. AS a result he was treated
with the greatest disrespect. Several
times during his remarks, which eX-
tended over an hour, there were calls
for Senator Cannon. There were also |
calls of time" and give somebody |
else a chance" Judge Hfles paid no at
tention to the Interruptions, but calm |
ly plodded along to the end OF what ne
intended to say. His talk was mostly |
of a historical character interspersed
with readings from articles written by |
various leaders of the Mormon church, |
by way of showing that the church was
designed to control the temporal as
well as the spiritual affairs of the peo- /
pie.
Judge HileS devoted some time to a |
criticism of the Mormon pioneers Tor
declaring that they would fOrcibly re-
sist Johnston's army and then failing |
to resist it by force and arms. The |
speaker declared that if he had made
such a threat he would have fought at
least one battle, whether he was
whipped or not
Mrs. Plummer followed Judge Hiles,
singing 1.-The Flag Without a Stain !
in a manner that was altogether de-
lightful The audience showed Its APP |
precaition by insisting on repetition
Of one verse of the song. Then came
Senator Cannon. The senator spoke
briefly but with his usual theatrical et-
fects. Then he LAUNCHED into defense
of the pioneers for their attitude with
reference to the Johnston army
Cannon Defends Mormons.
He said they were prepared to fight
in defense of the affairs they had
raised in a desert land. Il hope l would
have stood as they stood" he went on.
INV mother was driven from her
home and my father left men with
torches to burn the house and the hay
stacks. determined that the invading
army should find q land as desolate as
the MormonS found. And that army did
not enter Salt Lake until after the
peace commissioners had met in the
council house and an agreement
reached with Brigham Young that the
soldiers should camp outside of Salt
Lake city.
Senator Cannon then repeated ques-
ton he had asked at the beginning of
his talk He wanted to know who had
broken the peace of Utah with this ma
ton Answering himself. he attributed
the peace breaking to Joseph F. Smith
II mention his name" the speaker
continued. because he is the only one