Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-31


NOW, is that all? IN 1904. after
the adjournment Of Congress, he came
home and he went up to the presi-
dents office, and | happened to be in
the back room. / heard him ask
President Smith there to request Reed
Smoot 10 resign from the senate OF the
United States. President Smith told
him that he did not elect Reed Smoot
10 the senate---the Republican party
sent him there, ana he didn't propose
to interfere IN any way or request his
resignation
Nov, my friends. who Is the other
one who Is preaching To you the doc
trine OF Thomas Kearns? And who Is
writing the slush that appears In the
salt Lake Tribune every morning?
think Il is Frank j. Cannon Let me
tell you. my friends, that II he was
honest, if he was true. II he was clean.
he never would be In the position that
he is.
"ln 1902, / want to show TO you what
Frank j, Cannon thought OF President
Smith, and / want to read to YOU an
article that he wrote which was pub
lished IN the Millenial star, Jan. ?, 1902.
Then | want you to compare what he
says here with his vaporings every
morning about the hierarchy
0Here Mr. Smoot read an extract from
the Millennial STAR
My friends. want to ask you since
January. 1902, what change has taken
place In the life or In the character Of
President Smith. What would cause
Frank j. Cannon TO say that IN 1902, and
today, or for the last two years or more,
oren the Walls OF wrath every day and
Iour out all the abuse IL Is possible for
mis- brain to conjure? Obi sincerity or
lnsincerity, thy name is Frank j. Cam
non
Il want to say another thing that |
see IN the paper here. purported state
ment made by Frank J. Cannon last
Eight, and It Is as follows: An apostle
of the M,smon 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, Unconditional surrender, My
friends, the statement is so absurd that
H. is hardly worth notice; but | wish
to say here | believe It ls a deliberate
lie, and | am willing TO place my check
In the hands Of an honest man let him
place his for the same amount, and do
not care--say $500. and II he can prove
that is true. | will allow him or the
man holding II to give that $500 TO a
charitable institution Of this city
KEARNs' EFFORT FAILED.
Nov, my friends, | wish to say this,
you may think they are doing this for
principle. 1t reminds me Of a prominent
national character that was here, and
he went to Thomas kearns and wanted
70 know what his grievance was and
why he was trying to disrupt the Re
publican party of the state. After talk
ing with him for a short time Kearns
said. / am standing on the ground of
my principle And before he was
through he asked this same party TO go
up and see If he could not secure the
support of President Joseph f. smith
for his candidacy for the United states
seGate.
"Of late several people have met me
and asked of me whether | said that II
there was revelation Of the Church
that interfered with the law OF my
country would leave this country and
go to another one.
Nov, | want to say that II any man
loves that nag and all that 1t repre-
sents more than | do. IL is because God
has given him greater power to love
IT, aud when that set tries TO Impress
upon the people of my state that DO
not respect the laws OF my country,
that ! think so little Of it that J would
remove from It rather than obey the
same, I wish to denounce IL as abso-
utely false. | wish, also, my friends,
TO saw that T would never in this world
bring this testimony before you To
prove one thing as to what a person
may have said as witness, unless Il
was my own Individual testimony, For
that case has not been determined yet,
and / think Il would be very unwise
indeed for me to quote from II In any
political meeting, unless II apply TO me
personally
WHAT HE REALLY SAID.
"Nov, | want to tell you what did
say. and | want you people here TO
Judge me OF what J said for ] stand by
every word Of u. (Here Mr.. Smoot
read an extract from the Congressional
Record)
"And I could go ON here, my friends,
and read to you what the others nave
said about it. And J wish to say THIS to
van that II God Himself suoke to me
indivlduany aud commanded me. and
knew Il was God, ! would consider that
a greater obligation on me than any
mere man-made law.
eft may be- my friends. That J IN the
future may fail in doing many things.
n may be that /. In the future, may
have cause to feel that have not done
all that | could have done for my con-
stituents at home: but | want TO say To
Won that | want to be true 10 the trust
that YOU have reposed In me. ! want
10 be true to my country, ! want 90
be true to every principle represented
by this nag, and God give mo help to
do this. so that no one can ever point
the finger OF scprn at me and say that
! betrayed him.
~ want to say. my friends. that ! am
interested IN this election, hope as
every honest. good, straight "a He
nublican should. that Jo Howell
win DO sent back to the g." }ress OF
Inc limited States. There are few men
I'm This world that | would feel like
saving that I would trust all that l
have on earth iu his care. | wish TO
cav that Joseph Howell is one Of those
n,cn-honest, straightforward--a blunt
good American citizen; and ask you
nv friends. to vote for him on the 9th
OF November next.
CONG LITTLEFIEID'S
SPEECH.
How true 1t IL that we have today
one country, one Jaw, one nag hhn ollv
civilization and one God everywhere
n is entirely true that | have come
nearly 5000 miles 10 address an audi
ence IN Salt Lake city IN this cam
paign. I would be glad to come more
than 5000 miles II by that travel |
could promote In a small degree THE
election OF a Republican congressman
from the State OF Utah in this cam
paign. appreciate that you have
local difficulties and local controVer-
sizes. with these 7 have no personal
concern have learned on my ar
rival here OF these controversies thar
distract the attention Of this people in
this campaign, My relation officially,
l may say, and personally, by way of
passing the question Of this charac-
ter. concerns me in n discharge of my
duties IN the house ~ representatives
During my first term It became my