The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
HUGH ]. CANNON IS
ANOTHER EXEMPLA
President Liberty Stake. Nor
mon Church, Has Been "Liy-
Ing His Religion
MISS NILATE PEART WAS
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
Her Death. as Result of Child,
birth, Occurred in October
of Last Year.

II has been with no intention what
ever of sighting Hugh j. Cannon
president of the Liberty stake OF the
Mormon church. thai The Tribune has
failed up 90 the present time TO IN
cludc him a. 4 member OF the valiant
and rapidly-growing band Of new polNg-
amists. which is openly and brazenly
violating the law Of the church and the
state by taking new wives. Neither
has The Tribune. by its failure TO in
clude President Cannon in thee list,
sought. by its act of omission, 10 init
mate that he is not living his religion
along the good old lines.
The fact is, and The Tribune docs
NOS hesitate 50 to state, that uutIi the
past few davs this paper did not have
what is generally termed '-thc goods ~
or the ''dead wood on President Can,
non, in other words. In view OF all
this, The Tribune feels that President
Cannon should not have any tcchn9
of resentment toward this newspaper.
because the facts in his case have not
been made public at an earlicr date.
However. they VIII he given at TINS
time According 10 testimony secured
hv The Tribune. and which 1t deems
iruthworthv 10 The fullest degree, Pres
idcnt Cannon entered into n polvgamous
marriage with Niiate Pcart i'll the year
1905 Miss Pcart was widely known ~
Salt Lake CITY and cuyironS She was
a lovely Young woman. Her death oc'
crrrcd laSI October. after she had borne
TWO children. the fruits OF her polYe-
amous marriage 10 President Cannon.
The first child is still alive. but the
Second. whose birth was the cause of
the unfortunate womau's death, pre-
ccdcd its mother 10 the grave,
Gives Birth to Boy,
Miss Nilaic Poart WAS the sister OF
the plural wife Of John NJ. Cannon.
= cousin of President Hugh j. Cannon.
Some time after the marriage OF Prcsl-
dcut Cannon TO Miss Pcart. il was
found thar she WAS in delicate con.
litiou Fearing that the secret Of his
pIural marriage might leak out if Miss
pcari remained in Forest Dale. where
she was living at the time. II WAS given
nul that she was going TO Pennington
20 teach school The unfortunate WON.
IN went 10 Pennington Jnd lived with
her sister. the plural wife of John NJ.
Cannon. where she gave birth to boy,
After the clcsc OF the school term. Miss
PcIrt returned and again took up her
residence IN Forest Dale. She left her
child, however, with her sister at Far
mluatou.
As time passed. Miss Pcart again
found herself in delicate condltiou.
aud last October gave birth To second
child. DR. w. T. Cannon. half brother
of President Hugh ! Cannon. is said
10 have attended Miss Peari Tho child
dicd shortly after it's birth aud the
mother followed it to the grave within
u brief period.
Cannon Is Present.
The funeral services of Miss Pcart
viii he well remembered. They took
place at Forest Dale. and Eishop Or.
son +. Whitncv preached the funeral
discourse. There WIS a large gather
ing present and President Hugh j.
Cannon WAS conspicuous among the
muurncrs.
There is another side 10 the story
that The Tribune does not care 10 20
into. If tho alleged treatment accord
cd Miss Pcart by Cannon brought on
melancholia. which. it has been cIaimcd.
WAS largely responsible for the unfor-
tunatc yong woman 5 death. that IL q
matter 10 he settled between Miss
Fcart 5 family and President Hugh j.
Cannon
The iIlegitimatc child which survived
thC mother is said To bc living with its
auut, he plural wife of John VI. Can
non, i'll northern Utah or southern
Idaho.