The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
MR.. oANNoN'S GREAT STORY.

Frank !. Cannon, ''Updcr tho
Prophet in Utah" which is running
in Everybody s Magazine Wo Civ,
n good summary of the Introductory
article which appeared in tho Dcccm
hcr number of that publication, and
enough of the same story that mp
pears in the January number of thc
same magazine to give he sensational
features of il.
These ariIrlcs arc of The very high
est interest and vsluc tu Tic peoplc
Of Utah. dnd. indeed, TO the people Of
the whole United States They give
IN inside view Of transactions that
have occurred III critical periods in
| the history of this community and
the Iifc-hkc scenes portrayed cannot
but strike the reader as of the high.
est dramatic character.
The quest undertaken by Senator
Cannon prior TO the issue of the Mani.
fcsto To ascertain the feeling in
| Washington with respect To Utah al
fairs. and to hud what was required
IN order To avert the taking away of
he suffrage from the Mormon voters.
as reported 10 President Woodruff on
his return, the inception of the Mani.
fcsto. the Manifesto itself. the con
sultstiou al which the Manifesto was
read to the Twelve. the manner in
which the apostles received that rcye
lstior.-a!l this Is story Of such in
iensity, such vigor. md 50 forerfullv
portrayed. that one is carried away
by the dramatic quality of the nara.
tion. as we'll as by the extraordinary
interest that attaches to the event it.
self
Very much Of The narration given
by Senator Cannon is absolutely new.
There was no means whereby the rco-
pie OF Utah could know wha; was GO
ing on. No public report appeared.
nor did the public know Of Senator
Cannon : trip 10 Washington; no one
had any idea of lis purpose or its
effect II appcars that the Manifesto
was in fact melted by the report made
BY Senator Cannon, and It's produc-
report. 1t was certain that somcthin,
had To ut doHc. somcth,ng drastic.
something radical, in order 10 rpDcase
the wrath of the country at the cvi.
dent triflimc witt the laws that was
going on in Utah. Congress was about
to pass tho Struble hill, which woulG
have disfrunchisod all polygamists aud
believers in polygamv. and ali who aC-
knowleGgcd higher allegiance 10 any
power than the allegiance which they
owed to the nation. Evidently that
wprld have put the control of public
non Mormons ind those Mormons who
were in revolt against the conditions
csi iablshed by the hierarchy. and IL
was essential to avoid that at what.
ever sacrifice might be demanded.
Senator Cannon pointed out the
sacrifice that would be required. pro
ceduro without which all else would be
vain. President Woodruff rose tc the
occasion like faithful leader of his
flock. and met the crisis with an evil
dcu' good fsith that Senator Cannon
tal;oo pains To emphasize; and nothing
could he moro stirring, more intense,
tl,an the accocnt which he gives. and
which VIC reproduce this morning from
the magazine, Of the action taken by
thc apostollic which President Wood
g the word of tho Lord as delivered
to him in this Manifesto.
There w1s not tie slightest doubt
in the mind of President Woodruff, or
III the mind of any of those psscn-
bled. that The Manifesto meant radi
1t mean hat there were 20 he no
more plural marriages; it meant, and
was so declared at that meeting, that
polygamous living, called by the law
unlawful cohabitaiioD, must also be
given up. There can he no sort Of
doubt about this. because that mean
irg then and there accepted and at
ccntuated. as delivered by President
Woodruff, was explicitly sworn 10 as
the true meaning later on, in pro
rceding in chanccry, by President
Woodruff. who received the Manifesto
rs revelation from The Lord, by
President Lorenzo Snow, who sue
cecdcd him in the Presidency of
the Mormon church. and by Pres
idcnt Joseph +. Smith, who sue
ceeded President Snow. and who rs
ye! In, President nf that cbOrch All