The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-02
THE CANNON ARTICLES.

The reactionary press in Utah. which
delights in theocratic rule and the sup
preston of free vote, breathes sigh
of relief at the conclusion Of the arti-
cles "Under the Prophet in Utah - by
former Senator Cannon, in Everybody 8
Magazine. The main church organ on
Monday evening. finding itself unable
to deny any OF the facts stated in Mr.,
Cannon g articles, affects indifference
and scorn at those articles. 1t pre-
tends that frequent denials are not
made because the allegations were not
worth denying; aud still, those allie
cations were so clearly put. so intimate
so clear. that denial is absolutely i'm
possible, AS to the general statements
made therein, every Utabn knows then,
TO be true. And to the more intimate
revelations, while only few knew OF
the details of them prior to the plain
Cannon, they fit so well with the
openly known occurrences and with
occurrences that grew out of these
secret meetings, that there can be nc
doubt of the truth of them AS related
by Mr.. Cannon.
Yesterday morning the Smoot paper
in a big.type double column editoria
poster, expressed its relief and satisfac
tion at the conclusion of these arti
cles. It said that these articles "wer,
cut short few months ahead of the
prescribed time II knew. however
when it printed that statement, thai
| II was printing an absolute falsehooc
IN so stating; for the announcement il
Everybody was that the Cannon arti
clcs would run ten months in that mag
azine. They did run ten months ex
actlv. At the same time that the an
noupcement of the publication of tbes
articles in Everybody's Magazine wa
made, it was stated that they woulc
be issued later in book form. The Tri
bune on Tuesday morning revived tn
recollection of this notice of book pub
lication, and yesterday morning th
Smoot organ charged the whole matte
on The Tribune as something that W
had first announced. The announce
ment is nearly year old. bnt still tn
Smoot organ thinks il new. We recog
nize the belated position which. th
Smoot organ announces itself to be l.
this as its normal position. II
usually n long way behind the times i
everything, Just as it is here
The Smoot paper revives it's FOOLS
story wherein Matthias -Cowley, forme
Apostle in the Mormon church. denie
the truth OF n statement made by Nj
Cannon. that Cowley called upon him
evidently as an emissarv from the lead
ing priesthood OF the Mormon churcl
on a political mission. Cowley denie
that ne had called upon Cannon at a
! nj the time stated, when Cannon wa
chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee of Utah. But the fact that h
did call upon him is corroborated b
Mr.. Cannon private secretary. NJ
Cannon gives details OF the converss
,ion which it would he impossible fc
any one 20 make UP. Ny Cowley is i
error about this matter, without doub,
his denial cannot possibly count in IN
r face Of the evidence of two witnesse
, that he did call. and in the face OF th
2 details OF the conversation as given b
E Mr.. Cannon So that the Smoot clail
of having caught Cannon in one lie
absolutely falls 10 the ground.
p We do not understand what the r,
e dictionary organs expect 10 gain b
? their brassmouth denials Of welI-know
4 facts. No one conversant with the pr,
: gress Of events in Utah since the iss,
= ance Of the Manifesto can fail to recoj
. nize the truthfnlncss OF Mr.. Cannon
/. presentation throughout on this who
e matter. There is not a. particle
a doubt about its genuineness and trutl
, Those who deny IL deny to their ow