The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-29
FRANK ]. CANNON
ON MORMAN|SM
First U. S. Senator From utah-or.
ganizer Republican Party in Utah
Editor Rocky Mountain News.

The entire country is stirred at the
present time over the disclosures
which are being made by Ex-United
States Senator Frank j. Cannon in his
series of articles in Everybodys Mag
azine-a series on present day status
of Mormonism and the part it plays
in the American life as whole and
is likely to play in the future. These
articles arc written by a man who was
Mormon Ambassador to Washington
in 1888 and 1890, the son of the first
counselor of the Mormon Church.
These articles are ofeven more far
reaching Importance and intense in
terest than those Of Thos. Lawson
and those of Judge Ben Lindsey which
appeared in the same magazine in the
recent past and caused almost world
wide comment
To the thousands of readers of this
great and vital series, the announce
ment that Mr. Cannon is to go upon
the lecture platform under Redpath
management, the same bureau which
booked Henry Ward Beecher, John B.
Cough and Wendell Phillips, and
which numbers on it's list OF the pres
ent day, the majority OF the great
orators and public men of our time,
will be of unusual interest. To lee.
ture course committees is offered a
rare opportunity to present to their
patrons really great man at time
when his name is daily upon the lips
Of thousands of readers, some of whom
are undoubtedly to be found in every
town where there is a Lyceum course.
To thousands of people who are
reading articles which have been run
ming in Everybody's, the disclosures
there made came like bolt of light
ming out of a clear sky. Many of us
had supposed that Mormonism was an
issue of the past. To the contrary,
we are informed that 2500 Mormon
missionaries are circulating through
out the United States, Canada, Mexico,
the Hawaii Islands and Europe. They
are gaining ground rapidly and not
only in religious matters, but in politi-
cal circles and in the world of busi-
ness as we'll
Hon. Frank j. Cannon was reared in
the seclusion of the Salt Lake Valley
in the environment of Mormon circles
thousand miles from any other civil
ization Racially a Mormon, and
proud of their achievements in many
ways, he never avowed himself
enthusiastically Norman.
For years he has been lighting
polygamy in the Mormon Church.
When the Mormons pledged them
selves to do better, he interceded for
them at time when they were threat
ened with disfranchisement. He took
a prominent part in all the public af.
fairs of the Mormons, all the time de-
pending on their promises of reform.
His antagonism to some of their prac-
tees however, which they persisted
in despite their promises, finally re-
suited in his accommodation from
the church
He opposed the election of Apostle
Reed Smoot to the Senate, and when
Smoot was finally seated Cannon with
drew from Utah, believing that little
more could be done, at least for some
time.
Hon. Mr. Cannon speaks with au-
thority OH matters of Mormonism if
ever a man did. The interest in this
subject is also apparent from the fact
that two other great magazines are
running articles at this time on Nor
monism.
The subject of Mr. Cannon's lecture
will be The Modern Norman King
DOM
Mr.. Cannon will lecture at the
Vinita High School Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, December 4.