Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-14

d,
at Atlantic City. He would have
parents teach industry to children,
also pluck and energy. Governor
Glenn, too, seems to have run the
gamut of the struggles of the tradi-
tional poor boy who eventually
makes good in the world, and GER
tain chapters out of the book of his
own experience brought tears and
cheers in response. The lecturers
preachments on the teaching of NOR
ality won popular applause. Against
most kinds of prevalent divorce he
spoke strong words. His declama-
, ton against the drink traffic won
thunderous applause. In this mat
ter it is increasingly evident that
the tide has turned. Drink is on
the run. On the evils of the modern
dance with it's accompanying vulgar
and demoralizing "trots" and "hugs''
the governor spoke in unmeasured
terms of disapproval, and the audi
ence cheered him to the echo. Both
women and men were scored for
common foibles and vices. eve shall
long remember that address," were
words frequently heard as the big
audience filed out of the tent at the
close of Governor Glenn's lecture.
High water mark was reached
/ Sunday night at Chautauqua in an
address on Mormonism by Ex-Sena-
tor Cannon. The address attracted
an enormous crowd and will long be
remembered in Webster City. For
| it was different. 1t made no at
,, tempt to please or entertain. There
was no posing for effect. The man
had a burning message, and in the
delivery of it he unconsciously
reached the region of the highest
art in oratory. In his speech were
none of the nebulous platitudes
which so often mark with dreary
sameness the average uplift address.
Clear and concise reasoning, an cpl
gramatic statement of facts in them
selves, dramatic and of tremendous
import, scrupulously correct use of
words, grammar chaste and fault
less, oratory by reason of its thought
even more than by reason of its
style, not word out of place nor a
sentence set to kill time, reason and
bloodless logic united in the service
of a high appeal to moral sentiment
these elements characterized Sch
ator Cannon's address Sunday night.
Senator Cannon's personality is
pleasing, his stage presence is pre-
possessing, his tenor voice had
wide range of tone and volume, and
as he speaks the audience catches
the spirit of flaming soul. Quiet
and sometimes subtle flashes of wit
and humor serve to light up the Sc
we're path of logic. Although the
element of entertainment was en-
tirely lacking, the audience found
Senator Cannon's philippe highly
entertaining and followed him with
breathless interest to the end.
AS one listened one could but
think of Edmund Burke at the trial
of Warren Hastings, of Webster's
mighty reply to Hayne. 1t remind
ed one of Cicero against Catiline
and of Demosthenes against the ty-
rannies of King Phillip, for charac-
teristics of these classics appeared in
plenty in Senator Cannon's philippe
against the Mormon hierarchy. The
address ought to be printed and
scattered broadcast for the informa-
tion and inspiration of the entire
United States against the Mormon
delusion and the Mormon peril.
Senator Cannon briefly sketched
the marvellous growth of the Nor
mon Kingdom, king of which IS an
absolute polygamous sultan who
holds in his hand almost the verit-
able power of life and death. That /
strange kingdom he indicted for
treason and polygamy, and he read
from the book of covenants to show
that polygamy is still taught and
practiced in Utah. Graphically he
told the strange story of the great
by which the United1
States actually whipped the church
and it's leaders till they begged for
Senator Cannon himself
bore a prominent part in securing
to gain which the Mormon
leaders solemnly promised to quit
polygamy and to keep the church out
Of politics. One day had not passed
after statehood was won before the
hierarchy had begun to lay again the