The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-09-07


1899, after taking one hundred and sixty
seven ballots and after one Of the longes,
and bitterest, most momentous senatorial
contests in the history of the west or in
any other part of the country, in the
midst of the most disgraeeful scenes, in
the midst Of curses and blows, the legis-
lature Of Utah adjourned without elect
ing anyone to succeed Frank J. Cannon
in the United States Senate.
Therefore, we have freely been given
the credit by all the leading newspapers
of Utah for starting the long and bitter
fight which was made on Senator Can
non, which finally terminated in hurting
him headlong into his political grave.
1t is still fresh in the minds of the
people in this city and throughout the
United States and throughout all parts
of the world, for that matter, how The
Broad Ak in November, 1906 began its
terrific, memorable, or nation or world
wide fight or onslaught on United States
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman and for
two weeks before he attempted to speak
at Orchestra Hall, Tuesday evening, No
vember 81, 1906, the whole country was
in an uproar over it for the associated
press had flashed it to the fartherest
ends of the earth and before it ended
all the great daily newspapers, the week
ly newspapers and even the monthly pub
locations took hand in it. So great and
so bitter was the feeling against permit
ting him to come to this city to pour out
his vile spleen against the Colored peo-
pie and this sentiment against him had
been famed into fever heat by the writer
through the columns Of The Broad Ak
and by no one else for many of the So
called prominent Colored leaders of the
race at that time severely condemned US
for firing into him; they claiming that
he promised them and one Of their White
lady friends that he would not touch
on the "Negro Question" while deliver
ing his so-called lecture on the "Annexa-
ton of Cuba" for the benefit of the Union
Hospital.
On the day Of his arrival in this city
he was met at the Northwestern station |
by more than twenty policemen who
him to the great Northern Hotel
where they stood guard over him until
he appeared at Orchestra Hall, where
more than two hundred policemen had
been stationed to protect him and as he
had been dashed into fury by our writ
ings for we had dipped our pen in worm
wood and bitter gall, while stripping the
bloody mask from his anarehistic face.
Still smarting under our mereiless
ASKING which had been kept up in these
columns for two weeks that he had not
oeen speaking more than a few moments
oefore he exclaimed to "H-l with the
aW" when it comes down to dealing
With the Colored people, and like q
,owardly midnight assassin he was glad
o cover behind six or seven Colored
policemen while he was engaged in brand
ng all COlored men az "apes, balloons
nd ravishers of White women"
The morning after his last lecture in
his city its whole press turned against
i'm and on that same morning the Wis
onsin Chautauqua Association cancelled
forty-eight thousand dollar contract
nth him for the lecture season Of 1907,
nd our memorable fight on him, almost
ingle handed and alone, finally drove him /
rom the lecture platform.
It has assisted to shape the legislation !
this mighty nation-this can be veri- ,
ed BY reading senate document No. 1s2,
4th Congress second session, page ~,
thieh contains an editorial from The
road Az, Feb. 18th, 1897, in favor of
he present National Bankruptcy Law
alter on in this review; letters and tel
gram viii be produced to support our
in this respect.
It has been stated many times in the
ast by thousands Of short-ighted, ,
loughtless people-those who are un-