The broad ax., 1918-09-07

Il ">-~- - DSCol-Ao p4hb VI the
history Of Utah, at two O'Clock one
morning we rushed up to the home of |
one Of the highest officials Of the Nor
mon church, who had just returned to |
the city and induced him to send tele- |
gram to United States Senator Joseph |
L. Rawlins, who was dyed-in-the-wool
Democrat, requesting him to call on see-
rotary Lamont and urge and plead with
him not to change nor revoke his order |
and several days after the visit Of Sen
ator Rawlins Senator Cannon again |
called on Secretary Lamont and the
Democratic Secretary Of war, very
coldly and firmly informed Senator Can
non that "the order had gone forth
transferring the Gath regiment to Fort
Douglas; that he could not recall nor
revoke it," and in spite of all the eff
forts put forth by the Tribune and Sen
ator Cannon, on October 81, 1896, the
Gath regiment proudly marched through
the streets of Salt Lake City on its way
to Fort Douglas.
One year after this incident the Salt
Lake Tribune, in long editorial, ad-
mitted that it had made q mistake in
fighting and opposing the Gath regiment
from locating at Fort Douglas; that not
one White lady had been insulted on
the streets nor on the street cars; that
each and everyone of its members had
conducted themselves like true gentle
men and orderly and well disciplined
soldiers; that they were great improve
ment over the White soldiers, who were
always fighting and shooting at each
other on the street cars, soaring the wits
out Of the fair White ladies; that they
had always seemed to take much de-
light in drinking whisky and cursing or
swearing while they were walking up
and down the streets, and il wound up
by saying that the members Of the Gath
regiment did not resort to such habits .,
and 50 on.
Senator Frank ]. Cannon was 90 stih
neeked that he was unwilling to admit q
that he had made q mistake in fighting fl
against permitting the Gath regiment Il
to locate at Fort Douglas. Shortly al
after the November election in 1898 We
met him face to face in one of the
leading hotels in Salt Lake City and ~
during our short conversation, while n
looking him square In the eyes, We very ec
softly informed him that We would do v
in our power to prevent his :.
reelection to the United States senate.
he simply laughed at Us and exclaimed w
p 60 ahead and crack your whip for "
like opposition and In the end win ee
win in spite Of all the friends Of the nj
Path regiment" At this invitation On :;
his part to continue the fight on him
xe started in rather slow at first but =
Is the pot began to boil the fight II
became a little warmer and as We had I'd
oeen keeping cases on his movements 81
It nights in Washington, d. C., and at .,
,ther places, and when the Legislature ;
convened January Q, 1899, for the pur- 49,
pose of electing q United States Sen WI
tor we began to dish up his past i'm 81
moral record through the columns Of Of
The Broad Az for The edifeation Of its
members and early every Saturday
morning from the 9th Of January to
he 9th of March before the members
,egan their labors We would put large D.
,undle of the copies Of The Broad Az -
N our back or under our arm and Send
ur way to the state capitol and place -'
copy of the paper on the desk Of each :.
nd every member 20 that they could ~,
cad about some Of the ungentlemanly No
cts or conduct of Senator Cannon BE-
ore they began baIloting for hun This
,ods of warfare caused him 70 become a..
tightly warm in the collar but - We =
sd the goods on him We stood our .
round and we neither looked to the
eht nor to the left but straight ahead
nd continued the bitter fight On him,
nd on February 9th he had . great
Getting in the Salt Lake thester, and
, the presence Of three thousand people
3 admitted that "he had violated his
Iarriags vows and had in the past per
lifted himself to do many othsr things d.
nat was unbeeoning to . United States
.nator, that all he asked was for the
eople to give him another chance or
.ial and he would make good.".
The daily newspapers of Salt Lake
ashed Senator Cannon's weak admis-
ons to all parts Of Utah and the week
newspapers assisted to fan the fame
ito white heat. Many of the leading
tizens in the various countries instruct
their representatives to withdraw
leir support from Senator Cannon, for