The broad ax., 1922-12-23


staunch supporters in all parts OF this
broad land and at the present time IT
has a regular mailing list of more than
sixty feet long and it is now trans
ported to the main postofice by auto
from which it is transported through
the mails to all parts of the United
States.
Many times copies containing its
bright and sparkling editorials and
other articles on the leading topics OF
the day have been eagerly read by
many of the most eminent statesmen
and other distinguished personages in
this country and far beyond the broad,
deep, blue sea.
With the aid of the daily press,
whose editors have frequently COM
mented on its neat appearance from its
inception to the present and with the
further aid of the associated press, its
name has been hurled or flashed clear
around or throughout the civilized
world.
Ii NAV not be out of place TO state
right here that for twenty-seven years
it has calamity fought long and per-
sistent battle in behalf of justice and
the equality of all men before the law.
1t has never knowingly attempted to
transform grand rascals and scoun-
drels into purified white-winged angels.
1t has never hesitated in denouncing
those who have attempted to appro-
pirate unto themselves all OF the func-
tons of this government and to ride
rough shod over the rights and the
liberties of the toiling millions. 1t has
made not the slightest difference to it
whether they have been Democrats,
Republicans or what-nots.
1t has always bitterly fought on the
side of the toiling millions and against
the rich or heaven born, the gigantic
trusts and the blood-sucking monop-
olies.
1t has accomplished many far-reach-
ing and brilliant achievements in the
past. Its two greatest have been its
terrific and memorable onslaughts on
United States Senator Frank ]. Can
non of Utah, in 1897, 1893 and in 1899,
causing his ignominious defeat in his
attempt to succeed himself in the
United States Senate and that long to
be remembered fight on Senator Can
non has become a part of the history
of Utah.
Those who are familiar with the
past history of the famous Path regi-
ment are still cognizant of the fact
that in the latter part OF July, 1896,
that the late Daniel Lamont, secretary
of war, under the second administra-
ton of President Grover Cleveland. is
sued an order removing that regi-
ment from Silver City, New Mexico,
to Fort Douglas, which is located
near Salt Lake City, Utah, and
Immediately after the order had
been promulgated by Secretary La
mont the Salt Lake Tribune, which
has been for many years the leading
Republican daily newspaper published
between Omaha, Nebr., and San Fran
cisco, Calf, began to bitterly oppose
locating the Path regiment at that fort.
Every day on its editorial page it
would paint revolving pictures of half
drunken Negro soldiers staggering up
and down the streets of Salt Lake
City, insulting white ladies and beauti-
full young girls.
1t repeatedly declared that when
the Negro troops displaced the White
soldiers at that fort that they should
not be permitted to ride on the street
cars as the Whites did not want to
come in such close social contact with
a lot of half drunken Niger" SOL
diers.
AS the Tribune favored the re-elec-
ton of the Hon. Frank ]. Cannon to
the United States senate at the expira-
ton of his first term, March 4th, 1899.
early in September, 1896, it induced or
forced him to call on Secretary La
mont and present him with a petition
which was signed by the chairman of
the Republican state committee of /
Utah and by many other leading Re-
'ublicans and Democrats residing in
Salt Lake City, protesting against per-
hitting the Path regiment to locate at
Fort Douglas. In the meantime we
began to fire red-hot shots into Sena-
.or Cannon and the Tribune and as he
vas very popular with the great mass
If the people residing in the western
country for he was one of the western
who had walked out of the
Republican National convention at St.
-ouis, Mo-, in 1896, because It did not
avor the free coinage of silver at the
alto of 10 to /, and all the daily and
weekly newspapers throughout Utah
oined in the long-to-be remembered
olitical fight, the majority of them
ming up on the side of The Broad Ak
nd against Senator Cannon and the
Tribune. In the midst of that men,
'rable fight which has become a part
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