The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-09-12


las. that he could not recall nor re-
woke it." and in spite of all the efforts
put forth by the Tribune and Senator
Cannon. on October q, 1896, the Z4th
regiment proudly marched through
the streets Of Salt Lake City on its
wav to Fort Douglas.
One year after this incident the Salt
Lake Tribune, in long editorial, ad-
mitted that it had made a mistake IN
fighting and opposing the 24th regl-
ment from locating at Fort Douglas;
that not one White lady had been IN
suited on the streets nor on the street
cars; that each and everyone OF its
members had conducted themselves
like true gentlemen and orderly and
well DISCIPLINED soldiers; that they
were a great improvement over the
White soldiers, who were always hight
inc and shooting at each other on the
street cars, soaring the wits out OF the
fair White ladies; that they had al
wavs seemed to take much delight in
drinking whisky and cursing or swear
ing while they were walking up and
down the streets, and it wound up by
saving that the members of the oath
regiment did not resort to such habits
and so on.
Senator Cannon, who never had one
bit of love in his heart for colored
people, who always walked and talked
as though he owned the whole earth
and its fullness thereof, was 50 stiff
necked and conceited that he never
would admit that he had made a grave
mistake BY endeavoring to prevent
the oath regiment from locating at
Fort Douglas. Then we finally made
up our mind, whatever the final re-
suits might be- to make a desperate
effort to prevent his reelection to
the United States Senate from Utah
in 1900.
Shortly after the November election
in 1898, We met Senator Cannon face
to face il one Of the leading hotels il
Salt Lake City and during our short
conversation with him while looking
him right square in the eyes, we
very softly informed him that we
would continue to fight him to a dead
stand still and do everything in our
power to prevent his reelection to
the United States Senate"
Senator Cannon simply laughed at
US and exclaimed go ahead and do
your worst, for your little newspaper
can't hurt anybody"
Senator Cannon little knew right at
that very moment that we had sew
eral afidavits in Our pockets, their
contents being in relation to his I'M
senatorial conduct during the dark
hours Of the night in Washington, D.
c. After consulting several of the
best and the leading lawyers in Salt
Lake City, as to our right to publish
the contents of the afidavits, with
out getting into trouble, they, the
lawyers decided that as long as we
were in a position to prove that the
contents Of the ahidavits were true,
that they were published for justih-
able ends or for good motives, that We
were on safe ground" So on Satur-
day, Jan z, 1900, two days before
the converting of the Legislature OF
Utah, on Monday Jan. 9, for the pur-
pose of electing a United States Sen
ator we began to dish up the past
immoral record of Senator Cannon in
Washington, d. c., and at other
places through the columns Of The
Broad AK, for the edihcation Of its
members and the people in general
When the Broad AK made its ap-
pearance that Saturday morning, Jan
z, 1899, the leading politicians and the
rank and file Of the people went mao
or wild for they ran in every direc-
ton in an effort to secure copies Of
the paper, and so great was the de.
mand for the paper that late tina
same Saturday afternoon, we were fore
ed to put the forms back on the pres.
and print two thousand extra copies o
, the paper, which were soon grabbed
UP by the politicians for our first gur
I fired at Senator Cannon set Salt LAX,
J City on fire and we felt deep down il
| the bottom Of our heart that he neve
could recover from its effect and tina
| he could not be reelected to til,
] United States Senate from Utah.
< Early every Saturday morning
e while the Legislature was in session
from Monday, Jan. 9th to the 9th o
t March before its members began thei
( labors we would put a large bundl,
: Of the copies Of The Broad AK on on