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Show VILL NOT DEQEO. Q. Tho story sprung last, week to. tlio oflcct that President Geo. Q. Cannon Is nn active candidate for, United States Senator and bad a good eluinco for success i qnp of the must amusing political riinrdiiicks e.yiir foisted upliij a long suffering public. Thu nddltuVn to the stoiy lo the effect that after his elecilou iho older Catmoii will resign re-sign and Unit his oii, Frank J., will bi appointed by Governor Wells only adds lo the abgiirdlty of tho story. The Salt Lake Herald must havo cone politically pol-itically mid In give the. credence, to the yam which Is appnrout In Its columns. col-umns. In all resptcls such a teunliui-tlonoftno teunliui-tlonoftno inpitorlal enntest Is a pol ttlcal Impnsdbllity, Geo. Q. Canunii. is a Republican, ho Is. or was a short tl tiu ago, n McKlnlny gupporter, tn fact ho Utterly condemned Frank J. for forsnklng tlio parly of poverty and jlltiiocracy. Tho LeglslHluro Is over whelming Heniiicrailo and Wiib elected nn a platform which reiitllriued all thu principles nf the Chicago platform of 181)0. . Is u within tlm range of 'possibility 'possi-bility that any Influcnco. cotild ha brought to bear which would luduco thppi to support ohm why was nn opponent op-ponent of 1 1; 'i i pint form ? It is ns-oricd Unit Geo. Q. CaniKpi's pidltical ideas are very Ib-xibli; and that In uider to tsccuro an election Im might bu Induced to embrace D-uin3racy. Wo do not bellovo this, and If trtiu It could only be added reason why hn Minuld not bo voied for by Deiuocrats, or by Itnpub-lcans Itnpub-lcans ulthir for that inatlcr. There might bo good reasons pi veil why uny Democratic legislator should votu for ex-Si-lintor Caunun, became ho was n faithful and consistent supporter of the Chicago pbiiform; ho labored bard for Win. J. Bryan and Democracy hi 1800, and In the United Slates Suuato ho voted against tlmt Iniquitous creation crea-tion of titisis, tho Dlugluv bill. Ho thus lieciimo to nil Intents and purposes pur-poses it Democrat without thu nimm. Hip Geo. Q. Cannon, never. As to tlni bitter pari of the slory, duoi anyone in Ida-sober eetisfs bulievu that if u vu-oaiiey vu-oaiiey occurred by resignation of a United Suites Senator Governor Wolls would appoint ox-Senator Cannon to i fm position? Wo nil know such a thing Is un linnustyillity. Governor Wells is nil ardent and consistent Mo-Klnlcjlt Mo-Klnlcjlt (If such tt term as tho latter 'la possible In that coiiueution), while ex-Senator Camion is as radical, or mole so, on Uio other side. Wu would llko an opportunity to Inspect the head (d the pimi ylio evolved that Mlienui ilt(l stpry. It must lio wuith Inoklug at. In the mo.iiitluio wo have no lies. HHnpy In saying that l( a UnltoU Stales Serujtor U oieeied by the present fog-jslnturo, fog-jslnturo, that Senator will bu a thor-flituh thor-flituh ioinocrat. |