Show unuls 13XTTED STATES SEAATOKS The Republican legislators in caucus have agreed to the election of Frank J Cannon and Arthur Brown for United Uni-ted States senators It may be said that these gentlemen only need the formal ratification of the votes of the same men in the legislature next Tuesday that voted for them in caucus on Tuesday Tues-day night to make them United States senators The agony of the senatorial election may be said to be practically over The unity of the Republican party has been sufficiently preserved to make its own choice of senators and In i that of course it has reaped only the fruits that belong to it by reason of its victory in the elections last fall Of Mr Frank J Cannon it may be said that he occupied such a position I In the Republican party at the time of Utahs admission into the Union that according to political usages he was the logical candidate in his party for the United States senate and that circumstance cir-cumstance doubtless had great influence influ-ence in bringing to pass the present assurance of his election on Tuesday next DXtWhen When Mr Frank J Cannon first began his political career in Utah the prominence given to him in the Republican Re-publican party arose more from the fact of his bearing an honored name than from any inherent ability or strength of character that he possessed possess-ed While it cannot be denied that Mr Cannon is endowed with some of those graces which go to the making of what is called a Brilliant mana ready wit a pleasing address and theft the-ft of glittering speech no thoughtful man ever looked upon the coming senator sen-ator from Utah as a man of great strength of character depth of intel lect or extensive knowledge His brilliancy bril-liancy Is of the kind that glitters it does not wear It may be admired as tinsel but no one would be guilty of mistaking it for solid gold Sir Cannon Can-non falls away below the ideal senator He can scarcely be regarded as the kind of man that Utahs people thought of in those days when they longed for the time to come that some son of Utah would raise his voice in the senate sen-ate on the great national and international interna-tional questions that arise in that august au-gust chamber and where sometimes the fate of nations may be trembling in the balance However pleasing as a companion Mr Cannon may be and however showy in person or in speech he is not the material nor the temperament temper-ament of which statesmen are made As to the other gentleman Mr Arthur Ar-thur Brown while It is conceded that he possesses intellectual acuteness of a certain grade is a good lawyer possesses pos-sesses the courage of his convictions and is fearless and even offensive in the expression of them yet he lacks the broadness of intellect the power of sustained effort the liberality of sentiment and the greatness and grandeur of soul that men look for in those occupying such stations as senators sen-ators of the United States That Mr Browns election will not give as general gen-eral satisfaction to Republicans that the election of Mr Cannon will goes without saying The first note of disapproval dis-approval comes from the chief Republican Repub-lican paper of the state and like complaint com-plaint will come from other quarters I not open to the same suspicion of prejudice pre-judice as the Salt Lake Tribune In the editorial columns of that paper yesterday appeared the following remarks re-marks As to the nomination of Arthur Brown it was unexpected and will strike the people as something in the nature of a trick and bad faith CMr Brown deserves nothing from the Republican Re-publican party He is not of the stuff that the ideal senator is made he has none of the qualities that are looked for in the incumbent of that high and I illustrious position but many that one would suppose should forbid any one thinking of him in that connection The caucus action as to him can only be explained on the theory that a sudden sud-den madness overtook the members and in their frenzy they recked not of consequences His election will mean nothing good for Republicanism locally lo-cally it will signify nothing for Utah before the nation We have just this to suggest in conclusion con-clusion Now that the full results of the Republican victory in the election of the legislature last fall are known so far as the election of senators is concerned we ask the good people of Utah to sit down and countnot their gains but their losses We ask them not to campare for comparison there is nonebut contrast Moses Thatcher with Frank J Cannon I Joseph L Rawlins with Arthur Brown If it shall be suggested that they did not vote for men but for principlelet them take stock of their political faith inquire into it and see if they have not made the same mistake in selecting their political po-litical principles as they must own they have done in choosing their senators |