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Show J! IAS A VOTt ,, j Senator Cannon Delivers Ad- 'ij dress, Giving His Expo- j sition of Principles. ,'' v Judge IDinlnny Opened Meeting With, j , j an Excellent Review of the , j-i Political Situation. ' j t Special to The Tribune, j , f SANDY, Utah, Oct. 22. It la doubtful i If ever boforo In tho history of Utah a i ; political rally was attended with so great I ' enthusiasm and marked with ouch dls- tlngulBhed results as that which wa3 held i jj - at tho town of Sandy Friday evening by tho American party of Utah. Schmidt's ' 'j hall, large as It Is, was filled to ovcrflow- i J II Ing with men and womon. Outside the ij. building there were at least three limes as flj many persons anxious to net within. All jlj wcro eager to hear tho principles of the , !, new party movement expounded. The , j audience, at first hostllo and undemon- ,i utratlvc, soon became converts filled with J enthusiasm. ( Good Will Result No such political gathering had ever be I foro been seen In Sandy. The popular i; 1 sentiment there was not too kindly dls- ,'t'i posed toward the new party, but when the meeting was over thoso who had come : . to seo anil hear were emphatic, almost j without exception. In declaring their ad- 1 1 horenco to the causo which Is gaining mo- I mentum oveiy day in the effort to redeem re-deem Utah from ecclesiastical control of civil and political affairs. It was Indeed a vote-making rally for tho American i party, and tho results will unquestionably bo all that tho most sanguine now predict, i. i The American party's rally at Sandy 1 ' was In striking contrast to the dlsappolnt- I , Ing event participated In by tho Dcmo- . I erats at the same place tho previous oven- ; i l"g when tho programme consisted of J live dry speeches, no music, and an utter : lack of enthusiasm, before a small audl- l j enco,- It was llkewlso a monster success j j compared with the frosty meeting held '1 by the Republicans at Sandy a short time i If before. IB .' Judge Dininny Heard First. ,1 Preceding tho principal speaker of tho N j.l evening, who was Senator Frank J. Can- B ''j non, H. J. Dlnlnny, nominee for County I Attorney, mado a calm, dispassionate nd- I ! 1 " dress, which afforded entree for tho mas- I - i terful speech of Senator Cannon. J It Is probable that never before In tho I , history of Utah has a campaign orator I' been so triumphant In turning an appar- 1 1!. cully unsympathetic audience, for the u' most part. Into willing listeners and, i !; finally, enthusiastic supporters of tho !f'i principles which were submitted to thern , i!. for their consideration, m. There were frequent Interruptions of the 1 speaker, and the dialogue between hlm- f ;H; self and his hearera at times became brll- , ' llant. At one point In his discussion. 1 .( , where he declared that church leaders had f j Intervened in politics, one of the audienco '; cried out: "And the Gentiles have helped k ; ' them to do It'" ' t Tho spcakor answered: "Yes, whenever there has been a peculiarly- atrocious I thing In politics that a Mormon would j . not do, some sycophantic Gentile has been ,' i found who was willing to assume the it task. I have seen Gentiles who went to church headquarters with heads erect, np- I ( iircntly looking and feeling like men, who L j f i !, would shrivel like grasshoppers when thev II i ,"1,1 Pot Into the great presence. But I am I i.:, i hinnv to say that these constituted tho I f, M-ablo exceptions to an honorable J j' Greeted by Applause. ' J' , ijiji Both the Interruption and the answer I ' j Jr uero greeted by storms of applause. I' ;f(fi At another point tho speaker was In- ,)' terrupted by this remark: "And tho pco- ( V l,le wero Instructed to vote for vou and that's how you wero elected!" ' P. When the applouse had ended Mr. Can- j it, I'.on pointed his finger strnlght at the In- 1 h lerrupter and said: "You voted for me ! i ' then, did you not? Yes? Then I demand !! I that you tell who gavo to you that in. I ;JI htructlon. I thought I was elected be- i : causo tho people of Utah trusted me to fulfill In public Ufa the public covenant jj which I made with them. If church ln- ji llucncc was used and church Instruction ! given. I want to know It: and I have at ! . ; Inst found the witness. Stand up before J ! tills audience and let us toll tho world i ;.' i wliat ecclesiastical authority dellvorcd , i I your vote to me " ,i Tho Interrupter was silent and the house Ji ; greeted the speaker's point with wild ac- i : -j I claims, i i Voluntarily Given, i J Then Senator Cannon resumed; "I say to i vou that In my political controversies In ; V Utah I have not had tho help of ecclesl- i - nstical authority by any request or as- 1 ).; i sent of mine. When I was a candidate ! ,i j for tho nomination for Congress all of |