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Show The facts in the case, i Pi" I it has been the custom of The Tribune to give its employees in the editorial department from ten days G jBfe weeks vacation annuall. Recently, former Senator Frank J. Cannon, the editor of The Tribune who , iLeen waging such an heroic fight against the Mormon hierarchy for the past Ave months, decided that he HfE prefer taking his acatlon now rather than later in the season. He- broached the subject to the Gen- ! iannPHr an.) the Litter, in lev. of the splendid wcrk Senator Cannon had performed fe,r The Tribune f; 9 Khe distinguished services he had rendered the American party cause since he had assumed the editorial rf 1,, r, concluded that he would extend the vacation period of the Senator from the usual ton days to thirty- $ Bays. Accordingly on Saturday last Mr. Cannon was granted a five weeks' leave of absence on full pay. g 'ft Utah on Monday last for Now York City, accompanied by his wife, transportation having been fur- ed them by The Tribune as a mark of respect and In appreciation of the magnificent services rendered ' Btate by the Senators magic pen and his matchless diction. ( H Be Deserct News in Its Issue of last ocnlng, In an evident spirit of glee, attempted to foist another of ff rT1'1 bendacious canards upon the public. b stating that there was trouble in The Tribune office and that F r 'ft tor Cannon had gone to Europe, with the strong probability that he would never return. The headlines IS article stated that the pollcv of the paper would probably be changed and that u ensis In the affairs be paper wa imminent to P"'e r,prc Blv,? ltse,f no concern about the affairs of The Tribune. The policy of the paper wdl J be changed, and Senator Cannon will continue to be the editor of The Tribune on his return to ths ! Iuk which "ill probably be about Juno 1. No doubt, the News would like to have this doughty knight j Hraw from the editorial arena, and the ill-concealed gle of the News at even the thought of his with- gj Wrti ral is strong evidence of the fact that his lance must have pierced the hardened epidermis or the bier- in J, and probably punctured a vital organ of the leader of the twenty-slz. It will probably be unwelcome ;; rmation to the News to learn that .Senator Cannon left explicit Instructions with The Tribune as to just (jj jjjJto distribute his salary during his absence for the next five weeks, and that his Instructions will be . jjwed to the letter. x Senator Cannon will not quit the fight. He cannot be frightened Into silence, bulldozed Into submission. JJ Subjugated by ecclesiastical bribes. He would j ."Rather, like Hector. In the field to die, ! 3 Than as Ibe perfumed Paris, turn and fly." (' 1 |