| Show hanis HW niS made by alie dinies on mr cannon INTERVIEW hew lork paper claims it is true president cannons emphatic denial washington D C april 18 1895 special to the tribune the new yurl timea today to iti attack apoi georae Q cannon and that lu has resorted to a trick common tc cheap politicians in the repudiation of c published interview in the washington nebb of march it says the interview in touched for by the editor 0 the adwa a was the integrity of tho ie portar who wrote it the times continues the correa p indent for the new york times wa at the office of the washington no 8 today that tha interview which mr cannon denied emphatically acar a ay iy took st the entrance to the white ahouee and was accurately reported it io assumed here in view of mr cannons repudiation of the statement credited to him that he talked to the news reporter purely for effect in washington the new york times eldone has been largely circuit dareil and that ha did not expect to see his remarks reproduced in sail lacco and used as fresh evidence ev dence of hia dou ble it is understood that he tod the president practically news there is no doubt that cannon baa th own his influence with the republican party in etab and ia doing bis most in a quiet war to undermine the democratic organization in the territory but na is not ready to throw off the mask although BO far as abs tbs Denn cratic leaders are concerned his true character ial known there is a belief here that bannona Can nona course in relation to this interview i due mainly to liia desire to secure money in the eat to enable him to carry out big real estate and railroad projects in utah some observers of cannon say it is but natural that bis statements regarding the situation in the territory should ba labaile to fit the section of country in which thov delivered are wonder that ona of hia aliened permit himself to talk at all ou lr po alica while engaged in ft game BO desperate aa the political conversion of utah the attacks of the times which as bumes to be tha leading democratic ornan in new york are professedly for B only with the object if possible of defeating the editor of the times ban repeatedly in private conversation repudiated any personal animus in ita assaults on mr Ci and bay insisted that ilu onla was purely a ical one rame to prevent republican and to ice p out two tree fliller senators tho new the gama has been in conjunction with some salt laite Rant lemen whose names are well k lown W E A hon georda Q cannon was shown the above at hi home last night and abated emphatically that the statements he made through the tribune on he borning nor ning of april ath juanc after his return from ibe bait denying the alleged interview of the washington newa were all that he coald offer 1 I state now that there is nn truth in the statement thai I 1 waa in ter viewed by any leporter at the en trance to the white house or anywhere else my brief stay in washing toi on marcu and as to the aseere tio i that I 1 to d the president practically what appeared in the news I 1 wish to abate that ib is entirely false I 1 wab arith president cleveland half an hour I 1 can elate abat nothing came up b tween ua in the nature of politics ive bome baltera in relation to utah and the president himself nado nn alluvion allu aion to the attacks ol 01 the new york jimca on myself but the politics af the new state was not brought up nor I 1 have on all occasions refrained frem discussing the of the territory either in public or private abe others who wonder at one of my alleged shrewdness talking can console thema elyea that I 1 am still DOS ceased of my shrewdness and they can mark it down I 1 am not engaged in any such desperate kama as the political conversion of utah my principal hope for the people of tha territory is that they may obtain statehood but as to he complexion cf her political latare I 1 indulge in neither hopes nor fears mr bannon stated that far from his tilt ins to the reporter of the news io effect he really did not talk at all cont he said the statement that I 1 was interviewed at the entrance to the anite house enables me to speak with more I 1 shook bands with judge springer and one or two others of my old acquaintances while f was in congress Con gresa on my way to the presidents office I 1 bade several persona but had I 1 had the inclination to talk noli tica there or elsewhere the opportunity was lacking 8 far as the democratic leaders are concerned I 1 believe my true character haa been known to them and to the rei leaders for and I 1 have no occasion at abia late date to acquire a new character the fact that the edi r 01 the now york timea disclaims any antiqua in the pub li cation of these ants no figure for on their baca faca they show that thea are moro than personal attacks on and made for the purpose if possible of with our bueil noaa projects jamea of tha authora will I 1 believe abon ba made known and when known the public may judge 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