| Show fi fight a I 1 ht is now 0 on a A great many of the people of utah said that frank J cannon was too young to zend send to the united states S senate enate and they were much more in favor of his father lion hon george Q cannon than they were of the son but frank J was the logical candidate from a political apolitical standpoint so he was honored with the highest position within the gift of the people A year has not passed since the senator toga was given to bright and rising young son and now hundreds of his old friends are saying he is only a boy after all the people of utah are preeminently for protection that has been a cardinal principle with them ever since they entered the valleys of utah even before they came here their beloved prophet said when the people are secure and their rights properly respected spec ted then jhb four main pillars of prosperity viz agriculture manufactures navigation and commerce need the fostering are aare of the government and in so goodly a country as ours where the soil the climate the rivers rivers the lakes and the sea coast the pro dictions duct ions the timber the minerals minera I 1 s and the inhabitants are so diversified that a pleasing variety accommodates all tastes trades and calculations it certainly is the highest point of subversion to protect the whole northern and southern eastern and western center and circumference of the realm by a judicious ti tariff riffi with protection a cardinal principle it naturally grieved the great majority of the people of the state to see their senator voting against the taking up of the first tariff measure that came before him it was his first step outside the party that had elected him to office but that tha t could well have been condoned had the bolt stopped there yet senator cannon went to st louis and joined senators teller and dubois in a cry of no compromise this tinie time well I 1 they were in the minority and could not dictate terms to the majority their threats of bolting only aggregated the situation and the result was that the great majority of the convention went as far as they dared go in favor of gold while the western senators left the party even the bolt could have been condoned had the western republicans done as the eastern democrats have done put up a man to support whom would not stultify the voters at home lad had I they put up senator telfer pro would have gone for him almost to a man but they simply bolted and offered no remedy except that by the democrats today they are pointing republicans to a free trader put up by some of the most dangerous dan erous rementa ee oe menta ments of our country and tell the conservative people of utah to vote for him republicans of the new state cannot do it when the stats state committee met and showed how bow small the defection by the bolt was senator cannon got angry and concluded to carr carry y the bolt home he is now out in open opposition to the party organization promoting a party of his own awo he evidently lias has the endorsement dor dar of none of the leaders of the people though the deseret news a leased eased paper lins liis given his st louis bolt the very strongest kind of an endorsement dor the people of utah have already discounted that endorsement because of the position of the church organ now the bolt is brought honie home to all and outside of salt lake and the mining camps we predict that republicans are going to prove true to their t party with them stands the millions of loyal and patriotic citizens of the united states who will this year elect mr mckinley by an overwhelming majority it is a crowd to be with and it c suits well the of the people of utah |
