Show ROBTS G A 0 N 8 his anti tariff vote is denounced THE TRIBUNE AFTER ills own orwan organ thinks that lie should giac vp up his is commission quotations tue toe vote of senator cannon is receiving the universal condemn alim ali n that it deserves following in tb eake of the enquirer the iha salt lake tribune once his organ says editorially it is ia hard bard to understand senator cannons vote ou on the tariff bill unless he has haa ceased to have baye any sympathy with Ra Ro publican principles the reasons he advanced for his bis course are un tenable from any republican stand point ile he was elected on a platform turm of protection end and eil ei ver lver restoration the latter being the paramount hsue but with such stress laid upon the former thatis that if we mistake stake not the senator more than once declared that with silver fully restored even then free trade would drain the country of money and fail to bring to the people the pros prosperity parity which they longed for while it is chatain that the evils affecting the me country cannot be wiped away except by currency readjustment still medicines are often given to patients which are not expected to be ram remedies edies but merely palliative property will not cese tailing and there will be no general restoration of prosperity until justice isha shall be done to silver but it is ia certain that the tariff on lead wool and hides bides will add some millions of dollars to the profits of the people who doted for the legislators who elect elected edAr mr cannon a senator neither is he be right when he declares that every humble interest of the country has been ignored in the bill the three articles named above are ahrie on which this state depends in the main for profits the fact that the moneyed interests the trusts etc were given consideration cannot be helped money is a mighty power tha idea was to set get thel the beet beat bill possible under the stances not expecting perfection and if the trusts were too much in evidence in its preparation the remedy is to enforce the antitrust anti trust law or ir that caa not be enforced then than to introduce and push one that can be enforced probably ab y the only explanation is that mr cannon no longer believes in a protective tariff still even if that were true it seems esema to us considering the pledges on which he was elected and the present demand of the people who elected hiro him he be to have voted for the measure or given back his bis commission as senator to the governor from whom he rec received ived it there is still another consideration which one would think would influence silver men that is to have this measure put to trial so soon eoon as possible to demonstrate that while a revised tariff may be a palliative it is not ot the remedy which the supporters of mr mckinley mckinlay last year declared it to be again a revenue of 1500 annually has to be raised and the greater source of that revenda is through customs duties that amount cannot be raised without hardships are inflicted upon many people we think that senator cannons course was more ernly than that of senator teller who did not vote but bat still we find nothing in mr Oan cannons explanation of his reasons for voting against the measure to justify the ieno ignoring of the obligations to his bis constituents which he be assumed when he was voted for locally the salt lake tribune says that senator cannons vote on the tariff bill came as a surprise and disappointment to many silver republic cans in salt lake much charrin wits was displayed and regret expressed that he should have bave taken the course he adopted with regard to the measure one citizen of prominence very nearly ex expressed Dressed the sentiments of all when he said eaid when senator cannon left the st L liuis mis convention he gave notice that he be was not noi leaving the republican party he asserted that he still belaev n the doctrine ol of protection the tariff bill as presented might not have suited all of the republicans that it was about as perfect as it could be hoped to be gotten is proven sufficiently by the f taci aci t that of all the laicans in the senate only one senator cannon voted against it his course is certainly inconsistent his action is a surprise to his political friends it looks as it if senator cannon has taken back his emphatic declaration cl in leaving the st louis convention that he still believed in the doctrine of protection the salt lake herald quotes the enquirers ers editorial comments and add it cannot can not be denied that senator cannon by his vote against the most important measure championed or to to ie championed by his party has onsby disappointed his hia political associates in this state aud and then his explanation explain in another place the E erald says bays laconically senator cannon bolted too aba republican national convention and he votes against the republican tariff bill once a bolter always a bolter the press comments are mild corn com kaied with the personal remarks made concerning him it is generally agreed that he should resl resign ign the ogden oden standard Stac dard prefaces its quotation of the enquirer edi editorial tonal as follows not more than eighteen months ego ago senator frank J cannon and the editor of the ehg provo enquirer were boon companions and wrapped in the affections of each other especially was this true in politics it is ia therefore interests inte interesting resti 1 L y in to note tho the comments of the enkui enquirer er on the present conree of senator cannon the enquirer of yesterday save Iti it isa most disgraceful record he be has made ane when he be is considered in in the light of hs his former protective cam campaign s in utah and his election on a strongly protective platform his change of 0 front now is most despicable he is ii low cow without recognition by either organ organizations I 1 lations zat ions his influence is is gole and the worst of it all he is regarded as being dishonest with his hia constituents it is no light fight to disregard platform pledges pledge 3 as he has done men are elected in this country on their honor and there is nothing else can be appealed to but that after their ele election tion to see that they stand by their platform it is a pleasing plea sinz fact to know that few if any instances in the politic il history of our country are recorded wherein men have acted ss as senator cannon has done they haye have invariably stood by their platform on which they were elected when they could no longer do so they we haye resigned |