Show POLITICS I 1 geo Q cannon daes eis position to injure democratic leaders Lc ho he denies having the haiha T orda Oh charged arged but tim the clerk clark of the conference claims billat illat lie he did bill say ahem president george Q cannon the salt lake w was as reported in papers as having said in con conference ferince at brigham city last lael monday that judge powers was waa paid aad to steal silt lake city and now lie is at it again again or words to that effect the r report port was published and no denial appeared in either the tribune or the news judge potters naturally resented the personal assault and replied vigorously in a meeting in salt lake city W wednesday evening when it was known that powers was as on oil the war path geo gen Q C cannon annon denied having made the he the charge and an effort is being made to hush the matter up bl cut t men must not use language in the I 1 pulpit which will not bear repeating i the th a sentiment in salt lake itt in favor of separating sepa ratting church and state is gro growing whIg and many republicans ubo c said aid that the democrats democrate were acting rashly and without cause are indignant at the course taken by geo gen Q cannon the nonpartisan non partisan nominee for mayor of willard city writes as follos collona concerning geo gen Q L cannons remarks WILLARD CITY oct 29 95 hon flon 0 AV powers Chair chairmen mInn state committee dear sir pir the last two days have been full of political significance to the people of box elder county the latter day sain saints ta stake conference having been held in brigham city on sunday and aad monday sunday morning brig q hain iain young and geo Q cannon both referred to the commotion caused in the territory during the past few weeks by unscrupulous and designing persons the object being to belittle the th authorities of the he mormon church and president cannon said that lies had bad been cirou circulated about them but with it all lie left the congregation to their own owl construction as to whom he referred us as being censurable but the republicans applied it at once as appl applying ing to the democrats for redon reconvening the convention yest yesterday elday hoveler ho never vever he left no doubt as to n m hieb party he referred to for while not mentioning any names it was plain that he wished to condemn the democratic party arty and those in control making a personal attack on oil yourself referring to the time when the mor llor lost control of salt lake city he said that a certain qian that th s t conducted the campaign ed hid been lie en paid to steal the city and this his same man mail was at present at it the ile head bead of a political organization and nd lie t know abat be wanted to 0 steal no if anyone bad any doubts as to whom he referred to it was made clear here he last night flight at the heart ican rally when jolin john henry smith made the same ime statement statement mentioning your naine and adding a great deal to it among other things baying that potters posers got for stealing silt salt lake city and lic he abat the democrats were pacing him bim to the territory teni tory homed io eaid th that boners overs thought that lii lie i control e N cr athing and tried to get the dominant church to whisper in his behalf and in behalf of his party and because be could not accomplish it sent out to the world that the church was riot not to be trusted etc all of our party and many of the republicans are indignant at the reported to by smith I 1 fast abet flight ind and at the thac close of his k ks I 1 announced to all present that ahal ve ie novad have five a S grand lally on friday fri ia v vent ng next aiex t when w bell wi we would aja leave ve boma nea kerg loin salt like lake city I 1 trust on IN vill III baidon me for making the announcement no without con alting you yon but 1 found that was tins riot not en kaird gag d find and A e all feel that be a mut must have one more rally to answer sol some ne of the I 1 mado made last n night we have three mun men who favored republican principle n N ho have since the asit N isit of judge henderson announced their determination t of voting voting the democratic ticket As there has been a personal attack made on you judge if you could possible leave your duties and come upon up on friday fridan evening in and speak to us its we would be highly pleased and promise you an ovation fer ever wishing for abr the success of the democratic emo a C t ticket I 1 sin am yours truly S N COOK another letter from in tending standing county recorder of box elder cider county verifies and ates the fore foregoing goi brigham city oct 0 W V powers cowers esq salt lake city U utah tali Dear sir 1 I have just learned that in conference this afternoon george Q cannon made the following jer narks in speaking of the that salt lake city is in regarding regard ing indebtedness etc A celta cei tain illman man was paid 10 to steal S salt lake cian city and now lie he is Is at it th the head of another tion this is no doubt intended to be another thrust at our party from the church officials though no democrat believes the charge made against yourself in this indirect manner there are but few here but think t the be intention was to talk against you and to throw our pirty into disrepute I 1 have asked several their opinion as to what was int aided by the remarks and rags most it of them think that they were in intended to tn apply to yourself I 1 asked the clerk of the conference regarding the statement and he gives give it just as I 1 have above yours truly it certain certainly seems that mr cannon should litti hae e denied the reports as soon as they were published instead i of waiting wailing for to ie stint the them before lie made his denial dut but since the clerk of the conference confirms the published report it looks like there must have been something said eaid JUDGE POWERS reli Y the conditions of this territory at the present tinie time are such as to excite the grave apprehension of every of I 1 atall tali late indicate that the democratic party acted wiel in re conceding the ogden con convention ven and in issuing to the people of utah and of the united st state ates their declaration in fanci of absolute political fre freedom edoin the effort to defeat the derno democratic party by other ti means learis the than n by an appeal to the judgment of the people upon the issues that divide the two political parties of I 1 the nation have not yet ceased I 1 tl tin ll 11 republican late committee is be bending abroad broad a most scurrilous circular that appeal to lo the past passions t and the prejudices pie of the I 1 people and is seeking to win this ele election tion riot not by bv the legitimate methods of a campaign conducted upon 1 I high and honorable plane but by dorting to inflammable statements calculated to toi evie the bitter bitterness neLs and the contentions of the past the man who sincerely loves his country aud and i ailio ho desires the peace and hap of the people aimon whom lie he lives cannot view view ia aliis is state of affairs other vilh apprehension lie he cannot en c not f speak peak of it otherwise than with aith sorrow why should it be necessary in 11 in order that one party or the other shall succeed to invoke ulterior influences why should an deflect be made to lead a gi gibat an t people by their votes to declare to the nation that they have from the very ery inception of the division movement acted not in good faith but in bad faith the personality of tiny man does riot not count in a political campaign farther than it I 1 has hafits its bearing legitimately upon ohp issued that are in indol voled led up I 1 on oil the political platform al all I 1 men aie equal the tbt man ili lags ranks with the man that revels in wealth T the lie fe leader ad e r cf of an army is ia placed upon the leibel with the private soldier the private actions mea inen has no place in politics further than they indicate the fit fitness netis of the mm men to hold bold public positions or to act as teachers of the people it seems almost as if it were useless le s for the people of this territory orv to hope tor for rest and for pence peace it seems almost as if it were inere ustle useless s fr for the people of this territory to raife aboe aboNe and beyond the grief and sorrow and bitterness of the past and become like the rest of tae union only last monday in the confer in in box elder county george Q cannon made a personal attack upon myself referring to the bi historical 5 campaign of and 1800 he said that a certain man wits was paid to steal sal Palt Lake city and now he be is ia tit at the head of the great political party monday evelline at a republican meeting in wi lard city john henry smith said powers got for stealing salt lake city and I 1 do not know ii what hat the democrats democh its are paying payl n g him to steal the territory tory powers thought that he could control everything slid and tried to get the dondt dominant capt napt church to whisper in his behalf and in behalf dalfol of his party and because he could not accomplish it sentous sen sent tout out to the ibe world that the church could not at be trusted I 1 it t is unnecessary to repeat history but it is ig known to all men that after a hotly contested campaign lasting from froin may until the middle of february 1890 many prominent citizens of salt lake city most of whom are not republicans cans united generously and presented to me the sum of 1000 Oas a token of their appreciation of my in the campaign what do those nien men now think of the statement thus publicly made that the victory which n aich they celebrated was a victory of fraud that the money that they contributed was to pay for the theft of ii a great city that they themselves were veto parti cipa tors in in that theft accepted the fruits fruita thereof and hired the thief and paid out of their own pockets for the crime Is not the suggestion sufficient without argument or innuendo to lead those men to be i lieve that it is their duty to do r something omet bing in justification of their honor the democratic party has de elated in no uncertain tones in favor jofs of a cessation of such odi as are being aed by cannon slid and smith it has ha declaimed declai aled ed for the political freedom of the individual it has said that utah I 1 MUST U T and SHALL enter the union onion as a free state what have the men to say who contributed their tune title and means in the great biNt historical orical fight between the two factions faction in 1889 and 1890 what have hare they it to say as men to the suggestion that have been made what have they to hope for in the furuie if these things lire are permitted I 1 what is their duty in this supreme crisis what is ia party after all when the principles of ones onea country are at take I 1 have heretofore said aud I 1 say now that patriotic men should hould always advance as their watchword country before party art k S AilT KB let me ask you mr tribune ana 1 invoke a frank and fear fearless leha I 1 answer wai it a an a leward for fraud that you tendered me a reception at the walker hoube in in Ali august gust after the liberals had carried the town by 41 majority was it payment for an act of grand larceny that you chub enabled me to shake hands with crople does not this serious ion charge affect your honor its as arll w is as rily mv own tell me mr 0 J T salisbury tell me mr W 13 mccornick tell rue me messia walker bros artrur L thomas P r 1 II 11 1 lannan richard macintosh every one of you republicans republican tell me each and every one of you van alto contributed buted to the fund presented rete to me did you do so as partakers par takers 0 of f stolen goods does not the serious IOUs ch charge tit ge made affect the honor 0 of f efte each handall and all of you telline tell me mr george M scott whether sh ether you accepted office as the beneficiary of a fraud are you or ari ar you not willing to resent thi tb 0 allador allf dor imputation upon your lionor and upon the honor of our city for my own part fill through ough all the fight I 1 acted conscientiously and as I 1 believed for the right As bod od 11 I 1 my judge I 1 did none of the tha dishonest things with IN ith which I 1 have been charged I 1 am vindicated by the fact that the liberals received majority in 1890 1800 by the fact that no contest was wa made by the defeated party ey dy the fad fact that election after election thereafter resulted in the victory of the same party why then a trian man ot of god bear testimony against his bis neighbor I 1 have no excuses to offer sly my record is 18 before the people my life hab been ao an open book but with will all the earnestness of my being I 1 protest against this latest at tempt to embitter the people for partisan atin fo mr john henry smith speaking now as a free IN american merican citizen politically bis equal I 1 say ay stand up and tell the people when I 1 ever sought the whisperings or the influence of the dominant church for myself or for my coy party parly 9 when did I 1 ever truckle or fero n u at the foot of power you have made this charge now prove brov e it to if the people end awl I 1 will stand convicted before all utah as a hypocrite and as aa a knave if ff you fail to prove it maya may a cons considerate erate and just demple judge between us I 1 firmly believe that the time has come to things down I 1 believe that the old liberals of utah even though they vote vole the republican Republic en ticket this fall should make themselves heard and repudiate the attacks upon their honesty and now in no spirit of recrimination I 1 want to ask why john henry smith rakes the ashes that still contain the embers of bitter 1 ness and why does he and cannon in this hour of peril in utah see fit to sow the wind for he aiho n ho floweth the wind shall in gods time reap the whirlwind why do these there men seek to imperil statehood of utah do they not know that every ruen insinuation I 1 every such appeal that ever every Y appeal that is made from the pulpit to direct men politically adds votes against the constitution do they not desire statehood or is is it true that after all that partisan success is so dear to them that they will imperil statehood stat f for or utah if need be that they will play aith fire that they will divide the people apin again upon the old 01 I 1 lines that they the will resort to auy any measure to defeat the great democratic de n lo 10 party and to give the republican u patty party success the democrats can call well endure defeat in in this campaign it will be a defeat with honor if it should khouli come T the e republican party cannot afford to win in this campaign cam for winning inning by the methods that are now being used would be to set utah backward let us turn our faces toward the rising sun run and turn our backs toward the setti setting 1 n g sun bull speaking el now 0 w as aa ore one or e that cares far less fur for party success than lie he does for the advancement and peace and happiness of the people I 1 not only appeal to patriotic gentiles but I 1 appeal to thoe tho e mor mons who pushed the hand band carts into this country that they might obtain liberty lib libe eity Ltv I 1 appeal to the young men who have the future all beffie then them I 1 ask thorn them now flow to cland up fol foi political freedom and political liberty to make their vote count thank god we vre have a secret ballot and men in oil ma C in go to the polls if they choose and vote foi that which will advance utah bery church in the teti terri toi r y and protect every man mail in hi his political rights Caldi Caidin cial jl wool s admonition to cromwell is a good patr pair otic sentiment to follow be just and fear not 0 let lct all the ends thou aini st at be thy count rys thy gods and tru truths thal then thell if thou fallet 0 cromwell thou |