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ATTACK ON PRESIDENT CANNON the washington correspondent of the salt bait lake tribune has bad sent to big bia paper a brief synopsis of a seven even col dmn article which appeared in the new york times of the inet dinst charging president george qi cannon with the political sale bale of tole territory to the abe JRe publican party and with various corrupt and dishonest transactions in big bia own private tiu business siness affairs one of theme theae being bis bin acquire acquirement men t or of took stock in the bullion brick beck mining property and this full followed owed by the gec oral eral charge that he has hag made a political deal to help his hie business enter prise dihe 11 1 1 in abe absence of the full text of the publication any attempt to reply explicitly to Us its accusations would be bec premature but enough ot of the ibe spirit of the article la Is at haud band to show its utter baseness and infamy president cantou in a abort interview obtained by a tribune reporter brands the to te e graphed statements as false in every parti particulars particular oular a declaration which id surely not necessary among a people with whom he has baa lived in ILI unshaken esteem and unquestioned honor for upwards of fifty your beare nevertheless elese he enters entera a categorical and emphatic dental denial to each statement made alluding to the charge that republican success in ID the territory of utah was due t tj his efforts off orte and his ecclesiastical influence president cannon says 1 I took absolutely no part in frank J Cati cannon elec election tio quietly or otherwise and in lot f act I 1 was very careful to refrain from so doing because of my position in the church I 1 wish to be d aud and q doted as stating moat emphatically taut dirring the campaign I 1 approached a one indirectly or otherwise with reference to prank frank J cautions cannon interests aud did not flot coti co n tribute a single dollar to his campaign lund jund neither did I 1 have any dealings with J B S Claf clarkson Clarks kain jn or joe manky manity relating to prank J cannon election and tor for that ii maltar altar it is a well known tact that neither clarkson nor manley had anything to do with bis bin election to the statement that his family has lived from the profits of we hi position tiou president cannon answers MD werE 1 I do net dot draw a single dollar from the church for my services but instead I 1 pay my tithing from an income which I 1 derive from legitimate b siness enterprises I 1 wish to T state further lurt ber that bat I 1 nave never naver made any money out of the church in I 1 u any form coming to the statement otate merit that bis big stock to in toe tae bullion beck back aud and champion mining company was secured by president cannon SAYS my holdings iu in the company have been acquired only by direct pur purchase enase and whoever sayo to the contrary tells telis an unqualified and debt mcjohn beck who accord log to the times writer was out of his hia mining stock very promptly comes out in a pub published lishe d statement in bota boin the sa bait it lake papers of athis abis date to the effect that mr cannon paid the cash for the stock he purchased that the transaction has baa never been questioned that it wa was perfectly straight raight at and that any charice of f fraud la is radic there la Is no doubt that each other slander alander in the whole evile vile screed etien it ball be received in its if fullness can be cretu ref bied iod with wilb equal same and without president bannona Can nona being putto the trouble of further noticing it at ai all the motive for the malevolence of the limes writer the article la is said to bear a salt dalt lake date I 1 line I 1 ne naturally excites comment and bi laid identity gives rlee rise to but whoever be is ie and whatever his biu motive his h 19 false sau a cowardly nature ja ie shown in big bia handiwork since almost algoet the beginning of time lime there have been wretches cues vile enough to glory to in the saga ei nation tf cf honest beula reputations foul beamis pleasure was or of character oter and the doing of evil such ml erable befogs are golu geu orally found lut cut at last laet and their breir infamy shown in the light of day in the present instance the intention doubtless WB was to malign more than one roan or lari ully it was to and injure vast interests and a whole it 16 will tail fail as aa falsehood must ever tall lail its author will have his bis chagrin for nis als pains and even now dow unknown though he be is his hie portion is ia every decent marild mand scorn acorn |
