| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION motion the sequence of events from which would emerge the Standard-Examiner deep-dyed and ardent proponent of Free Silver Frank Cannon wasfrequent lecturer on the subject He in fact proposed before the Republican national convention of 1896 that it be adopted asplank in the partyplatform Its defeat moved him to break with the GOP and in 1900 he becameDemocrat Resuming his journalistic career he again joined Littlefield onsix-day daily published in Ogden the Utah State Journal Like so many of its predecessors itbutmemory today Cannon remained there four years and had the distinetion of leadingdrive to construct the cityfirst electric power plant 5 million project in Ogden Canyon In search of expertise about these then-revolutionary plants he trav elled widely in Europe Severing his relationship with the Journal on September 30 1904 he moved to the Salt Lake Tribune as editorial writerduty it was commonly felt that included speech-writing for Senator Thomas Kearns the Tribunepublisher Cannon had few if any peers in Utah in the art of persuasive and polished speaking or writing opined Malmquist in The First 100 Years his Tribune history He could attack or defendcause with impressive skill Why he elected to leave his native state ismatter of conjecture The decision may have been rooted in his philosophical differences with the Latter-day Saints Church Or perhaps it was simply the other side of the mountain syndrome In any event by 1909 he was editorial writer of the Denver Times And in 1911 he became managing editor of the Rocky Mountain News Some 35 years after hefirst enterednewsroom Frank Cannon wrote -30to that career and began to pursue in earnest his affiliation with mining He became president of Continental Divide Development Company which controlled several Aspen district mines He was also president of the Bimetallic Association for which he championed the cause of free coinage of silver He was acknowledged asbrilliant 440 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
