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Show Iniown IH Plutocracy. I The plutocracy represented by the triumvirate which Is at the head of tho knockers and which Truth Is laboring la-boring to overthrow and confound Is of much longer standing, much farther reaching and even much more baneful bane-ful than people generally suppose. Truo Its present outbreak has put It In a more conspicuous light than It ever occupied before and demonstrated demonstrat-ed more strikingly than at any time In tho past itsenmity to tho people and determination' to rule or ruin. iThls plutocracy of which ex-Senator Kearns Is tho head, began nearly twenty twen-ty years ago to control this city anl state. For years It was a potent but silent factor In elections especially In tho election of members of tho judiciary. judi-ciary. Senator Kearns wanted men on tho bench that ho could control and whllo ho did not always succeed In getting just tho men ho wanted on tho bench ho, by tho force of money frequently fre-quently succeeded In preventing tho nominations or the elections of tho best qualified and tho most honest and Independent men for Judges. Ho know that If ho had the judiciary under his baneful lnfluonco it would bo a tremendous tre-mendous power In his hands both for his advantage In litigation, In which he was often Involved and also in politics. pol-itics. Ho and a fow of his friends wielded a great Influence in that way for years, so much so that that tho property and liberties of citizens who ventured to run counter to his wishes were not safe. Ho had thugs and vagabonds vag-abonds In his employ who were willing to appear as witnesses when ho wanted want-ed them and frequently they did so. Ho In some cases employed men who wero In tho pay of tho city to furthoi Ids schemes In a very questionable way. ma policy was to ruin all who (vent counter to his desires and ho was lover very particular as to tho moth-Ms moth-Ms ho employed. By tho use of mon-J" mon-J" ho was elected United States senior sen-ior and becauso tho people would not. land for him a second time ho fol-wctl fol-wctl his URual plan of punishing lose who would not bend to his will. ial s tho only cause of all this aglta-ui aglta-ui 'his knocking which has been golf,' go-lf,' on and injuring tho state for the 1st two years. In his nefarious h ii.es ho found a willing tool in tho other ex-senator Frank J. Cannon. A more dlsreputablo pair In every sense It would bo difficult to find In theso United States. Cannon's reputation In Washington and with United States senators is as bad as it is at home. Ho has absolutely no Influence with Influential In-fluential men at the National capital. Ho and his friend Dubois of Idaho have tho reputation In tho scnato of never being true to any cause they espoused. They aro despised for their double dealing, duplicity and unreliability. unrelia-bility. They aro moot companions for ex-Senator Kearns. Tho Importance Import-ance to the people of this state of overthrowing this vile plutocracy is very great. It is a mcnaco to tho state. |