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Show On the eve of election Truth ad- dresses itself to its subscribers with all the energy, all the sincerity at its command. You, citizen readers are the sovereign people. Upon your action on Tuesday next depends the g of the municipality for the next two years. See to it that, you vote right. It is not a question of party poliI tics which confronts you at this time. ft You are not called upon to solve any ij intricate problem of general government. You are simply asked to decide whether or not you, as Republicans or .'Ssmocrats, will turn over to a corrupt; machine, the control of this city. The history of the late convention, called by. its managers a Republican convention, is so fresh in your minds that we scarce need do more than to remind you of It. You know as well as we do that certain elements of the party obtained control of that macine by unfair means; by purchase and by jobbery, by chicanery and foul methods. When that convention was called the ' respectable element of the Republican party had decided to nominate a certain man for mayor. The sentiment in his favor was overwhelming. .The decent element had its mind made up. It was presumed that he would carry nearly every primary in the city and go into the general convention with enough wotes to nominate him on the first ballot. But the will of the respectable element of that party was thwarted. Gangs of hired pluggers were taken from one primary to another; methods which would have disgraced Tammany Hall in the palmiest days of Tweed were resorted to and slates, made up of saloon bums and hangers on around the .toughest bars in the town were run through in many places. With this nucleus the corrupt i element started to complete their work and by bargain and purchase they succeeded in buying votes I enough in the convention to defeat the will of the people and nominate a ticket composed of the friends of Tom Kearns, the idea being to secure control of the" party machinery, so that next fall, in the county convention, he may dominate the ticket for the legislature and select none but men who will vote for him for the United States senate. Realizing that the decent element of the Republican party had been taken by the throat and throttled, several leading members of the Republican party have broken away from political affiliations and have declared J that sooner than see. the corrupt crowd installed In power they would This vote( the Democratic, ticket. band is led by such men as 0. J. Salisbury, national committeeman, W. F. committeeman and James, one of the founders of the party in Utah, Dean Eddie of well-bein- Pi . 'i 5 k ex-natio- St. Marks cathedral, George N. Lawrence, state senator, E. M. Allison, president of the state senate, M. H. Walker, of Walkers Bank, Grant H. Smith, former police justice of this city and others too numerous to mention in the limited space at our command. In addition to these hundreds of lay members of the party have informed us that for th3 sake of decency in government and to prevent the city of Salt Lake from being Tammanyized, they propose to vote for the candidates nominated by the Democratic convention. This paper has always maintained an independent position in politics. Had the honest expression of the Republican party been obtained in the Tom dominated convention by Bruce and Kearns Johnson, the negro dive keper on Commercial street, Truth would have refrained from taking sides in the matter and would have contented itself with printing the political news of the day, withBut out entering into the fight. these when the element controlled by men succedfed in stifling the better class, we decided we could not, in justice to ourselves, refrain from taking part in the battle against them and we have fought and will fight booster, lock thief, porch climber and in the city who could register has registered in order to vote for him. If the Kearns-Bruc- e Johnson ticket is elected, these men are to be rewarded by not being interfered with by authority. The women are to run with no restriction and it is to be a "wide open town. We ask the decent people if they propose to stand for this condition. Another thing. Let us direct your attention to the fact that if Kearns and his friend, his ally, Bruce Johnson, win in this election, it will make no difference how much ability one may have, he or she ned not dare aspire to any office, unless they are pledged, first, last and all of the time to Tom Kearns. Should a young man of ability want to run for the legislature in order that he might introduce measures calculated to. enhance the happiness of the people of Utah, he must stand aside, unless he is for Tom Should a Kearns for the senate. young woman aspire to fill any county office, she must pledge herself to Tom Kearns for the senate ere making the race. Should a worthy citizen desire an appointment, he must declare for Tom Kearns for the senate ere filing his petition. flim-flamm- KNOX THINKS THERE ARE TOO MANY CHURCHES. Mrs. John F. Cowan, of 903 Second street, in company with another lady, called on Mr. Frank Knox some time ago at his bank and requested that he buy two or three tickets for an entertainment to be given for the benefit of one of the churches. Mr. Knox declined and in doing so volunteered the them until victory shall crown our efforts. We are glad, too, that the Democratic party is In such condition that it cannot be charged against us that we are doing this for what there is in it. We are making this fight because we believe it Is right to make it and that It is our duty to take a decided stand for decency in government and against the corrupt rule of one man for his own aggrandizement. Thomas Kearns, United States senRealator, desires to be his of element a party izing that large is dissatisfied with him; that they demand a man of larger intellect and greater integrity, he has decided to crush his opposition. To do this, he has called to his assistance every tough citizen on Commercial street, headed by this negro, Bruce Johnson. He has, through the agency of his friend George Sheets, who will be made chief of police if Knox Is elected, caused to be registered every fallen woman who could be brought to the place of registration. His allies have imported rowdies in every tough rooming house and every sure thing re-electe- d. NO REPUBLICAN PARTY HERE. er statement that there too many damned churches in town ind that he wouldnt Mrs. Cowan do anything for them. and her friends say that they think that a man who thinks there are too Men who buy votes to secure political office are actuated by greed. The same motive would lead them to rob a bank, dynamite an express car or murder a traveler. Men who sell votes for money or would rob graves and sell stiffs. A few hundred . set-em-u- - ps years ago such men were the pirates of the sea, the bandits of the land, the robbers and of the world. Liberty and law liavo made the old methods dangerous, but the same end is sometimes pursued under the name of politics. Wo have an example In this city now: The chiefs would frighten their victims into submission under the lash of party whip. But a voter who would sustain a party in what would be a crime, if successfully carried out, becomes himself a criminal. I was a Republican when that party was the grandest political power the world has known since the days of William the Silent. I would like to be a Republican now, but there is no Republican party in Salt Lake at pres-- , ent. The pirates and bandits have stolen, degraded, debauched tho name and I shall take pleasure in helping to damn them on election day and I hope every lover of justice will join me in that doxology. Respectfully, CHARI.ES ELLIS. cut-throa- ts Oct. 27, 1903. o A FRIEND OF THE TOILER. Apropos of J. P. Conways bond of many churches in town and too few saloons, houses of prostitution and $2,000 which Mr. Knox refuses to pay, gambling dens, is not exactly a desir- there is another story which shows able man for mayor of Salt Lake. how very liberal Mr. Knox is with his employees. A few weeks ago Mr. B., Republicans of Salt Lake, that is one of Mr. Knoxs the situation confronting you. Will clerks, in the regular course of busiyou submit to it? Will you consent ness at the bank, cashed a draft for a to be dominated by the burly Ignor- customer, amounting to about $150. amus who obtained a seat in the sen- The draft was returned unpaid, and ate once before by purchase, or will because the clerk declined to stand you rise and declare that Utah shall good for the amount, which Mr. Knox be rid of him forever and your politi- desired to hold out of his salary at the cal liberties asured at the same time? rate of $10.00 per month until paid, Decent people of all sorts, Gentiles, the clerk was fired. o Mormons, Republicans, Democrats, will you unite and declare that there THE RATS DESERT THE SHIP. shall be no gang rule, no rule by criminals here in this city? That no negro The Kearns-Bruc- e Johnson leaders dive keeper "shall make his presence know they are beaten and have left felt in the councils of administration. It is no time to quarrel over petty town they dont even intend to come policies, but the reputation of the city back to vote on Tuesday next. Frank is at stake. It is not a party ques- Knox and Gus Holmes are in Califortion; it is a question of common de- nia. Perry Heath is in Indiana and Dave Keath In New York. What pacency. Voters of all classe unite and down triots they are, to be sure, who have this combination of impurity and cor- not the courage to face the music on ruption. Let us have a clean city; let election day, but leave D. Friday Eich-noBruce Johnson and Editor Nelson us have clean.. politics. Down with ring rule, especially when headed by with their gang to do the dirty work such a man as Bruce Johnson, and among the slums of Commercial abetter by a corrupt senator and his street, the saloons and the gambling houses. hired men. $C0-per-mon- th r, |