OCR Text |
Show THE ISSUE AND THE FACTS. The Tribune says it believes that the import- I ant thing for this year is the election of Roosevelt JR- - ana Fairbanks. We think the circumstance justi- i fy us in flatly denying the truth of that assertion. We think the important thing with tie Tribune IJI is what is important to Senator Kearns; we think I the one thing Senator Kearns is now coveting p more than anything else is to defeat the election Wk of a Republican Legislature in Utah. We think In tnat UP to a month aSO he tried every thing to IF conciliate, that now his jdea is tp,lo anything If to smash tlm Republican ticket 3n ! Utah. Of course, all that has been said touching this in-flf in-flf dependent movement and the creation of the new M American party 'in Utah, could just as wall have p been done and with just as much appropriateness Ave years ago as now. It would have been just and even more appropriate tho day after the last direct purchase of a United States senatorship from the head of the Mormon church was consummated. Judge Hiles' speech was in perfect order; there has not been a day, however, during the last six years in Utah that it wpuldn't have been just as appropriate, in just as perfect order. Thjs being true, for the managers of the only great,, Republican newspaper in Utah to spring tfiis movement just on the' eve of the presidential election and to thus jeopardize the electoral vote of Utah, is a disgraceful proceeding. We care not what its protestations may be in favor of Roosevelt Roose-velt and Fairbanks, we know that six months ago it was not in favor of the election of President Roosevelt, we know that only the deata of Senator Hanna and the fact that when the great roll 6i the states was called, that there was noit one dissenting dis-senting voice against the nomination of Roosevelt, were ail-that induced the Tribune to give a sullen support to the ticket; we 1know, further, that- Senator Sen-ator Kearns does not cherish any earthly friendship, friend-ship, does not holu any public measure1 3f as much importance as the gratification of his personal spited and the carrying out of his-Imperious will. We give him credit for only this: 'It out of the chaos and confusion and uncertainy whlci he has awakened, President Roosevelt can pull taiough, obtain the electoral votes of; Utah and be elected, he wih concur gracefully and say he always wanted want-ed it so, but so sure as the world, if the question were asked him, "Which would you prefer:, Senator, Sena-tor, the election of Roosevelt and the Republican Legislative, ticket in Utah or the defeat of tho Republican Legislative tickqt, oven if it carried down Roosevelt and Fairbanks?" if he would truthfully answer he would say "beat the Legislative Legis-lative ticket and let the National ticket take care of itself." |