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Show AJifairs Totitical. H "There is not room enough in the Senate for H M myself and Senator Kearns. I would rather lose M my seat than remain in the Senate with Kearns as j M my colleague." ) H That is what Senator Smoot is reported to J B have said to one of his political friends during B his recent visit to Salt Lake. It now appears B that the public will soon know whether Mr. Smoot M intends to adhere to that decision. The latest re- ' B ports from Washington indicate that the Senator B will shortly bo forced to ovortly demonstrate B whether he will maintain his attitude of animosity B towards his colleague or will pool intorests with B Kearns in order to obtain such influence as the B Shifty Senator can secure for him in the battle for B the retention of his seat. B Senator Beveridge of Indiana, who is a mem- B ber of the committee which is considering the H charges againBt Smoot, has intimated that he is v willing to work for a favorable report from the VM committee in return for a pledge from Mr. Smoot B that he will work for the re-election of Senator M Kearns this fall. Other friends of the Shifty Sen- M ator in the Senate have likewise proffered their H support as a reward for Smoot's influence in be- H half of Kearns, and the result will be awaited with M keen interest by local politicians. H The general impression among the friends of M the Junior Senator is that he will remain firm in M his antagonism toward Kearns, and will fight M Kearns to the end even at the possible hazard M of losing his seat. M vjv 5 c H Under the guidance of Honorable Ben E. Rich, ' M manager of the Kearns state campaign, it has M been learned that an effort will be made by the M friends of the Shifty to control the conventions H throughout the state. They are working quietly M and adroitly and the coup will be made if possible B without exciting the suspicion of the enemies of B Kearns. A strong effort is already under way to B counteract this design, and any one suspected of B being remotely allied with Kearns will meet with B strenuous opposition from the people who are de- B termined upon the political obliteration of Kearns B in the state. The sentiment of Republican work- B ers indicates that if Kearns is making a showing in any of the municipalities outside of Salt Lake and Ogden, the feat will have to be accomplished by the most unique and diplomatic methods. & & & , l The attitude of the Republican members of the council toward the pomocratic mayor is still semi-hostile semi-hostile and watchful, and it is still difficult to predict pre-dict whether the appointive power of the mayor will be nullified by the votes of the majority." It is probable, though, that there will be a split, as the feeling between the Kearns and anti-Kearns forces In the council is extremely bitter. The pro-kearns councilmen are particularly anxious to have Peter Condie ejected from the superintend-ency superintend-ency of streets on account of his stalwart work during the recent campaign against the Kearns machine, and whenever someone is appointed as, a substitute for Condie, whether or not he is a Democrat, the appointmont will receive their support. sup-port. That in turn would align the independent Republicans against Hines, Kelsey and the health commissioner, and the result might be the accumulation ac-cumulation by the Democrats of a large appori tionment of the municipal patronage. - An indication of the hostility of the Kearns councilmen toward the independent Republicans wag shown when the city recorder sent in a re quest for the retention of Kegler, former clerk of the board of public works, to assist in, the preparation prep-aration of the annual report of the board. The Kearns people, led by that fatuous statesman, A, . J. Davis, promptly voted to limit Kegler's service to a period of ten days, This because Kegler r worked for the nomination of Mr. James during the recent turbulent campaign. |