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Show The Tribune Bolt. The Gentile end of this newspaper, after thiee years of close contact with conditions in Cache county and In touch with state conditions, isnotet prepared to say that he believes "church Inllucncc" In Its generally accepted meaning Is rampant. Democrats Demo-crats "on the Inside" have told us this thing Is a reality, but they are out of oillcc and arc hardly to be credited. Gentiles, the anti-Mormon people, tell us this Is Hue, and while they may be honest, we belloc that it is possible for them to get warped and arc possibly Imposed upon sometimes. Some Republicans have told us that, but they have been or that class whom wo would seldom ciedlt far In other matters.sowe hae refused to accept ac-cept their word. Wo have heard it dkniki) by men whoso word wc would accept in most othei matters, and we havo yot to see an actual demonstration demonstra-tion of "church Intluence" In politics. We do not deny that It could exist, nor are we ready to accept the state- ment that It does exist and was manifest mani-fest In the selection of a Republican nominee for go vei nor. The point we are driving at Is this-granting that "chinch Influence" in all Its purported purport-ed hldeousness does exist, Is that Influence In-fluence moio icprehenslblc than that other Influence which was defeated In the recent coin ention and which sits cnthioncd In the Senior senatorial chair money. And has that defeated power, one time gieat enough to buy that Influence which It now claims over rides all things, any just teason ror the stand It Is now taking? Four ycais ago, Tom Keains, an Illiterate miner suddenly grown llch through a lucky strike was made a United States Senator. It is openly claimed and not denied by Tom's most enthusiastic friends, that he bought his way Into the Senate. Ordinarily Or-dinarily wc would not accent such a statement, but it is hardly probable that a man of Mr. Kearns's capacity and obscurity at that time could have secured this exalted position by any other method. Re that as It may, during four years In otllcc Mr. Keains has certainly done as much for Utah at the sent of government as It was possible for him to do. He has not shone brilliantly as on orator, or debater on great public questions, but many of these not his friends, (and among these arc be mentioned men who know what his work at Washington has been) ad-that ad-that his ambition for Utah and his efforts for Utah have been honest, sincere, sin-cere, and fruitful as far as any man's efforts could have been. Despite the efforts of some newspapers of his own party and the ridicule of the opposl-Hon, opposl-Hon, there has been growing a sentiment senti-ment decidedly favorable to Tom. The people were coming to bcllcVe ttiat he has been the friend of Utah as far as was within his power, and the power of money and a cajable secretary is considerable. There are those who will dispute this, of course, but we honestly believe that the general gen-eral dissatisfaction over his selection four years ago had so for abated that the public was willing to forgle his arabitlou and accept him because of his Intentions. Incident to his election four years ago Mr. Kearns bought the Salt Lake Tribune, the Republican state organ. Thatojfan now bolts the state Re publican ticket Dccause of the alleged church Influence that npmlnated John C. Cutler lu preferenea to Heber M. Wells, the man whom Mr, Kearns wanted nominated. The Tribune claims to be making a tight for principle, prin-ciple, but those who have viewed the matter carefully know that thcic is no piinclplo In Its tight, and know fuither that there Is nopilnciple in politics. It Is merely a question or scheming and trickery and every man who enteis politics strenuously and stays with It becomes a trickster and schemer. He Is simply a sportsman who backs his scheme against the other fellow's scheme. If he is made of tho stuff that goes to make up tho true sportsman, he will take his defeat de-feat gracefully and bide his time. He Is then recognized as an honorable gentleman and if his star docs ever get in the ascendency the very influence in-fluence that broke him befote will get behind and jjive hlni a shove up-waid, up-waid, ' The Tribune's course Is unfoitun-ately unfoitun-ately not honorable, it is not fair, but Is disreputable, disgruntled, suicidal. Tom Kearns Is losing friends by the score and making none, not een among tho people who arc In Utah making a fight against the Mormon cause. The Tribune's course Is slm-ply slm-ply cutting away from him the fi lends that he has been gradually adding to his list. The Tribune isn't the proper article to talk about principle, for It can accomplish nothing for It; its owner Is too deep In the mire, lly the proper prop-er course, Tom might even yet become the next Senator but a continued bolt of tho Republican ticket will put tho Senatorslilp bejond the leachof his money forever. It Is claimed that this bolt Is to in-duct in-duct a declaiation from "that influence" in-fluence" that Tom will hae a square deal in tho Senatorial light. Tom should have that-so should eerv other man. If to stop the bolt requites re-quites more than such an assurance then let Tom and the Trlb goto (ikiik.v.va, where every other bolter will go eventually. |