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Show 1 1 Uiiiainous triumvirate e I Slnco truth's expose of tho vllllan-j vllllan-j i ous character of the trlumvirato I which owns and conducts the Tribune and Its satellites It has received con-fl con-fl gratulatlons and encouragement from I hundreds of people, Gentiles and Mor-H Mor-H mons alike. The approval of tho task I Truth has undertaken Is not confined I to those in Salt Lake. Letters have n come from all over the state com- mending tho work. This shows the B very general disgust among tho peo- II pie with the ox-senators and their w blackguardism. Their cup of Iniquity ' Is full to overilowing. They are ah-B ah-B solutcly a stink (stink Is tho propci B word) In the nostrils of all decent peo-B peo-B pie. Some few of tho friends of ox-B ox-B Senator Kcarns of course, regret the B exposure of the character and actions B f the cx-scnators, but admit the truth B of ovorythlng this paper has pub B II shed about them. If the statements B wero not true tho writer would doubt-B doubt-B less havo been In jail long before this., B Truth, however, stands ready to prove B every accusation It has made against I both tho ex-senators and a good many I more things just as heinous. Wo havo i ' been told that this kind of writing wouldn't go In most parts of the country, coun-try, especially not In tho south; that there would bo a killing If It was attempted. at-tempted. To this wo reply by asking what happens to libertines Hko Kcarns and Cannon In the south? Wo rather j think If they had lived In any other community than this it would have hcen somewhat risky for them to make a business of llbertinago as they havo done for the past twenty or more years in Utah. They might havo had to settle with wronged husbands, fathers fath-ers and brothers whoso blood Is hot. In most states when men gain notoriety notori-ety oven in a small degree similar to that of Kcarns and Cannon they aro promptly retired from public life. It was so In tho case of Mr. Breckon-"Idge, Breckon-"Idge, yet ho was morally clean compared com-pared with cither of tho ox-senators wo havo In hand. In this state, however, how-ever, things have been different. Horo, wo havo made United States son-a'orb son-a'orb of the known libertines, the wreckers of homes and despollers of women, and few havo had tho courage to ralso their voices or their pens in- protest. These two libertines, privateers pri-vateers on society, havo grown so bold in their villainy that they have tho assurance to poso before tho public pub-lic as guides and mentors and through their debased organ, the Tribune, prate of purity and righteousness, like a thief preaching honesty and a harlot har-lot lecturing on virtue. These two ox-senators and their business manager havo corrupted the politics of Utah, dragged It In the 111th ind the mire. Mr. LIppman sees nothing noth-ing but dollars in politics. Ho thinks overy man's vote is for sale and Is very angry with those who refuse to' sell out to him and his gang. Kcarn's election to tho United States senate Is tho only such election In tho history his-tory of Utah which wns bought for dollars and cents. Kearns furnished the dollars and cents and Lippman and Perry Heath dispensed tho coin. Mr. LIppman has appeared In conventions conven-tions with his pockets overflowing' with cash and almost without attempt at concealment' exchanged tho money for proxies and votes. His politics do not rise above that level. Dollars aro his standard, his highest ideal of mor- allty. This trlumvirato, Kearns, Cannon Can-non and Lippman, aro scourging this city and this state. Tho ex-senators aro getting revenge on tho people, bo cause tho people refused to snd them back to tho senate, and Lippman, because ho Is paid by Kearns Is helping help-ing them by his schemes to glut their diabolical appetites. Lippman cares nothing for Kcarns, and Cannon ho despises. Ho Is after tho dollars, that's all. Cannon calls Lippman "that damned Jew" and Llppmnn calls Cannon "that damned Maormon." A more satanlc combination would be dlfflcult to got together than tho trlumvirato, trl-umvirato, Kearns, Cannon and Lipp man, with which this stato Is cursed. These aro tho blackguards who are hitting Gentiles over tho heads of Mormons. They pretend to bo lighting light-ing Mormon3 and the Mormon church out their most vicious blows arc struck at Gentiles who refuse to bow down and serve them. All they desire Is to mako an alliance with tho Mor-mons. Mor-mons. They have been ready and anxious to do that all tho tlmo and If tho president of tho Mormon church would only say the word tho Tribune's Tri-bune's war on the Mormons would coaso Immediately. Their schemes and their plans arc so plain that anybody any-body can see through them. Tho tiino has gone past, however, when they can belabor Gentiles over Mormon heads. They are sailing right to do struction. They are on tho rocks oven now. Tho newspaper syndicate; which they control, tho Tribune, Herald and Telegram, Is for sale. They don't want to sell their organs separately. They want to get rid of tho ontiro aggregation. ag-gregation. Tho price they ask for tho three Knockers Is ?G00,)()(), but they will go a long time beforo they get that llgure. Segregated they put f2I0,000 on tho Tribune, JlfiO.OOO on tho Herald nnd ?100,0()0 on tho Telegram. Tele-gram. Nobody wants either or nil of them badly enough to give half those amounts, In fact nobody wants them at any price. At tho present rato of decadonco the Trlbuno won't bo worth anything six months hence. The Tribune Is Injuring tho stnto both at homo nnd nbroad. Tho lying accounts regarding conditions here aro read outsido of tho stnto and bo-lieved bo-lieved by people who don't and can't know any better. Dealrnblo settlers aro kept away and capltnl Is kopt away, tho stato Is given a bad name ill over tho country. At homo the Trlbuno is arraying neighbors against each other. It Is brooding strlfo without with-out any reason for It except to gratl fy tho devilish instincts of tho disappointed disap-pointed trlumvirato Ono of tho largo Main street merch ...s, a strong Gen-tile, Gen-tile, too, said to 1 nth tho other dny that tho Trlbuno wns Injuring his business. busi-ness. "Half my trudo," said ho, comes from Mormons. Tho Tribune Tri-bune Is nrrayliig Gcntllo against Mor-mon, Mor-mon, advising Gentiles not to pntro-nlo pntro-nlo Mormon business houses. If Gentiles Gen-tiles refused to trado with Mormons why shouldn't Mormons rofuso to trado with Gentiles? I don't like It. Mormons trade liberally with mo. I treat my customers well nnd glvn them honest value for their money. That's why they como to my storo and I don't caro whether they aro Mor-mons Mor-mons or Gentiles. This thing of array-lng array-lng religious elements against each other hurts business and is bad for tho community. It should be stopped." n |