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Show Issued Weekly by Truth' Publishing Company. Western Newspaper Union Building, South West' Temple Street,' . . Salt Lake City. ; 241 Editor and Manager. Entered June It, 1902; at Salt Lake City, JohnW. Utah, as s second-clas- of Congress of March matter, under Act S, 1879. . , Terms of Subscription. ONE TEAR (In advance) SIX MONTHS i (In advance) ?HREB MONTHS (In' advance) Postmasters sending TRUTH may retain scription; price--a- (2.00 1.00 75 . subscriptions to 25 Der cent of sub- commission. s beyond the If the paper is not desired date subscribed for, . the publication should. be notified by 'letter two weeks s . - - or more.before- - the term expires. Discontinuances. ' Remember that the publisher must be notified by letter when a subscriber wishes his paper Stopped r. all arrears must be -- . paid-in- - fulL-- y to have their Requests .of . subscribers to secure new a. .to mailed adress, paper attention, must mention former as well as present address. Address all communications to TRUTH PUBLISHING - COMPANY, Salt Lake City, Utah.. , . the-Mormon- s - : o-hesitation -- . TRIBUNE REPUDIATED. The state committee on Thursday passed the following resolution. It was given to the Tribune and Herald, hut neither would publish it, a dead giveaway for the Herald: Whereas, the Salt Lake Tribune has repudiated the ticket regularly and fairly nominated by the Republican state convention, held August 25, 1904, and has refused to support those nominated by that convention for state and national offices, and Whereas, it has and is now advocformation of a new party, ating-the and antagin its nature to onistic Republican principles, and is so doing for the sole purpose of advancing the politcal interests of its .owners; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Republican executive committee of the state of Utah, that the Salt Lake Tribune be no longer recognized by the Republican party as the exponent of its principles Dated at Salt Lake City, August 8, . . up-Americ- suppose , it is, how is the K.. K. society going, to mend matters? instead of Improving the supposed conditions they - only make them worse. The. effect, if carried to its logical conclusion .would tend to.. cement the members of the Mormon church more closely together and to obliterate party lines, in other words to go back to old conditions, to retrograde. If we return to 1 Mormon and Gentile lines, what show would the Gentiles are stand? Numerically in a position to take every office in the state from justices of the Supreme court down. In view of the despicable, contemptible, dirty, narrowminded, unprincipled fight that is being made on the Mormons as Mormons and on the Mormon church by a lot of scalawags, the Mormons are showing a great deal of forbearance in not taking the bit in their teeth and controlling everything. We are Gentiles and have in saying that if such a fight were made on us under similar conditions (per sonal spite, rottenness, and bad faith), we would show the other fellows a trick or two worth learning. How these agitators injure their own cause, if they have any cause other than to gain some short time and unfair advantage! With truthful representations of the conditions that exist in Utah, and the many advantages of the state, in fact with no representations at all, but only with cessation of the falsehoods scattered abroad regarding Utah by designing politicians, unprincipled carpet-bagger- s and the ministerial as- - Utah would sociation, in five years sufficient to have an influx of Gentiles would overcome the Mormon vote and would have an influx of capital which inadvance immeasurably the material terests of the state. These people are fools they defeat such short-sighte- d own their own purposes by their methods. riWhatsoever things are foolish, detrimental diculous, shortsighted, and asinine these things Tom Kearns and his paid advisers think on and do. Most men profit by experience, they shape their present course in the light of present knowledge, but not so those who are shaping the political, fortunes of the senior senator. They seem even now to reflect with the Judgment of a Failing to accomplish the desires of an inordinate and un scrupulous ambition is not usually, even among men of mediocre calibre, considered good ground for changing ones convictions, attitude and policy without explanation or deliberation. The senior senator has proved himself an adept at his weathervane variableness. Yet turn whichever way he might, put on whatever, mask' he ' would, the public has always penetrated the disguise and the goddess of success has steadfastly refused to smile upon his schemes. d men anc What can women, of whatever religious faith think of the cry of church influence when it is raised by one who has per sistently, even to the point of personal humiliation, sought by means both fair and foul to gain special fa-cave-dwelle- r. fair-minde- an ; 1904. WILLIAM SPRY, E ms Sons Co. Chairman Republican State Committee. ALLEN T. SANFORD, o Secretary. What shortrsighted, purblind fools but misguided In the dividuals who are in the K. K. movewell-meanin- g, The others are criminals, The. movement is in line with the ideas of those who have been decrying ' Utah to the outside world for years, who have been doing their utmost to prevent the influx of new people . and new capital into the state, and 'by whose efforts the progress of the state has been retarded immeasurably. By just such knaves and fools Utah has been made to be regarded, as. a. plague spot in the country, a place to be avoided and despised. Agitations of the kind now on foot, ' without principle and without sincerity, are harmful to the business interests and material prosperity of the state. Supposing that what the K. K.s allege. regarding Mormon diurch domination is true, which it is but for the..- sake of argument! ment are! ! - . -- - MANTELS MANTELS MANTELS vors at the hands of the leaders cf the dominant church? , Whatever political weight the church,, any church; may have In Utah or elsewhere with a few of its members is the result of ignorance and su- perstition; There are a few Mormons who let their, church dignitaries do all their thinking. So do a few Catholics, a few Methodists,a a few of' any and every other creed and faith. But this condition is becoming less and less a factor In politics. More and more the public is learning to think. From present appearances it does not seem probable that the advisers of Kearns, who have, 'because of blasted hopes, conceived in bitterness of spirit the idea of reviving the old Liberal party, can. muster to their support more than a tithe of the men who stood together before the division on party lines. The strife, the bitterness, the personal hatred and enmity that marked those turbulent times injured the business of every merchant and investor in the state and hindered the development of a multitude of Industries that have since added many millions to the great wealth of Utah. You can bet your life the nest That is covered by Keams vest Doesnt hold a single egg that- isnt addled. - But hed better take a rest Hide himself in an ice chest For we branded Tommy DennlsN when he straddled. No one is welcome at the meetings of the K. K.s except those who are willing to join in with the Kearns crowd in defeating the Republican ticket. The Republicans do not want to go and few Democrats will go, so it is expected there will be very little animation manifested. Its a poor cause that has its sponsors announce that no one is welcome save and except those who' favor it Most reform movements have invited one and all to come and see what there was doing and hear what was said and get a chance to be converted. The Kearns crowd evidently wants a session all by itself. Kearns may talk all he please aboul his loyalty to Roosevelt His action! show that he is doing all he can tc turn Utah over" to Parker and Davis Tom is just as much of a bolter non as he was in 1896. The history of the recent' elect! in Colorado ought to be a lesson Tom. The daily, papers were agaii the successful candidate to a man,' z he won by an overwhelming major! In the event of Republican- success in the nation, we wonder how many - New a.nd Beautiful Consignment Just Received. offices will be placed of Tom Kearns. at the disposal Eyesight Hurt by Life; The English race Ms City getting sighted owing to the city: life an ditlons . of civilization,-- . mw . , 1 known oculist 1. |