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Show . 1 'i t Vou SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER 4; No. 12. Vice-Presiden- t, leading Republicans, who journeyed with him to Ogden. Senator Kearns, who, as head of the K. Ks., has been lighting Fairbanks and the whole Republican ticket, attempted to butt in after reaching Ogden, to the extent of obtaining a few minutes formal conversation. Report does not say what the K. K. chief told Senator Fairbanks, but there are people unkind enough to assert that Kearns talked of- the of Alaska as long as Island candidate the vice presidential would listen. Senator Kearns wired Senator Fairbanks, asking to be taken on his train at Umbria, hut Senator Fairbanks couldnt see matters in that light; he wired the Utah bolter .that he might wait for him at Lucin, thinking, no doubt, that Kearns would take the hint and not show up at all. The K. K. senator is He doesnt take hints. Senator Fairbanks "brief stop in Ogden was an event that will not be forgotten for a long time to come. The the Junction City good people-o- f turned out en mass to welcome him, and everything possible was done to make the senator and his entire party feel that they were among friends. The reception included an informal banquet at the Reed hotel, where about forty guests participated. At the beautifully decorated opera house Senator. Fairbanks was greeted by about 1,800 people all who could possibly crowd in who listened in clean wrapt attention to his clear-cuand convincing arguments. He seemed thoroughly familiar with the local upon which he touched with the hand of a master. He talked of prosperity, praised Utah, reasoned with the opposition, told of our foreign commerce and ably discussed irrigation, tariff, our foreign relations, etc., etc. After Senator Fairbanks had concluded his remarks, Senator Doiliver of Iowa, Senator Fulton of Oregon and Congressman Walter Inglewood Smith of Council Bluffs followed in brief addresses. Senator Fairbanks special, bearing himself and party and the distinguished Utahns who are escorting him through th$ state, arrived in Zion at 12:30 oclock today. Here another re--, - . thick-skinne- d. t, con-dito- w ns ception was tendered the vice presidential candidate and party, and amidst great demonstrations of good will and delight he was escorted to the theatre, where, as Truth goes to press, a rousing Republican rally is being held. The Tribune the early part of this week devoted columns of space to show, that President Smith of the Mormon church was opposed to Mormons selling land to Gentiles or having dealings with them, and roasted Mr. Smith accordingly. The latter part of this week the same paper devoted columns of space to show that President Smith himself, as well as other Mormon churchmen, did sell land to Gentiles and constantly had business relations with them. For that Mr. Smith was again roasted by the Tribune. Now, what couljd President Smith do that the Tribune would not roast him? Its a case of youre damned if you do and youre damned if you dont. By the way, we do know, too, what President Smith could do to stop the Tribunes abuse. If he would get into politics on behalf of Senator Kearns the president and the Mormons generally would be the finest fellows in the wond with the Tribune. The Mormons and their lieaders were great people, according to the Tribune, three or four years ago, but hey have fallen from com-missionc- lrs Mor-monis- & A few people on the inside had a lot of fun a while ago by observing H. G. McMillan, Mont Ferry and David Keith, members of the K. K. finance committee. They were out making touches' for the benefit of the new aggregation and decided to give O. J. Salisbury a chance to make himself immortal by chipping in to the fund. For reasons good, and sufficient they were rather diffident about tackling Mr. Salisbury on the subject. On the way to his office they stopped several times and held little consultations as to whether all three would go in, and B-li- to eastern people, and I will say that in all that time not one he went to the Worlds Fair to get farmer in Bear River valley has been away from the whole business. hindered or interfered with in any c i j by the Mormons and for the past j Just as Truth predicted, the Tribune way four years I have been selling land for has begun in earnest its especial fight the Utah Sugar company, a Mormon bn George Sutherland. Thursday it institution, of which Joseph F. Smith had a column of the' purest fiction stat- is president, and for the Bear River Land company, an eastern Gentile ing that Sutherland couldnt get the firm. Both of the above firms have senatorship, because he didnt have assisted me in many ways to induce money enough to buy it, and that the good settlers to come here, and the Republican state committee was look- question of polites or religion has ing for a man with a wad (presum never been mentioned to my customably Mr. McCornick) to carry off the ers, as every Gentile farmer in Bear prize. Whats the matter with Kearns? River valley will testify. I have inHe would give more for the job of be- duced many school teachers to come to ing Senator than anybody else. If we Bear River valley and Utah, and there are going to auction off senatorships, was not one of them who had suffilet us get the highest possible price. cient qualifications, but what readily secured schools. Two years ago a Thats business, Mr. Tribune. Gentile lady teacher from PennsylJ & vania was sought after and hired by What a howl the Tribune raises be- the directors (all Mormons) for cause Chairman Eldredge of the Re- Honeyville school for the school year. She did not have a Gentile pupil. She publican county committee recom- was not asked to join or pay tithing mended to the board of county to the Mormon church or teach thei appointment of two or read the Book of Mormon or any other Mormon literature in Republicans as registrars in place of Messrs. Alff and Jordan, who have the school and at the end of the year they gave her a recepdeserted the Republican party, and are school as a mark of appreciation of her tion doing their utmost to defeat the Re- efficient work. What does this Ampublican ticket! How pathetic the erican party expect to accomplish exTribune becomes over the displaceto injure Utah? Suppose they ment of Mr. Alff, a Grand Army man! cept should succeed in every GenHow the hearts of Tom Kearns and tile in Utah to votegetting their ticket and Joe Lippman beat for the old soldiers! j every. Mormon to vote an opposite Its pathetic in the extreme. The ticket, what would they accomplish statute, however, requires that a when 75 per cent of the voting popumajority of the registrar's shall be- lation of Utah are Mormons? Utah long to the party that polled the high- is today the freest state from church est vote in the district at the previous interference of any state in the Union. election. Failure in this regard might Look at the facts squarely. Since endanger the legality of the election. Utah becam a state the Gentiles As both Alff and Jordan have left the have had three of the five senators, Republican party, they have no cause and the Mormons two of the four confor complaint. Anyhow, Chairman El gressmen. If the Mormons are what dredge wants to win the election for this American party claims they are the Republicans, and it is not likely not one Gentile would have been sent he would be fool enough to surround to Washington.' In 1895 by a series of himself with men who are working circumstances nearly every public ofagainst his ticket.. Jody may expect ficer in Chicago was a Roman Cathsome hot roasts from the Tribune olic. The mayor, the city attorney, the chief of police, the chief of the right along. fire department, 75 per cent of the J 60 per cent of the public Of 217 persons who passed the policemen, school teachers and all the doctors Walker bank corner about noon yes- and nurses in the city hospital, the terday, only one, a lad of 15 or 16, postmaster and the collector of the wore the badge of the K. K. party. port were also Catholics, while only 35 per cent of the voting population Later in the day fifty-fou- r passed and of were of that faith, A band but one, a lady, wore the little flag. of Chicago over religious and extremely virtuous women assisted by a few longPEET ON THE K. Ks. haired preachers and rejected politicians tried to start an Editor Truth: crusade by telling that so many CathThe reports that are being circulat- olics could not have been elected if ed by the American party, by its the priests had not compelled all the members and newspapers that, the members of their churches to vote for Mormons do not want Gentile settlers Catholics. But the fires of religious and that they will not engage Gentile hatred that these crusaders started teachers is a gross falsehood as far quickly died out and the only thing as my experience is concerned. For left was the stench, and that soon the past eight years I have been sell- passed away. The leader of this ing land in the Bear river valley, American party puts me in mind of , influ- as to the proper manner of attack. They found great difficulty in making up their minds. Finally all three made for the office, but suddenly a halted on the sidewalk and held another consultation, the result of which was that McMillan and Keith slunk away and Ferry pulled himself up to his full height, adjusted the collar of his coat and dashed into the presence of Mr. Salisbury without giving himself time to change his mind. The result was that he left Mr. Salisbury in about half an hour fully convinced that he was engaged in a bad cause. Cents 5 ; . grace by refusing to use church ence in behalf of Tom. m As for Keith, he became so tired of principally begging for Tom and his K. Ks. that Senator Fairbanks in Vtah. Senator Fairbanks, Republican canis a guest didate for within our gates. Yesterday he addressed a rousing audience in Ogden, and, as we go to press today, he is. being cheered by the thousands able to crowd into the Salt Lake Theatre to hear him. ' The distinguished senator and party were met at Elko, Nev., by Senator Reed Smoot and a large delegation of Price 8, 1904. m . ne anti-Cathol- . 1 ic T |