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Show RtJ TM 2 SSXi K. Ks. Stand for Personal Hate The Tribune and its K. K. party makes a great noise about church influence in the Republican state convention and according to its own showing bases its action in trying to defeat the Republican ticket on its statement that Mr. Cutler was nominated for governor by church influence. That is altogether faise and nobody knows it better than the Tribune. As a matter of tact, tne contest tor the gubernatorial nomination and all the nominations on the state ticket was as clear and distinct a political contest tree from Mormon cnurcn interference, as was ever waged any where. Truth watched the campaign of the various candidates, especially those out for governor, very closely ana we are thoroughly convinced of the truth of the assertion that the convention was tree from ecclesiastical influence. Even E. B. Critchlow, now one of the ringleaders of tne K. K. party, stated directly after the convention that it was more free from church influence than any convention ever herd in Utah. organ and to ridiculing Mr. Cutler and referring to him as Brother Cutler. Is Mr. Cutler any more Brother Cutler than Mr. Moyle is Brother Moyle? The Tribune and Herald continually reiterate their statement that Mr. Cutler was an obscure, unknown person until he was picked up by Senator Smoot. It is safe to say that Mr. Cutler was as well known in the United States as Alton B. Parker, the Democratic nominee for the presidency before Pat She-ha- n and David B. Hill employed a syn the -- cares more for the defeat of a member of his party who belongs to another faction than he does for the defeat of the common enemy the Democrats. Theodore Roosevelt. Let us take a look at the convention in detail. There were three candidates z As a matter of fact, the cry of antichurch lost Cutler some delegates who were elected as Cutler delegates. Nearly all the smaller counties where Mormons are in a large majority were practically unanimous for Wells. Cutler received hisi strength from the From Weber county large counties. over half the vote he received were from Gentiles. The Sanpete delegation was elected as solid for Cutler, but Cutler lost ten of the votes. One prominent man in that delegation was very bitter against Wells and expressed himself very freely on the point before reaching Salt Lake City, but he became a champion of Wells in the convention. This cry of church influence in that convention is all a bugaboo. The whole movement, as everybody knows, was started by Senator Kearns for revenge and is being c&rried on now for the effect it may have on Senator Smoots fight to retain his seat in the senate. It will have but little significance locally, because people here understand it and the motives behind it. The Herald, the Kearns Democratic organ, has taken to echoing the cry of damaged byfire, water and smoke. We must close out the entire stock of shoes on hand. Bargains are offered to all. We invite your attention to our Bargain Tables. We sell shoes at 20 per cent to 40 per cent less than factory cost The best shoe made for ladies sells now for C $2.85. Bargains from $1.35 to $2.85 in ladies shoes. Mens shoes, $6.00 and $7.00 grade for $4.15. Misses, Boys, and infants shoes at actual cost. Nekstman9 PHONE 548. S 120 MAIN ST. throughout the state rests on his having made an unsuccessful race for the governorship four years ago, and his advocacy of the election of B. H.. Roberts to congress, whose election brought the state into so much trouble and ended in his not being allowed to take his seat. The Democratic organ blames Senator Smoot for bringing Utah into so much unenviable notoriety, but it says never a word about !rn N hal ; he f you B L f lo cri he t ty 1011 Mr. Roberts. ty & The main object of the K. K. movement, as stated by one of Senator Kearns chief lieutenants is to further prejudice the United States senate and anti-Mormo- ( 101 1g n in; he ha; of re-electi- on it .. do; re-ele- ct selves. J JT H O E S s We continue selling shoes at very low prices. The goods are slightly well-know- n anti-Morm- on FIRE SALE OF cessful institution of the kind in the state. He is a staunch Republican, one of those Republicans who was not deflected from his party during the Bryan silver craze. His opponent, Mr. Moyle, is a very estimable man, but his chief claim to being the country generally against Senator Smoot. Dubois coming here to assist at the birth of the K. K.s was in line with that statement The Idaho senators presence in Salt Lake at that time was no accident. The war of Dubois in Idaho is in line war of Kearns with the in Utah. Both are for personal reasons. Dubois and Kearns realize they to the stand no show for United States senate through the regular channels and are digging up carrion of the past hoping to either wreck themtheir several parties or I have no use for a man who & for governor, all Mormons. What did it matter to the church leaders which of the three were nominated? If they had a preference at all, we believe it was for Governor Wells. The usual rule of politics in a state convention is for the delegates to support the strongest candidate from the county to which it is conceded the nominee shall belong. In this case, ail three gubernatorial candidates were from Salt Lake county. The governorship was Mr. conceded to Salt Lake county. Cutler, notwithstanding the fact that the Gentile delegates representing Salt Lake county were in anajority and that both Wells and Hammond were strong, had more votes from alt Lake county on the first ballot than his two opponents combined. On the second ballot Cutler had seventy votes to fifty-fiv- e for Wells, which shows very conclusively that Cutler was the logical candidate. Of fifteen Gentile delegates from the Fifth precinct of Salt Lake, Senator Cutler received six votes. not contribute a single vote Smoot did to Cutler from Salt Lake County. an dicate of newspapers to exploit him. Mr. Cutler is not a political hack, but he is a good, solid business man and it is certainly neither an unusual nor a reprehensive thing for states to take up good business men and make them governors. As a matter of. fact, Mr. Cutler is not unknown in Utah. He has been a resident of the state for over forty years. He is a director in two of the iargest banking institutions in the state. He is a director of sugar factories not only in Utah, but in Idaho and Canada. He was county clerk of Salt Lake county for eight years and acquitted himself well in that capacity. As a merchant he is known in nearly every district in which there is a dry goods store. He is a director and the leading spirit of the Provo Woolen Mills company, the only sue- - : ? J The K. K. movement was hatching a month before it came to the world. Kearns chiefs gave it out weeks before that they were going to spring a big surprise. If Governor Wells had been nominated by the convention and Kearns had not succeeded in getting church influence on his own behalf, Kearns would have . bolted just the same and raised the same old cry of church influence. Kearns is now base enough to say that Wells was not in the fight in good faith' that he was only a dummy and stood in with the church plot to nominate Cutler. & The K. K. party and the Tribune, while professing to support the national Republican ticket, cant put the names of the Republican nominees for presidential electors on their ticket Where does their support of the National ticket come in? The K. K. party has no national rec- ognition. Busines men here denounce it as a scheme of soreheads, agitators, and schemers. It is hurting business and injuring the state both at home and abroad. L? rei at; lal F en ns bs ar PI th to h! Si tl P o i a ir P 0! c: i a I v Will Groesbeck is out for the Re- publican nomination for county asses- sor. B. B. Bitner and Campbell Brown are the other candidates. Ben R. Eldredge has withdrawn. . J Geo. Buckle is t the latest candidate for the Republican nomination for sheriff. George is very popular, but a little late in getting into the field. Sheriff Etaiery, it is believed, has things pretty well corraled. . J Republican State Chairman Loose, who returned from a visit to the members of the national committee at Chicago a few days ago, says he had a very pleasant and satisfactory meeting with them. The national committee, Mr. Loose says, is in perfect accord with the state committee of Utah. Mr. Loose Is prepared to put forth his best efforts for the success of the ticket in this -- , , , |