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Show 2 r Am m - mi - TRU TH TKe K. IL Party is Declining There is no doubt in the world that the new K. K. party reached the height of its glory last week and since then has been declining. It is losing adherents daily in this city and county. ' It is on the downgrade. The assertion of the Tribune .and a few of the more rabid members of the party that the K. Ks. will poll 5,000 or G.OOQ or 7,000 in this county are merely the idle vaporings of overheated imagination. If its decline continues until election . day in the same ratio as it has experienced the past week, it won't poll 500 votes. It is doubtful if there are 1,000 Republicans who would vote the K. K. ticket if the election were held today. In Weber County, of which the K. K.s had great hope , they cannot find enough sympathizers to form an organization. That stuff in the Tribune about the strength of the new movement is all hot air. The Tribune is very much galled and chagrined by the address issued by the Republican state committee. The address is truthful in every respect, and for that reason hits the Tribune hard. In long and dreary editorials it attempts to refute the statements of the committee, but with no success at all. Facts are very stubborn things, not even the sophistry of the Tribune can overcome them. The Ogden Standard of Wednesday made home thrusts in its reply to the Tribunes drivel. The Standards article is so much to the point that Truth reproduces it as follows: About the weakest specimen of newspaper pettifogging ever brought to light is the Tribunes attempt editorially. to break the force of the Republican executive committees arraignment of Senator Kearns and the Tribune in the address which., that committee issued to the Republican voters of the state. The first and silliest charge is that Governor Wells gave the election proclamation first to the News. We are not informed as to the facts, but we suppose that the News, being an evening paper, got the proclamation a few hours before the morning papers; at all events, does the Tribune want to charge that Heber M. Wells,., over whose defeat for governor the Tribune crowd has shed barrels of crocodile tears, the victim of church influence, has also become a devotee to that same influence and discriminates Tribune? against the J d Again the Tribune asks, Why- - did the committee go to him (Senator Kearns) at that late day? Why did they ask him to pull them out of the hole they had got into? What LATE day, Mr. Tribune?, The state convention was held August 25, 1904. The chairman was chosen after the convention adjourned. It was several days, later than this when he named the executive committee. Their first meeting for organization ws held September C. 1904. the very dv they had the conference with Peto Kearns, gin what hole hnfl thmr' nf the got into? Mr. Geo. M. committee was an ardent Wei1 mn and ably seconded p1 that did t' Kearns nd the Tribune t.h secure the renomint!on of gnypr. nor. The editor of this noe in a delegate to, nor a paHn-Mideliberations of the ptte T,rihjyin t convention. Some othr nf the executive committee were in the same class. & J The Tribune says, The committee W -- y - wanted Senator Kearns help. Indeed it did more than that, it had a right to demand his help and, as a good, loyal Republican, who had been honored by his party with the most exalted office In the gift of the people of the stae, he had no right to wait to be asked for his help. It was his duty to proffer his help and the committee paid him far more deference than he had a right to expect by asking for it Again the Tribune says, It was for their own advantage they went to him, not for his. Indeed, at that time Senator Thomas Kearns was an open and avowed canto the United didate for States senate; he had more pronounced friends than any other single candidate; in order to achieve his cherished ambition it was necessary first to have a Republican victory in the state. Was Senator Kearns, at that time, interested in, or did the committee have a right to suppose he was interested in, a Republican victory? Or was he at that very time a hypocrite for a purpose? He never at that time informed the committee that he would not he such candidate. Why didnt he play fair with the committee and inform it that he had no. further interest in Republican success in the state? re-electi- on . It is easy to say that the statement of the committee that the senior senator is attempting to organize a new parly is a malicious falsehood. That is always the last argument of It the bully and the blackguard. is also easy to say that the senior senator was not present or at the meeting when the new party was organized. We think perhaps he has absented himself for a purpose, from the preliminary meetings, but by perusing the columns of the senators papers we find that David Keith, partner, friend and confidential adviser of Senator Kearns, pledged him to the support of the new movement and that Mr. Lipp-maof both Senator manager Kearns and the Tribune, pledged the senator and the senators personal organ to the support of the new movement, and we here make the assertion that if Senator Kearns were to publicly withdraw his support and the support of his papers from the movement, it would dwindle into even more insignificant proportions than it now assumes. But, in the language of the Tribune, Why follow the twisings and turnings of this editorial from such a selfish and source? The only patriotism the Tribune editor has is inspired by Silver King dividends. His only use for the Republican party in Utah was as a stepping stone for Senator Kearns ambition and his own miserly greed. The Tribunes claim to be firmly and fervently supporting the Republican national ticket is of a piece with all its brazen effrontery and unbridled gall. The only way the national Republican ticket can be successful is through the success of the regular Republican state organization. The Tribune is doing all it possibly can to disrupt and defeat that state organization, and is about as consistent in its claim to being a Republican organ as the Devil would be if he claimed to be an angel of light. The Devi) outranks the Tribune editor for consistency, but for mendacity, meanness and pure, unadulterated cussedness the Tribune editor is deafly in the lead, J n, un-Americ- an un-Americ- an I have no use for a man who 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. The Republican county convention did great work on Thursday. They nominated a ticket strong in every respect and one which should harmonize every faction of the party. To you bolting Republicans, Truth will say, you know you cannot defeat the state Republican ticket. The less radical men of your party- admit that. :.By your own admissions, you cannot elect anybody, either in the state as a whole or in any county in the state. The most you can do is to defeat the Republican ticket in this county. There are as many or more Gentiles on the county ticket than Mormons. The Gentiles on the ticket are as strongly against church influence as you are or can be. Do you want to defeat them? Do you want the Democrats to carry the county offices and send thirteen cratic members to the legislature, may be enough to give the Democrats a majority of the legislature and send a Democrat to the United States senate? , Think about that before you throw away your vote on any third party. If those things should happen,! the blame will be yours. Are you prepared to shoulder it? What fault can you find with the county ticket nominated? Could you have a better treasurer than W. O. Carbis has proven himself to be? Can you have a better auditor than Mont Fisher? We think not and so do you. Parley P. Christensen was the best county attorney we have had since statehood, and you know it. C. Frank Emerys record as sheriff is unsurpassed. His work entitles him to - . n. J U. Eldredge, Jr., for county clerk is the best nomination that could have been made. For four years he has been chief deputy county clerk and that he was .the brains of the office during: that-timis not denied. Campbell Brown for assessor is an-excellent nomination. He has had great experience in that line. The office is a. very important one and Brown is the man to fill it. The nomination of C. B. Diehl and J. J. Whitaker for city judges are all e , Tine FsvorfHe users of Mineral Waters. Very palatable, pure and refreshing. Its appetising mineral qualities make It Among discriminating the Ideal for table use. Naturally Sparkling Blends perfectly with Wines and Liquors, neutralizing any ex. cess of acids rendering them both wholesome and delicious. At first class Bars and Cafes . right The nomination of J. B. Swenson for surveyor is especially happy. Mr. Swenson is reliable and competent in every respect. The county commisisoners are good, sound business men. The interests of the county will be well guarded by Messrs. Mackay and Miller. Percy O. Perkins for recorder is as good a nomination as could have been made. Dana T. Smith has had experience as justice of the peace and is a very worthy young man. W. F. Hills, for constable, is the right man in the right place. There will be quite a contest in the democratic convention for the nomination for justice of the peace. candidate to come to the front. is Willard Hamer, a young attorney who has been for some years asso I elated with the prominent law firm of Richards & Ferry. Mr,. , Richards, The-lates- Rieger A Lindley, Agents Salt Lake City Fred J. Kiesel Ql Co., Agents Ogden. Utah t |