Show P t Source of Virulent Attack Upon Utah II j Republicans RP e cans ans in Democratic Platform II HE Democratic state stale platform which the Salt Suit Lake Tribune tills lIs A a tl great big j platform c evincing at t once its scorn o of the thc truth rind nd its ignorance of the tho value and meaning of words seeks its author authorship ship source in tho the Tribunes Tribune's attorney the counsellor of that time paper per and of its owner the dazzling g legal luminary who brought tho the Tribunes Tribune's s proprietor into the federal court as a witness in his own case not long lung aS ago and had him swear that thai his newspaper was losing a year ear Th That t this statement was no more than the simple truth and that this advised nd the playwright who framed the amazing i performance was wa by Democratic platform adopted by the state convention contention are arc twin facts the tho principal reasons for the attack that are arc are not without bearing upon made in that platform upon Republicans of Utah an nn attack in which t T Mr 1 Ir Powers exhausted an almost illimitable vocabulary of es that were entirely worth worthy of and in harmony with the source from which they sprang The vicious and unnecessary assault made upon Utah Republican leaders coders in the document of which Mr Powers was the author might render ad advisable an examination of his own political record were it not that its character makes proper discussion of it impossible Appointed to a judgeship b by President Cleveland the United States Senate deI declined de de- I dined elined to confirm him for reasons of which most citizens of Utah are well wen aware His political fortunes although nominally with the tho Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party art have been secretly linked with the American party as the salaried attorney of Tom Kearns working constantly to bend the Democracy into the channels which might be most helpful to r Kearns Beaten Benten constantly for such offices as he essayed before the people his wrecked ambitions were as powerful in luring him into the alliance with Kearns as was his desire for the Kearns gold Every unwholesome influence in civic or social life in Salt Lake or Utah that faces punishment by law seems to gravitate naturally to Powers as its legal defender The chief lawbreaker in Utah who was turned coldly from the office of one attorney after another who declined to sully their professional honor with the unwholesomeness in which she dealt found a ready listener and an avaricious haven in the office of Powers When The Republican Herald-Republican had the forces of evil in full retreat when the conspirators who dealt in infamy felt the sturdy blows which put an end to their traffic and wished to frighten this paper from its course they went to Powers to file libel suits and the they found him most willing willing-to to do dC it His readiness to protect that class well known and well understood throughout the underworld was a constant assurance to them as to where they could find a defender if they brought with them the proper argument and enough b of it The activities of Powers in recent years h have he e been chiefly in connection connection connection con con- with unpleasant tasks assigned to him by the inner circle of the tho American party When Kearns himself had lead a reputable and important important important im im- cause canse in litigation he lib went to prominent lawyers and retained them When he and the circle of politicians which surrounded him desired to achieve something of a character not highly to be commended they invoked the aid of Powers c confident that he would not fail them if the quid pro quo was attractive Their judgment of him never was wasat wasat wasat at a 11 loss Joss he was he-was Was the worthy adviser of such a band on such an errand While Powers in his capacity of author of the Democratic state platform did not hesitate to attack the Ule personal character of the men whom he e regards as having stood between himself and his ambitions as well as the ambitions of his employer and of all the unhealthful influences nfl which c center in t the e two to of them we r refrain frain from replying in m kind The public has no illusion as to 0 O. 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W Powers and is able to t estimate the inspiration and object of his political philippics without our assistance Tho The leaders of the Republican party in Utah have at atall atall all aU times opposed successfully the tho sort of citizenship which the auth author r of f this De Democratic state platform represents e res liThey Th They y regard it a as fJ 1 Ut T i nr Y nj t ti I it ro t. t t r t Sible to enjoy a higher compliment t than n rt the 1 hatred a jot of oil the 1 ce hs which center in in the person of Powers and which seek him as their t defender when the thc law Jaw threatens them Men are aree known largely by the I enemies that they have mado I 4 4 4 I HE struggle between Bull Moose leaders in Salt Lake and those in for the Rv Riva Rivalry I a Iry I r Y Ogden privilege of basking in the Roosevelt dental smile should for Smiles surprise no one in view of the motives behind of Colonel those who are supporting the third-term third candidate Is III Intense in Utah and elsewhere Brought into the movement movement mover move move- r ment meat by a thirst for publicity exclusion from the charmed circle which stands full in the glare of the fierce white light that beats upon the throne would mean menn that their chief aim in embracing the Bull Moose cause would be thwarted I If they cannot have the colonel if they cannot head reception committees committees committees com com- to shake him by the hand if they cannot adoringly impress themselves upon his memory that he may not forget them hem when he lie e comes into his kingdom kingdom kingdom-if if lie he over does then does then what does Bull Moose- Moose ism profit them The Web Weber r county leader of the Roosevelt party angered on i Wednesday by the failure of Governor Johnson of California to visit Ogden although it is said he had promised to do so threatened in a i 1 speech to the curious crowd which had assembled to put put Roosevelt on ona ona a train when he appears in Ogden and not permit him to go goat goto at to Salt Lake The size of this contract warrants warrant's the belief that the disappointed allowed his indignation to cloud his judg judg- i meat ment However the wrangle between those who want ant the colonel and the Bull Moose state convention for Salt Lake and those who wish it iti i to be held in O Ogden den for which city it was originally called is not without without without with with- out interest to Republicans who arc are cheerful cheerfully y indifferent as to which crowd of ot politicians the colonel elects to aid with the sunshine of his presence I i t I TN N the platform as adopted by the Democratic i Democratic A state convention there is no hint as to its I. I attitude on the liquor question Whether the I Silence on obvious success of the policy of local option followed folt folI fol fol- t I The Liquor lowed by the Republican party and written by it h Question into the laws of the state has con convinced the oPPosing OppoSing opposing ing party that the question is settled for some some t J years or 01 whether its unpleasant experience of two has satisfied it that wide state-wide years ago prohibition is futile as a vote-getter vote th the Democrats of Utah in convention assembled thought it itI I wise Rise to ignore a subject which was their leading issue two years ears cars ago b bI i i. i i 1 I Perhaps however the attitude of f their candidate candidate- Professor Wilson Wits n I made it inadvisable isable that they call attention to the difference of opinion I that exists between the professor and his loyal followers in ia Utah i Recently when asked by Maine 1 Democrats as to his position concerning 1 the liquor traffic Doctor Wilson r I spoke for local option and in opposition t l to wide slate prohibition Inasmuch the Hie as prof professor is i in h barJ harmony bar har t i J mony moray with the Republicans of Utah on this question of policy his supporters in this state evidently felt their delicate position and land 1 J. J i 1 I d decided that discretion was the better part of valor A. A pr t CAREFUL ARE UL and comprehensive plans pals for for the I Planning next text session of th the Corn Com C Commercial mOr m- m Or r I m mercial e r c i al aly congress at Wichita Kan being ell Carefully arc are I. I Careful Y made under raider un er the direction of Former Governor Go r m for Next Brady of Idaho whose well-known well ability for far organizing or or- fI J Years Year's Wark will bo he of great assistance in making of t t this great groat congress the 1 powerful mw factor in snap shap f ing policies and legislation The entire success a r o of the meeting in in in Salt Lake demons demonstrated rat d the p possibility of making still more effective the recommendations upon on which the con congress ess J j- j agrees b by the compiling of or a definite program twelve months in in advance ad ad- vance ranee and l keeping organized committees es at ut work in order that the activitieS ac ac- l of the organization may e extend tend throughout the year i I It is apparently the idea of President Brady that the c congress shall in m research work and in in esti o t c engage investigation in order that ro reports j o r is may I bo be c made from year ear to year and that there may bo be a a. definite presentment present present- ment of or conditions about which there may be no dispute This plan is ft I well conceived and it ought to increase vastly the influence o of the of-the f the 7 t congress I. 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