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Show I The Tribune and its owners have always al-ways Insisted that President Roosevelt Roose-velt was quietly backing them up In their present crusade. Somo few weeks before tho appointment of tho United States marshal was made n gentleman approached a gathering of leading Kearns followers and propounded pro-pounded tho following: "Gentlemen, supposing Mr. Snrv Is annolntod Unit- Ied States marshal, what would it signify?" sig-nify?" Ono of Kearns' chief lieutenants lieuten-ants expressed his opinion that any ono who would oven supposo such a ridiculous proposition was n blankoty blank fool; that Spry stood as much chance of being appointed by President Presi-dent Roosevelt as a snowball had of becoming an iceberg In tho infernal regions. Ho then becamo eloquent In telling how tho president lovol tho Kearns party and that our own Ben would continue In office. |