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Show !. 1 : '4 TRUTH 'jr i t : rows in river water. It was a chilly old day for Kerens. Hence our expressions of sympathy for him, Heath, Kearns and Clark. L' U'-. J J It would bo refreshing to learn the inside details of this combination between Clark, Kerens, Kearns and Heath. Why should this Democratic Senator, elected after being practically expelled for bribery and corruption in a previous session of the legislature, be so industrious in assisting Kearns, a Republican? We get some very strange stories concerning him and our senior senator. One is that he and Kerens want Kearns elected again very badly. For what good reason no one can tell exactly, because since he has been in the senate Kearns has distinguished himself by no act of consequence. He has voted as he has been directed; that is all. He has secured the passage of a few bills of minor importance, but through the generosity of other senators entirely, for, had there been any determined opposition to any he could not have successfully defended the most simple of all of them. But these two, Kerens and Clark, do want him sent back, and are willing to do anything they can to aid him in his .Of late Kearns is have discovered that they row hoe and to to a have hard going i ? ; .l ; ; 9 ', 0 i i' . re-electio-n. have concluded perhaps that he may not succeed. So as a second choice they favor the selection of W. S. That is to say, if Kearns cannot get there, McCornick would be agreeable. That is an awful swipe at McCornick to be placed one row of seats behind Kearns and one that might well be resented, still we have heard no cry of indignation from the Mc-Cornic- k. battle with Thomas is about as dead as they get when the undertaker is summoned. The case has not a parallel in the United States. j J But let not those Republicans iwho believe in the nomination of Roosevelt stay their hands for a moment, because the Kearns forces are hustling day and night. Wherever there is a little crack into which to drive a wedge they are on the spot with the wedge. It is that kind of work that they are doing right now. Witness how this chap John James, who for years, because of their being ;both either Welsh, or of Welsh descent, has passed as the tried and trusted friend of Arthur L. Thomas, went back on him and stood ready to shove his feet into the official shoes of the l&tter, woodpile. Reverting to the. matter of Roose- should Kearns succeed in getting him velt, for the nonce, as some of the removed. The Kearns crowd is carrybrilliant young men across the street ing on a dark lantern, would say in describing a social funccampaign. Its caucuses are tion: The president is aware of what held up stairs in back rooms; its oris going on here and he knows, too, dinary consultations from fifteen to of the work that has been done and twenty feet up the alley: If this state is being attempted by Kearns, Statute is to go for Roosevelt, the safest way of Limitations Heath and the balance to unite the delegation is to shut every of the aggregation. He is fully cogni- Kearns sympathizer out of the delegazant of the efforts that are being made tion to the national convention, either to elect an uninstructed delegation, as delegate or alternate. It can be really a Hanna delegation, to the St. done. The people; the rank and file Louis convention, composed in the of the Republican party, are for Roosemain of Kearns, Heath and others of velt and want him nominated. But a the same class. And as a result you vote for Tom Kearns, his hired, man, can bet that Theodore has a weather Statute of Limitations Heath, or any eye on Kearns. It is a certainty that of the crowd that trains with them, Kearns has about as much influence means a vote against Roosevelt with this administration now as a whether instructed or not in the West Jordan jack rabbit. A senator event Hanna, or any friend of Hanna, who cannot handle the postmaster- is placed before the convention. It ship of his home city and who is de- may as well be stated right now that feated in a straight out fight to re- no moral homilies demove him, as Kearns has been in this livered by a few, will win the. fight grey stone bank at First South and Main streets, so we presume that McCornick has become a modern Barkis and is "willin'." It may interest the Democrats of Montana to learn that the idol of their Democracy, Clark, is so zealous in his efforts to Kearns that he has called off his alleged Democratic newspaper here and allows it to make no adverse comment on Kearns, who by rights is the biggest can of fruit ever set before an opposition newspaper. We have a solution of our own; a premise which we will offer, and that is that Business is Clarks politics at this time and that he is also making Politics his Business, so far. as Utah is concerned. Up in Montana Clark is a Democrat. Down here in Utah he is a Republican, to the extent that he wants Kearns, or McCornick as second choice, for senator. There is certainly a hen on some place; a colored man in the re-ele- ct work-ln-the-twilig- ht -- high-soundin- g either. There has got to be hustling done of a tall character. Th s taking of high moral ground again" t corruption and for principle, instead of getting out and securing votes J3 all right at times. But It wont take the place of earnest work The . mocracy of this state has been taking an exalted position for several years and the Republicans have been taking the offices. If Kearns Is to bo ii feated in his efforts to turn this state from Roosevelt, therq must be no compromise. JC & The opposition to the president has secured the services of a press bureau in Indianapolis (speaking of Indianapolis, our esteemed friend and fellow townsman. Statute of Limitations Heath, was there not long ago), which for several weeks has been sending every Republican senator and congressman, every political leader in every state clippings from various newspapers throughout the Union, all of these clippings being adverse. Several have been received by Republican leaders here from time to time. It is not probable that this bureau mentioned is working for its health. Some one is paying for this work and it is costing more than a trifle. Truth learns that the number of copies of the adverse editorial from the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribun- e numbered more than ten thousand and that was no small expense of itself. This bureau must be paying for lots of papers. That was sent here, together with a lot of other stuff and the showers of clippings never ceases, although of late there have not been so many, on account of the adverse comment having partially ceased since Hannas last ultimatum. But the snake is only scotched; it is by no means dead. I 1 t h i I m - '. SALE ft M j vi iv- 5 , 1 M vV ; i W : y v l V , i t . ' If i c i i , v . h U . : f Entire stock of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Groceries, etc., Below Cost. Now is your time to anticipate your wants and 11 v - SAVE 33 Gn all kinds of PE R G E NT goods, consisting of Granite-Iro- n Ware, Tinware, Carpenter Tools, Builders Hardware, Cutlery, Etc. ' i r . f . h a Cunnington I' ur r - v & Co. ,i and 5o S. Main Street RUMEL : : : MANAGER I ft |