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Show Patriotic Outbreak Another People would doubtless have more Amerconfidence in this new ican movement, had the same not been started so soon after the defeat of Tom Kearns for United States senator, and by men who were interested in seeing the senator succeed himself. That ought to convince the people who are behind the movement. Look at the roster of those who were in attendance. Joe Lippman, manager for Kearns, both politically and as to his so-call- ed by a division which simply panders to their desires and purposes. 2. That we will repel with every means at our command the intnision of ecclesiasticism into poMtics or the affairs of state. 3. That we refuse to merge Utah affairs in any national party action, since the division thus created paralyzes every effort to Americanize the state. 4. That so far as affairs here are concerned, any division on party lines is a sham and a farce, every pledge of the ecclesiastical power to refrain from direction in the political affairs oi the people having been shamelessly violated; every pretense of letting politics alone a shameful and shahow newspapers. Colonel Nelson, Mormon eater from away back, editor of the Tribune. D. Elliott Kelly, imported from some place or other back east to edit the Telegram in the interest of mockery. 5. That we will never cease to deKearns. B. B. Heywood, United State marshal for this district, an appointee mand the complete freedom in political of Kearns. Jim Cahoon of Murray, an affairs, untouched by any taint of aposardent supporter of Kearns. J. J. My- tolic control; that we demand the comers, who seeks a 'legislative nomination plete separation of church and state, on the Kearns slate. Al. Reese who in fact as well as in name, and that we wants to go to the legislature as a will repel to the utmost all efforts to Kearns man. David Keith, partner of perpetuate the ecclesiastical control Kearns. H. G. McMillan, who sub- of public affairs in Utah. 6. That the public schools are the scribed $5,000 to unseat Smoot. The list as given out by the Tribune is as especial pride of the American people;1 follows: W. Mont Ferry, H. J. Dininny, we resent the grasping domination of J. D. Wood, W. P. Noble, H. G. McMil- the ecclesiastical power therein, and to shake it off at the lan, David Keith, Joseph Lippman, pledge ourselves moment. Church conearliest possible Charles E. Bell, E. B. Critchlow, Dan must go. Dunne, Isaac Hazelgrove, A. H. Kelly, trol of me schools most We disclaim emphatically and S. P. Armstrong, W. B. 'Allen, Willard or purpose to atdesire F. Snyder, Rudolph Alff, George R. positively any or to assail any ones Hancock, Captain James Black, B. B. tack any church or church affiliasentiments Heywood, James Kennelly, J. R. Mor- religious purpose is as set forth hereris, John A. Street, J. J. Stewart, A. R. tions; our Carter, Captain Miner, J. W. Cahoon, in, and no other. d citiAppealing to all D. Elliott Kelly, George L. Nye, J. E. of Utah to sustain us in this, our Darmer, Judge Samuel McDowell, F. zens surely A. Swenson, A. C. Reese, E. W. Kelly, righteous purpose, definitely, church and to forever and separate William Nelson, Dr. Henry LaMotte, C. in the this and support asking E. Offenbach, G. R. Cleaveland, Henry state, American of lover of institutions, every StuF. Heath, J. J. Myers, Archibald we declare the occasion for this to be art and Maurice Stifel. Of these H. J. Dininny, W. P. Noble, timely, and the provocation repeated and extreme. Come with us, and let us George R. Hancock, D. Elliott Kelly and S. P. Armstrong have been classed redeem the state. as democrats, the balance being republicans. P. J. Daly, whose name appears Joe Lippman declined to take the on the executive committee, was presbecause forsooth some ent, although the list does not show it. chairmanship, The crowd had its nerve with it, for it one might think it was a Kearns He agreed that the Tribune selected the names of a lot of defense- scheme. less democrats and played them up big would support the new movement, as being among those who will take provided the new movement supported part, prominent among them being the Tribune. There always seems to Frank J. Cannon, who is absent in be a string to something. Maine, and who, while the meeting was in progress, sent a telegram to the Well, there you have it. The TriDemocratic State committee from sucNow bune and the Kearns gang have Maine, which read: ceeded in getting a few fool republiget together and stay together. cans and a few democrats to puli their The declaration of principles of the chestnuts from the fire and they new party, association, or league is as are going to make a fight. Truth does follows: not believe it will be a very heavy new 1. That we will no longer play fight. It looks to Truth as if the into the hands of the church leaders aggregation took an unfair advantage fair-minde- . ' Wa-tervill- e, of the democrats, in stealing the secretary of their state committee and in borrowing the temporary chairman of the state convention and a few delegates who were not there, and who will not unite with the movement. But then the Kearns crowd will take anything that is lying around loose. & After trying in vain to induce the authorities of the Mormon church to him come to his assistance and to the senate, Tom Kearns and his personal organs have bolted and will not support the state ticket nominated by the Republicans, but will do all in their power to defeat it. It was no more than might have been expected from the man, in view of his past history, yet there are those who profess to be surprised at it. Ever since Governor Wells was defeated for a chiefly through the misguided efforts of Kearns, who persisted in supporting him and thereby alienating a great deal of support that would otherwise have been in favor,, of giving Wells the nomination; Kearns has been sore, sorer than Job when he had the boils. The Tribune has vented its from spleen dailv sihc.eJhat-timfLAn- d. this time tEenceforth may bp expected to keep up an incessant warfare. Nothing that will do the .Republican party of Utah any good will be permitted to appear in the columns of the paper, unIt less it is marked advertisement. for will print nothing uhless it is paid it. Kearns and his crowd have bolted. None of them need be expected to assist in electing either the state ticket, or the county ticket, and by their actions they are showing that they no re-ele- ct -- . ; not care a continental if Utah casts her vote for Parker and Davis and lets Roosevelt and Fairbanks go to the demnition bow wows. They are attempting to emulate Sampson who slew more in his death than during his life. The state committee of the republicans has been agitated at the attitude of the Tribune of late, and on Tuesday evening Chairman Spry, accompanied by George M. Cannon, Wm. Glasmann, C. W. Morse, H. E. Booth, James T. Hammond and John C. Graham called at the office of Kearns to see if some reconciliation could not be effected. Joseph Lippman, manager of The Tribune, was there and had a great deal u say. The committee asked Kearns to support the ticket and he declined, unless the committee would call off To this request, this felly, Smoot. made in the usual coarse manner that has brought Kearns into notoriety, the committee made reply, declaring that they were' interested in the carrying of the state and had no interest in the scrap between the two senators. Do you suppose, gentle read er, that this had any effect upon the beefy senator? Not a bit. He insisted that it was too late for any one to come to him to talk harmony; that the time for such action was past and that he could see no reason for harmony. Lippman thought the committee ought to pass a resolution asking the first presidency to keep out of politics and to decline to interfere in matters of state, which statement brought forth the remark from Glasmann that in the event such a resolution was passed, he, Glasmann, would be willing to let Lippman appoint a committee to take it to the church offices. To this Joe demurred, saying it was the committees business and not his. & jt Discussion was of a varied nature. Lippman accused the republicans of giving too much patronage to the News and took a side swipe at Johnny James for giving that paper his patronage. He also accused the committee of favoring the News at the expense of the Tribune and acted very much like a little boy with a sore head. When he had finished Kearns accused Chairman Spry of working against him and Spry admitted it. Spry did not flinch at all, and seemed to be proud of the Tact, which condition of mind on the nart of the chairman seemed to nettle Tom exceedingly. S During a lull in the criminations and recriminations the committee suggested that Cannon, Glasmann and other objectionables might resign, if that would conduce to harmony, but Tom was in no mood to make up and haughtily told the committee it could go to, for all he cared. It was then that Spry, in the heat of argument, made a statement he should not have made. He declared it would result in two Mormon democrats flocking to the Cutler standard where one republican deserted it, and was a direct threat of improper intervention that Truth believes he was not warranted in making. It was also an imputation upon the Mormon democrats, who, Truth believes, are as sincere in their political faith as Methodist Democrats or Baptist democrats. Spry ought to keep a firm hand upon his tongue, because another such statement as that will cause defections from his standard that would not otherwise have taken place. J Jt But the crowning piece of assininity and folly was the utterance of Joe Lippman to the effect that no senator had ever been elected without church influence and no one could be elected without it. Although taken as a whole it wasnt so bad in this that it shows that Kearns, after having received assistance from certain quarters, is pep |