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Show Doin's Politically. Although the news has been sidetracked at some political way-station for some time past, it has at last leaked out why Senator Kearns banquetted Dave Keith in Washington some weeks ago, taking advantage of the situation, of course, to introduce his mining partner to a number of the most prominent men in the National Capital. A short time before this, it is said, Kearns received a notice from the head of the Mormon church that the church did not propose to support either of his candidates for the United States Senatorship. It is useless, perhaps, to add that the two candidates candi-dates referred to are Apostle Reed Smoot and Gov. Wells, and that they, as well as Kearns, are aware of the church's attitude toward them. Wells, of course, is not making an open fight for the place, for the reason that the constitution of the State in a measure shelves him as long as he occupies the gubernatorial chair, but this has not prevented his friends in various parts of the State from beginning work for him, and if the Legislature Legis-lature should meet and choose to disregard the constitution and elect him any way, the governor, of course, could not decline the honor. As for Sinoot, he realizes that he made the biggest kind of a political blunder when he announced his candidacy at Provo, but now that he has done so, he will fight the proposition to a finish. But, to return to Keith: Just as soon as Kearns learned that he could not depend upon the church to help him again, it is said that he at once fell upon his partner's neck and begged him to take the place. Keith remarked that he wouldn't mind, just as a favor to Kearns, and then the Washington banquet ban-quet was arranged for. Sutherland's friends are next to the whole situation, of course, and are declaring that it is meat for his axe, and that there will not be enough left of Kearns, Keith, Sinoot 1 or Wells for the purposes of political recognition, when Sutherland gets through with them. It is stated upon the best of authority that Judge William H. King will again smother his dislike dis-like for public life and become a candidate for Congress this fall. But in the present instance the genial Judge will have to play ball right from the jump. Ho has been told pointedly, it is said, that he can only have the nomination upon the distinct understanding that if elected he is to run again for the same office, and to hold it until some considerable of the party consents for him to withdraw with-draw and enter the Senatorial race. Friends of the Judge are also confident that ho will be elected hand down, and in support of their declarations they point to the fact that .while the State went for McKinley at the last election, by nearly 3000, King was only defeated by the narrow margin of about 300 votes. They also say thai had it not been for the fact that many voters feared that if they attempted to scratch a ticket they would invalidate their vote for McKinley, and thus fail to obey the orders of the church in the matter, King would have gone in at that time. Joe Howells, the statesman from Cache county, is said to be putting on flesh right along, in spite of the fact that the church has announced that it will not support either Smoot or Wells for the Senate. But then Howells never did allow disappointments disap-pointments to interfere with his digestion, and if called upon he will save the part by taking the Senatorship himself. There is now but little doubt that Bernard J. Stewart will be the next chairman of the County Democratic committee. Mr. Stewart stands well with both classes, and a good many people have tumbled to the fact, since he made such an admirable ad-mirable fight in court for Peter Mortonsen, that he combines staying powers with good judgment and that he is the man for the place. And now, along with other calamities, comes the report that Joe Bull, Jr., the stalwart exponent o Democracy in the Third precinct, has switched to the Republicans. But then, oJe's Democracy has always been questioned, since he announced two years ago that he was not a candidate for any office and wouldn't have an office if it was offered to him. Sheriff Naylor's supporters say now that he will have a walk-over both for re-nomination and reelection. re-election. In support of their contention they declare, de-clare, with many knowing winks, that not a few prominent Republicans have assured them on the quiet that they will do all in their power to assist Naylor. Frank Hewlett has at last landed where he belongs. Ho can now be found among the insurgents in-surgents in the City Council, who have been doing everything in their power for months past to injure the administration of Mayor Thompson, and incidentally to disrupt the Republican party. Frank Jennings is now freely admitting that he is a candidate for one of tha Legislative nominations nomina-tions from Salt Lake county, and when pressed he also admits the belief that Gov. Wells should succeed Rawlins as United States Senator. The Weber county Republican who desires to reach the political bone-yard by the easiest and most direct route this fall, will only have to announce himself for Senator Kearns, or rather for anything or anybody that Kearns wants. This is the gist of a declaration made by one of the most prominent Republicans in the county, during the present week, while discussing the insult that was handed to Congressman Sutherland by Senator Kearns in the Ogden postofflce fight. "The turning down to Geo. M. Hanson for the postmastership," this paper's informant further said, "will certainly result in a Democratic victory this fall, unless a ticket can be framed that will be anti-Kearns, beyond question. In the first place the work which Hanson did for the party at the last election entitled en-titled him to something, and when Congressman Sutherland indorsed him for the postmastership that should have settled the matter, as it was unquestionably un-questionably the prerogative of the Congressman to name the postmaster. But it now appears that Sutherland insisted upon keeping his own counsel as to what he intended to do upon his return home, and this angered Kearns. The result was that Kearns prevailed upon the president to name Davis for the place. In no way could Mr. Sutherland have been more grossly insulted, and if Kearns thinks that the insult will not be avenged this fall he has another guess coming. The fact is that Hanson and his friends who, by the way, are the most prominent and powerful contingent of the party in Weber county, will see if possible that no man who will vote for a Kearns candidate is allowed to go to the Legislature, and they will most assuredly win out." From another source comes the announcement that if the Kearns men should succeed this fall in placing a Kearns ticket in nomination, Hanson and his friends will vote the Democratic ticket, rather than to encourage the further reign of the Silver King magnate. The awful announcement is also made that Col. A. B. Hayes, who didn't get a certain Alaska judgeship, is not as enthusiastic as formerly in his support of Kearns. All this will naturally be hard on Gov. Wells and Apostle Smoot, but the verdict will he that they should exercise more care in choosing their political bedfellows. |