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Show Two jBanqtiefa, While Senator Kearns in his own sauve and diplomatic way was entertaining Cardinal Gib bons at a banquet in Washington, there was some thing with a bright political coloring fomenting on. this end of the hemisphere. Out at the Kearns mansion there were bright lights, the aerial navl gation of corks and the beady iridescence of much wine. The nomenclature of the party need not bo e plotted, save to say that Joe Lippman was there as master of ceremonies and Ben Heywood as the guest of honor. The others, all Gentiles, were the same select few of the faithful who fore-gathered fore-gathered and pondered, and incidentally clumsily wrecked Mr. Kearn's slate in the previous cam paign. The subject of debate was about as follows: Resolved, That Senator Kearns is bitterly op posed to Senator Smoot and will under no circumstances cir-cumstances form an alliance with the Apostle Consequently he should receive the support of all Gentiles. Resolved, That Senator Kearns should go as a delegate to the National Republican convention. The Shifty Senator always has two strings to his campaign weapon. He plays to the Mormon? with one set of lieutenants and to the Gentiles with another. As this was intended strictly for the Gentile element, Ben E. Rich, Kearns' real man ager in the state, who has been touring the Mormon Mor-mon counties in the Shifty's behalf, was not In vited. Ben Heywood, who has just finished tour of the state on behalf of the Shifty, announced (for Gentile ears only) that the statement by Brother Ben that if Kearns were sent to the National Convention he (Rich) would succeed Perry Heath on the Tribune was greeted with much scepticism , by many Mormons and that they would make no concessions until the change actually occurred Others would. The guests cheered Heywood ani took another drink. Mr. Lippman then assured the guests that there would be no question of Kearns' being made a delegate if he were willing to "carry" Senator Smoot, but he strongly intimated to this faithful gathering that the Shifty would pay no attention to Smoot, but would run on his own "merits," With the expectation of receiving trainloads of Gentile support. Another drink, and then the resolution was adopted. ' Unfortunately one of the revelers refused to ' stand pat and openly declined to concur in the program. "It is the same old game," he stated, "that wrecked the party in the last city election Kearns is catering to' the Mormons through Ben Rich and damning them and working up Gentile sentiment through Joe Lippman. Last year they worked up the anti-Mormon element for Kearns and after Knox was nominated, the sentiment was so strong that Lippman was unable to stem the tide and an entire Republican Gentile ticket wai nominated, although Lippman 'knew the folly of the proceeding and tried to prevent it. The re suit is that we have a Mormon Democrat at the head of the city administration, with the prospect of having Mormon Democrats in charge of the county next year. The Gentiles should not allow themselves to be duped by the Kearns people Into committing the same blunders again." |