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Show ;i I flj She Frightened Kjearnite J Enter F m VIW Kjiojc ACoupjfor Genttle Vote. H j : il The cohorts of Hon. T. Kearns, the Shifty H II Senator, are showing grave signs of alarm over H i I the prospect of ignominious defeat in the coming B j ; ' i battle for control of the municipality. For several m If i weeks they have vacillated between Frank- Knox mmi t ml ' and George T. Odell, following their ancient policy m , m 1 1 of deception, but at a recent meeting of the m fy'm Is chosen braves, they decided to desert, temporarily HI wi 1 ill at least, the poor and battered political earth- B ' Ij Si I ( ; works of Mr. Odell and to dignify the bank presi- 1 j 1 1 1 vdent with the mayoralty banner. H I'i f f ( That is very sad indeed for Mr. Odell, yet it H H l only verifies what has been repeatedly foreshad- H ! if iii owed in these columns. Always he has been the H U iilfl second choice, and as soon as they realized that H p I I Mr. Odell's connection with the enfranchised Utah H l I 1 Home Telephone company and his close rela- H rj If i tions with the president of the Mormon church and "i ! I j practically obliterated him as a mayoralty proba- H m H bility, they resorted in the evil hour to measures I it' J 1 1 heroic, and Mr. Knox, much against his will and H j' 1 i merely as a friendly act towards the senior sena- H r; . Ji' I tor, permitted himself to be impressed into the H ' , 1 l I service. H !.. ' ' & j & H ll The entry of Mr. Knox into the field has caused H . i J neither surprise nor trepidation among the ranks H j 1 ! ) , i of the independent Republicans, as the ruse Is Hj ;! Ijl ' too palpable to deceive anyone acquainted with H' 1 , M : the senator's unique methods. He and his braves H 11 : 1 ; j merely figured that certain Gentiles of the ultra B' ' il I class, who were bitterly opposed to Odell, might I lit I II readily support the Gentile bank president, and In Hi 1 1 11 il flj thIs way' by wItnll0iaInS them from the ranks of H '' if 'li the In6pendents, they expect to go into the con- Hj lill'lli ventlon strongly with their mayoralty double H ll . t header, and throw the combined support to which- H 'jfi ! I ever of the two candidates developes the greater H 'Mil f strength. As Mr. Knox has sh6wn a marked dls- H fill inclination throughout to enter the race, It Is H h f 1 1, 1 considered probable that the effort will be to land H 11 3 Odell, with the greatly needed assistance of the H ! f H I followers of Knox, if they -are unwary, enough to H , j 1 I 1)6 caught in so transparent a Tjlot. I I I & ft . H m Im A feature of the Kearns campaign whichVhas H i 'f been worked overtime is the policy among some H- ,1 S ,' of the Kearns staunchest henchmen of denying H ,i ( any allegiance to the Shifty Senator, accusing H ' I' ;! ! him of having basely maltereated them and an- 1 1 M nounclng that they were anxious to join forces H I Jt y J- with the independent Republicans. The names H ij il- of aome of these might be mentioned, but will H Mil l ' be withheld for the present They are glued to H fa 5 1 1 - the' Kearns machine with such adhesiveness that H'lirlfil they could not e torn loose wIti a 20,000 horse H'tlflK power derrick. And their object is to ingratiate H'tllwli themselves with the independents so that they I 1 K i I bo Permltted to so, under false pretenses, B n" If e comnS convention, where they would be ap H j!! Ij 1 1 utterly abject and subservient as ever before to iH (I I 'I the: dictation of the Kearns chiefs. H M j This pretty little game is re-enforced by an Hi 1 1 1 other, which consists of accusing certain inde- H, I (il pendent Republicans of being Kearns men, with H I !i the", object of creating suspicion and distrust in H l,l ' the ranks of tflo antl-Kearns forces. These de- a & ceptive tactics, originating in the versatile intel- i fulfil lect of the Kearns managers, have proved puerile ! f t I and the source of muph amusement in the op- H t ' 1! position camp. H ' U)!- . s Hj J itt I The coup, however, which appeals to them as K I hut f being the prizewinner is to announce that any H itMAl Gentile who happens to be antagonistic to Mr. B jli E " Kearns' domination of municipal affairs Is a can- m M! 1 dldate of the church. In this way they hope to HJ secure the Gentile vote for the senior senator's slate this yer, and in the more important campaign cam-paign of next year to dupe or coerce the Mormons Mor-mons into a support of the wily senator. So when they preach the gospel of monetary municipal muni-cipal domination, they vary the tenets of th,e creed so that it will adequately fit a Gentile or a Mormon audience. In the Gentile districts Knox Is held up to the worshipful gaze of the voter; where Mormons most do congregate, Odell, the employee of President Joseph F. Smith, is lauded as a second Daniel come to adjudicate upon the seats of Zion. But in view of the fact that the men who are advocating a Gentile ticket to the Gentiles are the same deft lieutenants (Llppman, Heywood, Heath and Hines), who deliberately made a combination with the Mormons to nominate nomi-nate Reed Smoot for the Senate, and who afterwards after-wards overtly but unavailingly betrayed him, the position is too farcical "to deceive even the most gullable of political novices. ,$ 4e tjr At the same meeting at which It was decided by the Kearnsites to push the candidacy of Mr. Knox for mayor, it was agreed by these all-wise and ominating spirits, enslaved by the insidious opiate of Silver King lucre, that George L. Nye should be supported for city attorney and Frank Swenson for city treasurer. No candidate for city recorder or auditor was decided upon, for the reason that there will be more than one candidate for each office from the Kearns camp. For the recordership the candidates with the Kearns brand will be Frank Matthews and A. L. Simondl, and for the auditorship the present candidates can-didates are J. J. Meyers and A. H. Nash. An amalgamation of these forces through pledged deputyshlps was suggested, but was not greeted with unalloyed approval. t5 t5 fc5 The Kearns manipulators are at present pur-( pur-( suing a policy of intimidation towards county of-''Jlcials of-''Jlcials and the heads of city departments. Up to ' flie present, however, the waterworks department Is the only one which has been safely enfolded in the Kearns lariat. In their effort to secure all possible support in that haven of political workers, work-ers, the joint building, for Mr. Knox, they have aroused considerable antagonism among politicians politic-ians who refuse to be infected with the senior senatorial gangrene. They have met with almost no encouragement, as the officials have been led to believe that when the machine operators are forced to resort to such desperate measures to secure control of the city convention, they must be traveling the thorny path and will present a badly shattered front, both at the coming city convention and the contest for county control next year. 5 w t3w Some firm adherents of Mr. Kearns have openly announced that if the ticket nominated by the straight Republicans Is not satisfactory to them, they will either nominate a ticket with a non-partisan label or support the citizens' ticket which the Democrats afe contemplating presenting present-ing to the public. For this reason they are collaborating col-laborating with certain prominent Democrats to prevent the nomination of a Democratic ticket. te $ W At their meeting on last Tuesday night, Judge W. H. King, W. H. Dale, J. H. Moyle, B. W. Wilson, Wil-son, James Leary and other defeated candidates of the Democracy announced their preference for a non-partisan ticket. This view was espoused In an elaborate Herald editorial. That paper also secured some lengthy Interviews with prominent Democrats, and among these was one giving the views of that scholarly statesman, Mr. Arthur Barnes, one time candidate for mayor. He likewise like-wise favors a citizens' ticket, and states that by this method the Democrats might be able to elect a few officials with the aid of Republicans who might be dissatisfied with their own ticket. The Herald's move in this direction fits in nicely with the citizens' ticket doctrine exhaled through the columns of his evening organ. It shows that Mr. Kearns and the Democrats are walking hand in hand upon evil days. What a sensation would there not be if that unwieldy and bespavined old war horse, The Tribune, were brought into requisition requi-sition as the advocate of a citizens' movement? tC v An important faction of the Democrats, however, how-ever, are vigorously opposed to a non-partisan campaign. They contend that this would amount to a practical annihilation of their organization and would eliminate all chances for future success. suc-cess. They state that thew do not take all their political inspiration from Judge King and Mr. Dale, who have quaffed an unappetising potion from the unkind cup of defeat, and that they will insist upon a straight Democratic ticket being launched. This deters tlon will be macadamized macadam-ized if a non-parti w cement is advocated by the Tribune, as both Democrats and Republicans look upon that antiquated old harp, from a political politi-cal standpoint, as senile, subsidized and worthless. worth-less. V (v V The independent Republicans who will fight to the last entrenchment the senior senator and his proteges, Knox and Odell, have affected a thorough thor-ough organization, and look forward with the utmost confidence to the coming municipal combat. com-bat. There is little activity in councilmanic affairs, af-fairs, although the Independents will make every endeavor to thwart the Kearns scheme to secure control of that body by electing a majority of its members. |