Show t S AFRAID OF OP TO TOM I IU The one confessed menace of the state f of oC Utah Is Tom Kearns Kearn J We We- c realize the compliment Implied S I I In the statement We Ye promptly recognize rec rec- the fact that he Is a aver very S strong trong man His tremendous wealth V i. gives him an opportunity for or power F which is unequalled by that of other S men And ho Is h not alone a a. money money- maker Deficient In preparation lackIng lack lack- Ing In training Ignorant of ot history f J and antl in the dark as to tho tim world outside outside outside out out- side the tho little circle In which he moves 4 his tremendous Income has planted In InS S him a taste for Cor the tho exercise of power Under better conditions Tom Kearns Kearn c. c might have been one of the great reat men menn n of or the tho nation But these thee better conS con con- S have been lacking in his case It Is not with the problematical on one 7 r has to deal but with th things Ings as the they are arc An And here cre Is a man Immensely wealthy wealth S S absolutely base In character character- with the courage of a bully and the ambition of oC Lucifer He Is lH able to reward men E lf J and he We do does s do It He lie Is able to punish pun pun pun- 1 ish men and he ho has done so o. o Thousands Thousands Thousands ands of people In Salt Luke Lake are afraid 1 of Tom Kearns The settlement of George Sheets Sheets' case has provided an example of that sort Is armed with several 4 S. S Tho rho man s newspapers Recognizing the power of or t the press employing a journal that 5 I was established by shrewd men and managed for Cor years ears by a n. brainy man ho he Is a able le to visit his wrath upon S I those who vho will not obey him In the theS S present campaign n hl his newspapers have S. S but one motive The support of oC the S Kearns cause That cause Is expressed ex- ex pressed in the formation and activity f r- r rot of ot what Is la called the American party belonging to that thai Whatever er an any man S party part ma may bo be e Is Instantly taken u ur f and defended as a party pa-l measure IP P For For example In the tho Sheets case casc that i f paper states on Thursday morning of ot i lV hl eek that Chief Sheets took no not 4 t adion whatever that an any reasonable I i ol officer would not nt t have taken Yet tho the simple facts are arc that a swindler who had been personating a police tI officer whose bogus was wasI I known to Sheets arranged In the tho office of the chief chlof of police a settlement J I of or the robbery The terms of ot the settlement set set- r were known and antl approved by bythe the chief himself Standing between 5 a bogus police officer who violated the law and Imperilled himself by his very confession conCession of Irregularity knowIng know- know lag Ing the terms of oC the settlement the chief I chief of ot police himself handled the theS S mon was vas returned to the vie vic victim Urn tim o of the robber robbery Ten thousand dol del l lars r was taken from rein this oils victim whom the tho paper brutally characterizes character Ize izes as us a sucker from Crom Scotland and antI andone andone antIone one thousand dollars was returned to him as 38 hush mono money Tho The chief superintended su suo this arrangement knew mew P ery detail of oC its operation handled S the money which was secured d by tho the bogus officer from the other robbers gave it to the distracted victim permitted permitted per per- him to go out of oC the city and did not arrest the tho bogus officer nor make an any attempt to apprehend the arrest of oC the criminals And Antl yet et the tho Tom Kearns Kearns' paper tells us that Chief Sheets took no action whatever whatever what what- ever In tho the case that an any reasonable officer emcee would not have taken We Ve do 10 not think the tho police will approve approve ap ap- ap- ap prove pro Chief Sheets or endorse the verdict of his newspaper backer Inthe in inthe inthe the statement ent that ho he discharged the proper duties of superintendent of or police po po- po lice II c S S Going a little farther Carther the same Kearns newspaper Thursday says that Chief Sheets suppressed cd news of oC tho the robbery rohber from publication b by pr preventing an any reporter other than the he Kearns newspaper reporter from knowing rill tiny of oC the thc details Because of oC the perfect unit unity of oC purpose and I action between betseen Tom Kearns Kearn his newspaper news ne paper and hl his chief chic of police that Journal was as in full possession of all the facts acts It says the news was suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed ed be because beuse use of the chiefs chief's desire to arrest the 1 perpetrators But that reasons falls fails to the ground In the tho face Cace of oC the fact that no effort was made to arrest the perpetrators then In the pre presence ence 0 of tho the chief the bogus hogus officer who had acted as go go NI No 0 attempt was made to arrest an any of ot the rest of oC them although the they were well weil known although the they remained In the city unmolested ted for or da days al although al aJ- though they garrulously told In public restaurants that they the had taken ten thousand dollars the dollars the exact amount reported t to the chief as lost from a couple of oC suckers from Crom Scotland No 0 attempt was made to arrest them although thc they wore ore so well weli known that the chief called their women omen to visit him So that the one onA and only po possible motive for suppression lon of the tho news news news- a 3 desire to arrest criminals was criminals was not sincere because o no effort whatever was made mad to arrest them For days das after the lucrative e robbery robber they flourished like green bay hay trees all othe o over or r the he city The They were so bold so brazen In their deviltry that the they displayed one olle thousand dollar bills In u use as nap napkins kins at the public counter of oC a n. well veli patronized restaurant The They talked with perfect freedom to the whole of their world The They were safe saCe because the bogus officer their representative md had proven their safety f He lie was not afraid to venture Into the office of the he chief of oC police He was not afraid there here to arrange the conditions of set set- He lie was on such friendly t terms lerms with the chief that he could freely make trips between rt r t at ono one end o of his walk and the gang jang at nt the other and antl bring the tho money noney on rapid errands until his accumulation ac ac- amounted to a thou thousand and dollars ollars We Ye are not asserting vain or empty things We are arc simply quoting the tho sworn worn testimony adduced In court It was as not enough to hold the chief and andall all 11 men who are afraid of Tom Ton Tom Kearns ar are re Immensely gratified at that re- re suit sult S S But the tho fact remains that tho Tom Kearns earns papers and the tho Tom Kearns powers In Salt Lake fearlessly assert asser that such a 0 compromise between robbers robbers rob- rob bers jers and antl their victims Is a regular thing approved b by police methods everywhere and not to be condemned In this city It makes very ery clear In Inthe Inthe inthe the first place that strangers mo may be robbed by b any an swindle that can be concocted in Salt Lake and antl a settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment will wilt be arranged under the supervision supervision su su- of the chief of ot police by bogus bogus bogus bo bo- bo- bo gus policemen who are safe from ar ar- ar- ar rest and that the victims can have havo no redress or the rascals feel fel an any fear Cear The logic of ot the situation under the Kearns code of morals means that ll lla Ifa It If a a. thief steals a thousand dollars the police will assist him to arrange a compounding with the parties de tle dc spoiled b by giving them a n hundred dollars dol- dol tars lars ars and going scot free It means that a forger can raise ten thousand dollars by a crime which all civilization civilization civilization condemns und and the police following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing an approved and regular practice will assist him In suppressing either publication or prosecution bYthe by bythe bythe the return of a thousand dollars It means If It It means an anything the fixing of or a rule for tor public officials Trusted with the tho public documents handling handline the public funds the Kearns contention contention contention conten conten- tion Is that men elected b by Its party and placed In office ma may steal to the limit of oC their possibilities When hen a suspicious auspicious public detects one of their and antl proves several It Is la lathe the Kearns rule rulo of oC action that these defaulters may settle with the public and be free b by returning tenth one of ot their known and leave CorI for Cor I new fields with Ith all th the rest resl of oC their peculation p S. S I Here Is rather the most Important phase of the case as It affects the people peo peo- pIe at present With Ith this known code of morals for Cor or public and private use use the Kearns crowd has presented for forthe forthe the thc suffrages ot of the tho people a 3 number of ot candidate for tor public There Is no obligation placed upon them by Tom Kearns or hl his papers to deal fairly fair fair- ly b with th the public There Is only the big tacit Injunction that they thoy do not allow themselves to bo be caught But back of oC the tho catching if It should unfortunately unfortunately un un- un- un fortunately transpire lbs Hos the special edict that the they ma may get quittance of all alt charges b by re restoring tenth one-tenth of what they the have e feloniously taken It is easy for a business man of Salt Lake ke to understand what shat the tho the such a doctrine must be upon those who have it to arrange e for toi hl his taxation Ho must know how utterly ho Is a at their merc mercy He must understand how completely they are armed to re reward reward re- re ward or punish h him If It he Is good good good- which goodness consists In obedience nce to Tom Kearns Kearns Kearns-he h he may have a CE certain r- r lain tain portion of public burdens b by rE rewarding th the elected officials who have havo charge of oC taxation In addition to the fixed fact that It Is no culpable offense to rob a man I If you OU will give I back tenth one-tenth of oC the amount stolen stoJen is tho the additional fact that In the case I of or public officials the public itself is 18 the party part robbed Men Ien elected under so 80 debased a code of morals will have less consideration for the public purse urs than the they would be expected to have for a private purse Starting with the doctrine that theft Is no crime unless they are det detected and mid no misfortune then excepting that they must return tenth one of tho the amount stolen tolen in the case of oC a private Individual the tho public officer will feel eel more free to dip his hands in the funds of tho the public The public Is a n large larg Inchoate organization unhandy unhandy unhandy un- un handy not capable of instant resentment resentment resentment resent resent- ment not prepared for instant re reprisal re- re The Tho opportunities for or stealing In safety fet nr are arc much great greater r. r 0 S But on ott the other hand hantl the opportunities opportunities t for Cor Inflicting punishment are equally enlarged If It the Kearns party shall shallIn win tin In the coming campaign n. n there ther Is not a per person on In Salt Lake who will iii be safe afe from Crom th the raids of the Kearns officials There Is not a man In Salt I Lake Ike ke big or little hut but will be subject to the UIA blows of the bludgeon that Tom Kearns through his hiM agencies will There Thero Is no power here now there has b been cn no power In the tho past Imst more perilous to the liberties of oC tho the people more dangerous to the security of the state than thun the Impending Impend Impend- ing lug menace of Tom Kearns If H he shall be successful with his party not nota a decent Gentile can remain In business business busi busl- ness nel In Salt Snit Lake without paying tri tribute tribute tri tri- bute to the author and And this Is Illustrated to In day In the cn case c cof of George Sheets Tom Kearns Is able to reward ho Is IR willing to punish With an Income the source of oC which need no longer con- con corn him he Is free to devote himself elf to his life task Filled l with an ambition ambition bl am-bl- ambi ambi- tion Uon as measureless measureless' as his Incapacity an egotism as gross gros as as his unfit- unfit unfitness ne new ness he demands that tho the state of oC Ut Utah h stand and d deliver lIver He ic has tasted ted the sweets of office He lie requires that honor lionor to be restored With Ith a great reward for those who aid him and antl merciless punishment for those who oppose him he publishes his doctrine jf of criminal procedure and Insists that the great grent object of his ambition be gratified An election Is approaching In which more nore than ever before the tho good people peo pee plc of Utah will express their judg- judg judgment judgment ment nent on the system proposed by Tom Kearns and antl his newspapers newspapers If the thep p people ople state believe bellev that crime crimo Is 19 s crime only wl when en detected and that If f detected Immunity may be purchased purchased pur- pur pur- pur chased with tenth one-tenth of oC the plunder the they hey will Indorse the Kearns nominations nomina- nomina Ions at the polls It Is Inconceivable that they the will vili do so o. o Men Ien so fair women so just as those hose who have built this splendid commonwealth will wilt not put the badge of jf their approval on a doctrine so Infamous In- In famous ramous Anti And In expressing this stern disapproval of oC what the Kearns agency exploit as the right they will forever set the stamp of qC their condemnation condemnation con con- upon Tom Kearns Reams They will wm sa say more plainly than spoken or written words can enn tell that WEALTH HOWEVER GREAT CAN NOT OT PROSTITUTE THEM They will say that they arc are not afraid of or any mans man's power ho however hoever ever brutally It may b be exercised The They will sa say that In Justice and right the they fear Cear no assault ault Tom Kearns and his agencies who revel In all alt the lies that ever aver were spa spawned In hell They will say that this Is a free ree state In which the living JIving of right of oC the men and women can not be interfered d with They will vilI say y that the ethics expressed etl In the Sheets case are not the accepted principles of of the people of r Utah Daring to do right fearless against an any threats sure of a 3 glorious future and antl depending upon the favor of J a aJust ajust Just God and his everlasting laws they t the ey will find their enfranchisement this year ear and forever tore from the ono one impending im un- un pending menace of a |