Show ONE POINT BEYOND DISPUTE On most Jost matters where men differ It In li s safe to sa say there are two sides that there Is ground for dispute But we do not believe the position of oC the I Kearns people Is at nt all nIl defensible And the people who Insist that political political cal affairs in this state should be so managed as ns to fo make peace with the Kearns men have no logic or good reason to support them Here Is the position Nearl Nearly any straight Republican In Utah will concede concede concede con con- cede in a minute that the Kearns crowd has no right reason for the commotion the they have kicked up It will be admitted that Tom Kearns's activity In the politics of Utah since his retirement from the United States senate is caused by br his ambition and his desire for revenge The They do not believe beHave the stories he has caused his Ills n newspapers to circulate They Ther do donot donot donot not approve e the measureless abuse those newspapers have hc heaped ped on It the e I f 1 good people of at Utah The They do donot be not not-be- o fe thero there is possible defense for forthe forthe forthe the campaign of slander which has given g Utah a bad name throughout the nation But Dut they say sar something should be bedone bedone bedone done to placate Tom Kearns and his hla crowd so that there ma may be peace in Utah But you never ne can get peace l by trading with a robber The only peace you can secure Is to surrender what is yours to give him what he demands though he has no right to demand lemand it to vacate acate your jour own rights and put the robber in possession That Is the only sort of peace Utah can have with Tom Kearns id a those who profit by following him The men who argue for a a corn com promise with Tom Kearns and the crowd that rallies rames around his lawless lawless lawless law law- less banner forget that they only onh strengthen tho the enemy when the they give an Inch to him They forget that he ht is perfectly characterless and that ho has proven In the past that he will wil uso tiso every means with or without justice to win his hla ends They forget forge that he be may fairly be expected to use the advantage surrendered to him in forcing the next moment a greater greate concession They forget that whilo they are in the right they are strong They forget that thrice armed Is h he who hath his quarrel just The They forget that the only chance they have haveis is to hold to their righteous position denying the enem enemy any my concession at atall atall all keeping him In the wrong all the time moving moving directly forward In defiance defiance de de- de fiance of him and never giving him himan himan an iota o of strength from the right with which to accomplish the victory of or the tho wron wrong I Ind And nd we do not believe believe- the the I people of ot Utah when they come to reflect on onit onit it it are of oC the sort to surrender when the they are right just to gain peace just to pr prevent vent conflict with the bludgeon wielders We Wo take this people people- for tor better stuff than that Tom Kearns and the whole hole hating brood are wrong Utah does docs not deserve the tho fight these people are making The Kearns crowd are arc making th the fight only to regain political power powe they lost because they deserved to lose and which the they can never neYr regain regain re re- re gain In any wa way It would be folly to give an inch to them when they are wrong for I It would by br no means menus secure tho the peace for which the tho surrender Is made Peace was never ne purchased at the price of honor bonor Men Ien who make terms of that sort sorl ahva always 8 lose They lose because the they are trading with rascals Rascals do not keep leep their contracts Y When they force orco you ou t to give your J 00 I cloak thc they ire tre in better position t to compel you to give u up nj your coa coat When you OU have given th thorn them m your Ian land landIn In order to avoid their shooting at you y arn ar am In better belter position to e you from your hou house e. e And If the they will wm rob you of land land or of a single In Inc Inch h hor of or It what ll-what what makes you believe the they will stop co so o lon long as an you have any any- anything thing they want I So with the political pirates wh who follow the had bad fortunes of Tom Tm K Kearns arns They Ther are arc seeking to get b b. b force what they do not deserve o or of right They are after aUer the tho control o othis of oC this state and of oC the tho region an anthey and the they ha have hae e found thc they can scare scar clr som Utah people which people which Is a little surprising surprising sur sur- to observers who would look for a pretty pratt fair grade of courage here Thc They can cnn get their way only by bj the surrender of men who know there is no justice in the demand ant and anel no safety In weakness Better fight them m all along the line I Better let them continue their campaign cam cam- paten of vilification their crusade o of defamation Be Better er let them understand understand understand under under- stand that neither here nor any other othe place In this broad land can wrong men win by offering th the alternative o of surrender or a fight Choose the fight and let It go o on But Dut beat the Tom Kearns crowd |