OCR Text |
Show Decides Campaign Methods Salt Lake, March 23.-Thomas Kearns Is reported to have delivered his tentative answer to the DemocrtasT hnd Progressives who are working on tho fusion of tho two parties In regard to the position which will bo taken by the Salt Lake Tribuno In tho com. ing election. Mr. Kearns gave tho leaders to understand that whilo ha. will fight the candidacy of United States Senator Reed Smoot for reelection re-election to? the upper house of Congress. Con-gress. he'has, not yet decided to sw&l.i low the fusion ticket head and tall. Mrt-Kearna is also reported to have said, that he is going to conduct the campaign through the Tribute hlta-, self, and not place it in the hands of hired men, aa he says he is not satisfied sat-isfied with the manner in which previous pre-vious campaigns have been conducted conduct-ed by employees. 'i? Mr. Kearns has been much sought after during the past few weeks by the fuslonlsts, who desired the support sup-port of his publication In tho corn-tag corn-tag fight. He reserved his, answer for several weeks, it is reported then conveyed con-veyed word to the fuslonlsts mat the Salt Lake Tribune would make a fight on Senator Smoot but that support' for other members of the fusion ticket tick-et was yef'to be decided. |