Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-04
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1901.
SENATOR CLARK DENIES.

arrangement alleged to have been made
between Thomas Kearns, acting for him.
self and the Los Angeles Railroad COM
l,any. party of the first part, and Presi-
dent Snow. acting as attorney in fact
for the Almighty and for the real estate
interests of the Mormon church. party
of the second part. by which Mr.. kearns
was made senator. and the church so;
.'il of a very large property at a figure
said to be greatly in excess of its value
The Salt Lake Tribune ten days ago
charged that Senator Clark of Montana,
Il G. kerens of St Louis. as chief pro-
meters of the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
road. stipulated With Snow that as
condition precedent to the purchase OF
the property in question. Mr.. kearns
VII" is also a heavy stakeholder in the
"ntel prise, was to be elected senator
The truth of this statement is not GER
tain. but there is no doubt of some re
.llarkable gymnastics among the sanity
members of the legislature. including
The withdrawal of Apostle Smoot. who
was a strong sena torial candidate. and.
culiously enough likewise heavily inter-
e> I'd in the Salt Lake & Los Angeles
railroad. In fact it is stated tina
X earns. who had a small senatorial
boom. and Smoot. who hal a large one.
journeyed together to ST. Louis to see
DICK Kerens, and that on their return
alearns had big boom. and Smoot none
al ALI The details of the deal are not
h,,t pf Tribune
Mas that Senator Clark Endorsed the ar
Engagement, and insisted on Kearns' cleo
t16n as the main condition Of the pur-
chase Of the church property. Another
REASON for the Willingness of the church
to elect Gentle" senator was desire
t. suppress the growing sentiment for
al anti-polygamy amendment to the
d. flaral constitution. it being assumed
Ii.at kearns' election would have a Ger
tnin ~,oral effect in that direction, par.
ifyularly if he should be willing to OPP
pose the proposition. There We're many
.bler men in the race than kearns,
among them former Senator Brown. y.
]. salisbury, Thomas Fitch, former Gov
e,nor Thomas and w. S. Mccormick
the banker Besides, there was Judge
I, ,odwin with more brains than all OF
Il IN combined. and a record for doing
II ,re for civiliza ton in Utah than any
Ter one man. But they were ali
brushed aside and Kearns got the toga.
Aasry denunciations ensued, the state
h Oh church compact of non-lnterference
il politics was denounced as bunco
game: the defeated candidates We're out
s,akan in their charges of treachery
a, Il double dealing; the church authori-
ii sWore they had nothing to do with
III Wholesale flop of their brethren in
III 3egislature; the Tribune repeated its
charges of a corrupt bargain in which
the Almighty indirectly figured as a
zeal estate agent. Then Tom kearns
gave two champagne suppers at the
Knutsford and skipped out for Wash
nlsston With his toga in one valise, $4ot
night shirt in the other, and some church
eracts in his trunk. Thus the Silver
King ,.Iining company of Park City car
literally claim to have sent a silver KING
to Washington with a little ecclesiastical
aid if reports are true. When the new
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on the men who were alleged to hav'
'sfixc.! the cat-hop'-Dick kerens ant
V \ Clark This is the second time
s.. Clark has been accused of inter
ftrllce in Utah politics. Last year /
he tle.'orowed rulian, for pay, Went al
~. way to Washington to swear tn
saaator had sought 40 induce him t.
or hp
d the way, was jobbed out of the sen
Yship the year before by some pai
rariurers in Salt Lake Now Mr.. Clar
l. again accused, but this time he
legged to be helping republican. ii
has entered emphatic denial of takln
SuN part, directly or otherwise, in pro
MOTHS. the election of Mr.. Kearns, 4
making any stipulations With 'Presl
dent Snow. The Tribune of last Monda
mornirS publishes the denial. and say
/, simply raises the question of veract
e-tween Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Snow.
This is the whole story up to dat
Nobody blames Tom Kearns for vii
ning his fight. He played his cards We
and wa- willing to agree to pay tM
prices for piece OF property, though
is understood the money is not yet
sight. He is stalwart republican no,
though a silver republican five yeal
ago. His enemies say he recently a
luded to Alaska as an island, and I
ferred to the natives of Luzon as Phi
ipones. That is probably a campais
lie Kearns is beyond doubt a goo
r,srn- and If he il. he ought to be go'