The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-10
PASSING OF 4
KEARNS MANAGER
Lippman and the Senator
Parted at Ogden.
JOSEPH NEVER WENT
To NATIONALCAPITAL
Sidetracked by KearnS to Cali
fOrnia Oil Fields.

Senator Thomas. Kearns and Attorney
Joseph Lippman are as far apart as
the extent OF the American continent
will permit. One is on the Atlantic
coast making laws for his country and
getting jobs for his constituents the
other is supposed to be on the Pacific
coast boring for oil or digging for gold
en- the island of Alaska" They are
still farther apart politically and So
ciaIly; Mr. LippmaH is suffering total
eclipse in the far west, while another is
hasking in the senator's smiles at
Washington. And the happenings that
have led up to THIS situation lay the
foundation for a most interesting story.
There was a genuine sensation among
local Republicans yesterday morning
when it was learned through The Her
aids Washington special that there
had actually been Smash-up between
Senator Tom kearns and Manager Joe
LiDDnan. and that Billy O'AIeara had
been installed as manager for Utah's
new senator at the national capital.
Vague TumOrS to the effect that Lipp-
man had been thrown over had been
floating around in the air here ever
since the sena tOrial party took their
deT arturo for the east, and this report
of the enlargement has resulted in in
QuirieS that brings out still more SEN
satiOnal features of this political melo-
drama.
Lippman Was Missing.
Efforts were at once made after the
story was out to reach Mr.. Lippman to
get his version of the quarrel. Report
ers in Washington were sent in search
Of the Salt Lake attorney who was I'M
derstOod to have elected Kearns. but
the search was in vain. The news had
been heralded all over the country that
Licoman was 20 manage eKearns in
Washington. The men left Salt Lake
together. and the correspondents at
Washington were on the lookout for the
deputy senator more than for the SEN
ator himself, They failed to catch him.
hut they were of the opinion that the
willy manager was in the city. keeping
well in the background, and managing
the newiy-fedged senator with invisible
strings.
Then W. P. O'Meara stepped to the
front of the stage and the word went
out that he. and he only, was to be
the manager of Senator Kearns.
Parted at Ogden.
This started the search again for Mr.
Lippman, and then it was learned that
this gentleman had never arrived in
Washington. that the smash between
him and the senator had occurred long
before the party reached Washington.
Senator Kearns himself. when cornered
on the subject yesterday. said to The
/ Herald correspondent. that Lippman
/ left the train at Ogden; that he had
gone to California. This was taken to
mean that the quarrel between the two
/ took place before the start was made
/ from this city and that the elimination
was reached on the train between Salt
Lake and Ogden. 1t is known that
/ when the start was made from the Salt
I Lake depot Senator Kearns was riding
! in a Pullman and Attorney LiDpman
was riding in the chair car. The details
Of what happened between here and the
/ Junction city are known only to Mr.
/ Kearns and Mr.. Lippmsn, but the fact
/ remains that these two. who al
+ through the senatorial fight We're closer
I than David and Jonathan, are now sep
arated by the entire American CONT
nent. and in sentiment they are still
/ farther aSart.
On an Oil Mission.
When Senator Kearns was pressed
by the representative of The Herald il
Washington for a reason for Mr. Lipp
mans going to California. when tn,
| whole world understood that he wa