Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-07
NAILED AND cLINcHED.

The denial made IN the United states
Senate BY Thomas Eearns immediate
~ preceding his departure from politic-
ri life, Of the old SANDER concerning
an alleged deal between him and the
late President Lorenzo snow, requires
something more than the passing mo-
tiee made IN these columns when the
speech prepared for him was read, In
the manner described elsewhere In
this issue OF the News" As we have
already stated, tho faisehood to which
he alluded did not come. as he alleged,
from the friends and mouthpeces OF
the present leaders Of the Church. or
from those who were his president
Snowsl ndhercnts during llfe," but
appeared frst in the Salt Lake Tri-
hume. and were at once emphatlcally
denied by the parties said TO have been
implicated IN the purported bargain.
But the libel Is once more revived by
the same Mormon hating and Inn
placable maligner who started the
story In print, ana who insists upon
It as a fact and declares that the orig
inal stupid falsehood has 'never been
denied"
The first statement concerning the
matter was that Thomas Kearns had
bought his Senatorship from President
Snow, paying certain amount OF
money for It. This brought forth such
q direct denial and challenge for proof
that a twist was taken in the yarn
and II was alleged that the Senator
ship was secured for Thomas Kearns
by trade OF stock IN the Saltair
Beach company. effected either by Sem
ator w. A. Clark or Hon. Richard c.
kerens OF st. Louis, directors In the
San Pedro and Los Angeles Railway
company. The revised libel was also
met and refuted, but from time TO
time It has been revived and repeated
and Is now brought upon the carpet
as much against ex-senator Kearns as
against the deceased Mormon" Presl-
dent. The whole story from top to
bottom, from beginning to end Is a
shameful LIE. II comes now In this
shape:
~ has always been understood. Of
ten before been charged and never be-
fore denied that a certain stakeholder
of the san Pedro. Los Angeles and salt
Lake Railroad company bonded the
Saltair pavilion and railroad for a large
sum of money that as an evidence Of
good faith n heavy first payment was
made, hut there was n condition attach
ed TO that payment and the condition
was that at the critical moment enough
Mormon legislators should vote FOR
Thomas Keurus 10 insure him the Sem
atorship and the covenant was kept
The deal was made directly with
the then President of the "Mor-
mon Church. The transaction
brought great shame and reproach
upon both the Church and presl-
dent Snow the statement OF the facts
was repeatedly publicly nude through
the press during the llfe-tlme Of Presi-
dent Snow. Had II not been true,
does any one believe that the President
and his counselors would have rested
under II IN sllenccH'
II ls further asserted that;
When the Kearns senatorial PROPOSE
ton was laid before the First Preslden-
cy OF the Church--so the story runs
ana 40 far has met no denial--Coun-
sclor Smith declared that he would
sooner see The road and pavilion sunk
IN The lake than To- see lSearus elected
60 the Senate. To which President
Snow replied, when ] became Prcsi-
dent Of the Church / promised the peo-
pie that n | could | would free tho
Church from debt and ! want the
money
We are authorized by President Jo-
seph r. Smith to state that no such
proposition was ever made before tho
First Presidency aud that while h.
was personally opposed to the cam
dldacy OF Thomas Kearns, he dld not
at any time make the remark attnbut-
ed 10 him. and that neither did Presl-
dent Snow utter the words, which ure
attributed to him Also that no stock
holder OF the San Pedro Los Angelo.
and Salt Lake Railroad company either
bonded the saltair pavilion and ran.
road or paid "a large or any, sum OF
money, either as an evidence Of good
faith or otherwise, or made any sucf
condition as that alleged In relation
20 the Snatorshlp There is no truth
whatever IN the dead ana buried story
now resuscitated az an excuse for de-
flaming the memory OF a good and grea
man. Now as 70 the assertion that III,
wretchcd falfehood was never denied
We do not admit that It is necessary t,
pay attention 20 every scandalous pub
lication. but here are tho facts. IN,
following paragraphs are from an edl
torlal In the Deseret Evening News o
January &c, 1901;
The charge has been made that tn,
President OF the Church OF Jesus Chris
OF Latter-day Saints, for moneyet
consideration or the promise OF