The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-28
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS
ON HEYBURN'S SIDE
United States Senator'S Lock
Horns and Party Disruption
Is Threatened.
Special 10 The Tribune,


Federal Grand Jury was procured by
the Western Federation Of Miners are
made to cover up and conceal from the
public the bitterest factional fight that
has ever rent the Republican party of
Idaho-a party, by the way, which III
subserviency TO the Mormon church,
vies with the so-called Republican party
of Utah.
Assuming that Borah is telling the
truth when ho denies completely In land
frauds, and rating him at his own valu.
ation-that of a spotless and untarnished
statesman and patriot-then his lndlct-
ment can only be due to the hostility
of United States District Attorney n.
NJ. Ruick, and the motive for Ruick s
hostility is not hard 10 find
Friends of Borah who believe he is
innocent of the criminal charges are not
foolish enough to attribute his lndict-
ment to the miners union; they attrlb~
ute it to Senator W. 3. Hepburn,
Borah IS obese but busy colleague in the
Senate, who made Ruick District At
torney. They believe, moreover, that
first gun in the campaign for Hepburn S
reelection b. the next Legislature.
They believe that Ruick is aiming TO
disrupt and discredit the famous triple
alliance formed at the Pocatello CON
vention last August, the parties TO
which were Governor Gooding, Mr..
Borah and State Chairman j. II. Brady.
Would Ditch Hepburn.
The formation of that triple alliance
provided that Borah should be elected
Senator in 1897 to succeed Dubois: that
Brady should be elected Senator in 1909
to succeed Hepburn, and that Gooding
| SboI7l1 b1un a lnqCf in
the Governor office. Gooding, of
course, made mental reservation at the
time that when 1909 rolled around he
would doublc-cross Brady and grab tho
Senatorial toga himself, but on the sur
face the terms of the alliance were as
stated, and the political slaughter of
Hepburn was plotted in cold blood. Hey
burn knew it, and so did District At
tornev RuIck, his best friend and most
trusted lieutenant.
The reelection Of Gooding as Gov
ernor and the elevation of Borah to the
Senate were accomplished; but there still
remains that part Of the contract in
which Mr.. Brady is interested. and, as
suming that Borah is innocent and is
the victim Of a conspiracy, it is not
difficult to figure that Mr. Ruick has
set himself apart to prevent the deliv.
cry of the goods ito Brady, and to bring
about the reelection of Hepburn.
Borah's Tale of Woe.
Those on the inside say that Borah
went East recently TO tell President
Roosevelt that Senator Hepburn and
Ruck We're conspiring against him.
Roosevelt doesn t like Hepburn. be-
cause Hepburn has been guilty of lese
majestic on several occasions, and is
persona non grata at the White House
Borah knows this. and believed, it is
| Il luH H. G..
ear when he told hls tale of woe. His
object was TO induce Roosevelt to di-
rect Rulck to dismiss the indictment
against him, and, if possible, to secure
Ruick S removal
1t is probable. however, that Mr..
Roosevelt VIII catch Tartar when he
runs up against the Idaho District At
torney, Mr.. Ruick is no quitter; he
hates Borah personally, and he is a
dismiss the Borah Indictment he is liza
BILE to refuse TO do so. and put it mp
TO .'Teddy' to remove him. And If
he is removed, lie is an individual who
Will not hesitate TO tell all the facts
and place the President in an exceed
ingly bad light. Those gifted with \
Vision INTO the future would not be sur
prised to see Mr.. Ruick initiated into
the Roosevelt Ananias club almost any
day.
Hepburn Has Advantage.
AS matters stand Senator Heyburn
has the advantage in the struggle which
Will be waged for his reelection. The
members of the triple alliance are in
not water. Governor Goodinp was
bumped often and hard by the late la
mented Republican Legislature. Sena
tor Borah is under Indictment, presum-
ably. for completely in land frauds
Chairman Brady is defendant in a law.
suit wherein he is accused of misuse
OF funds entrusted to him, and this
together with the fact that he is dis,
trusted by the rank and file of the
party anyway has caused him to suf,er
a political backset.
Hepburn is the only Republican
leader of the first rank who is NOT IN
trouble of some kind. True, he has tbn bn
enmity Of President Roosevelt, buf bv
the time Hepburn S term expires Roose-
Welt S term as President will boyo oy-
pred also, and the mighty man in fine
White House will not be able 10 do him
much harm anu
Where Feeling Was Shown.
The fact that Hepburn and Ruick are
bitter toward the triple alliance was
well Illustrated during the campaign last
1ali- After the ticket had been nomi
mated Mr. Ruick discovered that no had
urgent business IN California, which de.
tanned him there during the "heft', Of
the campaign. Hepburn went on the
stump, and in his very first speech de.
nounoed the, polvgamous practices Of
the Mormon leaders. singing out Joseph
+. smith for special roast,
Inls trl"htcped the triple alliance
which was depending upon Mormon
votes for success--almost into fits Unv.
burn refused to be called of, however.
and went down to Montpelier. in tbo
heart of Mormondom, and made e speech
IN which he told the Mormons flatly
that they were still practicing polypamy
and mat II they didn't quit it, the
Republican party would eventually oo
after them as hard as Senator D1ba;S
and the Democratic party. AT one
stage or the campaign, Chairman Brady
seriously considered pulling Senator