The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-09
ELDER ROBERTS INTERVIEWED
He Makes Some Pertinent Remarks to a Chi.
cagO Reporter.

| cagO Reporter.
b. 81. Roberts, of Salt Lake city, an eide,
IN the Mormon church, anda stout defende,
OF the teachings of the prophet. is ON WISH
TO Chicago for few days His mission
mere is to tell the Mormon side of the story
with reference to the coming municipal
election in Salt Lake city. Mr.. Roberts
speaks fiuently and we'll and gives voice n
MS Ideas in connected way
The pending election in Salt Lake city. ;,
SAID ne, us attracting wide attention. and
becomes more exciting as the day of cleo
tlon, February TO- draws near. Outside in
terest is aroused because the fate of Nor
monlsm is supposed to be connected
| with it. In Salt Lake the con-
tendlng parties are known respec-
lively as the Peoples party and
Liberals: The former is composed of the
oio RESIDENTS, mostly Mormons. They
| founded the city in 1917 and have coutrolled
1t ever since. The city has 81, 900 popnIa-
ton and is abreast of the times, beinc
supplied with all modern comforts and CON
Ven1ences, including gas and electric liphts
street railroads, hotels, markets. librari Ga
and theaters. The street cars are RIM nv,
electricity and an elaborate system of sew
erage is now in course of construction
| mat the municipal government has been
| Always Tree from mistakes is not claimed:
put that 1t has been honest and conserva :
lively progressive, giving ample protec-
tlon to persons and security to property.
can not be denied toit by its worst enemies
Ihe Liberal party is made I'D of the
non -Mormons-many of them apostate
Mormons, carpet Dag officials, clinginp
with desperation to the very last political
test within their reach, and adventurers
oent on booming the city for purposes of
speculation. So far do the factors of tho
Liberal party acknowledge the transient
character OF their settlement as to adopt a
carpet-oag for their political badge This
motley crowd IS making desperate effort
10 steal Salt Lake at the approaching cleo
zion, and have wonderful facilities at their
command to accomplish their scheme. The
HrsG Oh Inese is returning board, known
as Tue Y tan commission, appointed by the
President of the United States and Of
course are all non Mormons. baptized win
the deepest prejudice against The people of
Utah. o poopio VI
Inns returning board has the manage
ment OF all election affairs, the appoint
ment OF registrars, judges of election. and
canvassers of the returns They have in
Varlaoly appointed nom Mormon registrar;
and nave given the same class the majority
OF Judges OF election The five registrars
appointed to register voters for the com
Ing election were all non-Mormons and two
OF them, at least, afficers in the Liberal
Politlcal clubs of the city. Thatsthey would
work In the interest of their party was to
pc expected; that they did so is a fact
hunting up and registering Liberals, moi
only III the city, but going outside of il
and avoiding Peoples party voters
AS reward for their services rendered
TOUR out of the five registrars. have
been nominated for Office on the Liberal
ucket-two for aldermen, one for recorder
the other for collector The registrars are |
made the judges of their own work. Each |
sits as Judge to hear objections. and Late
OCCASIONS in the district court located in |
salt Lake declare in effect that there is no
appeal from the decisions of these regis,
brars. So that these men may strike off |
and retain what names they please ON tho /
reglstry-lists in an election where tbaH,
themselves are candidates
Hundreds of the Peoples voters are
summoned before these registrars to show
'ause why their names should mot he
stricken of the lists. Scores that were
'orn IN the city are challenged on tbo
round OF being aliens and norl-residents IN
ne city. A number of bachelors are chaI
enged on the ground that they were nolvg
mlsts The names of men who ryera
olygamlsts once, but are not such now
ma Wnom Inc supreme court of the United
'tates mas decided have a right to vote and
old ONCE, are being stricken from the reg