The morning times., 1896-08-30
utah CYC[ERs ANSWERED
District League Will Not Act
as They Desire.
SILVER MEN ARE ANGRY
Chief Consul Robertson Refuses to
Bring Their Complaint Before the
Body Here-He Gives His Reasons
for So Deciding-TrOuble All Arose
Over an Article on "a Dollar.

Official notice Of the row Sterling ELI
otis editorial on The Value OF "a Dollar"
raised ainong Western cyclers has Ieaci..d
this city.
Mr.. W. 7. Robertson, chief consul of the
District DIVISION, League OF American
WheeiIEen, is III receipt Of a comm uiilca-
lion from the Utah NV Ision OF tie league,
asking him 10 take oiIiGal notice or the
e..,.Iiiai. The communication claims that
Mr.. Elliott has dragged pciitics INTO the
Official organ OF the ieasue, anu shOuid
eilner Dc IEpeacneu OF relrIIIaiiucd.
Accoinpah yiug lne comm uiiICatIOu was q
copy OF the sait Lake Record containing
the official action or the Utah division.
besiues passing the strongest Kind cf a
RESOLUTION OF censure, lie DIVISION proceed
Ell TO set forth the claims OF silver as Il
money in Tie most emphatic way. Mi.
Robertson has answered. The Ulan riders
ana the following Is Il copy OF his letter:
HIS ANSWER
August Is, 1886.
Utah Division, L. A. W. " u. bIon ana
A. Slcin, committee.
''GeDuenien. 1 have received Your let
ter OF the "a and aIsu tile uarkeu copy OF
the salt Lake Herald
As 1 uBucrs,a and the contract made by
tine league FOR the publication OF rs Of
Iiciai gan &c was not made with tue
presIden, OF the l.. A. " :, but with sterling
Einott. l believe, II 1 Remember nightly.
Dy virtue or i've years contract he was
pages, lhe matter to be sLppiieO by Tie
Secretary, and AR Eliiott to CO tie Publish
iDg as an individual.
-,.cv,..is =. .n.s. he has perfect right
To PRINT whatever he tn nks Of Interest To
u,eiubers and to subscribers who are not
members. l cannot see anything IN the
drtIcie, The value oI IL collar. To occa-
sion such resolutions as you nave seen lit
To pass, and therefore 90 not think II OF
suinc.ent Importance - brIng Up before
~" III stSiSes me in this way. Sterling
Elliott beHeyes III aolti, he has said 81.
1 he Utah DIVISION DeiIeres mainly Ill silver,
aud it says So more strongly and desires
MI Elliott to lie chastised because he
thinks ana says differently
A MIsDEMEANoR
while the Utah division has been so
jealous in protecting The great silver
question, il has overlooked the TACT t..
IL Is a miSdemeanOr Tor any Ill, isfOh 20
make any paper It's Official organ. IEl,
is practically what you have done IN having
published ana dlstributed Your action In
the maDner in which You have The
place Tor that resolution was IN The
l.. A ". Bulletin. i ain sure that MI
Llliott would have been Only too glad 10
have donated Il little more than the usual
allotment of pages TO accommodate you.
Il can talk thus, as l am a VI ashinG-
topian and according TO the law oT The
country have no vote ana therefore nave
no politics. The best / can say OF the
article is / have heard the editors of our
daily papers say That ar. Elliott has risen
greatly in their estimation since they
read it.
Il am afraid, therefore. that il will be
impossible for me To aCQuiesce III Your
request that our division take d similar
action to yours. Yours truly,
Nv. u. ROBEETSON,
&C. c. ID. C. Div. l. A. W"