The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-06

the voice of partisan, his words will
have no weight, and his motives are
not commendable. (Applause.)
First of all, if he spoke as patriot,
why did he wait until the eve of cleo
ton day before he entered his protest
and urged the Mormon people to vote
down Roberts? (Applause.) Why did
he wait until he knew that it would
be too late for the Democrats to sub
stitute a new name upon their ticket
II his advice should convince them
that the interests of the state de-
manded such a course? (Renewed ap-
plause.)
Why did he wait until it is almost
impossible for the friends of Roberts
to send forth their reply to his sensa-
tional speech The charges have been
made for weeks, but Governor Wells
remained silent, until the time had al
most arrived for the vote of Utah to be
cast. AT the outset the claim of a
patriotic and unselfish purpose upon
his part is shown to be without foun-
dation, and the purpose of the partisan
willing TO do anything to beat the
Democrats" is made apparent. Gap
plause and cheers.)
Again, the craft and adroitness of the
politician appears who shifts a state
convention in the future and q renom-
never get it''), when in the opening SEN
fences, with the craft of a master, he
alludes to the fact that Roberts OPP
posed woman suffrage in the constitu-
tional convention. The extreme parti-
san was disclosed when he made the
statement that he would not vote for
any man for congress who does not be-
lieve in a high protective tariff, and
hence he desired Roberts defeated. The
| n frin would cd wit n
these questions. The speech was the
speech of a partisan. (Cheers.(
What a terrible Indictment he frames
against his own peoplel What an aw-
full arraignment he makes of the mem
bers of the Mormon church. Roberts,
he says, is not good enough to go .
congress, and yet, Roberts is good
enough to partake of the sacrament at
the same altar with Governor Wells
| (Applause.)
| Roberts is not good enough to go to
! congress, but Roberts is good enough
| to be president of the seventies. On
| tense cheering.)
| Roberts is not good enough to go to
| congress, but Roberts is good enough
to sit in the high places with the elders
and wise men of the church. (More
| cheers.)
Roberts is not good enough to go to
|
to edit the Improvement Era, and
mould the minds of tens of thousands
of the young men and women of Utah.
Qntense and repeated applause and
| cheers.)
And what is the logical result of the
speech which he made? 1t is that none
of the thousands of men and women of
the state, who, prior to the manifesto,
entered into relations frowned down
h. IL
If a man is not good enough to go to
congress, he is not good enough to fill
the position of ward constable. If
Governor Wells defeats Roberts by the
speech which he made, then not one of
the class to which l referred need raise
his head in a political convention, for
it will be beaten down with the club
of public opinion. tApplause.)
On this stage last night, while that
sensational speech was being made, sat
John Henry Smith. If that speech de-
| feats Roberts, then John Henry Smith
will have to hang his political harp
upon the willow and lay away in a
cedar box with moth balls and insect
powder all his aspirations for a seat in
the United States senate. For, if the
speech of Governor Wells defeated B
H. Roberts, then John Henry Smith
listened to his own political funeral
grafton. (Applause)
The governor justifies his speech by
asserting that man who does not deny
that he is living in violation of the
law has accepted a nomination for &
public office. He accepts it without
question charges non-sustained by
proof as being true. Then he raises The
last desperate cry of bafled and de-
feated politicians, who see victory writ
ten upon the banners of their foe, thai
the election G. Roberts will disturb bus
mess interests and brighten capital
Who is frightening capital? Who /.
disturbing the business interests o.
Utah? Is it the Democratic candidate
for congress, or is it the chief executiv,
of Utah who is advertising to tn,
world that he, as governor, has faileC
to procure the law to be executed TIL,
cry that capital would be frightened
was urged as a reason why Bryan
should be defeated in 1896. And tn,
preachers of wealthy congregation
turned their pulpits into political hust
ings and denounced Bryan as an an
archist and an enemy Of business t