Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-19


from different public journals touchiag
on the matter. We may reproduce some
moro. But tho question of the retention
Of his scat on u the rroprieiy of the
choice mado by his party wo have not
taken up either pro or con. And the
Church has not dolc anythlng IN rcla-
ton Co the matter. Neither have the
authorities thereof interfcrci in H. A.
to the policy Of that We Hay nothing. We
merely mention the fact
10. when the statement ~ pub.
ilshsd TO the world. as basis for SER
mons and prayers Of religious ministers,
for resolutions nt mass meetings. and
for high pressure upon members of Com
gross that H. D. Roberts was Elected
10 make test case TO ascertain
whether Congress will hold the Nor
mon people 10 their pledges" we pro-
claim ~ utter untruih and charge its
urieinatofn with wlfui nlsehood and
deception.
n that De- abuse" al rights we re-
peat H.. The preachers who Invented
it and their organ hore that supports
them IN their iufamy send the state
mcnt abroad knowing d 10 be utterly
false In letter. IN spirit. and In fact.
n the denials we have made are In the
nature ~ "Worklng for Roberts" lot
ihom be 70 considered " it will gratlfy
anybody. Al such assumptions are IN
Tine with the tactics of the uo-callod
ilcyorcnds who ore engaged In thia
crusade ana their ally and organ.
The "Mormonl" who helped 70
nominate ST. Roberts. and those strong
partlsans among thom who entered the
Geld IN hia favor. and the thousands
" them who voted Tor him NJ the polls
laugh nc the notion that the church
had anything 10 DO with bic being put
forward. The biz majority be obtained
was largely due 10 the attacks made
upon him by the paper which tried to
dictate the choice Of tho State. and fail
ing. threatened the storm which Il has
aided the preachers IN raising. and now
figures hoasiingiy as prophet of oyll
that has worked 10 fulnl ~ own pros.
noHtications. Many non-"Mormon"
Republicans na well az Democrats were
driven into the Roberts ranks. By the
disgusting tactics u that paper.
That sheet now Apologize Tor the
fabrIcator OF the statement about "a
tcst caoc." BY saying He did not
pretend 10 state a proven fact, be stated
what was simply an Irresistible infer
oucc from what hoe bson done" But
tho assertion ~ put forth aa a fact Il
H. not qualified no an Inference. II b.
capitalized and stands alone. aa head.
line 10 macs of mialnformati1n that
does not warrant The assertion. and
from which " cannot b. fairly inferred.
The clrculator ~ the matter know u
was faiso 70 DO hia supporters here.
II IL udicuied By the people who noiui-
mated and elected the Congressman.
There was never published a baacr and
Froescr faisohood than the ''tcst case"
fabrication.
There has mover been question
raised hy the Mormon Church or any
Of the Mormon" people as to whether
Congress viii hold them 10 their
pledges" Their pledge ~ In the State
Constitution, Il hao been kept 20 the
letter, There has been no Intention to
depart from H. There IL none now.
The meaning II that pledge and To-
limits arc well known 10 tho writer who
voted Tor II AZ II stands, but has since
tried to mlsintsrprct It by all the trick.
at hla command.
Il IL surprising TO us that some
thing has not been done b those who
solicited ana elected the Congressman
from Utah. to place thls matter right
before tho American people. They know
that the Mormon" church had nothing
whatever TO do with Il and that the pro-
cecdlnEs were all according to the rules
u their party. The truth ought 10 b.
proclaimed from the proper source, and
the non-"Mormoua" az well as the
"Mormona" of that party. arc interest
Cd In relieving Utah from the burden
of the uutfuths that the church die
taicd them In the congressional elcc-
ton, and that It has tcut caso be-
fore the country.