The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17


and the same clamor made against him
and had the house refused to seat him
would be just as pronounced against
1t as ] am now. II is not partisan
question, but vae of principle ques-
ton of right and wrong"
Yielded to the Rabhle.
Senator A. o. Smoot was the next
speaker. He began by saying: II am
here partly by accident, but / desire
to enter my protest against the dis
franchisement of my friend. Utah is
now unrepresented in the house of
representatives and there is about to
close one of the most important de-
bates that has ever taken place in the
halls of congress. In all of this we
have had no voice and in the passage
of the currency bill we can see no
hope. Congress has bowed down to the
voice of wild, frantic rabble.''
AS Senator Smoot took his seat, Hon.
James II. Moyle, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state committee, and Hon.
James E. Hall, mayor of Springville,
entered and took seats by the stove.
Senator Smoot then arose again and
said: Another point that 1 want to
bring to your notice is that A. T.
Schroeder, who is known throughout
Utah as an agnostic and one who
abuses Christian ministers, is cheek by
jowl' with them in the daytime in
Washington and they sleep together at
night
Chairman Moyle's Remarks.
Chairman Moyle arose and said
There are many enemies of Mr.. Rob-
erts who believe that he has been ill
treated. A mob sentiment has been
worked up in the country to disfran-
chise state. The question is as to
whether the law lis to be applied or
whether a mob is to rule. A great
many wise statesmen and many con-
greSsmen believe now that the proper
course was not followed. They believe
now that they were wrong, but they
put aside their own convietions for the
fear of their constituents
1T seems to me that this action
strikes down to the very roots of gov
ernment. / believe that il Mr.. Roberts
had fair and impartial hearing before
an unprejudiced committee, he would
not be found guilty of the charges
made against him. But he is
not to be tried so. The committee has
already prejudged his case. He is to
be found guilty because a sentiment
has been worked up against him
throughout the country. The congress
men stand in fear of mob sentiment"
James z. Hail. mayor of Springville,
said: when l think of my family
and friends and my parents who have
gone before, / feel that it is my duty
as citizen of a free and sovereign
state 10 speak for myself. and 1 am
here to speak for myself alone. When
they said to Roberts. stand aside it
meant that his case was prejudged- 1
object to it and 1 protest against such
action"
Thomas R. Cutters Views.
T. r. Cutler, who has recently re-
turned from the east, spoke as fol-
lows: Il am a Republican to the very
marrow of nv bones. and j voted
against Mr. Roberts because of his
political opinions. But l think this
action of congress in refusing to swear
him in is outrageous and an insult to
Utah. On my recent trip east 1 found
that people We're entirely ignorant of
the conditions existing here. Nineteen
out of twenty persons are against Rob-
erts, and the twentieth is for him be-
cause the other congressman are as
guilty as he. l object to putting the
Mormon people on that plane. 1t is an
insult to them"
After the speech by Prime Evans
against the resolutions. they were put
before the meeting and adopted. The
meeting then adjourned.