The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03
TAKE NEUTRAL STAND
ON ROBERTS MAT TER
Utah Democrats In Conference Adopt Set Of ResO-
lutiOnS Covering Position
Correct False Impression That Prevailed After Their Last
Session-Vote On Adoption Was Unanimous

The most important action taken by
executive committee and prominent
members of the party held in the Office
Of Chairman James II. Moyle last night
was the adoption of resolution which
is calculated to correct false impress
sion that has become current relative
to the position Of the committee on the
Roberts question
Tho resolution leaves the committee
where it stood before the first confer
ence was held. The position taken
being entirely neutral in the matter.
This is the light in which the commit
tee wished to stand before the public
and the sentiment OF the members is
crystallized into the resolution. the
text of which follows:
Resolutions As Adopted.
Whereas, 1t has been represented
that the executive committee of the
Democratic party of Utah did at a
recent meeting repudiate the Hon. b.
II. Roberts. our duly elected con-
gresham. now therefore
BE it resolved by the executive COM
mittee of the Democratic party of Utah
that said statement is false, and we
solemniy declare that no such action
has been taken. Mr.. Roberts was
nominated and elected by the Demo-
cratic party of Utah. and neither the
party nor any committee of the party
has repudiated Mr.. Roberts"
Prior to the adoption of this resolu-
ton a set of resolutions of a more
radical nature was introduced.
1t was set forth that b. II. Roberts
was not nominated for congress
through the influence of the Mormon
church,, the. resolutions refuted the
ISLANDERS against the said church.
against b. H. Roberts and against the
Democrats of Utah. Thew set forth
that b. Fl. Roberts was nominated and
elected by the Democratic party and
maintained that IL was the dut- OF
that party to support him. This was
the substance of the resolutions as
reported. They were introduced by l.
r. Martineah of Logan and supported
by him in a speech. F. Taylor. also
supported the resolutions in a speech.
Chairman Moyle called up the mat
ter in a statement in which he said an
erroneous impression had gone out
from the last meeting and he thought
something should be done TO put the
country right as TO the attitude OF the
Democratic party of Utah with refer
ence to Roberts,
Thurman Favors Endorsement.
Sam r. Thurman of Provo favored
some such action as suggested. He
said in effect that the people of Utah
should give congress to understand that
they would send whomsoever they
pleased there to represent them unless
there were constitutional and statutory
grounds against the men chosen. He
was opposed. he said. to the Rawlins
resolutions because he was opposed to
federal inquisitions into the local af-
fairs of the people.
Fisher Harris made strong speech
against the resolutions. B. H. Roberts,
he said. assured him before ne was
nominated that he would meet all
charges against his private character
and dispel them as the sun dispels the
clouds He should meet them now and
not expect other men to meet them for
him.
Mr. Harris demanded to know OF the
supporters of the resolutions if they
would have supported Roberts II they
had known that he was an active po-
lygamist. He reminded them that of
the twenty-seven men who went on