Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-03
HE DEFENDS ROBERTS
THE SALT LAKE CITY shb"
MAKES A PLEA IN HIS BEHALF.
HE IS AN ORATOR AND A STATESMAN.

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.prigbam II. Roberts may have three
-. h,t want TO say to you he IS
man who is going to make Ofoau man
IN congress" said Sheriff John ~. f'o"
ellis Of Salt Lake city, at Murphy 3 last
night. .,,,tr
.I5e is a scholar. an orator. n thinker
- statesman." continued Mr.. How
ellis. civilian J. Bryan saie' when he
heard him speak for the first time that
he would be an ornament to Congress
Men who hear him feel he would orna-
ment almost any position.
personally Mr.. Roberts Is one or the
finest characters have ever known lie
Is n man from the ground up. thinks ne
has in him every quality that you people
Of the East admire in the finest type Oh
Westerners. lie is fearless, frank, hon
est. and strong physically and mentany.
II think these qualities caused MN 10
refuse 10 give up the women he hao mar
ried. had sworn TO support WINE tuey
lived. He married them before the uSh
er-Edmunds law was passed. lie - az
lowed by that law TO retain his wives he
would not be a man II he turned them OUT
into the world. -
ole is q Mormon 1 am a Mormon
put do not defend Mr.. Roberts because
he is q Mormon. l defend him because
he is a good man. I am a Democrat 100
And l defend Roberts because he IS such
a good Democrat, and because / beleVe
the United States Congress has no rlght
TO say a man cannot take his seat in
that body because of his religious belief
The question of States rights, as well as
religious liberty, is also involved. l
should think every southern man ought
to want 10 see Roberts seated.
politics is back Of all this fight against
Roberts. 4 Republican paper of salt
Lake began it, and has kept it up in sea-
son and out.
"a New York paper has also been
making a violent attack on Roberts.
Genie Young, a half-brother OF Colonel
r. w Young, Of the First Utah Artillery,
now al Manila, a grandson of Brigham
Young, and a Mormon, is writing that
stuff against Roberts. ] know. 1 used 20
be on the staff Of the Salt Lake Herald,
and knew Genie well when he worked I'm
salt Lake before going on the New York
paper.
There are no pOlygamOus marriages
celebrated in Utah now. There have
been none since the Mormon Manifesto
was issued in 1880. Only about one fifth
the population believe in polygamy. The
younger generation do not believe in il,
as a rule. But If you believe 1t was the
will Of God that you take more than one
wife, ought you to be blamed if you took
more? That's the whole question.
HE CAME FOR CARY.
II ia ia 1 L..
night from Washington with requisition
papers for a. NJ. Cary, who has just COM
pleted a term in the Richmond Jail for
passing worthless checks. Cary is want
ed in Utah for a number Of forgeries; the
specific case named in the indictment Is
the altering in Salt Lake City Of a forged
check on a bank at Evansville, Ind. MI.
Howens says Cary is one Of the best
known forgers in the country. lie has
worked Utah pretty thoroughly, and has
operated more or less extensively all over
the West.
The reouisition IS for ]. p. Rowan, the
name given by Cary when the forgery
was committed. His real name IS dill
cult to learn. lie IS called g.. NJ. Cary
alias j. Il. Rowan, alias l.. II. Dwight
| alias w. II. Green, alias G. NJ. Miles,
alias r. G. Myers, alias j. r. Mott, alias
| Ed. Lyon and may be has other names
! He is 80 years of age. He has confessed
10 the crime for which he is to be taken
| back TO salt Lake. Cary is suffering
| from a disease which requires an opera
| ton. This will be performed before 10
! is put on trial. 80,
Sheriff Howells will not start on his
! long Journey homeWard before tonight
| at least, probably not until tomorrow.
He is anxious to remain IN Richmond, and
visit the various places Of historic lnle
rest about the city. He IS 81 very ihtelIl-
gent gentleman, and his discussion OF al.
/ fairs in Utah, especially Of politics and
polygamy, is decidedly interesting
VIRGINIANS TO THE FRONT.
He is a very great admirer Of Virginia
and Virginians, and wants 10 Know theh
ON their native heath. lie says that mer
from this State are occupying many po
sitions of prominence IN Utah. Mr.. flshel
s Harris. win Is a native OF TINS Guy, j.
one Of the beit-knOwn Democrats In tht
state. He is now managing the senatorla
| camnaion Of 4. w. McCune, the Demo
cratic candidate against Senator Cannon
Who is trying TO succeed himself. IN
| LEGISLATURE Is IN deadlock. Mr.. Howell'
| SAYS McCune Will win. ,.
NTr Uowells IS Of Welsh descent, an'
&c very proud OF his blood. He exhibited
20 a Dispatch reporter a letter from Colo
mel r. w. Young, written from Manila
! concentrating him on being nominate'
! "a the sherlffalty, and also communicate
The CONGRATULATIONS Of Admiral Dewey
and other Welsh Americans. MaJo
David d. Price, whose father used u
smell their name ap Rhys, when the
on Welsh soil, called on Mr.. HoWells i