The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-24

they say. I am not here in any sense
To defend the American party. ] am
not an American party man, but | think
] know when | am being imposed upon
or when there is an attempt to impose
upon me. and all such talk as that ls
an imposition and the purpose Of IL is
10 seduce You and get YOU TO vote the
Republican ticket; and the next morn
ing they will do a. the Intcrmountain
Republican has done-snap their fingers
and saw, THE Democrats had better go
out of business, because they arc Just
about done for.
A quartettc then rendered selec'
ton.
Coos After Smoot.
r. II. Roberts, who was then intro
duced, devoted much of his time 10
discussion of the tariff, tho Dlngley
bill. and the publicity Of campaign
funds He quoted approvingly from the
interviews given out by Semuel New.
house and W. 5. McCornick, on their
return from the East, on Mr.. Bryan 3
chances
He said he had always contcnded that
irrespective OF which party was IN
power. and aside from legislation, tins
country was large enough and had SUI
ficient resources and her people were
alert and energetic enough TO make II
prosperous. He was glad that he now
had his position buttressed by the
opinion of that eminent and profound
statesman. Senator Reed Smoot,' and
he quoted from a speech made by Smoot
on the Aldrich bill
Referring to the election OF senators
by the direct vote of the people, he
said he had como TO a conclusion on tins
matter after hesitancy and reluctance.
.sBut the experience we have had IN
Ttah. - he continued, ''is what has con
vinced me of the righteousness and OF
the necessity for this Democratic meas,
urc Do YOU think that If Smoot had
been elected by the direct vote OF the
people that three of the senators chosen
by Republican legislatures in this state
would have found their way into the
Senate of the United Statcsl Thank
God for good representatives Well, |
should think yes; when YOU think or
the representatives Republicans have
given us in the Senate Of the ultcd
States, OF course, we are al grateful
that we are removed from that gang
that represented Utah in the Senate IN
the past ii we get no further removed
than the present congressional delega-
ton.
"Shau the People Rule?''
Mr.. Roberts held that there was a
special reason in Utah why the people
| should ask the question, "Shall the
people rule?' because here many OF the
people believed that as a matter OF
| religious belief that this government
| was brought forth by divine sanction.
He then spoke for the freedom of the
press, freedom of speech, and for the
absolute freedom of the individual. II
| there is power, he said, that
controls his judgment and his action
and turns at will his mind, that man
cannot be held personally responsible
unto his God for the civil government
| ANY man who enters into that sacred
| domain to interfere with the sacred
rights of the individual in this com
munity, where belief IL that this ar
raugement in government is Of divine
| appointment, enters II by breaking
| through that form of government that
has been appointed of God. When that
coteric assumes the right 20 say 10 this
man, who was clearly entitled to GO
| before his party for a denomination
when they assume TO say 60 him. Why
we have concluded otherwise, and they
determine that this other man shall
| have that place, YOU dismiss your am
bitious and withdraw your candidacy
your chairman was right whom he said
when such condition as that exists
! there is no rule by the people.
Cutler Lacks Courage.
"I regret more than [ can tell you
| the lack of courage in the present gov
ernor of the state of Utah when he al
lowed himself TO become so tame q
cat as that. He held the commanding
position had ne but seen it. His ad
ministration has been clean. 1t was 2
good Republican administration, and
the people of the state had reason tc
| be well pleased with that admiIistra
ton BY all the rules of the game OF
politics he was entitled TO a renomi
nation, and he announced himself as
candidate That Republican convention
that met was confronted with thi:
situation: They must either repudiatc
his administration. or else they must
give HIM a denomination. They could
not, they dare not repudiate his ad
ministratiou; they could not have de
MED him the denomination had he takcr
il upon the floor of the convention
But, no. This coterie of men-cal
them what you will-they say that tn,
term is machine, push, federal bunch
is distasteful TO them. Very good. II
YOU will give us another name we I
use it. The thing will stink us bad by
anv other name. When those men con
troll affairs, when no man can be named