The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-02
ROBERTS MAKES
DIGN|FIED REPLY
Shows That Morris in Attack
ing Him Deliberately
Misguided Him.
POINTS TO BE EXPLAINED
MORRIS ON THE HORNS OF A
DILEMMA.

To The Salt Lake Herald.
My attention has been called to four
mage signed statement of Nephi L,
Morris in defense Of his attitude in the
present campaign, and in which he
makes mention of myself; also, l am
informed that the same screed appears
in the Inter- Mountain Republican OF
Sunday morning. One has a right TO
expect of Mr.. Morris at least a truth
ful handling of the matters in contro-
versy. as also an intelligent discrim-
nation between things wholly different.
by the first remark ! make reference
10 the following passage Of his produc-
lion:
After thus throwing around him Z:
all the honor. prestige and fame {:
that is due him, by reason of his g
very splendid service in the 6.
church. he insisted that he. too, o
was an official of the church. and 9
could speak on these matters, and s
{, concluded his address by telling his (:
hearers, who were of both polit {:
ical parties. 10 vote the Democratic Z:
ticket from tor TO bottom and {.
leave the rest to Goo. .
BY this passage Mr.. Morris implies
that I first created a sympathy for my
self by reference to church service per-
formed then an assertion of church
authority held by myself, thence from
that vantage ground-so created-told
my hearers who were of both political
parties, to vote the Democratic ticket.
In a somewhat long and varied expe-
rienCe. l have never found in one brief
paragraph a more confused mingling
Of untruths than is here presented.
a. 1 did not refer to my service in
the church TO link il with and give en-
phasis to such official position as held
IN the church; but to point out the alb
surdity and infamy of those who
charged me with being untrue to my
church and disloyal TO my people.
a. 1 did not make reference to my
official position in the church in order
10 make this influence bear upon the
minds OF my hearers who were of
both political parties. TO vote the Dem
6cratic ticket from top 10 bottom" but
reference was made to that official posi-
ton in order to assert that when the
time came for the church to exercise
her reserved right TO resent the attack
OF political parties upon her, that l. as
such official. might rightly have voice
in that matter as we'll as Nephi l. Nor
ris.
80 Moreover. I did not at all in con-
Guiding my address, or in any other
part of il. tell my hearers TO vote the
Democratic ticket from top TO bottom.
Mr.. Morris may not escape an act of
mental dishonesty of statement here by
saying that he quoted from some i'm
perfect report of my speech, because he
was present in the hall when l con-
cluded, ana gifted, as he is with a per-
feet memory. he could not have mis-
understood my language. Nor may he
say that | have in The Herald report of
my speech changed the language of the
concluding paragraph. since I never
saw the transcript of the stenogra-
piers notes nor the proof sheets be-
fore the speech was printed. I saw
nothing of the speech until it was
printed i'm The Herald of the 31st of
october. Here is the paragraph:
Now. l don't believe IN that .
. method of standing up for govern q
" ment state or national l believe %
3 in principle. Men come. men go. :,
Z: men die. men change, but the o
(, truth remains. Principle remains. .
. The only admonition that my -
church gives to me. and the only {.
. law by which l Will be governed {.
i'm this particular. is this; Son, (.
" sit down. take counsel with thine 4.
(. own soul: investigate these doc ..
: trines, think them over. make up .
:. your mind as to what is tie truth ,
. what concerns your interest and o
> the interest of your neiGhbor. what .
concerns the interest of your state =
and the welfare of your nation. .
make up your mind. for YOU by Z.