The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-30
ROBERTS, STALWART SAINT,
TRAINS HIS GUNS ON SM00T
Continued From Page One.

not He is nv friend and kind neigh
! hor and when he attends to his own
! business he is Il good business man, put
when he intcrferes with other people $
business and their politics he, makes =
| bad mess OF il, as anybody else would
who interfcres with anybody else IS busl-
| ness
The Democratic Glee club then rem
dered selection.
Ovation for Roberts.
Brigham II. Roberts, upon being IN,
| troduced by Chairman Moyle, received
quite an ovation. He took as his text
the slogan of w. j. Bryan, 'Shall the
People RULE" For nearly an hour Mr..
Roberts discussed the national issues,
and coming down TO local affairs he
said: "We have got to look the ques-
ton that confronts us fairly in the face.
I hold that the conditions obtaining
here in Utah are intolerable. (Great
applause) And for this part of tho
subject ] am gong to keep TO my old
text, 'Shall the People Rule?' [ pro.
pose Il most serious discussion, and II
you are willing TO bear with me, a full
discussion of those matters. (Crics Of
"Speak all night.'O In the first place.
let us ask this question here in Utah !:
Do the people rule7 (Cries of No, -
and ''Never did, II there Is one
more place in these United States where
inc people SUOUll Iult, Lutu I'li bhcp
that place is here in Utah
He held that this government was
ordained of God and he did not think
the people OF Utah had a monopoly of
that belief He claimed that freedom
OF speech freedom of the press were
ordained of God, under the constitution
OF the United States. and rising above
was inspired and ne believed that it was
the largest part of them, He claimed
the equality under the law of every
citizen in this country. He was not
disposed 10 believe that there were
some men In governmental affairs that
we must treat very tenderly and care
fully,
cit does not make any difference
what position you confer on any man,
either in the state or the church.. - Mr..
Roberts continued, "when it comes TO
the public platform and civil govern
ment is the question to be considered,
there Is no man that can be made
high enough but what ! am his equal.
l do not mean by that that 1 am as
tall or as handsome. [ don It mean by
that that ] am as wise or as learned,
or that i have equal authority and
power and influence with you as he
may have. ] merely assert that as a
factor IN civil government and in the
enjoyment Of the rights of my citizen
ship ] am equal to every other man,
and that every other man is my equal !;
and in these affairs in the public
rostrum, If u pope shall center the
rostrum, / shall speak to him as fear
lessly as I would a layman, and that,
too. is ordained of God if the Consti-
tuition is an inspired document
The Federal Gang.
Mr.. Roberts averred that the hind
rance TO the rule of the people In
this state was combination OF fed
eral office holders who have set before
them a rather difficult task of con-
trolling the political destinies of this
state, despite the people, Mr.. Roberts
alluded to Gov, Cutler withdrawing
governorship at the behcst of the fed
eral machine, or he did not care what
they called it, so long as they rccog-
nized the infamy of the thing
Mr. Roberts then read from the fare
we'll address of George Washington,
which inveighed against the misrepre-
sentation by one district of another,
and said, under that text: "I desire
to enter my protest against the
methods of the Republican party in
this state ] hold in my hand a docu-
ment that we pay TO have published
and to stand in the Deseret Evening
News, and the subject matter of it Will
be understood By reading one para
graph
Mr.. Roberts then read the denial
entered by the Democratic leaders to
the charges that had been made against
them that they had made u deal with
the American party to sell or barter
| the votes of the Democratic party.
! Continuing, Mr.. Roberts said: ''That
| is the charge. 1t is not made by the
Intermountain Republican alone; it is
made and authorized and repeated by
| the Republican leaders in this state
and most emph;a,tieally. by the bunch
or eoterle. In all conscience that S bad
enough, and Notwithstanding the gen.
| tlcmep who have signed that docu.
| ment, and I hold that they are
honorable mon, the Intermountain Re
publican and the leaders of the Repub-
lican party still continue TO make the
charges, and only this morning we had
u frightful state of affairs down at our
headquarters. They discovered oul
worthy chairman down at restaurant
eating in. the same establishment that
| Thomas Kearns blew into AZ some
distance or other, / don t know where
| the camera was, they took n shot al
our chairman, and really when 7 saw
| the figure of the gentleman standing
out in bold relief | got it into my head
! that 1t WAS a. III. instead of p, nj
1 q
bound and l wondered if Sam had got
up to some mischief. Well. with far,
flaming headlines they have now dis
J covered the leaders in secret conclavc
and you Democrats. by the leaders OF
your party. like sheep in n shamble
are to be delivered over TO the Ameri
can party. And | am one of the con
spiracy to sell my own people and tr
barter away the confidence that tbe,
have been. kind enough to establish in
me. When l saw those flaming head
lines this morning it reminded me OF
q story about Ben Butler
Ben Butler Story
Mr.. Roberts then told the story about
Ben Butler being charged with stealing
spoons from the hotels in Louisiana
A newspaper reporter asked him if he
did steal the spoons and Ben replied
"Hell, no." The reporter then asked
him why he did not deny the story. and
Butler said if he did "they would GO
to work and prove it,.
Now, Mr.. Chairman said Mr.
Roberts, "they have proved il, y They
know now right well that you Demo
Gratis are up for sale to Tom Kearns
and. of course, YOU will be duly dellv.