The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
BINGHAM c, D, P.
TORN TO PIECES
Postmaster Roberts Has Again
Attempted to Be Dictator
in Politics.
OFFICIAL AND PARTY
ORGAN ARE AT OUTS
Merry Row On; There Promises
= to Be Hot Old Time in
the Camp.

That the G.. o. P. in Utah as we'll a
in Salt Lake county is dislntegratlng
that tho bossism and tyranny of tn
federal bunch Is to no longer dominate
is demonstrated by the large number oi
insurgents who are out In the open IL
various parts Of the state. Over II
Bingham there is great big row OF
Postmaster Roberts, erstwhilo politica
boss, who for good many years hac
cinch hold upon the G. o. P. in the
copper camp, and then stepped aside
has been directed to again take a hand
Whether or no it has como In the
shape of a call from Box B to mission
is not definitely known, but the row Is
on. The postmaster wants to agalI
boss the party, and the Bulletin. the
organ of the church Republicans, says
no. And there you are. Here is whaT
the Bulletin in its issue of Friday says
under the caption, "Can the Ex-Boss
Come Back2':
Bulletin Up in Arms.
Postmaster Roberts. who for years
played the part of Big CHIEF In the
camp. has again broken into politlcs;
Not that he hasn't had his eye peeled
long summer day since he has dared
TO come out In the open and give or
ders In his od-time style. The past rev
years he has been lying low, his politi-
cal manipulations being limited TO prod
ding on his crooked lleutenants to do
their dirty work, and then every lttle
while he chased 10 the city. kowtoed 10
the party leaders and repeated the old.
old story Of how he carried Bingham In
his vest pocket But now his term in
the government building Is drawing TO
a close and II Is up TO HIM 10 make good
his prctentions of the past few years.
In other words. Postmaster Roberts must
produce the goods. or get off the wagon
He called Il meeting of Republicans in
the Commercial club rooms last week
He termed II a representative Republi-
can meeting, although he had absolutely
ignored the really representative Rcpub-
licans In not informing a number OF
them as TO the meeting. When this meet
ing assembled, the eloinent postmaster
arose In all his majessy and glibly stated
that inasmuch as he mad heard some talk
OF It. L. Holman's candidacy for re-clec-
tion TO the legislature. he had called this
meeting for the purpose of discussing the
In the interests of harmony.
What he inferred. and really should have
said. was that he called the meeting to
put quie!us upon Holman and 10 choose
a candidate OF his own, for after an
hour or so OF Idle discussion tho ex-boss
had those present ballot for candidate
who should be "the choice of the Re-
publicans in the camp"
The meeting was Joke and IL is need
less 10 discuss II further, But the meet
ing has already bore fruit. 1t has demon
strated 10 Republicans and to others that
the ex-boss IS out to WELD the big stick.
Under the pretenSe OF Waging bitter
fight against Holman, he Is
really planning TO give the camp four
years more of Roberts and Bossism with
a capital B. for that Is the way he ran
things once when he terrorzed the little
fellows and had them crawling on their
bellies before him.
Why the Opposition.
Roberts opposes Holman because he
cannot handle him. There has been no
BOSS in Bingham the past two years
every one has had a voice and vote
n all matters of public interest and the
amp has been In good hands. The Of
icers have done their duty. The party
'rSan has given them its unqualified sup
port No man has been abused. no
nan has been shaken down. and the
public mistakes and private shortcom-
ngs of not one single person has been
In the pages of the local news
,aper; Things have changed since ex-
BOSS Roberts used 10 SIT in a dark room
And during these two years he has not
'een consulted because he could not be !
1usted. But at no time during these !
wo years has he been attacked, or
Ibused. II Holman has made a mistake |
n his dealings with Roberts, his sins are
i omission rather than OF commission |
lie has suppressed numerous complaints !
md contributed articles. any ono OF !
which would have put the postmaster In
lot water. 1t must be admitted that this
natter was not suppressed through any
arUcular love for the postmaster, but |
n the grounds that the camp had grown |
ired Of personal fights and dirty news
apers. and that the salvation OF the
'ress Bulletin was To raise ii to more
lgnihed standard. This has been done,
Tow comes Postmaster Roberts protest.
ng and opposing the best interests OF |
he party, and threatening a break within
he party. just because OF personal
rudge. and because he Is no longer the
1t Ill becomes Charlie Roberts to raise
Is nnger against any man in The camp.
Q he saint or sinner, good citizen or bad,
or ne mas the edge on no man. Yet, N
c insists in his course, then he is cor
tally challenged to measure his public
ie VII WIN the editors and his private life
Z him meet It in the Open
the local issue is not as to whether
lolman or any other man shall be the
1o,ce mnt,e or, the party as a candidate, but
nd by a nulie at the primaries secure
,ntrol OF the Bingham delegation, and
nus suostantiate the misrepresentation
he issue is bigger than this. III Roberts
Ills TO carry the primaries his days as y
,deral officeholdcrs in Bingham arc
Public Teat Fuller.
For fifteen years C. II. Roberts has
sen sucking the public teat. During that
me ne has turned traitor 10 the best
terests OF the camp. and double crossed
! his friends. And while he has made
IS money here until he has become n
an OF means. there Is no record of him
ier helping friend or feeding a hungry
an II Is sad state OF affairs when
zen a man can presume to dictate who
,ali be candidate from Bingham and
ith Holman alone, but with the ranis
"a hle OF good thinking men and women !
no oppose such tactics. and who fudge
e postmaster by his past l
Roberts has set his own house afire. l