The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-04
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ROBERTS
Correspondent of standord)

Plain City. Nov "A Democratic
rally was held here Wednesday night,
The meeting was largely attended, and
while little enthusiasm was manifest
ed. a deep, quiet in the issues of
the campaign, as Democracy parades
them before the people OF this state.
was evinced
The principal speakers were Brig
ham II. Roberts and "Uncle" Jesse
Knight, but for an hour and half
before the arrival of the big guns,
Walter n Farr and j. d. Skeen tok
the meeting through the plague
spots" of ogden, insisting that the Re
publican party is IN league with a
trio of the most corTupting evils
known 10 city life.
Mr.. Skeen also instanced the case
of Huntsville as showing the way In
which local option works In practice
Hero a quiet, rural community had
been so corrupted and debauched by
the evil power of the whiskey trust
that many OF It's citizens had become
wilfu. malicious law-DreaEerS. drag
Sing their CITY down into ill repute,
strife, and municipal wreckage. Lo.
cal option, he insisted, only armed
John Bnrleycorn the better for the
evil fray and the evil work to which
his existence is given.
Uncle" Jesse knight pitched into
the bunch" and the trusts. The
bunch" speaking through George
Sutherland. had Led about me, my son
VIII, and $4,000. This had made
Uncle" Josse mad and caused him to
jump into politics And. as a result
of that jump, he asserted, the bunch"
was handled "in my blundering way"
But the mining magnate made this the
occasion to reiterate his hope and In
tention Of building an Independent
sugar factory in Utah, but he doubted
his ability or the ability OF any other
man. to build and operate such fac
tory In case of Republican success in
the election The Republicans, al.
though in power for many years, had
failed 10 mako laws regulating rail
road rates, as they had the right to
do and as it was their duty to do.
within the confines or the state of
Utah. AS a result of that failure such
rates were, he said, notoriouSly, wick
edly in favor of the trusts and against
the independent manufacturer and
shipper. His experience with an in
dependent smelter in the Tintlc dis
trict had made him acquainted with
this unhappy fact The railroads had
charged Uncle" Jesse an 500 900
more for hauling a certain tonnage
of ores TO his smelter than they had
charged for hauling like tonnage the
same distance to trust smelters. And
this state of affairs must continue,
he insisted, SO long as the Republi-
can party is continued In power. So
strongly are the trusts intrenched,
so hopelessly are the Republican lead
ers involved in the meShes of these
competitIon-destroyl aggreGations Of
capital that the only hope OF redress
along this line lay in a Democratic
victory at the polls Senator Snoot
is the associate and pupil of Aldrich,
admittedly the guardian of trusts in
terests in the senate of the United
States, Me Too Sutherland. the nc-
tive. unblushing agent of the Smeter
combine and special privilege gener-
ally, and as for Howell, We gods. what
can be said in his favor? And with
the members of the state legislature
taking their cue with reference to
special privilege from this trio Of the
Independent manufacturer In Utah?
The cordiallty with which Uncle"
Jesse was listened to attested the
warm esteem, almost affection, in
which the Provo man Is held by tho
people OF Utah generally.
Shall the people rule?" was the
text of Brigham II. Roberts. r they
VIII they must adopt such measures
iln nirarf prfr In3t
and the referendum, the recall and
the direct election OF United States
senator by the people. These meas
ures arc calculated to put government
closer TO the people and farther from
the boss and the professional polltI-
clan. The Republican party, notwith.
standing its years OF power, mas fail
cd to make provision for the adoption
OF the measures of reform. The peo-
pie must therefore, look TO Democracy
to restore TO them the ancient right of
selfgoyernment. Utah, he said, was
the worst most humiIintingly bossed
state In the Union.
Needless 10 say, Brigham H. was
IN favor OF prohibition and he was
amazed with the suspicious flop"
with reference to this question Of our
beloved bishop. c. w. N'bley" and 9th
er high churchmen To find "our be
loved bishop" in partnership with the
dCcyn, grIeved Brother Roberts beyond
his powers 10 depict Such measely
measures of reform as local option"
and regulation" impeached the repu-
tation for greatness of mind and
character formally enjoyed by Nibley,
Morris and others.