The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-05
ROBERTS DECLARES SMOOT
NEVER ANSWERED TELEGRAM


A campaign bomb which, it is ex-
pected by the Democratic leaders. will
cause CONSERVATION in the Republican
camp was oratorially exploded by the
Hon. b. H, Roberts from the stage OF
the Ogden theatre last night during
the big Democratic rally, which filled
tho major portion of the house witt
Weber county voters.
The bomb" was a letter written
TO Mr. Roberts by the Hon. Nephi L.
Morris, a prominent Republican OF
the state, who has emerged from ST
lence TO champion the honor and IN
tegrity OF his Democratic frient
against the alleged attacks OF tht
Salt Lake Herald-Repuhlican and The
so-callcd federal bunch"
On the platform during his cam
paign speeches Mr.. Roberts has re-
Peatedly stated that certain tele-
gram sent to Senator Reed SmOot
by prohibition Republicans on Jan.
80, 1909. had never been answered
ty the senator. This has been denied
by the Salt Lake Republican paper.
which contended that the telegram
had been duly answered The letter,
which Mr. Roberts now has in his
possession, written by one of the send
ers of the telegram, states that no
direct answer was ever made.
The meeting, which was by far
the most enthusiastic Democratic
meeting held In Ogflden during the
present campaign, was called TO
order by w w. Browning, who In the
capacity of chairman made n short
Introductory address Though his re-
marks were brief, Mr Browning In
jected a slight sensation by announc-
Ing that a discrimination has been
made against the Democratic party
In the renting of the Ogden opera
house
Pay Big Price for House.
I'VE arc tonight paving more than
twice as much for ;ne use OF this
theater," he stated, 'as was charged
the Republican party for a similar
meeting. But" apologIzed the cha r.
man, do not hold this discrimina-
ton against Manager William Allison,
for he had nothing to do with 1t He
could not help 1t. 1t is the men
higher up who are responsible for
this unfairness."
The first speaker introduced was
Jesse knight, the well known smelter
operator OF Provo, who was introduced
81 Honest Uncle Jesse knight" Mr.
Knight is not an orator and did not
pose In that capacity. His talk how
ever was made especially interesting
because of his evident sincerity and
his homespun rhetoric and logic.
Libel Suit Against Uncle Jesse.
MY wife told me before started
on the stumping campaign he said.
getting under way slowly, that
would have lot Of libel suits on my
hands before ] got through with It,,
and / just received official notice In
Salt Lake this morning that one has
been started against me II doesn't
matter very much TO me. for | won't
be called into court 10 answer it un-
I'll after election anyway. so 1t can
not interfere with my work. ] am
certain that everything that / have
said In this campaign | viii be able
To prove. so | have nothing to fear"
Mr.. Knight launched Into an argu-
ment against the discrimination when
he alleged is being pracuced by the
raj road companies of Utah In favor
vi 'l' blu'llibB liuSl anu against lue
Independent operators. He contend.
&C that the present government. state
and national. were in league with the
trusts and that no help could be cx-
Tccted from them by the independent
pToprietors of smelters
Discrimination Against Smelters.
Il am interested In the smelter bus
iIess,' he proceeded, "and | know
that we as an Independent concern
have to pay more for our transporta.
tlon than do the corporatIon-owned
SHELTERS, or the American Smclter
company, the name by which the trust
is known. The American Smelter
company pays less for wages and
less for the hauling of freight than
do the Independent companies 1t is
this trust which has brought much
OF the cheap foreign labor into this
state. And the railroads. which seem
to be in league with this trust. are
also responsible for the bringing in
of cheap labor from other countries
to Utah And let me say that II Is
not high tariff. but competition for
labor, that gives the working man a
high price for his product High tar
lli may make nigh priced sugar. but
rot high priced labor"
DIGS at Reed Smoot,
The speaker decred the present
government administration and in
comparison lauded the government OF
Canada, saying that where there was
but one king TO support, the people
were given better protection from the
greed of corporations than in this re.
public, He vowed that the Reed
Smoot bill was written not by the
senator but by l.. l.. Num-, He fur.
ther vowed that the bill asking the
government TO turn over to the state
power sites Of Utah would stop prog
gress.
For who is going to put money
into power plants when there is no
certainty OF permanent ownership"
lie asked This bill If enacted into
law, would make the sites subject
to state control. and they would only
be leased 10 the investors. / believe