The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-26
ROBERTS AND
TOLTON

Those RobertsTolton communications to the
Cache County Democracy are certainly gems. If
the Democratic county chairman had consigned
both of them to the flames without making them
public there would have been much better taste in
the mouths of ninety per cent Of the membership
of the dominant church, than there is on account
OF their having been made public. After reading
them might expect the immediate withdrawal
from the church of both Roberts and Tolton. Both
are high church officials and after having unloaded
they did, to gently step out Of the church is
about the only consistent thing for them to do.
Mr.. Roberts says Utah would have always been
Democratic, "but for the employment Of forces IL
legitimate and unfair to in political contests.
Consistency, thou art jewell but thy name is
not p. H. Roberts. Mr. Roberts is high church
Official. He was nominated for Congress with the
help OF high church official, and elected. We do
rot remember campaign when he has not been
active campagner. and 1t is safe to say that he
has used every art and influence in favor Of the
Democratic party. that has ever been brought to
bear in favor of the Republican party.
Again. listen to this Mr. Roberts says the re-
suit is ito the accomplishment of no purpose,
cept 10 make the state the butt of rdcue, and her
people reproach in the land. Shades of Fisher
Harris, the nursing bottle and the twins. When
this generation shall have passed away, and human
beings shall cease to have memories it will be in
order for B. H. Roberts to brazeny accuse the
Republican party with making "the state the butt
of rdicule and the people a reproach in the land"
with some hopes of deceiving the people, but
long one representative of the present genera
ton remains and long as memory endures such
efforts his part will be looked upon as
mental nerve controlled by of the greatest i'm
posters of the age.
Now here is Mr.. lotions gem:
"A clean fight made by party, and
at one stage of the game victory appeared to
perch our banners; but when undue influences
were brought into action when appeals
made to the body polite which smacked of
ligious influence rather than political duty,
change came the scene"
Wouldn't that jar you? Isn't it dgnifed to
come from the lips of stake president? Mr.. Toll
ton is president of a stake. He has been elect
ed to the legislature time and time again. while
others not clothed with the church garb the
same ticket have gone to defeat. In the recent
election he hundreds of votes ahead OF his tick
ct in lis own stake, and throughout his political
career it is safe to say that he has used every
means to further his political ambitions and the
success of his party that have ever been used for
any other party. He came to Cache County The
president of the Cache stake very generously turn
ed the stake tabernacle where Mr.. Tolton
made political address He carried Cache County
D any one hear of Rep bcan using the tab
ernacle? He carried the other big Mormon coun-
ties in the state and lost the election through the
votes Of the big non-Mormon centers, and yet he
has the brazen effrontery to cry religious inhu-
ence." It perhaps Is we'll that neither Of these
gentlemen came to the tollihcation To read their
narrow selfish unjust epstles after the festivities
is great deal better than to have had them dev-
cred to crowd of young people while the dance
was on. AS 1T is they will have less to answer
for.
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TAKING THE SCHOOL