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Show ROBERTS DECLARES 1001 NEVER ANSWERED TELEGRAM ". . i ' t-t two yearB ago, I feel that I cannot can-not allow thl campaign to proceed further without expressing to you personally per-sonally my disapproval of th manner man-ner In which thut unprincipled paper, the Hern Id Republican, has UHed the Blateraent that I made, with others, relative to the answer to the tt-elRram rout by Ulshop Nlbley, Hyrum M Smith and myself. It branded you i7 a linr because you said, as I understand, under-stand, the jdRiierB of the telegram never received au answer to same. I personally never received a direct answer an-swer to the telegram, nor did elthor of the other eigners receive such an answer, that I am aware of. We were fr weeks offended nt the seeming discourtesy of the congressional Jele-potlon Jele-potlon in not replying. The telegram, however. waa answered in this way: A few weeks after the sending of the telopram a letter written by Senator Snioot and addressed to a person not in any way associated with the Rending Rend-ing of the telegram was shown to me. which was to serve aa an answer to i cur telegram. On Nov. 1, 1910. I saw, I for the first time. 1 believe, a copy of a telegram Bent by Senator Smoot n-qiicstlng that the letter referred to I Le shown to the signers of the telo- . ' ,raai the answer thereto. Under I the circumstances I do not feel at liberty, however, to make? known the i so-called answer to the tcleirram. "The Herald'Republican's treatment I of you is similar to the treatment I have received at its unclean hands. I'or hoing silent and conciliatory at tLo Ogden con"cntlon, here T had the lie flung into my teeth by our fconlor senator, I was very promptly branded by that samp iinscripuloiu paper as a moral coward dispatch from Provo states that th,o head of the Hrlgham Young academy, who a year ago espoused (be cause of prohibition, at the lustration or o-ci o-ci clou of the senior senator haa forsaken for-saken his old stand und Is now advocating advo-cating the so-called regulation of the saloon. Hut despite the staud taken iy the head of tho academy, the etu-'.-nts of the school puraded the streets oday and wheu they were in front of Uucle' JeBGC'H residence they stopped ind called out, 'Uncle Jesse, we are .vlth you.' Talks on Prohibition. "I desire to present a ouestlon to .(u tonight of more Importance thau .he rato laws, raoro important than 1 i.he tariff reform, more Important than this proposition of prohibition, and It Is this: "Shall the people rule In this great state of Utah, or shall tho bosses iule? "During the past two years there has been a widespread agitation on tho question of state prohibition, and petitions have been circulated Petitions Peti-tions bearing the names of 80,000 people peo-ple were sent to the capltol. asking for the passage of the Cannon prohibition prohi-bition bill. A great Republican pro- A eampftifin bomb which, it is expected ex-pected by tho Democratic lenders, will cause conuternation in the Republican camp was oratorlally exploded by the Hon. B. H. Roberts from the stage of the Ogden theatre last nlfiht during the biK Democratic rally, which nllc-d tho major portion of tho house witr Weber county voters. The "bomb" was a letter wrltter to Mr. Roberts by the Hon. Ncphl I. .Morris, a promiuent Republican ol the state, who has emerged from el lence to champion the honor and In tegrlty of his Democratic frlcnt acalcst the alleged attacks f th Salt Lake Herald-Republican and tin so-called "federal bunch." On the platform during hl cam- J palgn speeches Mr. Roberts has re- ( peatedly stated that a certain telegram tele-gram sent to Senutor Reed Sm'iot by prohibition Republicans on Jan 20, 1009, had never been answered ly the senator. This has been denied by the Salt Lake Republican paper. , which contended that tho telegram j had been duly answered. Tho letter, which Mr. Roberts now has in hi j jiossesslon, written by one of the send- ii of the telepram. states that no direct answer was ever made. The meeting, which was by far the- most enthusiastic Democratic mc-c-ting held In Ogttdeu during the ! present campaign, was called to cider by V. W. Drowning, who In the capacity of chairman made n short Introductory address Though his remarks re-marks were brief, Mr. Urownlng Injected In-jected a slight sensation by announcing announc-ing that a discrimination has been nado against the Democratic party In the renting of the Ogden opera house. Pay Big Price for House. "We arc tonight paying more than i twice as much for :ne line of this theater," he stated, "as was charged tho Republican partj for a similar meeting. But." apologized the cha'r-man. cha'r-man. "do not bold this dlscrlniina- tlon against Manager William Allison, i for he had nothing to do with It. Ho could not help it. It h the men 'higher up' who are responsible for this unfalruees." The first speaker introduced was JeFse Knight, the well known pmelter operator of Provo, who was Introduced aj "IIone6t Undo Jesse Knight " Mr. Knight la not an orator and did not pose In that capacity. His talk, how-eer. how-eer. was mado especially interesting because of his evident sincerity and bis homespun rhetoric and logic. Libel Suit AgainEt Uncle Jesse. "My wife told me before I. started on the stumping campaign," he said, getting under way slowly, "that would have a lot of libel suits on my hands before I got through with It, aud I just received ofllclal notice In Salt Lake this morning that one has been started against me. It. doesn't matter very much to me. for I won't "Assuming that the coterie of men who direct the policy, write or inspire to be written. Its editorials, and man-,'ige man-,'ige the Herald Repubbhcan poases tho moral courage that paper charges char-ges me and others with not possess- i h'g, I should dearly like to ask thnt i tl'cy and Senator Smoot, in order to I prove their moral courage and no- swenlng honesty and high minded i sb as statesmen and Journalists, publish the tardy reply to the telegram, tele-gram, and also ask the senator to make known his own correspondence which he directed be read to us as answer to our telegram. "I am still resolved, however, to keep quiet In this campaign for reasons rea-sons Rood and sufficient In my own judgment, but I could not refrain Lorn telling you that I regard the methods of the federal bunch as being as mean and base as ever In branding brand-ing you as a liar, and as being of the standard of Infamy and troacherv or which they aro fully capable whenever when-ever emergency requires. I shall hail with delight the Inauguration of a reign of rational politics and common honesty In all our political affairs. "Very truly yours, "NKWII L. MORRIS." Wild Demonstration. When Mr. Roberts finished the reading read-ing of the letter there wis n wild fii monstratlon on the part of the au dience. and it was several minutes before the speaker could proceed with the dramatic conclusion of his oration. ora-tion. He dared the Herald Republican Republi-can to publish the letter which they alleged had been sent to the writers -f the telegram and he dared Senator Smoot to produce a eopv of the alleged al-leged letter. He brought bis speech to a close by admonishing the voters to march to the polls on next Tuesday Tues-day and dethrone bosslsm In the slate of Utah. Copies of the Morris letter, which had been printed In circular form, were distributed as the crowd filed Ironi the theater. hildllon nu'etlng waa called In Salt Lnko City and somi CO prominent R-iiihlIc.iD., R-iiihlIc.iD., among whom were some of tho highest men In tho great Mormon church, vowed themselveg In favor of prohibition Hyrum Smith and other n.cn of equal prominence urged the legislature to how out of the state the great evil of tho optn saloon. "Vet could the people of Utah get vhat thy wanted out of the state Iok-lsluture? Iok-lsluture? Did they get If No; the Cannon till was defeated and no re-I re-I lief was granted you. Who stood against this great tide of sentiment'' A little coterie of men holjlng fed-ir.U fed-ir.U ofllcc-s. They stood against this i demand of the people. Answers Herald Republican. "The Herald Republican of Salt Lake City charges luo with btlng insincere oocause some 15 years ago I stood cgaJnat constitutional prohibition and because In writing a letter about a year ago I expressed n doubt as to ; the ability of state officers to enforce ' strict prohibition measures. Now lei me say that I want always to be I enough of a Deruoerai and so llltle of ; an anarchist thnt I hhall abide by tho deelnlon of the majority and I ' helleve that 00 per cent of the pco I lc In Utah want state prohibition. "When thf saloon men of the state corrupt the sourcen of legislation It H lin.e for the people to rise up In their Majesty aud make a radical change In the state government. It has been d nled that there has been such a pact made by the state leaders of the republican party or ihat the liquor Interests In-terests and the saloon element have, allied themselves with the party. "Tho senior senator claims that all the men who make this charge am falwiflei-s. Yet some of the most honorable hon-orable Republicans In the state have Diade Just these charges. "On Jan. 30. m), fl telegram was sent to Senator- Smoot, then at Washington. This telegram begged that the leaders of the Republican party should announce themselves as against the liquor traffic, stating that If this course was not pursued It onld mean that the good name of the party would be corrupted. This telegram tel-egram was signed by no less proml-i-et men than Illram Smith, Plshop C. W Xibley and Nenhl I.. Mnrri. be called into court to answer it until un-til alter election anyway, so It cannot can-not interfere with my work. 1 am certain that everything that I have said In this campaign I will be able to prove, so I have nothing to fear." Mr. Knight launched Into an argument argu-ment against the discrimination whlcn be alleged Is being practiced by the i;i frond companies of Utah in favor of the smelting trust and agninul the independent operators. He contended contend-ed that the present government, state and national, were In leucine with the ttbsts and that no help could be ex-rceted ex-rceted from them by the independent proprietors of smelters. Never Answered the Telegram. "I have contended in my speeches speech-es during this campaign that this telegram was never answered bv tho senior senator; that it was ignored by him. Senator Smoot has mado reply to my charge and clafme, (hat an answer was made to the. message The Salt Lake Herald-Reoubllcan has given giv-en me thA iie claiming that the senders send-ers of this telegram were answered Neither Senator Smoot nor the Salt Luke newspaper has published the Mter which they claim was sent to the three writers of the telegraphic message To prove that no reply was ever made, I have with me tonight a letter which was written bv Mr Morris Mor-ris at Salt Lake Cltv on Nov. -1 1010 and which I will read to you " Mr. Roberts at this" Juncture dramatically dra-matically drew from his pocket tho copy of the Morris letter and read as follows: The Morris Letter. ' Ofllce of Ellas Morris Sons Co Salt Lake City, Nov. 1. 1010 Hon ii'. 11. Roberts. City Dear Sir In splto of the differences which unhappily arose between us in tho campaign Discrimination Against Smelters. ' I am interested In the smelter bus-Liess," bus-Liess," he proceeded, "and I know that we as an Independent concern have to pay more for our transportation transporta-tion than do the corporation-owned shelters, or the American Smelter 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 t'o the Independent companies. It Is this trust which has brought much of the cheap foreign labor Into this ctate. And the railroads, which seem j 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 it Is not a high tariff, but competition for labor, that gives the working man a hic,h price for his product High tnr- 1 Iff may make high priced sugar, but j not high priced labor." Digs at Reed Smoot. The- speaker decried the present government administration and in comparison lauded the government of Canada, saylug that where there was 1 but one king to support, the peoplo i wore given better protection from the greed of corporations than In this republic. re-public. He vowed Ihat the Reed Smoot bill was written not by the senator but by L. L. Ntinn. He further fur-ther vowed that the bill asking the government to turn over to the state power sites of Utah would stop progress. prog-ress. For who Is coing to put money Into power plants when there is no certainty of permanent ownership?" ' he avked. "This bill. If enacted Into d law, would make the sites subject tc state control, an.l they would only be leased to the Investors. I believe that the real intention of this bill is tj top competition; to give the big lower companies of this state, who plrcady have power sites, an advau-tjge advau-tjge over auy company who might attempt at-tempt to encroach upon their sacred domains. 4. ' We must use our agency to free ourselves from the thraldom of the p: rty that Is pledged soul and body-to body-to the trusts, and we must walk to the polls on next Tuesday with this Intention in our hearts and minds." Throughout Mr. Knights entire talk I he made no refereuee to the prohibitum prohibi-tum plaul;. As he sat down the air j cf the house reverberated wiih a j storm of applause. I Following this address the audi-J audi-J f.e. was treated to a solo by Orson j Crlflln. the oug being a temperance m lection. Roberts Tells of Cache County. The Hon. Ii. H. Roberts plunged ; Into his rpeech hy reviewing the po-; po-; litieal situation in various or the coun-; coun-; ties which he has recently visited. "I bring good cheer to the Democrats Demo-crats of Weber county from the battle bat-tle field In Cache couuly, where we evpect to win," said Mr, Roberts. "lu Salt Lake couuty a gloom rests o r the camp rjf the crowd which has been euphoniously called the 'federal 'fed-eral bunch.' From Utah county we have received intelligence of the people peo-ple witnessing a sfrango event. A |