Show AW AN unenviable STEP 4 q DON doig C ROBBINS a resident of emery county was a candidate tor for the legislature at the ninth coun jl ell cil Convent lop it ap appears i p ears h w was anxious to obtain the nomination in this he b failed and as tl a result he J hap ha felt great disappointment he has as iss issued u ed a circular to thih he M hi has given wide distribution an sll noun bouncing cing that he has been advised by friends to be a candidate for election who the friends are that have induced him to take that step does not appear on any part of his campaign document the gentleman attributes his defeat in the convention to the influence of an unseen hand the fact is simply that he was not esteemed by that body agthe as the most suitable person to represent the people in the legislative council and his subsequent course justifies the judgment of course he diners differs from those who were his colleagues upon the point of fitness but that cannot be helped he is evidently in error and they are undoubtedly correct had he obtained the nomination it is more than probable that mr robbins bobbins would have been in high feather but such was not the case and the fat is all in the fire on this subject we are pleased to be enabled to give place to the following lucid explanation from the pen of one of who was a member of the ninth council convention SPRING springville VILLE utah july 29 1889 editor deseret news A paper is being circulated throughout the ninth council district purporting to be an independent ticket on which D C bobbing of emery county has named himself as a candidate for the next leg his reasons for doing so are that failing to receive the nomination of the convention he readily an unseen hand was thrust forward to force him out or that the delegates were advised to drop him and sustain mr hatch this he lays upon the shoulders of the church which he charges with priestly dictation the time has baa come ap he says when some man should set an example to our people and suddenly discovers that there has been too much dictation in the politics of utah and he proposes to correct this abuse sink or swim lest there might be some that may be deceived by the statements of mr robbins bobbins and injustice to the members of the convention I 1 thought it advisable to present the facts as they occurred in the first place before the meeting of the district convention the delegates of emery met at huntington to adopt a course of procedure at the convention at this meeting huntington represented that its population entitled it to one more delegate than had been apportioned to them and asked the other delegates to allow them one more which they did A ballot was then taken tor for representative and robbins bobbins secured a majority of one me over his opponent that one being the man irregularly admitted the delegates then pledged themselves to support him at the conven tion and anat came here bere for that purpose placing him in nomination ag against st our candidate mr wood in order to secure the nomination of wood the utah county delegates offered to compromise the matter with emery agreeing to support their man for the council if they would support ours for the house this they would not do when the ballot was taken they voted solid for robbins bobbins but were defeated fulfilling their pledge to him when delegates were elected to the council convention only three emery men were chosen but all of the delegates felt that emery ought to be represented and agreed V to try and secure the nomination of a man from that county mr robbins bobbins was unknown to all except the three emery men yet upon their recommendation it was agreed to try him but the convention did not pledge itsey to hm during the interval the writer from conversations with several of the delegates and others who were acquainted with him was fully convinced in his own mind as the sequel has since shown that he was not net the proper man to represent the peoples peopled party arty however to fulfil fulfill my agreement I 1 gave him my vote on the first ballot now I 1 want waist mr B R to know that this was not the result of church but from gleanings gloa glea into the true inwardness of the mar we all recognized that emery was without representation in the legislature and worked hard and as long as we thought it advisable to the best interests of our party to secure it to them and it was not until we saw the dangers of division threatened that we consented to give our votes to mr hatch and this mind you was after we had held out for over seven hours this ought to satisfy mr B R and would had the interests of party been greater than the interests of self and en entered tred more largely into his mental make up the people of emery ought to be wise and not permit our enemies through the aid or instrumentality of false friends to sow the seeds of disunion among us our districts are so arranged that it is 18 impossible possible for all parts to be properly represented we ought to realize this fully put aside strafes and bring ourselves to feel that our interests are one and the same and look forward to a time in the order of events when by our mutual efforts and the blessings of heaven the obal obstacles es against which we now contend will be removed the course mr robbins is pursuing does not noi commend itself to those who love peace and union 11 it tends to render alien to each other those who ought to be friends and in fact his whole letter expresses sentiments drawn from the same source the tribune draws dras its inspiration further than this the liberal party if is i the medium through which he distributes his circulars and on which he leans for support let us guard our interests ter te and always be watchful of wolves in cheeps clothing yours etc A DELEGATE we regret very much that mr robbins bobbins should have so far lost hia bis head in his eagerness for boffl office ce as to place himself upon the role of self seekers it is an old subterfuge ot of that class clam to take steps in that direction upon the basis of the assertion of manhood and maintenance of liberty it is an established fact of history however that no individual of that stripe ever struck an effective blow for liberty being a mere camp follower in the battle of freedom can it be possible that mr robbins isso is so blinded by narrowness of political vision as not to see that so far as his influence extends he Is ig striking a blow at the liberties of the people with whom he professes identification by giving aid and comfort to the unscrupulous enemy whose intention is should the they y succeed in their designs to chise those who comprise the majority of the people of utah including himself unless he shall prove reccea recreant ut to his religion by seeking to split his own party in a time of peril he seeks to enslave his people and himself or pave the way for the entire relinquishment of his r re lillous faith the party to whom he be gives assistance have repeatedly declared that no mormon v is fit to wield the ballot and all of them ought to be deprived of the franchise their intention in that regard has been amply exhibited by the numerous efforts they have made to induce congress to perpetrate the outrage having repeatedly peat edly sent their delegates to washington to work for its consummation yet mr Rob bobbins bills assumes his attitude in the sacred name of li bertyl we do not know whether the hoi bol low applause of thle the enemies of utah will have any influence with jim him their praise is a questionable compliment ment especially when it cornea comes in the shape of burlesque expressions about his circular going coundi sounding ng down the adeall ages if he is so constituted so as to be caught by hyped hyperbolic claptrap clap trap he is pretty far gone we have too much confidence in the good sense and patriotism of the people of emery county to belleve believe that they will to any extent support mr robbins bobbins in the roles of convell convention bolter self seeker and enemy to the liberties of utah should he conclude on to follow a career of that kind |