| Show B H ROBERTS the Tho great campaign an independent pc j defit journal journ al published has the following concerning conc conce eining inin one lacys towers of astren ath glancing along the ranks qc p ab lie 0 men whose genius talent and honorable ambition havo have placed them in the vanguard of their fellows there are lew few in this territory so po w worthy orthy of emulation so eo towe towering rin g in the strength of intellect an and d so true to the highest conceptions of right and duty as aa those who have been placed at the head of the democratic ticket namely the hons joseph L rawlins Ran lins moses thatcher and E B 11 II roberts their names are familiar to thousands in in a 06 region radiating from this the common centre hundreds of miles i lj ail they are no strangers at the nations nation capital of mr rawlins th great campaign has already spoken at considerable length a sketch of mr thatcher will appear I 1 arl koon and the subject of the present i particle Kart icle i ia the candidate for member bof congress tile the lion ilon B L 11 rube belts its mr kocens was the unanimous i cho dofa democracy his wa A case of th effice M see seeking kino the man others othe rs cher were whom wily wire cullers pullers fould have k ir dr iaia into the Doli tica vortex but w 0 0 kept out of the still others who rushed in lind were hopelessly swallowed up in toe tile wave of enthusiasm which bore mr roberts on its breast conscious of the greal grea i honor A stowed upon him the more so beci use tile unsought bt his selection sl si wed iwed the unswerving loyalty of ul w ity ily to its highest ideal of merit and modesty and in the majority ol 01 ases where union for good pre voids the result is ia the survival of th fittest fit and it was right for th representatives of the people to li ter lor him as aa they did B 11 II roberts is essentially a sef made man lie ile has r risen isen ab ire many far more blessed with for advancement tn tit in he drawing his inspirations from the mighty peaks ot of the ever hills bills aroun fl him hilta his moral and intellectual genius has reached e r upward and marked him as ft a g lit among his fellows of him kinle anile in the constitutional convention ven tion the salt lake laka tribune said bad in substance tance ile he is like thi fill eagle wh who soaring aloft mai main ino ati nod his plumage unruffled while d vs persistently pecked at him hr roberts was born in warr gion lancashire england in nt I 1 itch 1857 he emigrated to america when nine years years of age slid and settled with his parents at E B uoti ful dovis county this 1 antory here his bis boyhood days T is te e spent and his banis bands and head I 1 ight the lesson that labor labo Is is honorable norahle br ue he assis assisted in farming and gardening for a time and there a afler t t er worked in the mining camps a ai ophir and jacob city in tooele thoele c anty when seventeen years of a he be was apprenticed to a black i ith to learn the trade and at int vals attended the schools of the li it aliby being naturally stu studious dicius ill hi wever he had made rapid i r s with his books and fl nally finally entered the university as a bica it in his hia county in 1878 he s g i at the head of his class and alid delivered the valedictory 1 L aring a number of years after his graduation mr roberts traveled e ten tene ively through the united 9 ates and has visited nearly every ate of the american union dur inn his bis travels he be was a close of civil government esp bially in the states of virginia and tennessee public questions 0 great moment were here being insi ur dered at the time mr robe ts sojourned sojourn ed in tennessee among m aich was the consideration of plate dia dialing ting the S state debt the of 1851 ked that fr ate to use its credit in aid of 1 p avate enterprises and the result wib that the state wae plunged in ti a bonded debt to the am amount tit of in 1870 the revision ai and A amendment of the constitution prohibited the state or any I 1 subdivision from using tile credit of said state unless eh cli question was directly bitted to the people and it was arned bv a f i ii thirds vote tins this mitigated the evil to some extent but the enormous state slate debt of forty millions still had to be paid and it was the question of I 1 1 abiog it which confronted the people of tennessee in issa it resulted in scaling the debt fifty i percent per cent and now new bonds being issued s knib was the question on which mr R watched with so much interest and it was the close study of it that fortne forme i i his hia convictions on the impropriety of the state indiscriminately lending its credit in aid of private enterprises and which were carried out in his hia antagonism to such a scheme 1 i in the constitutional convention of this teri atory after the extensive tour of the united states mr roberts visited the british isles and devoted considerable sid de time in studying public and political questions the united I 1 kingdom during all this time also he was a devoted student of blackstone Elack stone and the well thumbed books numerous quotations and i many law books in his library at home bome testify to his love for legal lore although he never applied for admission t to the bar mr roberts is also a staunch frien friend 1 of education and is at a member of tile the board of trustees of the agai cultural college at logan a tion to which he was appointed by governor west at the urgent r request re of the people of davis county on the division r en n party lines in the Teni the subject of our I 1 sketch announced his convictions in the democratic faith and finally excited himself in the interests 0 of f the party in 1892 and 1894 in the latter year he made it a tour of the entile territory in company with ith joseph L rawlins Itaw lins and his r striking vl tri king ability and personality won on for him well earned encomiums from political ival friend and foe alike ile he was then nominated and elected as delegate to the constitutional convention contention in n w aich he took such a vi vigorous dorous and prominent part his Is no nomi i n nation for congressman is a tribute to the good sense wisdom and gratitude of people ile he w wall ill make the best beat Conc congressman that could be had and in conjunction with hesdra rawlins Kaiv lins and thatcher in the united states S senate enate the new state of utah will present a front strong enough to carry crarry through measures for the betterment and benefit of our ma magnificent ent commonwealth that they will be elected is 13 impossible of a doubt |
