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Show NOT ASA MORMON. Tbe Sillt Luke Tribune is very fond of reiterating the innscless and base-lei's base-lei's assort inn that Hun. B. II. Roberts wan elected to congress Inst falL not us a Democrat, but as a Mormon ami a polygucnlst. In last Thursday's is-!Uo is-!Uo it adds to Its former assertions the statement! "Roborts-had bcon dropped from the Democratic p-triy. Ills name was no more mentioned in parly counclls.save ns the names of the dead aro spoken. He was picked up by high ofilcera ot the chinch, uumlnuted because bo was a Mormon mid a polygamlst, and be cause he hnd rcpudltulcd his party two yeHrs bufnro in obedience to d church command. Uls opponent wan uotul-nnted uotul-nnted to be boutbn, At least It Whs uppurnni from Hid dny the two candidates candi-dates wuro named that the Rnpublluan Candidate was put up to bo ttouten." Now In point of fact the Tribune has no reasonable grounds for any of thfso assertions. At tho tlmu of thu Statehood election, Utah was strouulv Republican uud Roberts, tho Democratic Demo-cratic candidate, was beaten for con-grexs con-grexs by lion, 0. E. Allen, tho Republican Republi-can enudldate und it pronounced uotl-Mormon. uotl-Mormon. Roberts ws not dropped by the Democratio party after that election, elec-tion, and if he had desired It, could probably have secured the party nomination nomi-nation in 1800, but for a period of two your he was engaged In Important work for the church, of which hoU'a high ofllclal, and wan necesxarlly out nf politics. Lust year he went before tho Democratic Demo-cratic uonvontlnn and secured the nomination. nom-ination. It U a nollceablo fact thnt In this convention hla stronKest opponent" oppo-nent" were, members of blschu'ch. A bitter Ogbl wu waged against him during the catnpulgn and It is another noticeable fuct that bin hltterext opponents oppo-nents were aim Mormons. He was elected, and another'slgniflcant fact Is that hla greatect majorities were secured se-cured (n non-Moiruon communities, Wo may a!o nolo that Judge R. N. B.irkln, Robert's running mate, and a non-Mormon, received very closo to tho Robert's voto even against that popular Judicial candidate Judgo 0. S. Znne. As a non-Monuon Democrat the writer believes that Hon. B. II. Roburu was nominated as a Democrat solely, and that his noniinutum was due to bis abilities, worth and services In tho no-blu no-blu cauto of Domocracy, and not us tbe Tribune says "because he was a Mbrmon and a pnlygnnilst." Wo do tint believe that Hon. A I am Eldrodge, as tho Trlbuo says, "was nominated to ho beaten," but rather becauso he was believed by the party lenders to bo a strong man and ono who could unite tho budly-fruotured Republican party. That he was defeated was duo to the fact thnt Utah Is a Democratio State and that ttin Democratio candldalu received re-ceived the party vote ns a Doroocrat and not as a Mormon, If the Democratic Demo-cratic candidates hereafter are as able, they wjll also bo elected whether Mor. mon or Gentile, ii r ii i i " I |