Show UJ AIrS TtilRD LEGISLATURE + dpI1 j i 1 I + B N JOSEPH ELDRIDGP ROBINSON + 4 Joseph Robinson representativeelect of Kane county was born at + + Pinto Washington County Utah Nov 26 1667 His education was ob + + taineti at the public schools supplemented with a year at the Brig + 4 ham Young Academy at Provo He changed his residence in 1690 settling + + set-tling in Kanab He soon bscame one of the leading citizens of that + + progressive little town Besides several minor offices that he has held + + 1111W Robinson has been county clerk county retarder assessor and + + collector and was a member of the constitutional convention and of + + both of the state legislatures In the last legislature Mr Robinson + + was the only Republican elected on a straight ticket his two Republican + + Repub-lican colleagues having been elected on an Independent and silver + + citizens ticketrespectively That his Democratic colleagues appreciated + + his worth is evidenced by tile fact that thay chose him to make the pre + + sentatlon speech at the end of the session when a beautiful gavel was + + given the speaker Aside from being on the most important committees + + of the house Mr Robinson was also chosen chairman of the commit + + te on enernasment and enrollment but resigned from this position + + regarding t inconsistent for a Republican to have the ilnal supervision + + of the work of a Democratic legislature Mr Robinsons majority this + + year Is just twice what it was last year so that he may be privileged + + to think that his constituents are well satisfied with hIs work as a representative + + rep-resentative + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |