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Show ELDER ROBERTS'S LETTER. p Wo print this morning a loiter from j President B. H. Roberts that, nppoarcd 1 first in tho Provo Herald last ovoning. j Jt is a scathing arraignment of tho Fcd-3 Fcd-3 oral bunch, and a rightful and propor denunciation of tho tricky and deceit-3 deceit-3 ful Republican politicians of this State, p It shows their disregard for tho pub-, pub-, lie welfare, their indifforonco to public opiuion, their callous refusal to rccog-tiizo rccog-tiizo popular rights, and their subsor-. subsor-. vionco lo tho interosts of monopolies ( and oppressive combines. All this is , in tho best possible form, nnd it is completely com-pletely and absolutely sustained by the , record. , Tho concluding portions of tho loiter l aro devoted lo tho scandalous selling out , of tho church by tho Republican politicians pol-iticians two .years ago when, after rais-. rais-. ing the outcry and suggesting tho desir- ability of prohibition in Utah, thoy ; frightened the liquor interests into con-' con-' tributiug a large sum for their campaign cam-paign expenses, and then sold out to the liquor interests, yoking tho church with the liquor men in a team lo pull the Federal bunch out of tho mire. In this rillhy work no regard was paid to the desires of the people. On tho contrary, con-trary, tho cloud of pctitious signed by the peoplo woro treated with uttor worn, aud tho organ of the Fodoral bunch hero denohnecd Iho agitators for prohibition as rebels against their parly and ns worthy of tho party lash. This Roberts loiter is both timely ami true. It recites facts that aro within everybody's knowledge and recites them in a way that admits of no dodging. Elder Robcrls takes up specifically Smoot 'p deuial of tho base bargain, and shows Smoot. himself as a provaricator when ho denies il. It is a vigorous loiter, loi-ter, and is likely to cause a good deal of a sensation in this State, both because be-cause of what it contains and because of the position of tho writer. Jt is "good medicine" all right, and the public will be glad to rend it. ' |