Show HON K H ROBERTS 1 the blacksmith orator mes makes a strong d plea for the people brito Bravo words Worda arom a brave banwer man were is spoken by matchless orator ana well beloved son SOD labis in his great speech in sill salt lake cita the other evening mr 11 iob erts was sublime when lie he reached local issues ho he spoke as follows there tario is another subject said mr roberts Robe its which you expected me me to speak about and I 1 would riot not disa disappoint point you I 1 lia liae have e reference to the fhe recent alleged injection into the campaign of the influence of hi high h ecclesiastical personages it in political affairs I 1 had bad hoped the time had bad come noi lien hen this would not intrude on our political peace but the unwelcome Nelcome un thins thing is here again and must be discussed when the people of utah decided to divide on pai baity ty lines according to their political convictions it was their intuition inte ution to act in good faith I 1 verily believe the first presidency of tile the church and the twelve apostles apos lles issued a manifesto NN inch said that tho tha church does docs not claim or exercise the right to interfere in the social and political rights of its members church and state were tall declai declared ed to be heD separate arate find and distinct the one from ft the e other after this at logan a certain man dan D an said ft to the people there that it il was the wish ot of the first presidency that chev vote the republican ticket the first presidency proclaimed that such man was endeavoring dea deavo vering ring to deceive the public that lie he had bad no such authority and that the members of the church oise ne ois n e free to exercise their political inferences the book of doctrine ant and cove uinta says we do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil goverio government that said the speaker I 1 proclaim the law of the church to be and it it is in accordance with the declaration 0 the church authorities ON over er their own signatures notwithstanding ane ll 11 solemn assurances we have rece ved we have never had a campaign in utah where complaint buil complaint of people exercising church influence in politics was not made it is useless to deny it this influence has always beer been against the democrats and in favor out oi the republicans the republicans undertake to establish a coun ter claim they charge the demo rats with having haing nominated two prominent church men on their ticket in the hope that their standing in the church would help fell to make the ticket win that is ia all they can charge and they refer to moses mopes thatcher and my myself elf with wonderful intelligence geo M K cannon I 1 has aas discovered that illges mo eg thatcher was nias named I 1 for for senator he be was novas cupeto trident of the young mens mutual improvement association and 1 I WAS named because I 1 had is written ritten some settle church books these wonderful discoveries were made by the man who is conducting a forlorn hope tile r republican campaign cheers WHY THATCHER WAS NOMINATED the convention at ogden nen never er thought of ces thatcher Tha her as sup erin of the young mens mene Tolu mutual improvement association he was nominated for his ability nod and fitness for the place moses thatcher etona as the champion cham of 0 freedom moses thatcher tb the e democrat who interprets b bertei e than any man in utah the demo cratic theory of government thatcher the man whom I 1 gold old could riot not tempt w om com trusts and combines could not use A all else ela then ml lo away ais ay ile he stood unveil cl a patriot before his fellow men that is ia wit why v he was waa name named d I 1 will say nothing of myself foex ex capt that I 1 t think link I 1 was nominated lecause because I 1 arn am i a democrat som of mv my friend in an balvi alti say ay I 1 1 was nominated in spite of being a mormon 0 r men that ia all the church fi irence republicans claim tho the democrats have used in polities politics but it is i useless to deny that the republican church men have hava undertaken noder taken to enen things up tip now said the speaker I 1 am not prepared to inflow inflame nuen men s t minds cods already sufficiently ct excited I 1 shallo offer frer a few words of ad advice I 1 eu only I 1 seek to calm your fedeli feelings rigs rather than excite thiis a serious quellion que quei ilion tion our republican fo belittle it and aly to laugh it out of the arena but it is it lure re and the trembles we e have been condemned tor for recalling our convention but cihat hat could tho the democrats do it matters not what wag waa said at the priesthood mec meeting ting the result from one paid of the country to the other is that it is understood that thai the democratic candidates are arc out of favor with the heads clothe of the church and should be defeated cries 0 of f ve lve mil not have it so NO KO MAN INTRUDE I 1 havo have no bitterness I 1 have no feeling of eri enmity mity I 1 am not opposed to the church I 1 will answer for my acts and rece receive iye with humility adv any correction in in those things in in which they have lave a right to correct me but man in his sphere is as independent as god is in his and in that let the results be what they may no man shall intrude his foot great G reato cheeling we have hae framed a constitution which provides anat there here should lie no union of church and state that the state should not interi interfere ere with the functions of the detate not dominate domi nile the state 1 I signed that constitution and I 1 in mean in to bo be true to it when the people of utah shall have ratified the constitution ution as I 1 believe they will be committed to carry out fully its provisions then theis do you intend that men shall run to and fro ind and use their church iti influence fluence and say baa it is the wish of the first presidency that so BO atoll aid so shall hall i be elected and so and so defeated you are honest men nay moro more you are honorable men will you permit such things the meddler should be branded as an enemy of the church and at a traitor of the state cheers and cries of say it again let me sound a warning in your ears A political may be send out A movement may be made to defeat statehood but the democratic party stands by the action of the reconvened convention to stand for statehood baura be we believe the people of ruthh can settle this matter themselves we shall pay due regard to io the church in its Sli sphere bere but we shall demand that the church respect the functions of the state |