| Show RON holf B H ROBERTS the request of ravis davis county democrats for the resignation of their able abla and honored representative in tho constitutional convention has caused no little excitement in political circles it 61 shows aws the independence of that party party which considers not dot the greatness of if men when IV ben it thinks they th ey are not no t in in accord with its principles and promises to the people the territorial platform of the i democratic party parly last till fall pronounced unequivocally in favor ofa of woman suf flage age the plank was mas hafted amid great enthusiasm i but with scarcely any deliberation many of the county platforms coni 1 bained similar planks and mist of the delegates were elected upon j equal pledges I 1 the davis county platform however had bad no such punk plank and even if it had mr roberts was out of the territory when it nag mas made and n hen lie he was nominated as one of the delegates from that county con consequently li he efell felt free to take an independent I 1 ap pp eident course in regard to anc abi this question I 1 tho the herald intimates that tile the proper place to have fought tile the equal suffrage proposition was in the damoci democratic abic convention v true but platforms are often 0 drawn up tip in an hour passed upon in ten minutes and are sup posed to bind the members to sup only the fundamental principles of the party sir roberts heard the territorial Plat fatin read as did all who at the great convention in salt lake city amid shouts and cheers and great excitement the leal I 1 force and ultimate effect of the suffrage plank were lost completely I 1 in the general and universal en 1 thula sm scip kenner tried to I 1 stem the tile and call attention to the gravity of the s situation illation but N w as hooted down the campaign abi which eh fol 1 1 lowed was as largely a personal campaign fought by the democrats alona alon the line of rawlins record in congress it was not until the election was over that men of both parties began to realize the place in which their respective platforms orin had placed them mr roberts It saw in the suffrage plank a menaco to statehood and good government sovern ment therefore he took the stand he lias has maintained against it ile he went to the constitutional tut ional convention a democrat prepared to fight for democratic principles disposed to take the democratic side on all questions at issue between tho the two parties but he maintains and co correctly r too that this suffrage plank did not enunciate a funda fundamental principle of either party narty neither is it an issue between the two parties it is not a pirty party matter and mr roberts It Cie t ie had the right to take an independent stand upon chisper his personal responsibility we think the davis davi county democracy has made a grave mistake in calling for his resignation res ignatio I 1 11 II roberts ll is an able honest conscientious s c ious wart man he can afford to retire r tire from politics better belter than the pat edity tv can afford to lose oe him 11 he e stands head and shoulders deis above any man in the coun contention antion or out of it who it ho tries to detract from his honor bonor and renown ilis ilia speech in opposition to comans womans suffrage is pronounced by those HBO it ho heard beard it as the most maa eloquent and convincing ever heard in utah lie ile is an orator of the highest type e eloquent pui put intellectual and sublime utah must still be proud of him though davis county democracy casts him off |
