| Show i f Q if 1 T 2 T 2 iu fl n nn T o IID I l a 1 O y J 1 r r v X W W s 11 j P 1 1 I f J 1 1 1 kv i 1 1 y L 1 11 II i y 1 1 I Y y i yi t k I II IL y 1 X I X 1 1 7 I II i Ii I X f f 1 I 1 j 1 J 1 1 I r I 1 t I t L 1 f fI 1 I f I Ij j j S I 1 1 1 HON B U H ROBERTS Who Turned the Calcium on the tho political Career of Thomas of or Utah IH l the tho full tul text of ot tin the F address deliver In the tho tab nt at It by Ily Hon H B HH 1 H II Roberts on ott 01 tho evening of or Tuesday March II 11 1 the tho tie auspice nU of ot the bc Utah Stake Mutual I Improvement association ne before an nu flu 11 of ot more moro than thUI 2504 2500 25 thu tho report being behig by Arthur Winter IA A report repot t of ot this In n a 1 local bent pa paper per Jer er contained many verbal and crudities which In tn many cases wro the reporters not It I Is hi II too much to expect that extemporaneous speech wilt wi be he tree free train from verbal nc rhetorical enor rind and I t do tb Mt that the tho speech ns an 18 delivered In Is w tree from such tho the WIH detects defects In j d speech ns RK IH here ure reported by r Arthur Winter onie 1010 ot of these crudities have been heen eliminated to 0 far an nr 01 they could be hI anti and Ind Mill retain the and spirit of ot what was WM Mid One Ono Item Iem baa been n a I relating to tl 11 the tho alleged threats thront against t Gentile Indus trios tries In tho of or Utah Uth Concerning tho the criticisms that havi been een made of or this speech ono o of ot which tended extended through ceven columns ot of as 11 vapid coil and an im n aggregation of or words worde words words as a It tt haa hll over been bee beeny my ny lot to through I only earn rr to notice one that is the th harsi of ot some Olle oue of ot my utterances Thit conclusion Is ts reached that some sOle of ot my 1 words 0 R were ero both rt unbecoming my IV and tho th place In which they the were Were delivered r In answer I only wish wl h to toBay toy Bay iy y that the of o ones oncI lons Is governed very largely by the task one has haM before hetor him hll tho thu Son Bon Bonot of ot God Oot when Ho lie 10 had butt occasion to de ito denounce falsehood anti and reprove no longer long r used tho gentle gente tones tono ton os by hy which Ho le comforted the tho sorrowful or Ir encouraged those thOM bowed down In weak weakness ness J Ri but bUl used u ui d language milted to tho the task before Him To the scribes and alil Pharisees PharIsee who were hounding bounding Himself If Ills Ils rhombi friends to their death leath and on CS ona aRI a I preliminary to that purpose were reekIng to embitter the tho minds or of the tho populace Ho said Woe unto you ou s and Pharisees for tor yo ye e HID ate like unto tinto which Indeed appear brau but are 1 within full tul of at dead deall ICons mens bones hols of ot till nil 11 unclean uncleanness ness efi Even EV n so 8 ye yo also Ilso outwardly lp pear righteous unto men cn hut but within ye e are lre till full 11 of ot hypocrisy DUd 11 Iniquity Woe unto you scribes and Ind because ye yo build the tombs tomb of at the tho prophets and Ind garnish garish the tho se sepulchres of at the righteous and and say H If It I wo we had been In II the lays days of ot our fathers we ve would not have been beon partakers with wih them In the blood ot of tho tim Prophets Prophet f Wherefore ye re be bo witnesses unto your yourselves selves pelves MIel that yo ye arc nrc the tho children of ot them thom which killed tho Prophets Fill Fi yo ye e up tit lP then tho tim measure len ure of or your our fathers Yo Ye ye 0 generation of ot vipers 1 per how can enn ye escapa tho the damnation of or lieu hell hellI hol 1 I think I have havo not lint gone beyond this worthy example In anything 11 I have hae stud said In this speech end and ns us HI for tor tho the B eso C redness of or the building In which my remarks were made mAh I In no 1 way feel reel I that there was WI a 1 desecration ulnae I when hon tho the task before he tore one lne Is to tn defend the Innocent misrepresentation I and Ind denounce calumniators thou then thol nil all ni mer me places n it 1 temple and nil all 11 euson sums sum lum lummer 1 KEARNS ATTACK Mr Chairman Ladies and t men On tho the day Iny of ot February ast the tho then senior senator train from the tho th of ot Utah delivered nn en address in tn inthe Inthe the senate enato e of ot tho the United In which nn an attack wnM tas made on tho lie Mormon upon Church Chuich Chulch nod tho the best Interests of or the State t of ot Utah The Tho speech was Wil cunningly 1 planned lanned find anti adroitly phrased and with wih tho the prestige of ot a I senator of or the tho United States behind It I among mony the masses of ot atthe tho the people of or tile the th United State uninformed un In formed of or the true conditions existing In Utah Its IM effect wilt wi be he misleading end Ind It I Is It because of or these opinions that I have formed of or orthe atthe the speech that I think It tt a n proper sub subject Jeet for this occasion that jet our own leO peo people lIt ide at least should be he put upon their guard the mischievous milc effects p of ot this deliverance f AlOU I rO extremely the speech i I aB not not answered upon the floor 1100 of ot the thi i t i a senate of or the tho United States flate The Ihs hl gen Ken i I JI 4 tieman upon whom duty properly r i tested rested re may have had good gOOl 10 and AIr sul util clent dent reasons for tor remaining silent It Ii I t Is 1 not for me to say Hut But when I think t of ot the serious charges list Hint th t are lre mad the with wih which those thos charges charge false though th they y lie he 11 are aro sits sus Sll cnn ean conceive of ot no 10 combination i I I of ot that thAl would justify the thi i J now nw senior lon lor senator from utah for tor be I f i ing silent on 01 that occasion o The ilg su of ot friends may ia lit lii a ii 1 good oOl thing j to listen tn to 10 sometimes but 3 S SitTi can rAI uri ripe timid 11 this In my 1 Judgment Was aK ono of or them when th this the call of ot duty f should IP 1 id one itte I Ie to reject rejet the thie i of O but ut III 1 formed friends the tho cold rold calculations of ot over caution It I might ho bo possible of ot course that a reply such an as anone IK one OlO might desire to make could COl hI not be bo mado 11 1 0 on 01 the tho spur PUr QC the moment hut but butten hutten ten tel minutes devoted do vote II to denouncing tho the ot of that speech timid and the un unmasking UI masking of or the who ho hio uttered It I would hove have hlo hal had a it beneficial effect vIert upon tho the IJ lo mind mild and amid would have been boemi een more effective than any Iny reply can now bo ho mado mAro Anything that may be he from this platform or any atty alY oUter other o her In II Utah or anything alY thing that be he said n II In the tho future the floor door upon of ot the sen seui senate ate chamber will 11 not lol have havo tho the effect erect that nn an ni emphatic denial ot of tho the charges would hl had while the tho gentleman who 1 lo them thel wan isas still ali n a senator of at tho United e States That opportunity however I II lost All 1 ll that may be done here In U Utah at least leant Is t to point out to our youth the lit untruthfulness of ot these the e charges and dl disclose clo o tho the by b y which an nit al IH Ia made to sustain II tall them thol t r account myself In 1 having nn tumi opportunity to In such n a task tank before this as alt assembly sel hl BOUT ITS irs AUTHORSHIP Before to the speech Illel I want t tl 11 n a 1 word or two In iii rela reha relation 1111 tion to Its authorship It I will sIlI wi go 10 with without wIh without out saying that tIo 10 with who I stands for tor It Is Iii not ID Il au author 11 I thor thoro Those of or us tIM UI who wh chance to bo lie bl d with wIh vI hi the tho t ho dullness I of ot hit ii mind an the density of ot his hil Ignorance know Ilow very VOl well wel that his hula mind new conceived the tho nor did 11 ha lie tiesh Ion the polished eloquent sentences de ito devoted 11 voted to PO so 10 hail bad u it I cause Those rhose of or ium U d who vho hio nerved with wih him him In II Hie thu Constitutional convention of ot this state painfully remembering tho the very elY ety few occasions on which hue he sought nought to express himself up upon U Uon on in the time toor of ot that convention hall hail can Mn never neer believe below for tor a moment that ho ls II I Ithe the author of ot the speech Those win vere present In tho lie In Salt Lako Lake City on thin thi when th lb president of or the United States Slates honored holNI that city nod the tho with his urea prea once enre Clee who saw this now lOW OW when ho that assembly with wih hands thrust deep delp Into his hta pockets with stomach thrown forward anti and heal head Il 1 thrown bark Lund Ild In touts only becoming A n retired pugilist heard him say la In the opening sentence of ot tile his epoch We I Americans aint born bom bol to t hut but MO iO e Bit II there thero just Jint thA th same laughter Ilu and Ild who iho had lied no better taste than 1111 to make tIm tho th visit to our state oi at the duet chief executive of ot this nation naton the tho occasion of ot a n 11 harangue Know very well rell wel that he Is In not tho the author ot of thus this senate sel speech He lie Io Is only emily the tho ho au nut 11 thor of ot this speech In the sense le Me that he lie humus bus adopted It Ho Ito Is II tIme the author luthor of Ot this speech In II the sense selBe that he lie hits has 11 bought It IL I I hll not undertake to de do describe scribe all 11 the contempt I feel eI for tor n ii 1 man who occupies the tho high hit station of ot a it 1 sen senator Rel ator nb of ot the United Suites nod who ron Cull milts to repent reliant relt the tho bought phrased fashioned by hy another mind Jewelry In a 1 Is as 11 noth nothing nothIng nothIng ing to this IN FURS FUllS I glory glor In that pride which would prefer proCer to Bland tAnd In tatter though thu biting winds of ot winter vinier might nip on 0 one rather than to lo bo tie dressed In Iii tl the tho clothing or tho the borrowed furs turl of or u 1 t prince DO so also I would glory In silence elenc rather lather than thal to arUe urie arl e In II my place In so sti II august a body bod nn tiN 11 tIme the United States Blat senate and Ild repent repeat as I mine the ho speech conceived and written by hy though Its ls eloquence rivalled tint that of ot a Pitt Pit a n Chatham or a n Webster Weh ter the tIme more eloquent the speech the must bo ho the th embarrassment the Hut But here I t though I 1 hal had the language of ot n a Solomon or a 1 Shaken I should never ner be able to express my ray contempt content for tor the tIme senator who would consent to appear clothed In the bor hor borrowed rowed or oi of ot rhetoric We Ve dismiss the tho may 11 tor right hero so 80 far as ns thinking that he tic hl hail bath anything to 10 do tic with wih this thle speech more than the thE of ot It ItI It itI I wish now to say nay f a I word In regard to the spirit pIrI In which I propose to discuss dIscus this speech I 1 believe belee In II the tho amenities of ot debate There Thero Therl Is te nothing quite quie so 1 joyous as IS to 0 witness R a I debate when the differences dl cd are honest holiest differ differences when opponents are IE honorable talented men I 1 think I may Iny be he b pardoned altogether excused fl In tact fact tram front any RIY exhibition of or egotism ogot m If It I H HI lint I take some pride In the reputation I think I hAo in this state for tor fairness In debate dehat and respectful rel treatment of my I opponents Hut lut the amenities of o debate do not nol require me Inc to say IY that Hint Hintt my m opponents statements are tru when I know them to be he false or that t his argument IH is t good Hond and 1111 sound soiled I when thien I know It I to be the merest sophie sophis sophistry try or that his hi motives are IC when Alien I know klOw them to be and ro rt I vengeful Therefore when wien I 1 meet m t and auth have to deal with such urh n a 1 speech as al this It IL la Is not to be bo expected that I shall handle It I with wih gloves and I 1 el t promise you ou I will wi not not TUB TI ITSELF I 1 now rOI como comae to this the speech sp h Itself my mimy reply will follow the Hit th order Old r of ot tho the iJ i F q y to Q M Mm W j I II I Il me sr Jfe IF W 1 Sl a P off 1 alf Cath tto a o I I I F 3 l IRe m n l Co a c dibs I b m Bo w rr W to f WD toa J 1 I II I Acs A s to O 2 cor s m tUbs n Vry V y t That 1 ins IP nm I I I 11 ha S I ei 1 Sl Ot W i I j set let forth In the tho speech with wih very H slight cJ and by I hs of ot following the order of at topics laid lal down In lii tho th speech 1 I rome come t of or all al to tl the con consideration of ot the tho pledges under which obtained statehood tho compact b t een the tho State Hato of ot Utah and Ild the States Of ot t ll long conflict t that raged In 11 from early erly days daya down dowl to tho year 1880 1810 18 O I 1 heed nl not nut speak You l ou are nr familiar with wih r Its history You 1 nui know that hut tho thin foundation facts of ot that controversy ore ure nr these the e that tho the believed a it I tion tOI had been heen given in which known that of ot ni nit nil the eternity of or the thit tw marriage t with wih wi tim tho permission and I Iny say cay Injunction under certain circumstances for tor Komi gd Hod Irl to a n plurality of ot wives You YOI of ot the enactments of ot made nt ILL lt tho demand of or sectarian clamor amor throughout tho tic United Un 11 this tilt PractIse You know how those these cue suc successive SIC Ie acts brought to hear bear hardship upon the Church until at last we were relieved frota the responsibility and ob of ot maintaining In practise that thit th Plural system systemic by b the ll alice of the Manifesto by ly President Woodruff In lii ISM You yott know upon litton that step being bellg taken that tho thu bitterness of ot feeling limit had hlo hitherto subsided nod there lucre began to IM be b manifested a n desire d lle tint that the thu old Church anti Ind ulti hurh political should be disbanded Ild that hereIn here In nH as In the other states of ot the tho Union ion the thin people should ul oI Ing tn to their political convictions to one OM or Di the tho other oilier of ot tIle the great r lt national po parties movements nUlt p ly Iy I In Iii tho lie of or nn an Kit En 11 Enabling abling act let authorizing the election electon of ot ofa otI ofa a I a Constitutional Con convention for tor the time pur 11 Ilo P ose o of ot a ii I state government T hIs convention met In the spring of ot 1895 U l it j und was tho ho instrument through which w to so o far ar ns es lS the tha people of or Utah nto ao concerned c thu the compact between the S tate of ot Utah and Ind the thue United States wan wall made TilE THU fiE COMPACT CO PAC When It la is Ii to what that i a i given glen compact h is Instead nf ot ofa culling a II log to mind this thi tIm is opinion op In Ion and a mu 1 that hat t mans omans opinion of ot It I why not hot go to the tho t compact Itself 11 titter after Iter consider ing l og It I give It I a 1 fair aIr That Is the th method of ot treatment that I have hn proposed pros to myself elt timid and 1111 onse q I run ant nl going to that compact Tho T he I act It contained this clause which was Wl the tho demand of at atte ile te t people of ot thIn the United States upon UI OI the tho t people of ot Utah And said alid convention provide by hy b y ordinance Irrevocable Irre without the thin theton consent ton c ont of ot the United States nail tao tl people eople P of ot f said state First FIT that perfect toleration of ot re Ie l sentiment shall be secure and 1111 that hat t no Inhabitant of ot said alii shall shul Ix lul 1 41 |
