Show GRILLING G MR nn f Richfield Reaper Reaper- In a n. letter to R R. R. R Lyman an and through him to th tim people of or Utah 13 B. II H. Roberts has ha given expression to his hig ideas on the thc political situation which Is causing c. I widespread comment and considerable criticism Tho The letter deals with the time In Utah and purports t t. t uS i give sl p patriotic reasons for the time retire retire-I I ment mont of ot Reed need Smoot from active pa pal j In politics To 10 some misguided mis- mis mis 1 guided g followers of or Roberts there may I Ibe Ibe t I be patriotism in tho the letter but a careful care care- ful CuI iii reading betrays betras the writer in care I the guise of the petty jealous peanut pol pol- It is not such a letter as one would expect from a man with the I intellectuality that Roberts has al always always always al- al ways claimed an and which his friends conceded to him He claims that the time two offices senator senator senator sen sen- ator and apostle are aro too much for tor any ono man to occupy and do Justice justice Jus jus- tice to Then he proceeds to sa say that Hee Smoot la is n. n pigmy In Intellect II Ho He admits that he must needs believe that this gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man was called to his place In tho the apostolate b by inspiration of 01 God He Bc virtually questions the wisdom of ot the Almighty in so calling Mr Smoot Between the lines one ono can not help seeing that the Almighty should havo have called Roberts instead of Smoot to the high calling of an apostle Also it appears that Roberts has the giant Intellect he thinks is so necessary to toa toa toa a member of 01 the United States sen son ate The rime letter has hu tho time big biff I 1 and all through the little you ou bristling It Ho lie can can account for the calling of ot Smoot to the apostolate in no other way than that the Lord aCcomplishes accomplishes ac nO his purposes at times through weak Instrumentalities meaning Smoot as well as through str strong ng ones meaning Roberts In tho past political history o of Utah Mr l Roberts ran for tor congress on the tho Democratic ticket was defeated defeat defeat- ed ell ran again and was rIM elected He HI was v not allowed to take his seat li In congress not on tho same grounds that Smoot was sought to be ousted hut but because of Irregularities In hi his own life which the tho American people did not approve of although Mr 11 Roberts showed a contemptuous disregard disregard disregard dis dis- dis- dis regard of ot the time American sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment which ho now urges as a season season seas seas- on for the retirement of Mr 11 Smoot Al Also O If our memory serves us right Mr 11 Roberts was vas much In tn favor of the election of ot Moses Thatcher to the tho senate of or the United States and Mr Thatcher was an apostle of the tho dominant church Is not Mr Ir Roberts Robertsa a little Inconsistent In his attitude Isn't there just the least shadow of jealousy jealous In the time reasons given as to wh why Mr Smoot should not succeed him himself self Mr 11 Roberts Intimates that the time election deetion elec dee tion Uon of or Reed Smoot perpetuates tho the American party In Utah Idaho has no rio apostle who Is also a 0 senator That state does not have a n high church official official of of- tidal seeking seeking- political preferment yet yot ot there Is a a. strong branch of or that same American party lighting fighting the Mormons there To say My the time least the letter to Lyman Lyman Lyman Ly Ly- Ly- Ly man conies comes with bad grace from Rob Rob- erts It Is malicious and only serves Sen-es to stir up tho time fight which were better stopped slopped Let Mr 11 Roberts keep his letters rs and his advice for his own I political party The Lord knows It I needs something In the wo way of or advice I In Utah Is Mr 11 Roberts sut from In Inflated In- In hated cranium The rhe Lo Logan n Republican Th The Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts ens letter to Professor ProCesSor or Lyman which has appeared in all alJ the time Salt Lake p papers papers pa pa- pers and amid which the time Logan Journal tool took pl pleasure asure In offering to Its Us reader readers readers read read- er ers last Tuesday shows only too plainly that tho the writer was bitter with the acid of 01 sour grapes The carl early career of or Mr Roberts has not yet become such uch ancient history that ono docs does not recall It Immediately on reading tho time One cannot help murmuring with Hamlet Methinks tho the lad lady doth oth pro protest lt too much We Ve may be pardoned pardoned pardoned par par- the time lad lady of or our quotation for Mr Roberta's Robertas attitude o Is Just such a feminine right face as we sea seo often orten In our wives and sisters when thc they cant can't get what they want vant It Is not a question of 01 whether Mr 11 Smoot has trans transcendental merit 10 so few of ot our senators have that It Is hardly a a. requisite whether the time national bigots are aro still after otter his scalp whether whether- ho can cm perform senatorIal f as ns well as ec ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ec- ec duties wo we all nil know henn ho he honn nn n whether lit hla re c bring discord ord Into local politics and arid and a a. Gentile Invasion of or the tho state It Is 18 not in tho the least a a. question of or any ny of these points It Is simply a a. caso case of or Pique on tho the part of or Mr Ir Roberts Either Mr Roberts or Mr Smoot Isan is isan isan an efficient representative Utah man only the latter happens to have liars wo won out and nd the time former didn't |