Show DEMOCRACY DESERTS ROBERTS the editor ol 01 this paper who is in washington saya the thing that strikes aam atm aa most shameful in the roberts case ia the complete desertion t the congressman by the democrats 1 I utah who placed him in nomination thus brought on this contest in which the good name of utah la in while there Is a strong anti roberta lobby there Is scarcely a voice raised in the defense of our representative and roberts Is struggling against odds and a world of prejudice battling single handed and only for himself but for democratic representation yet he 18 by the democracy J vi iu vi he may with the storms of political and sectarian hatred that sweep down on him from all quarters of the nation we believe the point 13 well taken when the democracy of utah in convention stood sponsor for B H roberts and commended him to the voters of the baale an obligation was assumed which has been broken by the traitorous cowardly conduct of the organization ever since their Congress mans honor haa bocci assailed democracy has absolutely failed to give one assuring that its sponsorship was in good earnest but instead haa era venly others not of its barty to do what little has been done to uphold the good name of the state and defend congressman |