CAME QDICKLY. Answer of Utah Gentiles to Brigham Roberts. SCATHING ARRAIGNMENT His Disabilities Not Removed by the Statehood Law. IS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE Signer* of U»e State that Tlicy o|>|>o»c '• r. Itobcrtn Bm'HIIM' of llif Criminal I'ractici'n, Not a* a HmuH 01 111k Politic* or llt'll{;tuni Washington, Dec. 9.—An answer to Brig-ham ljoberts* address to the American people was issued Friday by a delegation representing the (ientile element in I'tah, who are here to op pose .Mr. iioberts. The answer is ub follows: "In this morning's paper Mr. Rob erts makes an appeal for sympathy in which are. many statements needing correction, while many facts are .sup pressed. "-Mr. Roberts claims that the prece dent made liy his exclusion is both new and dangerous. That it is not new was conclusively shown by Mr. Tayler in his able argument before the house and not a single precedent to the contrary was' cited where the ground of objection was ineligibility. Neither is the precedtint dangerous. Whenever a. prima facie case is made against a member's citizenship by showing that under a conviction for felony against the laws of the United States he is disfranchised, and further that by reason of his present mainten ance of the status of a polygatnist he is again suffering from civil disability under the Edmunds anti-polygamy act, such a member refusing even to deny the charge should be excluded. Nor is this dangerous, for it is not likely, as Mr. lioberts seems to assume, that an entii#- minority or all representa tives of a large state are coining to congress carrying such a burden. In other states men who flaunt their vio lations of these laws of decency in the face of the public are sent to the penitentiary. It is only in I'tah where such indecency ever added to one's eligibility and served as a iceommen dation to political preferment. "Mr. Roberts' contention that no evidence of his guilt can be received except a judicial record of his convic tion in I'tah as a matter of law is erroneous and as a matter of practice dangerous, because Mr. Roberts and his all powerful and inspired priest hood can prevent such conviction if they consider it worth while. "Mr. Roberts claims that whatever were his civil disabilities before slate hood tiiey were removed by the adop tion of the state constitution. If at the time of the passing of the enab ling act Mr. Roberts was, as he seems in his appeal to admit, disfranchised by act of congress, and therefore not a full citizen of the United States, an by the constitution he must be, to be come a member of congress, then he is still in that same condition, because the constitution of Utah could not re store him to federal citizenship and the enabling act did not do it. The enabling act of I'tah, unlike that of some other states, required citizenship of the I'nited States as a qualification for voting and did not confer that citizenship i.pon those then not such citizens. Hence Mr. Roberts' state ment that by Utah becoming a state he was rehabilitated with the wanting attributes of citizenship is unwarrant ed. "Mr. Roberts says he has not been convicted since statehood. It does not follow that he is innocent. lie is now a fugitive from justice in Salt Lake county 011 a charge of unlawful cohabitation, and in Davis county, Utah, where resides one of his polyg amous wives with her illegitimate twins born August 11, 1*97, a charge of adultery (a felony under the laws of Utah) has been lor two months pigeon-holed by a Mormon prosecut ing attorney. "Mr. Roberts in his attempt to belit tle his crimes insists that he is only charged with a misdemeanor. lie knows better, lie knows that he lias been, under oath and before the prop er prosecuting officers, charged with the felony of adultery as well as the misdemeanor of unlawful cohabita tion. lie asserts that in 1889 he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor only and asserts that if he were guilty of the same acts in the District of Co lumbia "even flagrantly so" that as a member of congress he could not be arrested therefor because it is only a misdemeanor. Here again Mr. iiob erts states what is not true and he ought to know it. Unlawful cohabi tation under the Edmunds act, under which he pleaded guilty. was a felony, as also is adultery, with which Mr. lioberts is charged in Davis county, Utah. In the District of Columbia both unlawful cohabitation and adul tery are felonies, as defined by the Utah statutes and it is only in Utah that the former is a misdemeanor. "Ex-Congi'essmari W. 11. King was and is a Mormon and 110 claim of in eligibility was ever made against him. We point to this fact as showing that we oppose Mr. Roberts, not upon the ground of any religious opinions en tertained by liiin, but because of his criminal practices, .Neither is this a matter of religious or political perse cution or prejudice. The undersigned include men of different churches and men who belong - to no church, those who are republicans and those who are democrats. "T. ('. 11l iff. Salt Lake. " f .i. W. Martin, Manti, Utah. "C. M. Owen. Salt Lake. "J. M. Coombs, Hrigliarn City, Utah. "A. T. Sehroeder, Salt Luke. SAILING MADE SAFE. HallaiitlnK Device Jn«l Patented Aim* to Prevent Cwreenlnjt bjr a Uueer A rraniceiuen t. Though scarcely a week passes with out the issue of two or three patents for improvements in ship propellers, altering the outline or general con struction of the shell of vessels, the lines and propellers of the modern steamer remain practically unchanged. James I'. Pool, of Brooklyn, however, has turned his attention to sailing craft, and, as a result, has just patented a ballasting device to prevent careen ing under certain conditions and ena ble sailboats to maintain a reasonably ;•. ~ 'IJ* SAILING MADE SAFE. (Ballasting Device to Prevent Careening In Storms.) even keel under all circumstances. This he effects by means of a ballast buoy or lee-board, that rests on the wa ter, outside of the boat, and which is maintained in a position at right angles to the mast. The latter is mounted by a suitable arrangement to revolve on antifriction rollers. The ballasting buoy is carried at the end of a fcoom, which is connected to the mast at Ht bac,e in a fixed position at right angles to the plane of the sail. This buoy is usually a closed, hollow, water tight body of oblong shape and with a rounded bottom which is provided with a small keel. With this arrangement, whenever the pressure of the wind on the sails tends to tilt the mast forward, or to the side, the ballast arm acts to depress the float, and this reacts upon the boat, so as to keep it righted and prevent its careening. Ingoing before the wind, the sail being set straight across the boat, the ballast float stands directly ahead of the boat, and in the same manner as described above reacts upon the boat and tends to raise its bow and prevent its going down, as would otherwise be the case. WANTS TO BE LEADER. Snlaer, of Xcw York, Ambitions to Succeed to Josejih W. Halle}'* Honor*. Among the younger democratic lead ers none is more popular than Con gressman William Sulzer, of New York, lie has for some years played quite an important part in New York city and state politics, and now is am bitious to be minority leader in the national house of representatives. In this position he desires to succeed Jo seph W. Bailey, who is likewise a rep resentative of the younger democ racy. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Sulzer has been almost as much WILLIAM SULZER. (New York Congressman Who Wants to Be Democratic Leader.) of a "boy wonder" in politics as the noted Texan, lie represents the Elev enth district of New York (a city district). At 21 he was admitted to the bar. At 27 he was elected a member of the New York legislature. This was in 1890, and he continued to serve in that capacity in 1891, 1892, ISO.'! and 1894. In 1893 he was intrusted with the speakership of the assembly. He was a delegate to the Chicago conven tion of 1890, and was elected to the Fifty-fourth congress and reelected tc the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth. Should he be chosen in the house he will have no lack of experience. Mr. Sulzer is a loyal Croker man. InterentiiiK l'"i>«!lsh Clock. The Wesleyans, of Wycombe, high ly prize an old eight-day clock, which hang-s iu the schoolroom attached to their principal chapel. They claim that it was by this timepiece that John Wesley, when he visited the town, used to time his sermons, some of which extended an hour and a half. The clock, which was removed some time ago from the old chapel in St. Mary street, is now going as well as ever it did. John Wesley regularly visit ed Wycombe, a fact which probably accounts for the strength of Method ism in the locality. ItnrrelM of Fal»p Teetli. About 20,000,000 false teeth are pro duced annual!; in the United States, nearly all being the product of Phila delphia factories. About 40 000 ounces of fine gold are used with this output. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899 IN A TIGHT PLACE, ilethuen's Army Surrounded by 15,000 Boers. MGHT AT MODDER RIVER. Uurghei's Say It was the Fiercest They Ever Saw. iIELD OUT FOR 13 HOURS. riieir Artillery n«i» Mile need u I an ■Carl) Stage of tlx- ICiiku jjement ami Then They Held tile llritlsli at Hay Willi a It I lie l''ire. London, Dec. 9.—('.en. Walker has sent the following dispatch dated it U o'clock last night, from Cape Town: "Telegraph and railway communica tion to Modder river has been re opened. A battery of lield artillery and a battalion of infantry were sent from Moddcr river against (ien. force of 1,000 Boers, who had de stroyed the railway. Our losses were 14 wounded. Belmont has been strengthened by infantry and tw> guns and a cavalry regiment and troops from Naauwpoort occupied Arundel on Thursday." Some interesting light is thrown on the position of affairs along" the west ern frontier by a dispatch issued by i lioer agency last evening in Berlin. The dispatch says: Commandant Loos' force is near Jaeobsdal, between Moddcr river and liiet river. (Jen. Cronje is still on the north bank o£ Moddcr river, his rear being protected by fortified positions at. Spytfontein. The hills between Modder river and Spytfontein and those between Jaeobs dal and liiet. river are occupied by Hoers. Commandant Dclarey's force, is stationed between Uras Pan and lloncynest kloof. If this Berlin dispatch be correct, and it is significant when judged iu connection with (ien. Walker's advices to tile war office, there must be 10,0U'J Boers around (ien. Methuen, who is believed to have 11,000 men. Kniber ly, however, possessing an armored train, can assist, Methuen by harras sing the lloers from the rear. According to a dispatch from Lo renzo Marques, the Moddcr river bat tle is declared by a Boer correspondent with (ien. Cronje as "one of the fierc est the Hoers ever experienced." The correspondent goes onto say: Gen. Cronje's wing sustained almost solely the fearful attack of the Hritish right throughout the day. The Transvaal ers tenaciously held their positions until 7 ]). in., when llic Free Statu burghers were forced to retire by t lie heavy British shell lire. (ien. Cronjo then returned untie • cover of darkness, after facing the concentrated lire if all the liritish batteries. The Hoers acknowledge the herculean assaults u£ the Hritish and the death dispensing fire of the attacking infantry, but they hel.'J their position for lit hours against the Mower of the I'ritish army, replying solely vvK'h their Manse si and maintaining an uninterrupted rifle fire. The Boer artillery was si lenced early in the battle through the overwhelming number of the British artillery." Intlicletl lor foiiwplrucy. Savannah, (ia., Dec. 9. — The Morning News says the grand jury of ihe I ni ted States court in session hcie has found indictments against John (iu.v nor, 15. It. (ireen and H. I - ', (iaynor, of New York, co-partners in the Mlantio Contracting Co., and others for con spiracy to defraud the government. This is an outcome of the conviction of O. M. Carter, late captain of en gineers of the army. (ireen and (iay nor are alleged to have been in con spiracy with Carter ,o defraud Ihe government in the improv»r.it nt work:! iu Savannah river and to have wrong fully collected from the government sums estimated at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. t.lass Worker*' Scale Si^nci!. Pittsburg. Dec. 9.—After an idleness of more than six months ihe window glass workers of the country will go to work December .'ill. The last settle ment of the scales was accomplished late last night. Cutters will receive an advance of about "> per cent, and flattcners about <> percent. There were no material changes m.ide in the shop rules and usages. After the settle ment was made, the directors of tins American glass company announced that all men going to work iu their factories would be given two weeks wages "market money" in advance. The settlement will give employment to about 10,000 men who arc now idle. A Nteam»!ii|> liiKHtilcd. New York, Dee. 9.—The (ierinan steamer Albano. which arrived hist night from Hamburg', reports that on December she fell in with the steam er Manica, from Shields for New York, with shaft broken. She was taken in tow. but after towing her for two hours the lines broke and the Albano wits compelled to übuntlon her. I'he Manica was left at a point about I.nun miles from Halifax in the track of steamers coming west. Tliltcr ami Waller still Licnil. New York, Dec. 9. The leaders, of .he great six days' bicycle race were 375 miles ahead of the record at. s o'clock last night. At that hour Mil ler and Waller had covered :.',"l I miles. Walthour, the southern champion, bad a lead of several miles for the individ ual prize. \o s"rt»h i Si: 1- ain tiror^hi. Atlanta, (ia.. Dee. 9. —The Willing ham bill, which provided for the anni hilation of the whisky traffic in (ieor gia. was defeated Kritlay in th« senate. The bill reached the senate hist week with a small majority from the :;ou.>e. PnrKrtllnx Wlvfi' I.ettern. "He carried the letter around in his pocket for five weeks." "Then what did he do?" "He wrote to his father-in-law asking liim what he'd better do. His father-in-law wrote right back and said he was awfully glad his son-in law had written. The letter reminded him that he had a letter in his own pocket that he had been carrying around lor six weeks." "Didn't he offer any advice?" "Not a word. So Hrigga fussed around and worried, and at last opened the envelope to see how much mischief he had done by re taining it. What do you suppose it con tained? A recipe for making tamarind jelly, clipped from some newspaper, together with two almanac jokes and a sample of cheap gingham. Hriggs Hung the whole outfit in the fire and felt better. Hut he chuckles every time he thinks of his old father-in-law anil the burden he may still be carrying."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. lets. All druggistsrefundmouey ifitiails cure. 25c. A Ilnd Case. Doctor—You are troubled wit . insomnia. Patient —Terribly. I can't even sleep when it's time to get up.—Puck. Everyone expects more from his friends, than he is willing to do for them. —Atchison Globe. This talk about the man in the moon be ing it woman is pure nonsense. How could a woman get full so often? —Ellio*' .\laga zine. The most adorable woman in the world is the woman who is most natural. A wom an who is "cultured," expects flattery in large doses, and is disagreeable if she does not get it.- —Atchison Globe. A Collection of Wrinkles.—'"This is n nobby suit, sir," said the tailor. "I put al' the latest wrinkles in it." "Yes," remarked the customer, surveying himself in the glass; "but don't you think it would have heeri better had you distributed them. I don't care about having 'em all in the middle of my back."—Philadelphia Record. It has been said that speech was given man to conceal his thoughts. This is not the true answer. Speech was given toman to pre vent other people from talking.—Boston Transcript. A man ought to have someone around him all the time, to keep him from doing tilings that are not good for him. This is the season when the sausage and buckwheat take temptation is great. —Atchison Globe. A woman a'wavs remembers longest pome little fooi thing lier husband said when lie was out of patience and the tender way he patted her face once when she was sick.— N*. Y. Press. No matter how long a man lives, he never has quite the same respect for a great man that he used to have for the boy next door that could put a whole apple in his mouti without biting it. —X. V. Press. When you begin to smile at things where you used to laugh look out for the arrival of old age.—Puck. If some people were to think before they speak it would be far more difficult for them to carry on an animated conversation.— Chicago Daily New*. . „ .... ■ . ... -J jlj ACTS GENTLY ON THE KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS (I EANSES THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY OVERCOMES l/rru 1 J HAB.TUALCONST.PAT.ON UAU PERMANENTLY Bt *»E> FecTS auy thc genuine - m»nt d e>y (AIIIvRNIA jTo *vYRVP(3 roa s>au oy oßua&ion. saw sot ttn oaniL Dcßulls The best remedy for vOU£fll Consumption. Cures C,,„ .7 ~ Coughs,Colds,Grippe, vy ill P Bronchitis, Hoarse- J nets, Asthma, Whooping cough, Croup. Small dos< s ; quick, sure results. 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