The age-herald., 1899-12-07
ROBERTS ELDEST DAUGHTER
Defends Her Father, and Will Stand by Hin
 to the End.

From the New York World.
 Washington.-Miss Adah Roberts. the eld- est daughter of Representative Roberts of Utah, who is stopping at the Metropolitan with her father, is an outspoken champion of his cause. Miss Roberts is five feet nine inches tall and weighs 1GO pounds. Her complexion is clear and white-that of a hardy mountain girl. Her face is oval. with low Greek forehead. Her hair is combed back without the slightest effort at orna- mentation, but the classic outlines of her features are thus only called more boldly into relief
 Miss Roberts, although barely 20 years of age has been graduated with the highest honors from the Utah state university at Salt Lake City. She also taught school for two years in the public school of her na- tive city. She said to the World correspon- dent tonight:
 q would rather not discuss my fathers case through the press as we are not try ing to gain indulgence through the forum of public opinion. It is but natural that should feel profoundly grieved at the at tacks which have been made upon my father. am his eldest and favorite child. NihSo Nouio "oih hhSc pSSi HIS COIu- panion and chum. During the long and rancorous debates prior to and after his nomination I acted as his secretary. I am here in Washington because I have always been his confidant and consoler.
 q intend to stay here by his side, no matter what happens. We will not give up our case easily, and it will not be the work of a day to undo what has been done by the authority and under the consptitu- ton of the sovereign commonwealth of Utah. do not wish to discuss the unkind comments-coments, that is an easy way to put it-I might say the savage attacks which have been made on my father in every part of the country. In his own home he is revered and loved by all who know him well. Every man has his political ene- mics, and what they say counts for little.
 "I am sure you had a very impressive object lesson here in Washington only few days ago, when the populace which be- fore had crowned Admiral Dewey as a hero so bitterly assaled him. The case, of course, is not analogous, and do not mean to imply that it is It is easy to misrepre- sent a man and to turn his purest motives into evil. On general principles I do not understand why those who have incomplete
 
 should presume to criticise us
 ''I am mountain born and bred and look at life from wider and more unrestricted horizons. We of the west are freer in our mental makeup. I think we see things from larger lines like Washington very much, but of course I miss my mountains. I have no acquaintances and have had no quarrels, but my father and myself in leisure times have managed to spend many pleasant hours visiting the prominent places here. I do not suppose that Washington intends to be so unkind as to isolate me so- cially, but even should such undeserved treatment be meted out to me I will stand at my fathers side until he is absolute winner or absolute loser in this contest"
 Miss Roberts said the people of Utah were much more interested in whether the sen- ate would allow the seating of MT. Quay than they were in the seating of her father. The Utah legislature. like that of Pennsyl- vania and other states, had failed to select A successor to Senator Cannon, and several candidates were applicants for the place in case the governor has the appointment.