Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-12
A HIGH ESTIMATE OF ROBERTS.
Arthur McEwan Says He Argued Cooly Like Lawyer Holly
Like a Man Of Feeling ScorniuIy Like Man Of Wit,
and Deiiany Like Man Of Courage and Dignity.

lions than Roberts did. lie faced a hos.
tile country AZ we'll a. a hostile house.
but he did not quail. Twice his time
expired. and twice he was given an
additional ten minutes. Thus hataaa-
ed. and interrupted frequently. and
conscious that no matter what he
might say tho decision would s,lll 20
against him,
IlE,ARouED cooLLY.
like q lawyer. hotiy like a man OF feel
lng. scornfully like a man OF wit. and
d.nantly like man OF courage and
dignity.
i'rhe daring OF his attack upon Prcsl.
dent Mckinley sent a thrill OF horror
up and down hundreds OF aplnos. Il
took the brcath away from many RE-
publlcana 60 hear from the lips OF this
Mormon that other Nornrona, as much
married as himself. had ac1n given fed
sral appointments In Utah, although
proteate had been made Identical In
klnd with those offered against him
sell. or course. everybody know that
u the President had done this Il was
from the best motives, but stlll the au.
daclty Of Roberts was painfully start
ling
One saw that he would be quite cap.
able Of inqulrinE whether or moth there
HhA fN'N ff''lNfl Nv the W mite House
any cablegram from the sultan OF sulu
urEinE that the administrators whole
Influence be cScrtcd 90 rebukc polygnmy
In Utah. Fortunately the mans time
wan limited. for II 10 certain that had
ne not been thus gagged he would have
bcen even more unplensantly personal
II IL possible that he might not have
spared some " the newspapers which
have made a speciality Of exploiting his
domestic arrangements The press l,nl.
lcry expected that he would do This
and " was surely disappointed becnus-
lack OF time prevented Mt. Roberta
fr9m comparing his harom with some
ROBERTS AND PoLYGAMY.
1T Is not easy 10 say Just what one
would like 20 say In truths Interest
about this Mormon and the opposition
TO him. since polygnmy Acknowledged
and unacknOwlcdgcd, does not form "A
subject that can be publicly discussed.
nut. really, II must IN honesty be said
that much OF the opposition to Rob
efts II considerably more revolving than
he II. He had no right 10 take three
wives. OF course. but as he ala take
them u II decent IN the fellow 10 stand
by them. Also. II was indlacreet for
him to run for Congress under the cir.
cumntnnoes, particularly as that lndls-
nvuoh h'H stt Hllllons OF people TO
talking about matters that does not nd /.
vantage nodcsty 10 dwell upon,
Mr' Hichardson, In arguing In favor
or seating Roberts and trying him nf-
terwnrds, declared that the home must
be preserved In all Its purity and
sweetness, which yirtuoua sentiment
was Us ardcntly applaudcd as IL Nor
mon polygnmy were the only enemy The
homes purity has. Looking down from
the press gallery upon the npplaullng
house one could lind II In him 10 feel
more respect for Roberts than for the
scores OF humbugs less clean than he
who were Joining In the raid upon him.
that they might be IN the fnfhion and
not onend their constituents.
NEITHER HYPocRITE NOR cow.
ARD.
Roberts. any way. IL neither a hypo-
critic nor coward. Yet u IA cons0llng
and useful TO reflect that the aa7ump.
tiOn OF virtue not possessed, though
dlsgraccful 10 the individuals who make
the false pIetonfc, serves a good end In
the effect upon others, Polygamy IL
wrong. and Il Is right that II should be
punished, even u the rentence T. Inn
posed by men who ought to be IN the
dock Instead Of aloft ~ the Judgment
seat. The crucihNion Of Roberts serves
To declare anew TO the moral standard
TO draw freshly the line between right
and wrong. n some or many OF the
men who render this service to right
eousneas are grorser In their lives than
the Mormon they sentence TO bnnlsh-
ment,even they are made to understand
with picturesque vlvidness that the
Puritan tradition still controls In thi.
country, and that society IL moral In its
ideal no matter what the practice OF
individuals may be,
ROBERTS AND HIS DAUGHTER.
Roberts and his daughter passed me
on Pennsylvania avenue this evening,
the girl leaning on her fathers arm she
has pretty and q good face. and held
her head M. She Is as brave as he Is
Ono couldn't but feel sorry Tor the two.
They are only two, ana Utah and home
are ever 80 far on, Being taken out
daily to be stared at FOR their sins,
which are not precisely like our sins
does not daunt their spirit. You have
but TO look into their steady eyes 70
know that they are not ashamed any
more than they are afraid, ! dare say
both have u measureless contempt FOR