The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-26
UTAH STUDENTS WIN
CONTEST OF ORATORY
Get a Unanimous Decision Over the Representatives
Of the University Of Nevada.
Great intercollegiate Debate Carried on Amid Intense En-
thuSiaSnl-V Victory is Celebrated.


pretty effect
An amusing incident occurred during
the rendition of a classical piece of
m1Sic by the orchestra. Everybody
knows how sacred Professor Weihe
holds classical music. That is, every
body knows except an enthusiastic
eollegian who occupied a seat in the
rear OF the dress circle, and who was
adorned with the largest kind of an
election horn made.
Well. the orchestra was playing one
of those dainty melodies in which the
bass horn comes in at stated intervals
with an impressive effect. The man
with the election horn rapidly found
out that the horn IN the orchestra did
not make enough noise, and every time
the music came around to the point
where the horn made its star appear
ance, he blowed his parody on the
name of melody. 1t was very funny.
The audience giggled and then burst
into hearty laugh, so that for a time
it was feared that the orchestra would
not be able to proceed. But it was all
done in the enthusiasm and good feel
ing of the evening and there was no
hard feeling on the part of the men
who were furnishing the music.
Points of Excellence.
Judge Howat ofFiciated as the chair
man of the evening and the judges Of
the contest were D. o. RideOut, Pro-
fessOr McEwan Of Logan and Ledyard
Bailey of this city. The debate was
decided on these three points: Skill in
augmentation, delivery and acQuaint-
ance with tn = subject.
Judge Howat, in calling the meeting
to order. spoke of the popularity and
benefits Of intercollegiate debates. He
said that they promoted an ambition
to excel a generous rivalry and good
feeling generally. He then stated the
question to be;
Resolved. That territorial expan-
sion would be beneficial to the United
States"
. He asked that there should be no
applause on any of the points made by
the speakers, although applause would
be permitted on the appearance of a
speaker and on the conclusion of his
address. He then introduced n. T.
Porter of the university as the first
speaker for the affirmative.
Mr.. Porter was greeted by thunder
Gus applause as ne approached TO the
front Of the stage. He began by stat
ing that before entering into d discus
sion OF the question at issue, il would
be we'll to define the position that the
affirmative would take He said first
that the contention was not as to the
methods Ct expansion, but as to the
result. Laying stress on the fact that
the question did not say in which di-
rection the country was to expand, he
called attention to the benefits to be
accrued by adding Canada, Mexico,
Central America, the Philippines and
other countries to the domain of the
I nj 10 HaH hot
expansion along the lines indicated
would serve to strengthen the foreign
relations, promote commerce, stimulate
and develop industry and react favor
ably upon the natural political and
social life of the people.
Annexation of Canada.
Mr.. Porter held that by the annex
alton Of Canada to the United States
the last vestige of the sovereignty of
any other country than the United
States would be removed from the
western continent. 1t would increase
the efficiency of the government, would
end once for all the boundary disputes,
would cast millions of dollars into the
treasury of the United States. and
would remove the differences and dan
gers that confront the country on the
northern frontier.
In speaking of Mexico, Mr.. Porter
held that the same was true and that
the MeXicans were quickly beng Amer
icanized. He spoke Of the benefits to
to be derived from expan-
sion, saying that the extension west
to the Orient offered possibilities of
trade toward which the merchants cf
the country are looking Mr.. Porter
were concluded with the
statement that aggressiveness on the
part Of the United States IN the matter
Of expansion would check the dismem-
berment Of the Chinese empire.
F. D. Layman of the University of
Nevada opened the arguments on the
negative. He first brought out the
point that the question was so stated
that 1t denoted futurity, and the matter
Of the annexation of Porto Rico and
the Hawaiian islands we're thus left
out of the question. His next conten-
ton was that the Philippines had been
purchased at an immense cost, the
blood of many American soldiers be-
ing shed. By the use of figures he
showed that the benefit TO be accrued
from commerce would hardly counter
balance the expenses of maintaining a
standing army and the loss of human
b,Ooc.
President Mckinley did not receive
the gentlest treatment at the hands Of
the young debater, who repeated one
Of the presidents sayings prior to the
battle of Manila, and asked if it wa
the statement of a statesman or a
comic actors song. TO be sung until
more popular should come
along. Shall we become a nation Of
he asked, in conclusion.
Arthur yelling of the University of
Utah was the next speaker. He con-
sidered the question from three stand
Oints-cOmmercially, strategically and
the assistance of expansion in deVel-
Oping what we have. His arguments
included a plea for the Nicaraguan ca
nal, and were most forcible.
Miss Kruger's Argument.
Miss Tillie Kruger followed for the
University of Nevada. She made one
Of the hits of the evening by her
charming why of asking the question
Now, isn't that so? You know it is"
Her arguments ran along the line of
The loss Of blood over in the Philip
pines as the result Of q desire to ex-
Dand. The injunction Of the chairman
IF the evening to omit applause during
the remarks Of the speakers was dis
when Miss Kruger spoke, and
several times the audience burst into
hearty applause.
Speaking Of the Nicaraguan canal.
she said that the way TO have it built
would be to take the money being used
n an attempted sub5ugation of the
Filipinos and devote It TO the digging
If the canal a little while ago,
President Mckinley was just as much
opposed TO expansion as ] am" she /
said. while the audience applauded. /
RUf nav there's an election oor,7irscy /