Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13
Was Fast and Furious, but Colo.
RADIO BOYS Showed General
Superiority
THE VERDICT WAS UNANIMOUS.
QuesIion Discussed Was, Resolved
That the Monroe Doctrine Should
Ne Abolished, "


Yer university last night, the first In.
tercOllcgIalo debate with the University
Of Utah, Tho verdict was the result
~ independent voting by The judges be.
foro consultation, and was unanimous
IN awarding first place 90 the visiting
team, All three Judges likewise agreed
IN placing tho augmentation of The
lccnl boys ON par with that Of the
Visitors, but gayo an additional 10 per
cent TO The ylctoru for their superiority
IN the moro finished points Of delivery
aud skill IN handling material
Tho Snlt Lake Thooter held u fair.
sized audience Of students, alumni, ana
friends Of the University, who listened
To the debate with interest, and who
seemed TO DO In accord with the senlI-
monts ~ the Judges, The speakers, too,
received the decision with good grace
ana were hearty IN their oongrntulation
Of the vlctors after II was over A
noticeable feature was The absence NJ
pnrtlsanghip IN the cheering Yoll Lead
or Fnlrchlld sherman and his band
Of husky voiced followers greeted the
Denver Speakers with ns much ylgOr
nv they did the homo talent, and even
dieregardcd the request of the chairman
not Ia applaud, by heartily cheering for
Wayne g, Williams during his nnnl
rohulla speech which was the most
brilliant EFFORT OF the evening, and set
llod MI question M to whore the victory
belonged
Williams proved himself wonderful
~ onkor clear forreful and persuasive
Ia n hlgh degree lie won instant favor
WIN the audience IN hia first offOrt,
ana IN HIS robultnl carried the most
loyal supporters OF the opposing team
Into hla camp, His colleagues seemed
20 know hls strength IN rcbutlal for
they dlsreRarded every effort ~ the
LEGAL men 10 draw them into argument
ana explanation, and spoke their pre-.
pared speeches, leaving all tho ohal.
longos for n treatment from Williams
at the end, Tho preparedness of the
Denver team was n feature, UntIl the
ilnnl speech the roughsr oxtcmporanc.
Gus was not apparent, while the local
men seemed 10 bo speaking without
iotos or from memory except In their
intWductlona
The question under consideration was
'Rosovod that the Monroe Doctrine
Should lic Abolished" and Utah sup
ported the affirmative. BENJAMIN How
ell Henry soulc. ana Oscar Carlson,
speaking 10 the question In the order
named, ON tho negative Wayne q,
Williams J, i, Lee, and G, A. Basscl
spoke for Denver
HOWELL LEADS OUT
In opening for the affirmative Bonia.
min Howell took up the growth OF
America, ana the great mass OF changes
In the national He, that rendered the
lnItpInn nhunlnta ma lnunDl hla q IN
present situations, MIR Howols was
the youngest man IN the debate, and
his delivery showed unmistnkablo signs
OF boylshnoss but his promise for the
future wns great, and Il IN looked upon
M probable that no viii be one ~
utnh's strongest dobalors within the
next few years
WILLIAMS ron DENVER,
Wayne G. Williams made mn able
opening speech for tho negative, In d
carefully planned outline he stated tho
position OF the Denver men, ana stated
exactly what they expected TO prove 10
maintain Il, In a rapld-nre delivery ne
shot homo each point with telling occu,
racy,
Henry Soulc following Mr.. Howell
lend for the affirmative plunged into his
subject with great carnestnoss, and
while his delivery lacked polish and
his voice showed the lack OF practise IN
public speaking his cnrncstncss held
the closest attention of the audience,
lie did not talk from n prepared speech,
but attacked with vgor the points Of
Mr. Williams, making hls speech mega.
tive IN character rather than construct.
iVo and IN support of his vide OF tho
question,
LEE GAVE FIGURES,
4, T., Ice Of Denver was assigned TO
the commercial aspect of the question
aud dlsrogardlng all that had preceded
spoke 70 this topic, quoting n mass ~
figures ana statistics Intended 20 provo
that commercially America needed tho
doctrine for homo protection,
oscar carlson Nv a magnetic speaker
although he showed tho need Of much
| practise before friendly critics, such as
| one would receive from fellow members
| Of n university debating society Ills
| gestures In closing for the Utah posi-
| ton, were notcc0bly awkward, al
| though hla speech na n whole was
| pleasing and wna we'll received, 10
wont out into tho field nftor argument
and tried 10 lure the Denver mon into
meeting his thrusts, but Mr. Bassell.
VINO fnlloNou INN, went on WIN uttor
disregard 10 what no had anld, and de-
lIvorod u well prepared and highly tln-
| ishod speech not az NIL appropriate 10
| the needs of tho moment, However,
when Williams started hls rcbuttnl n
was evident that no challenge was 10
40 UNDECIDED and IN bringing together
oYory stray thread " the previous
| speeches he WoYo u net NJ concluding
argument that brought the unanimous
| decision 10 Denver
THE JUDGES,
President y H. Love OF the state
Senate presided, aud Rev benjamin
| YOUNG Rev, ~ l. Goshen, and william
| IT, klng Judged the dobato, Preceding
| the speeches Howard Harold rendered
| two splendid baritone solos,
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