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Show lie Advocsies lis Own Principles. Old Soldier (Vlakes Dramatic Interruption During Pension Pen-sion Remarks. Col, Witcher Asks Why Repeal of ' Order -Is Wanted, and Is Tolled Down. "May an old soldier ask you a question?" ques-tion?" Tho call camo from the back of tho Salt Lake .Theatre last night whllp .Brlgham If. -Roqerts was addressing a partially filed houso. on Democratic principles. Mr. Roberts had reached an Interesting point n his speech, having takon up the boom-, erang that Eastern Democratic orators have dropped, pension order No. 7S, Speaking for the benefit of the old soldiers sol-diers In his audience, he was lolling them that If. tho. Democrats were given tho' reins of-power they, would revoke tho pension order giving nil veterans more than C2 years old pensions and would havo tho order mado a law, ratified by a Democratic Demo-cratic Congress, so that thoy might receive re-ceive tho pension with dignity. . It was at this moment that Col. Witcher, a retired United States army paymaster, Interpolated his dramatic interruption. The crowd gasped, and then several raised tho cry of "Put him out!" Mr. Roberts waved his hand for sllpnoo and asked Mr. Witcher to proceed with his question. Stepping forward, down the alslo of the Theatro, Col. Witcher extended hlB hand and said: Moro Than Half From -South, .. . "With a Democratic Congress, moro than; half Qf. .them-would btvfroja the South. Is It " '-' i. ' . More ho was Interrupted with loud cries, of "Put him out!" 'Throw tho old -duffer m-tho jitro'U!- -and Mr.Rpber,ts shouted, quickly: "Will you come -to ..the polnt?!,. Ask your question."..' - ,' Mr.- Roberts then "recovered hlmsolf and waved-for silence. When..ths W.as accorded accord-ed him he said: ''1 hope that you won't do what you aj; you will, and throw tho gentleman QUt. You ypuld pay. mo ,a small comjillment, If you did' so. will S'o'u""pIeasc procfeetl?" Col. Witcher said: "With such. a, Democratic Demo-cratic Congress, Is It probable, that, thq old soldiers would gQt.any pensions, either with dignity or without?" Mr. Roborts replied: "In answer to that, I will say thht wa are living In tho year of graco Tho war .fires of 1SC1 and 1SK are buried in the ashes of forgetful-ness." forgetful-ness." And the "Incident was. closed, ao far- as Mr. - Roberta was concorned. . . Cpqkrari' Wns Absent. . "A. Tho Theatro was fairly well filled when the meeting was called to order by Frank . RIchardB, who announced that, owing to unfortunalo tt'a-iii connections.' tho speaker speak-er of the evening, Hon. Bonrko Cockrnn, was unable to be present. From tho time of this announcement until the close of tho meeting 'persons drifted from their seats and loft tho building, until by the timo Mr. Roborts was half through at least oilc-lhlrd of the audience had; gone home Hon. Z. L. Cobb of Tcxns was the first speaker and attempted to nrouso some enthusiasm en-thusiasm by telling anecdotes of Texas people and things. He carefully avoided all reference to Utah politics. Ho referred re-ferred to the "bleeding West" and accused ac-cused National Chairman Cortelyou of receiving re-ceiving money from the trusts Tor campaign cam-paign purposes while still Secretary of the Department of Commorcc and Labor. Brlgham H. Roberts Tvas then Introduced Intro-duced to the -audience-as the "Bourke Cockran of Utah." Mr. Roberts talked' platitudes by tho yard "without 'arousing his audience to any pitch of excitement, until he referred to the pension order . He dealt with tho attitude of this country coun-try In the Panama canal question, -and deplored de-plored the" fa?t that H10 Republic of Panama had bean recognized, accusing tho Administration of fostering and aiding thq rebellion. The sad plight of Colombia so affected him that he 'was reduced to' tears and" was compelled to wipe his streaming eyes several times, 'while he asked his audlencj what. they would do If some country tried to rob us of a slice of our territory. " Not on a Misslbn. ' ' In addition to this matter, Mr.' Roberts' paid his respects to tho protective tariff qrid reciprocity measures. Ho fought all around political matters In Utah until tho close of his speech, and worked himself Into a ner.vous foyer, .before he arrived 'at Stale politics. Then he said": "It Is generally supposed, according to seme papers, that I am fulfilling a mission In making these speeches. When I was in Utah county recently I discovered that thcro was a specific and malicious warfare war-fare being" madV 'On Judge Powers, .because .be-cause of his attitude In the old fight of the-Mormons the-Mormons and anti-Mormons The man. or set of men who will go back to those old difficulties and rake them tip. when- theyv aro, all dead and burled, Is an enemy to tho 'peace of Utah. "It la roported that after six- years ut sllenco I have been called to prove that there Is no church Influence In politics. My own strong convictions In regard to the administration of government have grown from my youth, and are a part of mo. When I saw tho fight' that was being made I couldn't keep still; I got out and So Much for Silence. "When Congress would not let me take my seat. I camo back and worked for the (lection of a Democrat to take my place. I was out working again In 1000. and again this last summer. That doesn't look like six years of silence, docs, It? On the day that the news of Parker's nomination was received .here 1 wns In the thickest of the crowd helping ratify that nomination. So much for my alienee. "As to being the agent of any one: When I was asked to assist in this campaign cam-paign I said. 'Yes, I'll do it.' I always know Just where I am at Tho path to m6 Is always flooded withtho bright light of Democratic principles, and my feet have no difficulty In following tho broad path laid down. So I'm here to urge vou to stand firmly to thoae principles as they ere received from tho fathers, and. If you do so we need have no fear of the outcome. "There have been unsatisfactory. Mormon Mor-mon candidates to tho Qcntllcs, and' thorn havo been Gentiles who were' unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory to. the Morriions, but the Mormons, at least, havo stood by tho ticket. Democrats Demo-crats have never split 'In twnjn. I,f you would soc Utah redeemed from petty, un-, worthy strifes, of state, I must call your attention to tho one ark of tho covenant, the ark of safety. Democratic principles." Mlso"Jennlo Thompson of Provo sang Bevoral solos, but the Rica dub. -which ha,d been engaged to slug was forgotten and sat In gloom In ,thc wings while Uio filghts of-oratory w,ere Indulged In. |