Show THE GREAT DEBATE the debate on oman moman suffrage in the COn constitutional stitt atonal con lentson was closed by iron B 11 roberts in one of the finest oratorical ef f folts foi ts ever heard beard in this section ejection of the country lion ilon 0 F whitney hat had ma made I 1 e a telling speech in chih with the skill of a fencing mo muster ster he thrust the pointed rapier of his hi satire almost to the heart of his adversary so complete had bad been his castigation castig stion of roberts 1 that fen fell expected the tall cedar of davis county to recover from it but when ullen roberts made his bis re ply to the poet delegate all could see that his strength and were unimpaired and that thai the cruel thrusts had been misdirected whitney had compared roberts to a bull in fi fiant oat of a locomotive and to Ba baglanis Baa lims alanis ass generously roberts did not stoop to I 1 aply in lind hind but lin he took tile the comparison as they were intended anddrew and a that whitney will never forget sir mr roberts said in regard to this tile the assault of the gentleman for it could be called nothing else was deliberately planned in the silence of private pi avate study the arrons arro s were sharpened and I 1 must neada think sir air dipped in the gall of ol 01 tile the gentlemark gentle mank own bitterness bit ternes s lie ile denies me the honor of being aloi acius at tile the bridge beating back the tuscan enemies of rome home lie ile would not permit rile me in his compa pari bons to be represented by leonidas e at the pass of the thermopylae I 1 lie ile elevated me one moment only that be might debase me the mole moie the next moment and finally sir i concluded lid c d that I 1 na a a lill bull wit I 1 out judgment and lit without hout impi lation lalion I 1 slant giant you air lir hint the troug t was vas negatively DeKa tinly expressed I 1 by bv that peculiar kiick of ilie rhetoric which affirms a truth in the form of a denial of it but bill in his gracious I 1 j ties nes and soine milne pity coming into i tiia heair lie finally gave tile mo ani an I 1 alternative flora those due com pai ions with apoleon flying rom leipsic leipic leips leip ic imari impugned boned at fiba lock to waterloo thence banished banis bcd to lo st c helena to d die ie in solitude or if I 1 chose I 1 might be compared I 1 IN miah that proud thill looked I 1 in the e eye ve anti and told him his good was ell I 1 thank tile the gentleman for the alternative I 1 presume resume that either cither napoleon or the devil be preferable erable abIc to I 1 i balsams Bala ams anis ass especially when in i 1 spiro tion shall not accompany it laughter cut but the gentleman overshot oer shot the mark if lie he intended to i wound on n d my feelings bec because aus en he be kept me in such a state oi of up enc to know what my my final destiny would be that in in my anxiety to find that hat place I 1 fuat that I 1 was receiving a casti castigation gati on I 1 1 itolle however er if the gentleman is ii sati sali I 1 fied with his elegant comparisons alla and I 1 0 of f course lie he is a gentleman of rafi refined ned tastes as i we e all know a poet too of no mean ability if his remarks n are arc satisfying siti lying to ba hi soul why aby then I 1 shall not complain cut but I 1 would be pleased to know 1 what fiat relevancy all this had to the discussion that was as brought upon this floor I 1 can caa see only one means of explaining it and that is the gent gentleman lemin sought bought t ty bleak dow down 1 i the force of my irly argument bv making me appear contemptible well veil sir hr I 1 am not N iery ery proud I 1 have no reason to t be and ami I 1 am I 1 willing in this long 1019 list of comparisons elsons to take the humblest of them all and ill doing that 1 presume that I 1 shall please the gentleman and at the same salue time I 1 think 11 shall be able even in the c capacity abaci ty of hagams ass fo fa still instruct our pott delegate I 1 laughter anti and applause I 1 I 1 i the facts in the tabe base in regard to balsams Bala rala ams ass if the gentleman ge bieman would but lead the story fire are de instructive especially sir i as there are so many points of re seni semblance blan cc to this case one balac the son of the king ol of moab dib 1 covered how merciless merci lebs was the war ar bael wage upon the amor ites arid and sent scot tor for this thia prophet pio phet balaam to curse Is irsaael p him high honors and high inwards if he would do it tt it teemed seemed that the prophet dazzled lor for the moment bv of the promises aises of the kin king forgot his true of office nee both to god and to the people and stat ted out on this mission of cuming llis it is said eaid sir in the dal ra tive that an angel with A drawn anord stood in the way to head off the prophet and the as ass s taki taking 11 g alarm at the threatened danger dancer lied fled into a field near by the pio pophet phet if be did dot use I 1 imprecations at lea leat least t did use blows boal s anti and finally brought the ass back kloack to the load presently when the road entered into a narrow lane gitlia with a nallon either side the asa was again confronted be by the danger that threatened the prop prophet bet and in liis his mad effort to get by tile the danger lie jammed the prophets foot against the wall and this again aroused the wrath odthe of the misguided prophet and with blow she brought tile the ass back to the middle of the ille road the next time the danger confronted the prophet was wa in a still narrower ay where there was is no escape whatsoever front from the threatened danger and the MS ass lay down and refused togo to go any further r in the direction of the danger and the mad prophet beat him more and at la lat t the kind powers aboe in pity of the dumb brute through him and the ass iea seasoned leason cd i 1 and said have I 1 not b bien bi e en thine ass asb these many years I 1 il have a lve you eer known me before to treat you after this ibis madder manner mannera 9 As if lie he I 1 I 1 would say kno know you not that is some bone danger in the way i I 1 you ought to know that an ass so EO I 1 indocile docile so cat cageful eaul eryou of you afa n I 1 have j been would not have t taken aken the course I 1 have unless there was borne obstacle of danger in the way applause yd A and then sir the eyes of the prophet were opened arid and he be at last saw it hat tile ass had seen pern ile he behold the hie dan linger gerand and in humiliation lie he nid laid i have tinned now bir when this question nas fi airet brought upon the floor of this convention kno knowing ning bt lieving aye and I 1 was not en in the wold woid that first came to my illy lip knotting that there was danger for statehood tate hood to utah if tin mea suie vay l tut nut to an extreme I 1 sounded the note of warning in this convention your ass as lin away with lith lou ou field iroil ts hill i it f r it applause beaten ball back into the narrow way I 1 tig again in e endeavored deavo red to shun the it danger it cpr a and nd gain was mas and beaten the third time we ne came into thel the pass I 1 lay lav down I 1 lacked I 1 these gentle gentlemen nien who iho have knola rile me if I 1 am oil an alarmist in my nature eor or am disposed to cry there luiere is danged han I 1 leally see none nonea and noir low in it this third issue of the narrow pass I 1 would to god clod that sonic und kind 1 power touch the eich of my blind prophet prop hei friend that lie too might see the d danger an r and say 1 I am mistaken ap ila that ve x e might not see the humiliating spectacle of an a as instructing a piol pichet liet Laugh tei tel Rega ne gardin the coals coarseness eness of the other comparison mr kobetts ts said gaid you nili mill pardon m me e now and not I 1 talc take odense at it nhat hat I 1 ani am going to say a y i if f you get excited told hold onto s your 0 ur hairs chairs it is only this thin I 1 ani am taught it by my eloquent friend from salt lake of the foults pie that if in spite of all the dangell that exist you vou will rush on oil and have suffrage age iN whether bether or no I 1 want to tell you that iti it would not be even bull sense it donld be bull folly pa pardon adon flip coarseness of the rem remark ark I 1 learned I 1 it flora our poet ve delegate legate applause and laughter the board of elections at toledo ohio iio announced the election of major republican for mayor by 21 plurality john F cook the tat etc Brit brigidi idi vice vice canul at st louis is dead at the be age of at SO up to a few weeks ago lie he never had a days sickness As was 2500 coal tail miners in tile loiva district quit work ani 1500 more in other portions of the state no trouble is expected A special to the courier journal from covi covington n ton ky says green miller shot rod and killed ben C nell neil at 1 tillers millers deck cieck neil was Is quite wealthy and was one of the leading republicans in tile the county municipal elections were held at a few lowa iowa cities april adril at keokuk the republicans cleaning cleanie cle anin up but two aldermen and the city marshal in dubuque tile democrats elected the I 1 mayor and secured control of the city council the resi resignations nations of john J mitchell an and ednai d F r law of f the american Amei ican cattle feeling feeding company whisky vere tiers accepted today b by judge lacombe Lacomb ff of the united states circuit court john mcnulta will continue to discharge the duties of hecei receiver er tile the committee of of the national patty met in pittsburg and decided that the national exe executive cutie committee shall ha be formed by a representation of t to a it women omen and four men fiant each A call wis was made for for eapen es asand and ri igou for the local work the president received a lepre tentative Benta senta tive delegation of chicagoans in behalf of leading citizens ot of chicago of party aulilia eions to invite him to a public le 11 coplion to and mrs cleveland 1 ild as an it expression of nf al appreciation preci a of his steadfast insistence on tho the preservation of a sound na tion I 1 al curi cu ncncy ency i A telegram legrAm tt from san francisco reported that the parents of the men ni who ho lit hadj id u up p the loi egon express which resulted lea in the death 0 of o sheriff Bogard and one of the robber lived in mexico mi missouri misouri and that the outlaws enoi there as the mcguires maguires McGui res tion shows that no such funi fi milies fies eer filed in thie place nor such persons or families |