Show SOUNDNESS OF LAW LAWIS LA IS NOT DISCUSSED Roberts Avoids Committing Himself a as to Wisdom of StateWide State Wide Prohibition Special to w The llean Logan Lofcan Oct 31 With the declaration that Ihal it to Ia probable that Democracy and aDd aDdin insurgency in will control the national Congress when It convenes again and that therefore Interests interest could be more effectively guarded by a Dem bern Democratic c delegation H II Roberts opened bin hIli hi campaign through north northern norther northera era ern er Utah at the Ute Thatcher opera hou house hOWie e tonight Beginning on OR national Issue inee Rob Roberts Roberta Roberie erie erts attempted to answer the argument of Senator Reed Smoot to the effect that the tariff had bad been revised rel ed down downward downward ward want He lie charged the tho senior senator with dealing in generalities atone alone and ignoring specific details Republican local Imal leaders he said were arguing for the reelection of ot the present Utah delegation Iel atlon on the as u assumption that the national congress would be made up u of ot Republican ma majorities as an heretofore while as all a matter of fact tact the Indications through throughout out the nation were that Democracy would be in the ascendancy as an never before In lU this thi connection bean hean be an ann flounced n that the Democratic Dem party stands standa ready to send to Washington talent equal in III every evel way to the He ite Jt publican delegation and with working principles which he lie believed were wre more favorable to Utah welfare than those of the Republican delegation Local issues Turning to local Mr Roberts launched into a defense of statewide prohibition ae as advocated in the Dem Democratic Democratic tate state platform Ilia III remark remarks on this subject consisted chiefly of an explanation of the tile stand he took too It In opposition to prohibition at the th time Ume of the constitutional convention in 1896 lie He declared that at that time tl ie he lie be believed believed the liquor question should be left to the choice of 0 the people direct and not embodied in the state constitution His JUs only reason rea n for tor taking a different stand at present is lB he be said because of the alleged deals entered into between Republican I and the brewery ery interests I 1 make no charges personally pe naU my convictions being based baloo on what 1 have heard bean read and observed he hastened to add addAs addA As All A to the soundness of ot a statewide prohibition law the tile speaker refused to commit himself declaring d that he lie hewa was wa commil convinced conY that tbt a majority of th the people of ot the state arate were In la favor tavor of It and aad that he was waa too Rood good a Ii Demo Democrat Democrat Democrat crat to oppose the people no matter what whal his Isle personal per onal convictions might be beOn beOn beOn On this thili point he referred to the Nib Nibley ley Icy dispatches to Senators Smoot and Sutherland in which the claim was waB made that 9 90 6 per cent cem of the people of ot Utah were nere ere in favor of prohibition That the failure of the Republican none sena senators tors tore to answer these telegrams was Wall evidence e of a disposition to evade was a his hia charge Ural Deal In Li Drilled Denied The alleged deal between Democrats and the American party to gain con control control troI of ot the legislature was we denied by bythe the speaker vt wo who o declared the tb two IWO oar nar tie il bad hod nothing gathing m IJ to warrant war wr warrant rant sue an n f a 1 ln iu Q ion Robert Rob said that the tM liquor Honor interests hud ad invaded t p corrupting legislation and ruing g with a high hand band tile the th only remedy left was a statewide prohibition Jesse Knight KI ht of Provo and Lyman It R Martineau of ot Salt Lake accompanied Id Mr Roberts to Logan and will take part art In the campaigning of Cache coun county county ty for the Democratic party part during the next three da days day |