Show ROBERTS AT PAYSON Tli3 Ladies Turn Out in Force 0 to Hear Him f VERY FEW MEN PRESENT r v Roberto I Iade no Reference to His Own Case but Bewailed Bitterly the Fate of the Filipinos in the Prospect of their Having to Suffer tho Tortures of a Territorial Government Gov-ernment His Remarks were Far Below His Former Force and He Drew Out no Cheers S IT1DUNE SPECIAL Payson Utah March lfhe citizens of vaysonor rather the female portion of It turned but In force this evening to hear Mr Roberts and his friend Mr Dunbar talk Democracy The neat little lit-tle operahouse filled to overflow Ing when the speakers appeared on the platform Fully twothirds of the audience audi-ence was made up of ladles the major portion of them being young and handsome hand-some A goodly number of boys with here and there a man of mature years made up the other third It Is very evident Judging from the mass of femininity assembled here this evening thut Mr Roberts is still popular with the ladles Mr Dunbar realized that I he was not the drawing card on this occasion and he did not speak with his accustomed vigor DUNDAR SPEAKS FIRST Mr S Worpencroft presided and In tioduced Mr Dunbar as the llrst speaker speak-er Mr Dunbar opened with a brief statement of the Issues which in his opinion confront the people In this special election He discussed minutely the Robert resolution and Interpreted Its meaning paying that the first part denounced the wholesale slander that the people of Utah wete unfaithful to their pledges and he challenged any Republican present to debate the propo sillon wIth him Had it not been for a conspiracy he added by Tho Salt Lakc Tribune Mr Itoberts would be In Congress Con-gress today MR ROBERTS was Introduced as the friend of liberty lib-erty free government and the friend ofsilver Mr Roberts opened by say ling I lhat to discuss l all the matters of Interest In this campaign would require more than one evening The chief Interest In-terest In this election is the fact thai it is the forerunner of tho Stale and PresldLniial l election In the fall He deplored the want of a platform on the part of the Republicans declaring Unit the Democrats were left by inference to determine what was the attitude of the party Flo proceeded to discuss the policy of the Administration and he remarked here that It I was wise for him to throw out some protection for himself 0 because he found that there was quite a sentiment In Utah against t criticising time administration of Piosl demit McKinley lie evidently had In I mind tin reception of his criticism of the I fiovernmenls policy received at Springvllle lust evening He wanted lo know If the masters could not criticise the servant and what was the President Presi-dent but the servant of the people and in this country the people ruled and were sovereign lie said the war with Spain as originally I I inaugurated i was one of the most just and righteous wars evei engaged In by this country He said that Agulnaldo was invited by 1 Dewey lo come to Manila that he iame and organized an army Instituted a revolution in government wllh the consent con-sent and connivance of the United States authorities that the Insurgent army acting as allies of the United Stales hemmed in the Spaniards on the land side of Manlla After the treaty of Paris the recognition of lh Insurgents Insur-gents was repudiated He then referred to the declaration of the President that I the annexation of Cuba would be criminal crim-inal aggression If lint is true why dots It not apply lo the Philippine Islands 1 He referred to Thomas Jefferson Jef-ferson as the original expansionist and Insisted that Jefferson only had reference refer-ence lo American territory adjoining the United Stales The policy of lie Administration as at present developed meant Territorial 0 government for those islands and he wanted to know If the people before him who hail suffered under Territorial Terri-torial vassalage so long would not Join in preventing such a calamity I befalling I befall-ing those people He appealed to the people before him who had suffered I from the mlsgovernment of wornout I politicians under Territorial government govern-ment to protest against Its further continuance con-tinuance I Air Roberls was listened to attentively atten-tively but there t wax no enthusiasm whatever Those who expected haL I he would refer I to his own ease were disappointed that was left to Mi Dun bar and he could not arouse his hearers to u high pitch of pxelUMiunl over the matter Mr Roberts does not speak with Is oldstyle vigor In the discussion of political problems |