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Show ROBERTS CONCLUDES DEFENSE Scores Attorney Sehroeder and Refers to I'atrlotism of the Mormons. Washington, Jan. ). It has been decided to continue the Roberts hearing hear-ing until tomorrow, when the argument argu-ment will be concluded by John (i. Carlisle, who will argue against seating seat-ing the member from Utah. In closing his remarks, Mr. Roberts said he had observed that the ladies involved in this question of plural wives were quite generally received in the circles of gentile ladies in Utah, lie vehemently denounced what he characterized as the sensational crusade cru-sade made against him. and also the effort to arouse public feeling by saying say-ing "The American Home" was iu danger. dan-ger. "If necessary," he exclaimed, "I could call attention to 10,000 evils which threaten the country without going to the state of Utah." Mr. Roberts referred to Mr. Schroeder Schroe-der as a "tenth-rate lawyer," and in closing said that the patriotism of the Mormon church could not be questioned. ques-tioned. When a fund was raised for the benefit of the survivors of the battleship bat-tleship Maine, the Mormon church had contributed one-fifth of the entire amount. When the country's authority author-ity in the Philippines was questioned, "Utah's guns, handled by Utah men, had been in the forefront of the fray." |