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Show RODBRTB CONCLUDES DEFENSE fteorea tttornar atltrnnler and Itafara to l'alrlnllim nf II, 'lorioona. Waahington, Jan 0 It hat been decided to con tl nun the Itoberla hearing hear-ing until tomorrow, when the argument argu-ment will be coucluded by John O Cartlde, who will argue agalntt (eating (eat-ing the member from Utah In closing hit remark. Mr Roberta aald he had obaerted that the ladle Involved In thl quctllon of plural wlte were quite, generally received In the circle of gentile ladle In Utah. He vehemently iteoouDced what ha characterized aa the aentatlonat cru-lade cru-lade made agalntt him, and alto the effort to arouae public feeling by tay Ing "The American Home" wa in danger. dan-ger. "If necessary," he exclaimed, "I could call attention to 10,000 evil which threaten the country without going to the atate of Utah " Mr. Robert referred to Mr Schroe-dcr Schroe-dcr aa a "tenth-rate lawyer," and In doalng aald that the patrlotlam of the Mormon church rould not be questioned ques-tioned When afuud 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 'a amlior-Itr amlior-Itr In the I'hlllppl".. Wa quaalloned, "Utah'a guns, handled by Utah men, bad been In the forefront of the fray." |