The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-21
WAS TURNED DOWN.
Mr.. Roberts ASKED That The Irial be
Sispsd
HIS Poy. Poy.YGAsYFuuYtsTAsllsutp
The Reasons Urou whseh the Reessss
Was BASED. Were not Ssffsciess ia
the Opinion Of Mr. T.,io

Washington. n. G. spexiai.-TAs
Sos4 n!tssc q the iio,te of ReprcseaIa-
uEes ShicA. IL iEvestiS1tiax tie case
OF sr. RoorTtf. cf rtaA. opened l,s
aoors AZ ie.?e Wednesday. q begin the
,rarinssion OF vi,Rekscs A large
i'rsnbeT of spectators were oa hand.
.nciisSlri n armser OF ladses- N.r.
isoberis occupied n sat at the foot os
ths committee table. waiie nankgns
biin Vas the delegation q, srnfIiea.
t.eV. d.. tiln. Nr. Shrocier and o;aers.
nc are here 20 direct the case against
.nr Ntia tne.nber-elett When Chair-
nan Taylor. o: oAio. called the CON-
miitee 20 order and askei VIVA; wit
leases would be hearl. NJ. Roberts
arose and said: 4 respectfully AK TO
be informed a 90 my status before this
committee. An I regarded rs a mem
ler OF the House Of Representatives.
II sou answer this question IN TIE az
trm4tive. then ask that the commit
lee coafire itse.s TO the consideration
Il my election. the returns upon wh.ea
was elected, and the quaildcstiols of
4 member OF Congress as defined In the
Constitution Of the United S.. ios. u
mis- committee shall fad that ny cleo
, ccn is beyond question then I X that
] b. permitted 20 take the oath of o.
. fee; a. this Is the oniy constitutional
power which the House o. this COM
mi:iee can exercise over me until I
am sworn in. IL the committee shall
answer No 10 this inquiry. then II has
no Jurisdiction whatever over me. as
The Constitution gives 10 the House
power over its members only. Hnd I
committee De discontinued
Mr.. Taylor responded that all Of Mr..
Roberts rights had been looked after
and protected. and at the very thres.
! hold Of the inquiry there was no prop
or question which had no. been raised
Charles Austin Owen. Of salt Lake
City. was then called. The witness
said that the general reputation of Tn.
status OF Roberts and DR.. Maggie G..
Shipp Roberts was that :hey maintain
/ cd the relation OF husband and wife
Mr. McEwen. OF the Philadelphia
! North American. was examined as 20
a recent interview with Roberts signed
by him tMcEwenD. In this Rober.-
spoke OF his wives, referring TO them
as good and true women toward
whom obligations had been incurred
prior TO enactment cf the polygafny
law"
Captain Elias II. Parsons. OF the
7 anartermaster's department. United
States Volunteers. testified 10 an incl
dent occurring In 1896. while he was
in Salt Lake City. About s a N. some
one asked him TO call up on his tele-
! phone DIR. Maggie Shipp Roberts On
going TO Tie Telephone and calling NJ
shx.
Who Is th.s?" Captain Parsons ask
I'd over the telephone. "B. Il. Rob-
crts." was the reply, Captain Parsons
testified. On cross-examination Rob-
eTts asked:
Rev. DR.. lin. Methodist mission
ary OF Utah. testified that the general
reputation as to the status Of Celia
Dibble Roberts was that she was the
plural wife OF Brigham II. Roberts. On
cross-examinat.on Mr.. Roberts sought
to show tina. DIR. Iliff was hostile to tho
Mormons. the witness stating that his
hostility was to the polygamous fea-
ture OF Mormonism.
Rev. q. W. Martin. a Presbyterian
minister of Manti. Utah, testified as TO
the reputation Of the Dolygamous
status CT Celia Dibblc Roberts toward
Brigham n. Roberts. He saw State
ments to this effect In the Salt Lake
City newspapers and heard OF no deni-
ais. The polygamous status Of Mr..
Roberts was a matter OF common re-
pute. II was also reputed that twins
had been born to Celia Dibble Roberts.
In tie course OF the hearing Mr.. Tay-
Tor stated TO Roberts that the latter
demurrer had been overruled, all ques.
tions being taken into consideration for
determination later