Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-21
work that has been done. Here is Its
latest desperate effort:

"rife Congress Of the United states
In deciding who shall sit as a member
il sovereign. In Its sovereign way II
asked Mr.. Roberts when he crossed the
threshold OF the august chamber
question. II he answers II one way he
VIII be admitted without debate; " he
refuses he Will probably be shut out"
The only trouble with that reasoning
Ia that 1t Is not true. Congress Is re-
sttictcd and governed by the Supreme
Law OF the land II has no power that
IL not constitutional II Is endowed
with the right to Judge Of the qualif-
cations Of it, members. but those quail
ications are defined either by the Com
sututlon Itself or by laws that have
been enacted In pursuance thereof. Tho
House Of Representatives has no right
TO rcnulrc new qualification as to
membership until It has been duly en-
acted. Tint n plain proposition. TO
which every person vcrsed at all In
the regulations that govern legislative
bodies will assent. The action taken In
the Roberts case was In violation Of
this simple principle and Is so regarded
by lawyers and leading editors.
When Str. Roberts "crosscd the
threshold" he was not asked a question
of any Kind. That Is a sheer invention.
lie stood there. lawfully and personally
the peer OF every man In the chamber.
objection was made to his being sworn
In. because public opinion. which II
unstable NJ the wind had been aroused
by preachers and politicians to such a
pitch. that the majority Of the mem
hcrs present were afraid OF It's probable
effects II they failed TO give way to 1t.
They in5w now that they made blum
der. Tho error would be the same
n they dli not 80 regard II.
The idea that either an excited
populacc or men who succumb to Its
clamor nrc lnfnlilble. IL worthy only OF
the paper which expresses the sentl-
mont Here In what II says:
when any man or paper says that
ten Go one OF the members OF Congress
regardless Of party voted for something
that " pretty nearly saying that the
public sentiment OF this nation was car
rlod out"
That puts II IN much mllder form
than Il has heretofore been stated by the
! Tribune. but II conveys the same idea
ov,,,.,,, h,, a noted anti-"Nlormon"
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s,ltutloni Pshawi The viii of the peo-
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exccrate and dcsplsc.
xv,a.,.or advocate. the doctrine %
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fawnlng before populnr outpu's' ''"'
Ignoring law and rule In obedience TO
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institutions The adoption OF sueh
noilcx, would dethrone all constitutions
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grand organism OF inns i''Pu"h'' ~
the false step In that direction In tn
noberts case which we deplore. An'
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mat We "rv ""t "'''' ." 49,
efous warnings thht Issue from INV "'"7
influential portions OF the American
,,r,,s ,,.,,,i, dop,onstrnte. we have al
f''.n ..,t,,,,. a
ready publHhed huhoei VI "'''''0'
That Kind, and have great many nor
N, hand for which We have not space a
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PRESENT. 'on'se'' :" -, - -,
tons OF inc Itlpuhe' We VIII "e'' "'
pend one or TWO puo'a''onr'
. TINS u ''oin 'no "N''''''''' sun
"rhe House had II In Its power TO ex
pei Mr.. Roberts In u perfectly orucrl
ana legal manner. II has seen III 70 SUI
stitute the process OF lynch law.
, Huccumbed TO sudden access OF hys
tcricnl excitement. Although the fegu
larry and lawfully elected representa-
| five Of IA aoyerelgn state, duly uccrcdit