Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-06


ward remain b. rca.ons IL section :.
Ineligible 30 be a mcmi-r ~ Congress |
uni9ss he was pariuncdl n he waa
Eu,lty ~ polygamouH oohabitation ue-
tween Nov. l, 1880 and the date Of the |
lthrrisqn proclamation he was not par
doted by that proclamation.
'"rhia situation, assuming the facts
TO be AZ allcsed. raises several ques-
uoia.
"Firri-If Roberts was convicted as
stated. Is the burden on him to aifrm-
ntisely bring himfof within the em-
brace N the amnesty pfociamntlon7
"second-ff he was guilty Of poiyga-
nous cDhabitation after Nov. /, 1890. "
he no, without the bancht of tho proc.
lamation7
Third he continues TO be- the head
of more than ono family under his orig
lnal pnlygamous marriage contrlct AZ.
ter the lat Of November. 1890. and
without uuiyasmOus cohahltati0n. then
" h, nut q p0iysamlst under the dca.
milton OF the Sunst me court iu ido care
Of Murphy W Ramsey
Fourth MAY NOT Tho faotn. n es;ah-
llshcd. ard Independent % any law cr'-
atlnR ineliNhillty Justify the House IN
refusing ndmis. .ou 10 Rnhertn7
"Ifth-nota rot the compact Great.
cd between the United Sintco and the
state OF Utah by the proclamation. En-.
abling Act and Constitution Justify the
House In refusing 90 admit rcprcs"u-
iniivc from that Stale who 10 today IN.
der the dennitlpn OF the supreme court
a pnlyEami-tG
"slx,h-Mny It not be that upon
careful examination 81 the law II would
b" found that the claimant II not
oltzcn " v" uult,d States. and. n hot.
Of course inpllElhie.
"sc,enth-ia II wise. " the acta be
a@ alleged, unless We are absolutely
without power to keep Roberts out. 10
subject hia case to the doubtful process
| 81 expulsion
Doubtful GOT two roln1na- Flfat. be-
cause u fcgplrsa thv concurrence ~
| two-thlrds 10 oNpei him. second. bc-
| cause very eminent lawyers from the
\ beginning Of the government down TO
the present time. have taken the post
tion that the HOUSE has no right ~ "x-
1 pei except for some misconduct while
| u member and relating 60 his office a.
a member,
I'm the Forty-hfth Congress. In ~"
| Mnttlson ease, a committee by an Oh
| but unanimous vnice reported that the
| House had no power. mean and low and
| Vile as the character of that man wa-
exhibited by hts conduct before that
time. to .Npel him. because II had no
| rish' 90 exrei man for that which
had occurred prior 10 his election 10
| Congress
Sir. TayIer went Into a legal argu-
mcnt In support Of the proposition that
Congress had the right to hold Roberts
| ineligible 10 at nH a member OF Con-
srcss. lie cOntondod that the language
OF the Constitution with respect to the
qualifications OF members of the House
Was negative In ~ character. and that
with Congress was left the right 10 add
tn these qualifications.
He then cited rs prccedcnta for the
present course the cases OF Proctor
Knott BOYD Winchester and John NJ.
Rice Of kentucky. who were charged
with disloyalty after the war. and con-
cluded as follows;
air Speaker. we are told that this
win make an unhappy precedent, Pre-
ccdent, Why. what We do here We do
before the open and gazing eyes OF the
world, and We are at once dragged to
the bar u history To answer for our
deeds. We are In no clOlstcr court We
nre no statutc-bound tribunal. We are
the servants OF the people, empowered.
thank God. under the Constitution TO
do the right ns We see the right That
u the law 60 use. The public eye II IN
Us. the public conscience qulckcns Us.
In that presence and before such u
Judge we can do no wrong " We but
obey IT," Applause on the Republican
siioJ --
The vote was then taken, firr, on the
substitute. which was defeatcd-5g-2ii.
The vote then REQUIRED upon the
adoption OF Mr.. Tnyler's resolution. tn,
roll being called upon the demand oil
the Republicans.
The resolution was ndoptcd-302-9O.
Those who voted In the negative were
as follows
Adnmson. Allen 1aflsa). Bailey. Ball
Brewer. BurllSon. Cnrmnck. Cooper
Dayey Dtgranenrcld. pinsmorc. fltz'
patrick. Fleming. Kitchen, Lester. Low
Ne. Mcclellan, McCulloch, Maddox, Nor
ton O.. O., i,hca. Richardson. Robbins
Slaydon, Small. Snoigrats. stephens
Turner, Democrats. Ncwlands Of Ne
vadn. sllvcrlie; Loud OF California. Re
publican.
The speaker then appointed the fol
lowing members " the special commit
tee under the rcHolutiOn.
Republicans; Tnyler OF ohio. chair
. man Lands dndl. Morris Mimi
lreer Cw, Na), Ll,tleneld tMeJ. Sic
| phcfrOn in)
Democrats; Dc Almond MOI. Ian
ham CreNl, and Meyers und.J