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


reference to tho seating u The CON
rrcssmau from Utah. Interest In the
prcsidonts message wna entirely over
shadowcd by the debate on this cues
zion. The plnn TO prevent his taking his
,eaf was ahrcwdiy laid and promptly
carried out. II Is evident that " the
tncmbcr.cicct had been permitted to
take the oath Of Office and occupy the
seit to which he II clearly entitled the
rchcmc 10 Dust him would have failed.
This wns admitted by Mr.. Tayler OF
Ohio. who led tho attack and voiced
the Wishes Of the millions OF people
who, without understanding OF the
facts In the case. raised their voices
IN concert against Mr.. Roberts. He
asked
"Ia II wise n the acts he 90 alleged.
unleaa we are absolutely without power
90 keep Roberts out. to subject his case
to the doubtful process OF expulsion
Doubtful for two reasons, nfrt De.
cause Il requires the concurrence OF
two-thlrda To- c1pci him, second, be-
cause very eminent lawyers from the
beginning Of the government down 70
the prceont time. have taken the posi-
tion that the House has no fight % ok
member. and relating TO his Office as
member"
This accounts for the extraordinary
effort. admitted 60 be unusual. 20 deny
seat In Congress TO n member duly
elected. having the constitutional quail
incationa. and against whom thcrc was
no contest. Mr. Tayicr claimed that
though this procedure was unusual. II
was not wlthou, presidents; but neith-
or Of tine eases which he cited Ms pre-
cedcnta bear any resemblance 10 that
of the member. elect from Utah.
Tn. speech made by Mr.. Roberts,
pretty fuli aynopHis OF which appears
10 10 riven by the Associated Press.
the ,csi OF which win be found In an
other part OF this paper was n brief
but concise statement Of his position.
aud one particular point he presented
covered the whole legal ground OF OBJ
section urged by Mr. Taylor. 1t was
thlai
The Enabiira Act passed by Congress
for tho admission Of Utah as n State
Annullcd by repeating clause, all the
preceding fctH Of Congress relating to
the franchise OF citizens In Utah on
which Mr. Tayler placed 40 much rcll-
once. Persons who were under those
previous statutes deprived Of the
right to vote and hold ONCE. were rcs-
torci IS the Enabling Act TO the cx-
orcisc Of those rights. so far as being
permitted to take part In the organlza-
lion Of the state government, and
framing constitutional provisions for
IN, future exercise OF the voting and
onice.hoiding power That not only re-
moved all the disabilities " the Ed
munds and Edmundu-ruukcr acts, hut
rendered unnecessary, 10 far a. the
elective franchise was concerned. the
provisions % the amnesty proclama-
tions that preceded It.
There can be no doub, that many OF
the members who voted Tor the Tayier
resolutions simply yielded 10 the force
of public opinion. and thrust aside the
rules OF the House. the constitutional
rights u the mcmbcr-clcct aud their
own convictions u the proper course To
pursue. The doctrine onunclntod by
Mr. Tayler was accepted and they
agreed, most OF them. beforehand. to
follow his lead. He declared.
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empower,d thank God under th, G6n.
stitution To do the right nv We s,o the
rlght' that Is tho law to us' The pub
i ~. - |n w. we Inp.
prorcnco ana before slch a tudy, ws
can do no wrong u We but obey H.
According 10 that reasoning IN, il,ur.
tatlons and rcstrictlons az m. cons,l.
tuition Of our eountry nm,nn, IN no,,
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