The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-06

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yet the RspublieiA party really survived
today. and / believe. gentlemen Of the
majority. that Il could survive even e
should seat the present representative from
tho state OF Utah."
Proceeding. he took up the charge that
Utah had broken her compact with the
United States by the election OF an alleged
poIyEamous representative. II that was
true, then Utah had simply followed tho
iiiustrious example OF the present nationai
administration.
IL anarru," san he. '.thnt there b abun-
dant evidence that objections similar 70
those In the present case were MADE 10
the president and the senate against the
appointment Of certain Federal omciate IN
Utah. but the objections wers waiveo
aside"
"Do you mean to say that poiygamists
were appointed to Federal ofnces IN Utah
by the present executiveTs duerfed Hop
kins Republican, OF Illinois.
with the knowledge OF the president?"
added Grosvenor. Republican OF OHIO.
quickly, amid some laughter on the Demos
cratic side.
.when men were applicants for Federal
offices In Utah." reiterated Roberts, Job
jcctions were made and afidavits were h,ed
both with the president and the senate.
but nevertheless the appointments were
made"
''rhat does not answer my question" OBJ
served Hopkins.
Roberts urged that the Case ought to -
to the Judiciary committee. where 1t could
be investigated. He warned The Repuhh-
can side that this was a serious question
n the people OF Utah were guilty of vio-
lating the compact with the Union. what
Of the president. who had appointed TO
life positions in Utah men chargeable with
the same offense7
Roberts ridiculed the manner In which
the petition favoring his expulsion had
been procured. In concluding he denied
that the members who voted to scat him
would be voting for polygamy. The ques-
ton of polygamy was settled
81 hold It ~ an honor" said he. *that
I will be quoted long in Utah as one who
helped to settle that question on tho moor
of the constitutional convention. / am not
defending polygamy II Is dead
Roberts concluded by thanking Taylor
and the house for their Indulgence. He
was given round OF applause as he took
his seat.
Dinsmore. Democrat. Of Arkansas, op-
posed the Taylor resolution.
Grosvenor Answers Roberts.
Grosvenor. Republican. Of Ohio, denounc-
ed Roberts statement concerning the OPP
pointment by the president Of polygamists
in Utah as q miserable subterfugs
IT make the statement" said he, "and I
defy contradiction. that the president Of
the United States never knowingly APP
pointed a pcfygamlst to office. As wen
might one charge that the president had
plunged his stainless hands In human
blood as to charge that he appointed TO
public office men guilty. of the crime AL
legged against the gentleman from Utah"
Great applause on the Republican side)
Roberts auafiaes II.
ri charged. and reiterate H." said Rob-
erts, ''that men appointed 10 once in Utah
were charged before the president and the
senate with the same misdemeanor Of
which II Is charged am guilty"
Were they guiltyT' inquired Dalxeh.
ut does not appear whether they were
guilty." answered Roberts raising his
voice and looking around the hall. They
were only charged. as I am charged"
applause on the Democratic side, In
which many people In the galleries jofned)
Taylor Concludes the Debate.
Taylor concluded the debate. Roberts,
he said. had exhibited q large incapacity to
understand hts Tayor's) position. hts
(RobertsD position. or the spirit Of the
American people--a righteous expression
Of their sentiment. Justly founded. how
ever much misdirected. He did not say
Roberts was guilty. But he indicted him
upon his own responsibility. 8t
II am not unmindful Of the Importance
of the question the house 10 about to de-
cide," said Taylor. TT Is unusual. but mot
unprecedented. We do not undertake to
determine the right of the claimant to a
seat, but only whether he shall be halted
at the bar Of the house and await the adj
ministration Of the oath until the house
shall determine that right.
Mr. Speaker, Utah was admitted as a
state into the Union on the 4th day Of
January, 1896 These are the alleged facts
against the claimant: First, that he was
indicted In February, 1857, for unlawful CO.
habitation under the Edmunds act, and
pleaded guilty April 20. 1889, and was in
carcerated on that account In the peniten-
tiary for four months; second, that he has
persistently from that time forward down
to a recent date been guilty Of the offense
OF unlawful cohahitation, and also that he
has continued from the date Of his con-
viction and is now a polygamist.
by the alleged facts these questions are
raised:
First, after he was convicted. in 1850,
did he not then become and ever afterward
remain, by reason Of section 5, ineligible
to be a member Of congress unless he was
pardoned? If he was guilty of poiygamous
Capitalization between November ], 1890,
and the date of the Harrison proclamation.
he was not pardoned by that proclamation.
"This situation. assuming the facts to
be as alleged, raises several questions.
First, If Roberts was convicted, as stated,
Is the burden on him to affirmatively
bring himself within the embrace Of the
amnesty proclamation?
Second, If he was guilty Of polygamous
cohabitation after November /, 1890, Is he
not without the benefit Of the proclama-
ton?
"Third, IL he continued to be the head
of more than one family under his origi-
nal polygamous marriage contract, after
the first of November, 1890, and without
polygamous Capitalization, then IL he not
a polygamist under the definition of the