The record-union., 1899-12-05

He designated Mr.. Richardson, Mr..
Bell and Mr.. Newlands as a committee
to escort the Speaker to the chair.
The committee retired to the lobby,
and after a short wait the main door
of the portal of the House swung open,
and General Henderson entered upon
the arm of Mr.. Richardson, followed by
the two other members of the commit
tee.
When the Speaker assembled the ros-
trum, Mr.. Richardson, in a neat speech
introduced him, and in response to the
hearty cheers he addressed the House
as follows:
Gentlemen of the House of Repre-
sentatives. The voice of this House has
called me to grave responsibilities. For
that call 1 am most profoundly CRATE
full, and 1 am keenly sensible of the
weight of the responsibilities that at
tach to this great office. l am encour-
aged, however by the thought that nc
member of this body can escape respon-
sibility, either to his people or to his
country. All of us are under bonds tc
do our best.
1.-THE approval Of the country, the ap-
tainment of great results, are not Sc
cured by petty contests on narrow
fields, but must be sought and won or
broad, patriotic lines of thought and
action.
ct is my duty as it will be my aim
and pleasure to ifnpartially administer
the laws adopted for our Government
but no Speaker can be successful un-
less he has the cooperation of the
| members of the House.
"The generous Partially and kind
ness that have been shown to me by
the entire membership here encourage
me to believe that such imperfections
as I may have will be modified by tbs
considerable and supporting disposition
of those constituting. this great body.
am ready to take the oath of Office
| In accordance with the time-honore6
custom, the oldest member of the
House in point of service, Harmer OF
Pennsylvania, administered the oath t.
! the Speaker The Speaker then an
nounced that the oath would be admin
| istered to the members by States.
| AS the names were called they ap-
peared at the bar in groups Of about 6
dozen, and there, with raised hands
were sworn in by the Speaker.
The moment for which all present
were anxiously waiting came when thu
| State of Utah and Mr.. Roberts name
were called Instantly a hush fell upoI
the assembly.
Taylor of Ohio was on his feet ask
| ing for recognition. The Speaker rec
ognized him Immediately.
Il object to the swearing in of the
| Representatives. from Utah, AND
| to his taking his seat" began Tayler il
a clear. distinct voice Il do So Mr.
| Speaker, on my responsibility as g
member of the House, and because
specific, serious and apparently wei
| grounded charges Of ineligibility arr
made against him. A transcript Of
| the proceedings of court in Utah evil
| dences the fact that he was in 1855
convicted, or that he pleaded guilty Of
| the crime of unlawful cohabitation
| Affidavits and other papers in my pos.
session indicate that ever since Their
| he has been guilty of the same crime
and that ever since then he has beer
and is now a polygamist. If this trans.
cript and these affidavits and papers
| tell the truth, the member-elect from
Utah is, in my judgment, ineligible tt
be member of this House of Repre-
sentatives, both because of the stat
| ute qualification of the Edmunds law
and for higher and graver and quite a!
sound reasons I ought also to say, il
| addition, that have in my possession