Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30

sided In the state OF Itah, ana " Will
Ing to take the onth prescribed by the
Constitution, the House has no right to
refuse to allow him to he sworn In"
N. Y. Journal. January. 1899
ut II moro dangerous to the rights
and liberties OF the people for the
House to set up standards of admission
not prescribed by the Constitution. than
TO admit to be sworn any person whom
the people OF State choose TO elect"
Dated philadelphia. Pa. November
2sth, lS99.-N. y. Herald, November,
1893.
To this respectable authority on con-
stitutionnl questions n added the fol-
lowing from the very able and exhaus-
tive report OF the judiciary committee
In relation TO the testimony In the
Credit Mobllcr cafn reported TO the
1fouse In the fOrty-fccond Congress.
touchinE the question OF the power Of
the llnurc 10 ndd TO or diminish from
the qualifications % members nNcd
by the Constitution. under the plea that
every consideration OF Justice and
sound policy would seem TO require that
the bubble intoreatl be secured. and
those chuten 60 De- their guardian be
free from pollution NJ such crimes. no
matter a. what time that pollution had
attached Discussing that claim the
committee said
"Thc House of Representatives has no
constitutional mower over such Consid-
orationt Of Justice aud sound policy
n a qualification IN representation
ON the cuntiurg. the Constitution has
given this power 10 another and higher
authority, to-wlt: Tho constituency OF
the member. Every lntculment OF
Our fotm Of government would seem to
point TO mat. TINS ln Government OF
tue ntoii'' Mhieh hssunles thet hey
arc w.. h'st JUDGES or we social inter
lectutl rlll moral pusuhol,luiA OF thelr
trrIcHchtntlN'A Wh.m tney ~, 70
cn2ose, MOI ahs houS 20 eheose ior mem mem,
ana We iueTri"i'. iha IN INC pcpllt
Consultation "nd ifamc OF government
tllt lhey I,hN' ~ VIC very Ntst aF.iclt'
nnd fer"nu zion. u'leFnlihed lhnh
ih' h"NNr nI ".t'H'htttlN'N thhll
~ COZ - l'lhn't' 'noseI wy
h."hu tonl ny w. p'np, ui W. "tatys'
no' " rtl.' atlNes chpseh tpr thell,
lhu lnhi WV ~ hnu tn!tlVe OF W'ln-
p,s Vi uhs -ah l,9n ut1'I S'atch, W.
..luh tu 'ht illlon OF Nni nscohnl-
llen or .'u-ii,s lNntloh anu h,i putt
u'llluh' WHlon Hlhnt huENtA' meIn-
-'N's 10 NUo I'ah.h or Vaprl'c OF hlcIh-
N'h ION "lhur Sthtoa; w any process
-. Pu,.Al''i " Pulul,atloh' MnIen
tN''tnl1eH .' thc Henpeis OF 'lhet
nuuhv may u',h necessary 70 pi'NeH,
UilhElnb INV pouS INTO coh''Hlpt hhu
lu.c'
,,,d w. AZ, M ,,aw ~ III .n,.,, ina-
no,tant constitnfe,,ai Question hecn,a,
NOV and th1t In III. sn,nc s,rtion n
ia rrovideI v-tnt shail he tb. uuaiidcn',
,inns al n r,,,rcscnta,t,,o AZ az, non,,i,
sn "hnscn hy Inc neoni,. ,bemseivrs IN
mis- 4, A. s,iemriv ,nnc,sd ,,ncba,ycd
d,,,trs, ,he iife ~ mo na,tnn tha,
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~ p,rson sna' w. w ~.
,w "u yesrs and hean scvsr se,rs
n citizen ~ The Ifnited states and WIN
tnnt ~ that state In which ne shall he
chosen
Your oommitte believe that there IL
10 or igke away. 'one Got or title OF
these qualifications The enumeration
OF such speciiied cunllnratlons neces-
sarIly excludes every other IL IN re-
spectfullv submitted that IL is nowhere
proylded Tint the House OF Uenresentn-
lives fhAil consist OF such members ms
aro left nfter the proccsH OF 'purRation
and uurifcntlon' shnll have been excr-
cjsed for the public safety. such az may
be deemed necessary bv nnv mniority
of the House. The mower Itself seems
10 be TOO dangerous. the claim OF power
too exaggerated To be coniidcd in any
body OF mon. and. therefore. most wisely
retained In the people themselvea. nv
The exprcTs words OF the constitution.
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=. IN ~ ~ 80 ~, ,.t.,..,, A., a..
t-,t,.a So Ia, ~ c"n',t,,,,,a, ~.
.nis ~, ~. -, $500 n''o,, no'
pion'1 P ~ ~ 'n' S.osi ~
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W NouH'"u''""'
This report was signed by the follow
Ing eminent parliamrntnrians and law
yefs; John y, bingham. ~ II, Butler
Chas, a. Eldredge, J. w. Peters, l.. ID.
shoemaker ana ID, w, voorhees,
VII
The charge that Utah has broken her
faith with the government In the mat
ter OF polygnmv which Ia supposed to
Justify the demand that Roberts be not
seated. IN untrue.
In the Enabling Act passed by Con-
grcss authorizing the people OF Utah to
form a state government II was ex-
pressly stipulated that the constitutions
al convention should provide by ordi-
nance irrevocable without the consent
OF the United States and the rooplc Of
said state that polygamous or
plural marriages are forever prohib-
tied" That was the only demand made
upon this subject by the people OF the
United states. Congress could be In
duccd to 20 no further. though an effort
was made to have II do So when in
the constitutional convention the repre-
rcntatives OF the people OF Utah dealt
with this requirement they adopted the