Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
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We notice that tsingo appears In
many 81 the petition which are being
circulated Tor signature Tor the pur-
pose Of unacaunE nt Congressman
from Utah. AZ flrst thiy demanded or
pleaded FOR prevontloa. now they ap-
pear 10 aim at cSnulfla The opinion
10 gaining ground that here ~ no good
reason why the gentleman should not
be permitted 10 aubiHbe to the oath
required ana take N ieai 60 which he
has been lawfully elected and against
which there IL no election contest. The
petition which the Sal Lake Tribune h
circulating does not contain tho re-
quests embodied IN ths document that
the New York journal 100 ally IN this
raid desires 10 have endorsed IL mere
iy says. "rhc undeugned earnestly
petitions your honorable body 10 reject
or cxpel Brigham H. Roberts. claiming
TO be tho lleprYscntalye from Utah"
This 4 wordod to catch signatures.
not only from popls who vainly
Imagine that by leaving Utah without
a Representative In he lower House
Of Congress they would be doing some
thing against polygamy-a very silly
notion-but Of persons who oppose the
Representative on political grounds. and
would profcr a Republican 10 a Demo-
crat az the Congressman from this
State, That may be considered. aa the
ladies would say. Every cute but IL
ought not 60 hoodwink any one who huu
brains,
We merely refer 20 this matter to
show tho turn In the popular tide. 10 H.
lustrntc this. we clip tha following from
the Boston Post of November mn, That
paper ir opposed 10 Mr, Roberts on the
polyuamy question, bot views the mat
ter from its parliamentary standpoint,
aud says.
~ ~ gratifying 10 observe that the
rrottatantg here Ia Boston against tho
polyrnmiat Congresaman-elect Roberts
OF ttnh do not ask lhg Huuno % Rep
rolontatlves TO refuae 70 admit him 20
q svat ln that body, They ask that he
shall not 'bo allowed 20 retain the seat
20 which he has been elected Thia u
a reasonable and practical way 10 APP
preach the matter, Other efforts IN the
same direction have demanded that
Congress shall reject the polyEamlHt
without hearing and even without adj
mission upon the certificate which gives
him constitutional title to a Hc'i In
/ the House,
III may be said, nt the start. that II
lrlgham ~. Roberts Wor, "a i,upuhli-
can Instead OF a Democrat Il ID very
unlikely that this opposition would have
hcrn raised against hIs RECEPTION by tho
! House, Certain IA " that some OF the
| distinguished morail1a who come for
| ward 10 demand his exclusion would be
! lrHs prominent IN the unuir.
Tho only question % how 60 get ria
/ of him, iic has as complete and valid "A
riEht Co q scat Ia that body az anyone
I VI the Representative from Maamrhu-
| fgttn The only way 20 prevent HE re-
| tsnt0n of the scat 20 which be has
/ boon elected ia 20 exp him by the vote
/ Uf hl follow memhcra This, we take
| To- h. tho aouHo of the resolution adopted
! hy tho nutl-udlygamy Meeting in rrc-
! mont Trmglc."
The saommcnto Record Union. while
iuolurl 10 the opinion that Mr. Roberts
b. lLc'y 90 be- expelled. makes these 70.
maIkH ON the other fIlc OF the ques'
uon
"It o. horHlbie that the legal phase ol
] thu uueHtlun may save Roberts, u mas
.
] the ltHproHeututivc being regulurl,
/ chosen uui properly roriIntd, the iloua'
| cannot take knowlclgo uut OF rumo
| nud gossip that the member ~ disqunli
| fled 90 alt. finally that because Of hon
rst rplViuuH beliefs hv its members ~
district SHOULD be lgfl without repre-
roututiun"
Many of our contemnorarloa seem 4
hByc lUt sight OF me fact that IN
/ Representative from Utah already hn
lin uunt 1u thc roll on me House, am
rs drawing ,ho aalary NJ Representa-
tive Thoso who may Doe induced {
rign me petition prsHentcd 90 thom b.
the salt Lake Tribune. will be place
in tho position Of lndouus tho unuut
that be- moroly "clalmr 90 Doc tine Repre-
tentative from Utah We do NOT thin
there 20 amy one In This State who wi
seriously nsaort that ~. &C. Roberts
not the duly elected Rspruacntatiy
from Utah Ca the Congress of th
United States. rhut fact should b
bornc IN mind. and 100 citizen. maio ,
nmalr. should Dee deceived into aisnln
anything which would virtually amour
10 decentralization