Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-11

stitute resolution offered by Richard
son, the leader of the minority, to al
low Roberts to be sworn in and send
the whole case to the judiciary COM
mittee. Of the 30 who voted against
the Taylor resolution all were demo-
Gratis except two, Loud rep, CALI, and
Newlands, silverite, from Nevada BY
the terms of the resolution Roberts is
denied a seat in the hall The most re-
markable feature of the debate was
Roberts presentation of his own side
of the case which lasted almost an
hour, and became so absorbing that he
won the sympathy of the men in the
galleries and was several times shower
ed with applause. During the debate
PEELED the insinuation of Roberts
that the president had knowingly ap-
pointed men guilty of polygamy to
federal offices in Utah. Taylor said the
power of congress to halt the claimant
at it's door was clear. He read from
decisions of the supreme court defin-
ing polygamy which stated that irres-
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tracted plural marriages after the pas
sage of the Edmund's act and prospect
i've of whether he since cOhabited with
pluray wife, he was guilty of pOlyg
amy if he still maintained the rela-
ton of husband to more than one
wife. But higher than the civil law
was the law Of civilization which de-
ho+ 4oi no
Guided. For supporting a higher law
the member was answerable only to
his conscience, his country and his
constituents. In all his investigation
of precedents, Taylor said he failed to
find single case where the house hest
tated to assert upon proper occasion
it's right to halt member at the bar
when his qualifications for his seat
were questioned. owe are told"
said Mr. Taylor, his voice ringing out
clearly, chat we are about to create
an unhappy precedent. Why, Mr..
Speaker, we are doing this in the open
gaze of the whole world not in a clois-
tered court. We are servants Of the
people empowered to do right as we see
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presence we can do no wrong if we do
but obey it." Roberts sent to the
clerks desk and read his naturaliza-
ton papers. He held he had not been
arraigned or condemned for any crime
since the amnesty proclamation. If he
had been a law breaker why had he not
been punished since the non-MOrmon
cd IN TTtoh2 Drn0nndincT
he took up the charge that Utah had
broken her contract with the United
States by the election of an alleged
polygamous representative. If that
were true then Utah had simply fol-
lowed the illustrious example of the
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AFFIRM said he, that there is abund
ant evidence that objections similar to
those in the present case were made to
the president and senate against the
appointment of certain federal officials
in Utah but the objections were
waived aside" In concluding Roberts
denied that the members who voted to
seat him would be voting for polyg-
amy. The question Of polygamy was
settled. 81 am not defending polygamy.
1t is dead Roberts concluded by
thanking Taylor and the house for
their indulgence. He was given a
round applause as he took his seat.
Dinsmere and Richardson dems.)
opposed the Taylor resolution. Mr..
Grosvenor (rep.) denounced Roberts
statement concerning the appointment
NV tho nrncidant Of nOIvC9 miStS in Utah
as a miserable subterfuge. The vote
was then taken, first on the pro-
Roberts substitute which was defeated,
SO to 247. The vote then required up
on the adoption of the Taylor resolu-
ton which was adopted by vote of
302 to 80, and thus Roberts is denied
his seat till MS case is fully Investigate
ed by a committee. The chances are
very much against his admission.