The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-31
N linz Of PRECEDENT
And Not in Violation, Was
Roberts Expulsion.
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION
Is a Handy Thing But Is Not
the Whole Thing.
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION

" ssSalnstou- Jan Sl.--the most surpflS~
ing thIng connected with the case o. tho
late Mr.. Roberts Of Utah is the persist
eney with which a good many people
chung to the idea that in excluding him.
and not expelling. the house established
q dangerous precedent. As a matter OF
fact, the house did not establish a pre-
eedeRt: IL followed one. All the history
o. al the cases in the house. since the
organization OF the government in prac-
tcaly all instances where a member was
custer. shows that ii was done by ex-
clusion not expulsion: that Is 10 say. the
member was refused the oath OF office.
pending an inves ugation BY a committee.
and then shut out without having thu
oath administered. Precedent would have
been established II the very thing which
SO many contended for had ensued--lr
Mr. Roberts had been sworn IN and then
expelled. IL is amazing the manner in
which the people. even here. watching tho
case daily in she house and galleries.
reading the newspapers twice day. talk
ing with members and in every way
supposedly intelligent on the matter-how
these people thought until the vote VS.
taken that the Lacey amendment wov 4
prevail; that Mr. Roberts would be Csc
PEELED But the very decisive vote { o
Other way showed that those who really
knew abeat the thing were not mistaken
in their superstition as 20 what would DE
done, The vote Was more than a two
thirds vote. it was more than three
fourths vote. II must hsve showed the
country concIusively that there was
neither politics or prejudice IN it-simply
the best Judgment OF some two hundred
and eiphty-odd men from all parts II
the country. coming here With all kinds
OF vague ideas ia regard % tie matter.
bat all satisfied that the precedent ia all
similar cases has tbeen 90 excude-n0t 90
expel There IS one thing which nearly
everyone should understand, after 81
Roberts case is out OF the way and oy,r
That is, that the mere fact that a m
has certificate 81 election from
rotary OF state OF state. showing g..
ne was chosen member OK congress. Z. $50
not in itself determine his right 10 ID
sworn in. that he is eligible that he -
a proper person 70 SIT IN the house The
certificate merely shows that the man
holding Il has received a majority %
=
It does not. even by inference show that
the holder fufiis the constitutional re-
aulrements. So that while a certificate
IL a good and essential thing 70 bring
along when n man comes go Washington
as 70 represcutatlve-elect. 81 does not
necessarily entitle him 10 a seat IN ;he
house.
The action OF the senate Democratic
caucus is construed as meaning that Colo
mel BRYAN Is the overpowering master %
the pre-ent organization ~ the party.
In support ~ this popular theory g. -
pointed out that until the Nebraskan
came 70 washington last week and hed
extended conferences 2ith tne party lead
ers here the Democrats % neither the
house nor senate bad very clearly OUT
lined 2 policy toward expansion-or I'm
Darlalism''- the supporters of contrac-
lion seem % prefer to designate the issue.
Colonel Bryan save the washington
Times an accurate statement % Ma
views on the issue. and this policy tbs
senate Democrats have adopted IN detail
They are not 10 try 20 upset ths arranee-
ment by which Porto Rico and the Island
OF Guam were tr8nsfTref % the SOVIET
eighty - the United Stateae bat they
are 10 agbt nj every point the proposition
Tor the permanent gretenti0n q the Phil
ipDiues u & known that two Or three
Democratic senators are IN favor q hold
inr the philippines az All hazards. T'his
tv notably true of Senator Morgan, @hI
is nog making campaign IN Alabaust
FOR reelection or Gals issue. whether the
caucus action viii apply the gag 20
senate. Morgan and those who think a.
ne does 81 not known.
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