Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-26

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! for him pity or sympathy.
| Moody. Rep, Mass, argued that the
House had the right to exclude or cx-
pei. but that it was eXpedient that
| Roberts should be excluded. Grosve-
nor. Rep. Ohio. supported the report
in favor of exclusion. He paid a high
| tribute to Mr.. Littletields speech. He
said he had never heard an ADLER argu-
| ment on false grounds.
| Morse Rep. Mimi. member of the
| special committee which investigated
| the Roberts case and who signed the
majority report, advocated its adop-
| ton.
The right to exclude, he argued. could
be exercised for anything which in the
| judgment Of the House disqualified
him; the right to eXpel only when he
had committed some act while a mem
Der in full fellowship. If the consttu-
| tional qualifications could not be added
to the House would be compelled to adj
nit a dwelling idiot. Il base traitor or
red handed murderer. The supreme
| court had held that polygamy WAS not
a religious tenet.
! DeArmoDd, Mo, closed the debate on
| behalf of the minority of the commit
| tee with Commute speech. He felt.
he said. that it mattered little whether
he spoke long or briefly. The argumt mt
for the minority resolutions had been
made beyond the power of any gentle
man in or out of the House to answer
when the gentleman from Maine Uit-
| tlefield) concluded his mastery effort.
Tuesday. Anything he might say would
b. in effect a repetition. The argument
of the majority, that the method Of
turning Roberts out mattered not, was
the argument of Judge Lynch. When
he decided that man should ~ hanged
he also said il was immaterial how H.
was hanged.
The real question at issue was Of con-
sequence and interest. not only today,
| but through the centuries. 1t was
| shall the constitution be UbscTVcd?'
! Roberts was entitled to be sworn in.
| Some gentlemen feared that if Roberts
We're declared entitled t. be sworn in
he might hia himself off to Utah with
out taking tn oath ana leave Thu Hous +,
p0Nerless to cNpcl him. III such 4 ~
mote ana improbable contingency
there would ~ no difficulty. If Rob
crts declined ia be sworn in H. vacated
his seat instlntrr.
DeArlnoud scored those who had I'M
necessarily abused Roberts. Roberts,
he said. had not Il solitary champion or
defender upon thu floor and he would
~corn as beneath him ana beneath con-
tempt an effort to evoke applause by
dpnunciation I;ut lvt not it b" under
stood by some carping critic that n"
favored rrIygany II oppose it. |
f...
/ it necessary HI order t. SHOW hoW good
am. how love motherhood ana chas-
'tity to lend myself to cheap abuse
which requires neither ability nor c"ur-
age
This utterauce drew forth applause.
| Roberts who sat within % feet of D.
| Almond. his head resting On his hand.
did not move muscle.
! I.anham. TcN.. closed Ill" debate in
behalf Of the majority resolutions. His
speech was listened to attentively ana
| frequently evoked applause.
When Lanhim concluded, Lacey, Rep.
| Ia offered an amendment to the major
| ity resolution pruvidn" for the cNpulSi n
of Roberts To this TayIer made the
| uoint of order that the amendment WIS
not gcr,nauc The Speaker sustained the
| point vi order on the ground that Inc
original proposition unlN required 4 ma
| iority vote. while if thc amendment were
added. il would require 4 twu-thirds vote.
The Republicans dprlaudcd the Speakers
ruling. Lacey appealed from the decision
III the Chair. TayIor moved u lay that
| motion upon the table. While the vote
on the latter motion was being taken. 1t
being Al parent that 1t would carry by
large majority Lacey Withdrew the APP
peal.
! Tho first vote was then taken upon the
udoptigu Of the minority resolution 70
seat ana then exprl Roberts. At the con
| clusi,n of the roll call Tawney, Rep.
| MINI. announced that on account of IN"
nnn-nartisln character Of this motion he
hnd made no offer 70 pair NE absent Re
publicans. Underwood. Dem, Ma. made
a similar announcement concerning the
Democratic ahsentees.
The minority resolution tn seat ana eN-
pei Roberts WIS defeated. u to 2ii, The
following members voted for the minor
ity resolution;
Adamson. Allen. ~; Allen, Mis- :;,a AZ
water. Bailey Tex: BAL. Bankheaa'
RlrthoIdt. Bartlett. Bell, Brewer. Brous-
lard. La: BurlcSou. Catchings. ch!nlef
Clayton. Ala; Cnoncy, cooper. TEX;
1 DeArmond. DeGraffenreid. Dinsmorc. RI
lott. Fppcs. Fitzgerald. n y; Gliyt
/ cord ~ Greene. Pa: GriggS, Ca RAY,
Howard. jenkins, Johnston Jones Va va,
/ Kahn. kitchen. Klutz. Lester, Levy
/ lewis. Littl,iield. Livingston; i1ioyH'
W3,IInx- MIv. Meckis,n. Meyer. La;
Nrw-Iands. Norton. Ohio: Norton. :, G;
Otey. Polk. QUarles: Ednsdell, Rheai ~
+ bertson La: Rucker. Rupperl ryan
\ mi: RYAN. Pa; Scudder. sins, SlaNdch.